The conference welcomes papers, posters and symposia submissions. Proposals will consist of an abstract (about 400 words), an extended summary (about 1250 words) needed for review and up to 4 keywords. Symposia, individual papers and posters must address some aspects of the field of psychological analysis of intellectual disability. They consist of empirical or experimental reports, or syntheses of some special research field. Both oral and poster presentations must include (a) research question(s) and hypotheses, methods, results, discussion of results and educational/psychological relevance.

The proposals will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Based on this review a proposal can be accepted, rejected or offered an alternative presentation format. The decision will be e-mailed to you in March, 2012. The abstracts of all accepted presentations will be given and presented in an abstract book which will be provided to the conference participants.

The time slot will allow some oral presentations of a yet to-be-decided duration, followed by a short discussion with the audience. Additional papers may be included, but please be advised that we cannot guarantee larger time slots. The organizer(s) of each symposium will provide additional information to the presenters about the organization of the session and will fix the deadline for sending the papers. Each presenter has to register individually for the conference.

 

The meeting room is equipped with an overhead projector as well as a laptop connected to a beamer for PowerPoint presentations. Please note that Macintosh PCs will NOT be available. Every presenter must bring a copy of the PowerPoint presentation on CD ROM or USB key.

Poster presentations will be organized in chaired sessions. The chairs of the poster sessions will steer the discussion. All poster sessions will take place in a designated room. The poster boards will be numbered (the number of each poster will be indicated in the programme). Posters will be grouped by theme to facilitate exchanges among authors and visitors. The poster should clearly show the title, authors' names and affiliations. It should be readable from a distance of 1-2 meters. Recommended poster sizes are: 70 cm (width) and 100 cm (height). Adhesive tape for attaching the poster will be available.

Please note that a photocopy service will NOT be available at the conference. If you want to provide handouts to participants attending your symposium, paper or poster session, you will need to bring the number of copies you are going to provide.