IWORDD - International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia
As part of its scientific activities, the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (www.bcbl.eu) with the UPV-EHU are pleased to announce the second edition of IWORDD: International Workshop On Reading and Developmental Dyslexia. Our aim with this workshop is to promote exchange of ideas between world-class dyslexia experts through talks and round tables, and facilitate transfer of knowledge between practitioners and scientists.
The ultimate goal is to understand the causes of dyslexia and improve detection protocols and remediation techniques.
IWORDD will take place from Thursday May 5th to Saturday May 7th 2016 in Bilbao, Spain.
The workshop is split into two parts, each of which should be registered for separately.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM. Part One: IWORDD -- Theoretical Perspectives (May 5 and 6)
For each of the two first days, the invited experts will discuss their perspectives on one hot theoretical issue of great interest for the current state of the field. More particularly, this edition of IWORDD will focus on featuring research investigating reading and its disorders using cutting-edge neuroimaging approaches. The invited speakers will address the issue of the neurocognitive bases of developmental dyslexia (May 5) and of the remediation of developmental dyslexia and the related brain changes (May 6). The following renowned speakers in the field will contribute to the high quality of IWORDD via a dynamic format centered around keynote lectures and round tables. This will be complemented by talks and poster presentations selected from abstract submissions. Note that the language for these two days will be English.
Keynote speakers
- Fumiko Hoeft - LENS, Psychiatry & Dyslexia Center, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Haskins Laboratories & Faculty of Psychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.
- Frank Ramus - CNRS, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Institute of Cognitive Studies & Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.
- Sylviane Valdois - CNRS, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition & Université Pierre Mendès-France, France.
- Ken Pugh - Haskins Laboratories, University of Connecticut, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University & Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, USA.
- Nina Kraus - Auditory Neuroscience Lab, Communication Sciences, Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, USA.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
- Abstract deadline:
- January 20th, 2016. Extended till Feb 5th.
- Notification of abstract acceptance:
- February 15h, 2016. Extended till Feb 22nd.
- Early registration deadline:
- March 1st, 2016
- Online registration deadline:
- April 1st, 2016
- Conference dates:
- May 5 - 6, 2016
CONFERENCE PROGRAM. Part Two: IWORDD -- From Theory to Practice (May 7). Go to website
The second part will promote the transfer of knowledge and interaction among researchers, parents, teachers and practitioners. IWORDD - From Theory to Practice will be centered around six keynotes by international experts tailored to a broad audience, followed by a round-table discussion. For this part, simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, English and Basque will be provided.
Questions to the speakers can be sent in advance through this form.
Keynote speakers
- Fumiko Hoeft - LENS, Psychiatry & Dyslexia Center, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Haskins Laboratories & Faculty of Psychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.
- Frank Ramus - CNRS, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Institute of Cognitive Studies & Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.
- Sylviane Valdois - CNRS, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition & Université Pierre Mendès-France, France.
- Ken Pugh - Haskins Laboratories, University of Connecticut, Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University & Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, USA.
- Nina Kraus - Auditory Neuroscience Lab, Communication Sciences, Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, USA.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
- Early registration deadline:
- March 1st, 2016
- Online registration deadline:
- April 1st, 2016
- Conference dates:
- May 7, 2016
ORGANIZED BY
BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language.
UPV-EHU, University of the Basque Country.
The scientific program will consist of keynote lectures, oral sessions and poster sessions.
LATEST NEWS
Conference dinner
04-19-2016
The 28th of April will be the last day to register to the Conference Dinner, there will not be possibility to register on site.
Oral Presentations
04-15-2016
We have scheduled 20 minutes for the talks including 5 minutes for discussion.
In order to make sure that the oral sessions run on time, we would like to ask everyone to send their slides for the presentations in advance so that we can set up shared laptops for this purpose.
The two laptops have the following configurations:
- LAPTOP_1: MS Windows7 Pro, MS Office Standard 2010 SP1, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.010.20060 , Windows Media Player 11, VLC 2.2.2
- LAPTOP_2: Mac OSX 10.11.4 El Capitan, MS Office 2011 for Mac , KeyNote 6.5.3, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.010.20060, VLC 2.2.2, Quicktime 10.4.
Please send your presentation by e-mail to iwordd@bcbl.eu by May 4th so that we can test whether it works.
Please name the presentation according to the oral session the presentation is for (e.g.: OS-2.3 for Oral Session 2, third presentation). The presentations will be loaded in both computers.
Also note that during the registration, coffee and lunch breaks, presenters will be able to test their presentations for the upcoming session.
On Site Registration
04-12-2016
From 17th April, online registration will be closed. Registration after that day will have to be done ON SITE.
Poster dimensions
03-10-2016
Participants are requested to design posters (portrait) with the following dimension:
- Maximum poster height: 120 cm
- Maximum poster width: 80 cm
Each poster will be given a unique number which correspond to the poster panel. Participants are requested to put up their poster during the lunch break on the day corresponding to their poster presentation so as to increase the opportunity for other participants to read it. Posters should be removed by the end of the day (before 7:00 pm), but can stay on the panels until then.
Official poster of the conference
06-05-2015
The official poster of the conference is available.