ORGANIZING

COMMITTEE

Jean-Michel ALBARET
Christophe BARR
Malle BIOTTEAU
Yves CHAIX
Marianne JOVER
Caroline KARSENTY
Jennifer LARENG-ARMITAGE
Agns LAURENT
Rgis SOPPELSA
Jessica TALLET

Dear colleague, we are pleased to announce that the

11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER

will take place in TOULOUSE (FRANCE) ON 2nd - 4th JULY 2015. The conference is jointly organized by the University
of Toulouse, the Aix-Marseille University and the Toulouse University Hospital and the Toulouse Psychomotricity Training
Institute. Full details of the submission process, the program structure and the range of accommodation options near to the
congress venue will be announced shortly. The organization of the conference is a dynamic process and you will soon be
invited to keep informed about its progress by visiting our congress webpage to come.
The main theme will be
DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER AND OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS:
A FOCUS ON COMORBIDITY

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Jean-Michel ALBARET, University of Toulouse - France
Christine ASSAIANTE, Aix-Marseille University - France
Anna L. BARNETT, Oxford Brookes University - United Kingdom
Patrick BERQUIN, University of Amiens - France
Rainer BLANK, University of Heidelberg - Germany
John CAIRNEY, McMaster University, Hamilton - Canada
Yves CHAIX, University of Toulouse - France
Jane E. CLARK, University of Maryland - United States of America
Reint H GEUZE, University of Groningen - The Netherlands
Dido GREEN, Oxford Brookes University - United Kingdom
Sheila E. HENDERSON, Institute of Education University of London - United Kingdom
Marianne JOVER, Aix-Marseille University - France
Marie-Laure KAISER, University Hospital of Lausanne - Switzerland
Mitsuru KASHIWAGI, Department of Pediatrics, Hirakata City Hospital - Japan
Amanda KIRBY, University of Wales - United Kingdom
Livia C MAGALHES, Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil
Anita E. PIENAAR, North-West University - South Africa
Helen POLATAJKO, University of Toronto - Canada
Bouwien SMITS-ENGELSMAN, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium
David SUGDEN, University of Leeds - United Kingdom
Jessica TALLET, University of Toulouse - France
Jean-Luc VELAY, Aix-Marseille University - France
Hilde VAN WAELVELDE, Artevelde University College & Ghent University - Belgium
Naomi WEINTRAUB, Hebrew University of Jrusalem - Isral
Peter WILSON, Australian Catholic University - Australia
Jill G. ZWICKER, University of British Columbia - Canada

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The scientific program of the conference will include, specifically, the following topics:
Causal mechanisms in DCD and associated disorders
Brain imaging research
Links between DCD and other neurodevelopmental disorders
Motor learning in DCD
Assessment in a life span perspective
Intervention on DCD and associated disorders
Adapted Physical Activity

KEYNOTES SPEAKERS
Hans FORSSBERG, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Sweden (not yet confirmed)
Michel HABIB, Resodys, Marseille - France
Marie-Laure KAISER, University Hospital of Lausanne - Switzerland
Amanda KIRBY, University of Wales - United Kingdom
Roderick I. NICOLSON, University of Sheffield - United Kingdom
Bouwien SMITS-ENGELSMAN, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium

IMPORTANT DATES

OCTOBER 1st, 2014

Abstract submission opens

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Abstract deadline
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
Notification of abstract decision