Pacific Disability Forum
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Event Name:
IASSID Asia Pacific 2009
Event Location:
Singapore
Event Date:
24 June 2009
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID), a non-government affiliate of the World Health Organisation (WHO), will be holding the 2nd IASSID Asia Pacific Conference at Singapore in June 2009. This conference will be a major scientific event
in the region, bringing together researchers in the areas of medicine, psychology, allied health and social welfare, together with people with disability and service providers.
The conference will also include a 3-day feature event, the Asian Research to Practice Round Table. This event is designed to foster a series of action research and associated social development programmes in the region, the outcomes of which will be reported to the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference, scheduled for Japan in 2013. As you might gather, the IASSID Asia Pacific Conference is now an established and on-going scientific event in the region.
www.iassid.org .
Kind regards,
Dr Keith McVilly & Professor Lisa Wang, IASSID Conference Co-ordination Committee Dr Balbir Singh, Chair of the Local Organising Committee (Singapore) Professor Libby Cohen and Dr Kenneth Poon, Co-Chairs of the Scientific Programme Committee
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We would like to invite you to the 2nd IASSID Asia Pacific Conference.
The conference will be held at Singapore, 24 to 27 June 2009, at the Furama Riverfront Hotel.
The conference theme is: "Creating possibilities for an inclusive society"
The conference details and the abstract submission system are now on-line:
www.iassid.org
Abstracts need to be submitted by the end of November 2008. Individual papers, symposia, workshops and posters are all welcome. All abstracts will
be peer-reviewed and those accepted for the conference will be published in the Journal of Policy & Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.
The on-line registration system will soon be on-line.
There are a number of organisations partnering with IASSID to make this a significant event on the international scientific calender. These include the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), the Asia Pacific Down Syndrom Federation and the Australian Association of Doctors in Developmental Disability Medicine. There are also
many regional and local service providers working together, as part of our efforts to ensure that the conference provides a mechanism to promote 'research to practice' and that practice issues inform and influence the research agenda of the scientific community.
As part of our efforts to promote dialogue between researchers, practitioners and people with disability, the conference will include the inaugural meeting of the Asian Research to Practice Roundtable. This event will take place across the 4 days of the conference; bringing together scientists, practitioners and people with disability to establish and implement a research to practice agenda for the region.
The IASSID Academy on Education, Teaching & Research will host accredited workshops prior to and following the conference. The workshops will take place at Singapore and in neighbouring countries. If you are interested in hosting such a workshop, you can contact the Academy Chair, Professor Roy Brown for details and to discuss your proposal: roybrown@telus.net
We hope to see you at Singapore.
Kind regards,
Dr Keith McVilly & Professor Lisa Wang, IASSID Conference Co-ordination Committee Dr Balbir Singh, Chair of the Local Organising Committee Professor Libby Cohen and Dr Kenneth Poon, Co-Chairs of the Scientific Programme Committee
Dr Keith R. McVilly
B.A., Grad. Dip. Psych., M. Psych. (Clinical), PhD MAPS & Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies & Clinical Psychologists
Division of Disability Studies
School of Health Sciences
RMIT University
P.O. Box 71
Bundoora, 3083.
Tel.: +61 (0)3 9925 7362
Fac.: +61 (0)3 9925 7303
E-Mail: keith.mcvilly@rmit.edu.au
Web: www.rmit.edu.au/disability-studies
IASSID World Congress, Cape Town: 25 to 30 August 2008 - www.iassid.org
ASSID Australasian Conference, Melbourne: 24 to 26 November 2008 - www.assid.org.au
ASSID DSW Conference, Melbourne: 27 to 28 November 2008 - www.assid.org.au
IASSID Asia Pacific Conference, Singapore: 24 to 27 June 2009 - www.iassid.org
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