The first-ever Symposium on NVI in Virginia Beach last November was a great success! It was inspiring to see an enthusiastic response from the public. We savored the wonderful location of the event-- vision games at the beach!

The Symposium opened with tributes to Dr. William Bates, and Janet Goodrich, who passed away in June (see note on reverse).

Keynote presenters included: Meir Schneider, who shared vision improvement techniques which benefit the whole body, including chronic health problems; Grace Halloran, who described her journey to discover techniques to help those with degenerative eye diseases; Peter Mansfield, who presented a multi-faceted approach to vision education; and Roberto Kaplan, who explored some deeper aspects of vision, including how clarity and vision are connected to consciousness.

About 20 break-out sessions, offered information and inspiration on emotions and vision, healthy vision at the computer, techniques from the Bates Method, nutritional intervention for macular degeneration, techniques for correcting presbyopia, and more. CJ taught a workshop on learning disabilities and vision. Presenters included speakers from Australia and the U.K.

An exciting aspect of the weekend for many of us was the opportunity for vision educators to meet and form the new Association of Vision Education (Website: VisionEducators.org under construction).

The next Symposium will be in March of 2001. We hope you’ll be able to join us at Virginia Beach for another inspiring event.