Goals and Objectives

The aim of the IPS as spelled out in the Constitution is "To promote the study of normal and abnormal visual function in the entire visual field, and to ensure and facilitate the cooperation and friendship of scientists of different countries working and interested in this discipline."

Some more specific objectives are:

• To promote the diffusion of knowledge and understanding of perimetry and its important place among other methods of examination of the visual function.
• To promote the development of new methods and instruments.
• To develop guidelines for routine perimetric techniques.
• To establish standards for recording and classification of visual field defects, equipment and nomenclature and to establish liaison with other international organizations on these matters.
• To promote, encourage and cooperate in the education of specialized visual field examiners through courses and handbooks.
• These objectives are realized to a large extent at the International Visual Field Symposia of the IPS. During these meetings, a large part of recent perimetric research is usually presented and discussed.

Presentation of Papers and Attendance at the IPS Symposia

Members may present their results as read papers or posters at the symposia. Each paper or poster presented at any of the IPS symposia must have at least one IPS member among its authors. The symposia are open to non-members.

Groups and Task Committees

The IPS presently has approximately 160 members.  The activities of the Society are organized in the following groups.

IPS Board Members:

President:  Chota Matsumoto, MD, Osaka-Sayama City, JAPAN
Past President:  Chris Johnson, PhD, Iowa City, IA USA
Vice President:  Mitch Dul, OD, MS, New York, NY, USA
Vice President: Aiko Iwase, MD, Tajimi, Gifu, JAPAN
Secretary: Allison M. McKendrick, BScOptom, MScOptom, PhD, Perth, Australia
Treasurer: Lyne Racette, PhD, Birmingham, USA
Next IPS Symposium host: Dr Tony Redmond, BScOptom, PhD, Cardiff, UK
Awards Committee Chair: Ryo Asaoka, MD, PhD Tokyo, Japan
Education Perimetry Committee Chair: Chota Matsumoto, MD, Osaka-Sayama City, JAPAN
Education Imaging Committee Chair: Linda Zangwill, PhD, La Jolla, CA, USA
Industry Liaison and PR Committee:  Paul Artes, OD, PhD, Plymouth University, UK
Open Perimetry Interface: Michael Wall MD, Iowa, USA; Andrew Turpin, PhD, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Member at Large: Giovanni Montesano, MD, London, UK
Member at Large: Hiroki Nomoto, Osaka-Sayama City, JAPAN

Honorary Members of the IPS:

Doug Anderson
Hans Bebie
Fritz Dannehim
Jay Enoch
Lars Frisén
Erik Greve
William Hart
Anders Heijl
Kazutaka Kani
Yoshiaki Kitazawa
Pam Sample

In Memoriam Honorary Members of the IPS:

Elfriede Aulhorn
Stephen Drance
Franz Fankhauser
Alan Friedmann
Enrico Gandolfo
Hans Goldmann
Heinrich Harms
Haratuke Matsuo
Richard Mills
Mario Zingirian

History

Since then symposia have been held every two years: in Tubingen 1976, Tokyo 1978, Bristol 1980, Sacramento 1982, Santa Margherita Ligure 1984, Amsterdam 1986, Vancouver 1988, Malmo 1990, Kyoto 1992, Washington, D.C. 1994, Wurzburg, Germany 1996, Gardone Riviera, Italy 1998, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2000, and Stratford, England in 2002, Portland, Oregon, USA in 2006, and Nara, Japan in 2008.