Feedback on the
inaugural meeting:

“One of the best conferences I’ve been to in 20 years.”

“Challenging, pertinent, inspiring.”

“Excellent mix of research & functional application.”

“It was wonderful having different groups of professionals from different backgrounds and training come together in a truly collaborative way sharing research, knowledge, and experiences.“

“For years I have seen people try to bring educators together with health specialists, or either with researchers. I have never seen any effort work as well as what you put together in Vancouver.”

“Session presenters were especially responsive to Q & A – this interplay between presenter & audience was a real strength of the conference. ”

“As a teacher of special ed at the elementary level for 30 years, I found this conference to be wonderful! Awesome organization! Awesome program! Helpful friendly people! A wonderful experience!!!”

“I left energized; ready to try new ideas & explore possibilities to improve clinical services.”

"I like the way it used basic science research (especially developmental psychology) to speak to clinical practice (I am a child psychiatrist)."

Topics for 2008

a) Stress (including trauma, depression, anxiety, and resilence)

Speakers include: William BeardsleeJana Davidson Elissa Epel Sonia Lupien Linda Mayes Steve Marans Bruce McEwen Greg Miller Gil Noam Alvaro Pascual-LeoneJames Pennebaker Bruce Perry Stephen W. PorgesStephen Suomi Joanne Weinberg Paul Whalen

b) Prefrontal Cortex (especially ADHD)

Speakers include: Amy Arnsten Kalina Chrsitoff Adele Diamond Kimberly Espy Jay GieddTorkel KlingbergRobert KnightByran KolbBruce Pennington Michael Petrides Amir Raz Rosemary Tannock