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18th Annual Seattle Club Conference Hosted by members of the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick at University Centre Shrewsbury 3rd and 4th December 2018 The 18th annual Seattle Club conference for research on intellectual and developmental disabilities will take place at University Centre Shrewsbury and will be hosted by members of the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick. University Centre Shrewsbury<https://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk> looks out over the river Severn and is central to the town centre, close to transport links, hotels, restaurants, and other amenities. We are pleased to open abstract submission for this conference. Submission of Abstracts Submit your abstract here: www.seattleclubconference.org/submit_abstract_form.php<http://www.seattleclubconference.org/submit_abstract_form.php> If you have difficulties submitting your abstract using the electronic submission form, please email your abstract (using the same headings for the abstract sections) directly to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Note that registration for the conference is dependent upon being an author/co-author of an accepted abstract. Abstract submission will close on Monday 8th October 2018. 2018 Conference Details We anticipate approximately 70-90 delegates will attend the conference. Conference registration will take place at 9.30am on Monday 3rd December 2018. 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 three-course meal on Monday evening at Shrewsbury's oldest and grandest hotel, The Lion. There will also be an opportunity to continue discussions after the meal with social drinks continuing in a town centre venue that will be identified nearer the time. The website Original Shrewsbury https://originalshrewsbury.co.uk/ 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 late October. Further details will be made available via the Seattle Club 2018 conference website: www.seattleclubconference.org/conference_2018.html<http://www.seattleclubconference.org/conference_2018.html> Registration Registration fee is £99 per person to include conference registration (2 days), lunches and refreshments, as well as a three-course evening meal 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 late October 2018. 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 23rd November 2018. Studentships 2018 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 2018. The studentships are intended for doctoral 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 form on the studentships web page - applications will be invited between now (the date abstract submission opens) and 8th October 2018. Link for studentship submission: www.seattleclubconference.org/submit_studentships.php<http://www.seattleclubconference.org/submit_studentships.php> General Seattle Club Conference Information · Following the established tradition of the conference: · 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. · 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). · All papers and posters must include the analysis of unpublished data. · Each participant is only allowed to submit one poster or paper where they are the first author/presenter. · There are no parallel sessions during the conference. · All information is electronically distributed to keep costs as low as possible. · All participants who want to attend, whether first author or co-author, must register and pay in advance of the conference. · 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<http://www.seattleclubconference.org/> Seattle Club 2018 is being hosted by members of the University of Birmingham<https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/index.aspx> and the University of Warwick<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cedar/>. If you have any queries regarding the conference, please email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Organising Committee: Biza Stenfert Kroese and Samantha Flynn Samantha Flynn Research Assistant | CEDAR (Centre for Educational Developmental Appraisal and Research)<http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cedar/> | University of Warwick<http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | Mobile: 07823 362152 Staff Profile<mailto:https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cedar/staff/samanthaflynn/> | ResearchGate<mailto:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samantha_Flynn> | Twitter<mailto:https://twitter.com/sflynn_cctb> Room WE141 | CEDAR | New Education Building | Westwood Campus | University of Warwick | Coventry | CV4 7AL | Find us on the interactive map<http://campus.warwick.ac.uk/?search=CEDAR&slid=50760>. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ID-RESEARCH-UK list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ID-RESEARCH-UK&A=1