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17th Annual Seattle Club Conference
Hosted by the Centre for Developmental Disorders
and Department of Psychology, Durham University.
18th and 19th December 2017
The 17th annual Seattle Club conference for research on intellectual and developmental disabilities will take place at Durham University and will be hosted
by the Centre for Developmental Disorders. The event is being held in the Department of Psychology on the city centre campus within easy reach of travel networks, hotels, and city centre facilities.
We are pleased to open abstract submission for this conference.
Submission of Abstracts
Submit your abstract here:
www.seattleclubconference.org/submit_abstract_form.php
Note that registration for the conference is dependent upon being an author of an accepted abstract. All abstracts should be submitted using the electronic form on the website which provides structure to the abstract information.
Electronic abstract submission will close on Friday 22nd September 2017.
2017 Conference Details
We anticipate approximately 70-90 delegates will attend the conference. Conference registration will take place at 10am on Monday 18th December 2017. Each day will include a number of talks
and poster sessions (there will be a prize for the best poster). The delegate cost remains unchanged from last year’s conference at £99 which includes the registration fee, lunch and refreshments, and a two-course evening meal on Monday 18th
December at Collingwood College, Durham University. There will also be an opportunity to continue discussions after the meal with social drinks continuing in a city centre pub that will be identified nearer the time.
Visit England provides travel and visitor information for the local area. The conference organisers will also provide a list of local hotels nearer the time, when registration opens.
https://www.visitengland.com/things-to-do/durham
Further details will be made available via the Seattle Club 2017 conference website:
www.seattleclubconference.org/conference_2017.html
Registration
Registration fee is £99 per person to include conference registration (2 days), lunches and refreshments, as well as a two-course evening meal at Collingwood College, Durham University on Day One. Places are limited at
the conference and registration (for those who are eligible) will be allocated on a first-come basis. Registration will involve completion of an online booking and payment form which will be provided once the abstract outcome has been announced in early October
2017. No place can be reserved or booked without payment having been made. Lead authors will be asked to forward the registration form to all co-authors who may wish to attend. Registration will be announced as soon as the abstract outcomes are available and
will close on Friday 17th November 2017.
Studentships 2017
As a general rule only those with their names on an accepted abstract submission can attend Seattle Club conferences. The exception is that 5 places we have available for studentships for 2017.
The studentships are intended for PhD students at the beginning of their projects and similar ‘early career’ researchers. Such individuals will be interested in, and committed to, research
in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities but will not yet have completed a study from which they can present data (and whose name does not appear on a poster or oral presentation as a co-author).
Any person named as an author on a poster / paper abstract submission who is also put forward for a studentship will be excluded from the studentship allocations. It is also not possible
to add names to abstract submissions at a later date to ensure that individuals can register for the conference if not successful in the studentship allocation.
Studentships are bursaries that will cover the full conference registration cost (£99) but they do not cover accommodation or travel.
Applications should be made using the application for on the studentships web page – applications will be invited between now (the date abstract submission opens) and 22nd
September 2017.
Link for studentship submission:
www.seattleclubconference.org/submit_studentships.php
General Seattle Club Conference Information
Following the established tradition of the conference:
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All participants must submit a poster or paper that describes the results of a research project (qualitative or quantitative) on intellectual and / or developmental disabilities. You must be an active and contributing researcher.
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The only exceptions to this rule are made for PhD students at the beginning of their projects and other ‘early career’ researchers who have not yet had the opportunity to complete a study (via the award of a studentship).
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All papers and posters must include the analysis of unpublished data.
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Each participant is only allowed to submit one poster or paper where they are the first author/presenter.
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There are no parallel sessions during the conference.
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All information is electronically distributed to keep costs as low as possible.
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All participants who want to attend, whether first author or co-author, must register and pay in advance of the conference.
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The Seattle Club conference is only open to residents from the UK and Ireland.
Further information
General information on the Seattle Club conferences can be found on the webpage:
www.seattleclubconference.org
Seattle Club 2017 is being hosted by members of the Centre for Developmental Disorders – for further information please see www.durham.ac.uk/devdis
If you have any queries regarding the conference, please email:
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Organising Committee: Debbie Riby, Mary Hanley, Emily Grew, Emine Gurbuz, Marie Alkan, Liz Jones
Dr Debbie Riby
Department of Psychology
Durham University
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE