Invitation to the 11th European Conference on psychological theory and research on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ECIDD).
Dear colleague,
We are very pleased to invite you to attend to the 11th European Conference on psychological
theory and research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, taking place at the
University of Lille (France) from Thursday, July 7, until Saturday, July 9, 2016.
ECIDD was first established in 1996 in Aix-en-Provence (France) under the name PTRMR.
The main themes of this conference are psychological aspects of intellectual and related
developmental disabilities. This biennial conference offers a forum for the exchange of
findings in psychological fundamental and applied research on intellectual and developmental
disabilities. The conference aims at extending our understanding of causes and conditions of
intellectual disabilities, advancing our knowledge on successful prevention and intervention
procedures, and promote collaboration among researchers.
Scientific Programme
The scientific programme will include, invited keynote lectures, oral presentations, symposia
and posters presentations.
The keynote speakers are:
o Debbie Riby (University of Durham, UK)
o Gaia Scerif (University of Oxford, UK)
o Marc Tassé (The Ohio State University Nisonger Center, USA)
The oral presentations will be scheduled for 30 minutes, which includes 20 minutes for the
presentation and 10 minutes for the questions.
Researchers who work on a similar topic are invited to submit a proposal for a symposium.
Each symposium consists of four presentations comprising a talk (20 minutes) and a
discussion (10 minutes). At the end of each symposium a time slot of 15 minutes is scheduled
for a general discussion.
The poster presentations will be grouped into several thematic poster sessions.
Call for proposals
Deadline for submitting a proposal of an oral presentation, a symposium, or a poster is
January 31, 2016.
The conference is supposed to offer the opportunity to present results of empirical research on
intellectual and developmental disabilities. The presentations should also relate to issues of
psychological and/or educational application.
Proposals have to be submitted in English. A proposal should include:
 Title of the contribution
 Full first name(s) and family name(s), address (institution, city, country), email addresses of
contributors
 Preference for a paper or a poster presentation
 A short abstract of 250 – 300 words
 An extended summary of 750 – 1,000 words, describing in detail the aims (purpose of the
study and the hypotheses), methods (setting, participants, intervention, type of statistical
analysis), findings of the study (including statistical significance), conclusions (discussion
of the data)
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 Two or three keywords
All proposals will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and may be selected for either
oral or poster presentation. The decision bases on the submitted summaries. The abstracts of
all accepted presentations will be published online on the Internet as well as in an abstract
booklet which will be provided to the participants.
Please ensure that the abstract does not contain spelling, grammatical, or scientific errors,
because it will be published exactly as submitted.
Proposals should be typed in Times New Roman 12 pts, single-spaced. The left margin should
be 3 cm, the right margin 2 cm. Page numbers or tabulators should not be used.
Please submit your proposal electronically in RTF-format as an attached email document to
the following email-address:
eciddlille@gmail.com
Further information is available on the following website:
psitec.recherche.univ-lille3.fr/ecidd/
Time schedule
Below you can find the general time schedule of the upcoming meeting.
January 31, 2016
February 29, 2016
March 31, 2016
After March 31, 2016
May 2, 2016
July 7 – 9, 2016
Deadline for abstract and summary submission
Notification of acceptance
Deadline for standard online registration
Late registration
Publication of conference programme on the website
Conference in Lille
Registration fees
The conference will start on July 7, 2016 at 9.00 and will close on July 9 at 12.00
Registration fees include full participation at the conference, conference documentation
including an abstract book with the presentations, as well as two lunches and coffee/tea
breaks.
Registration fees
Full registration
Student registration*
Until March 31
240 €
100 €
After March 31
300 €
150 €
*Master and PhD students must send a scanned copy of their student card.
Online registration begins on January 26, 2016.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Lille in July 2016
On behalf of the Scientific and Local Committee,
Yannick Courbois, Université de Lille 3
Chair of the 11th ECIDD Conference
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