 A Message from the Organising Committees:
Following the success of the International Cerebral Palsy Conferences in Quebec (2003) and Finland (2006), the Cerebral Palsy Institute would like to invite people from around the world to attend the 3rd International Cerebral Palsy Conference, to be held in Sydney , Australia on February 14-21, 2009. This conference is a unique opportunity for Australasian and International researchers, clinicians and scientists to convene for a landmark meeting to showcase their research. Read More
Conference Aim and Themes:
The aim of this conference is to facilitate collaboration between internationally renowned researchers across all disciplines to help find the answers to cerebral palsy. The conference will have a theme of 'Across the Life-span'.
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The conference will consist of invited key note addresses, scientific paper presentations, scientific poster discussions, seminars and advanced practitioner workshops.
| Plenary Speakers and topic areas include: |
Prof Fiona Stanley (Australia) Children's Health – Is it Improving? Influencing Government to Make Child Health a Priority
Prof Peter Rosenbaum (Canada) What Parents and Clinicians Want to Know: 2009 Update
Prof Matthew Sanders (Australia) Stepping Stones Triple P: Adopting a Population Approach to Supporting Parents of Children with a Disability
Prof Robert J Palisano (USA) Longitudinal Motor Outcomes
Prof Alastair MacLennan (Australia)
Cerebral Palsy - genomic susceptibility and environmental triggers
Assoc Prof Ann-Christin Eliasson (Sweden) Upper Limb Rehabilitation and Neurosciences
Assoc Prof Lena Krumlinde Sundholm (Sweden) Assessment of Upper Limb Outcomes
Assoc Prof Eve Blair (Australia) New Findings in Causal Pathways
Prof H Kerr Graham (Australia) Orthopaedic Surgery – Long-term Outcomes and Latest Research
Assoc Prof David Walker (Australia) Animal Models of Cerebral Palsy
Dr Christine Cans (France) Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy Europe (SCPE)
Dr Guy Molenaers (Belgium) Long-term Outcomes and Advances in Botulinum Toxin A
Prof Karin Nelson (USA) Prevention - Where will the Breakthroughs be?
Prof Ingeborg Krageloh-Mann (Germany) Neuroscience – Brain Structure and Function
Prof Giovanni Cioni (Italy) Early Diagnosis and Intervention
Assoc Prof Roslyn Boyd (Australia) State of the Clinical Science and Looking Forward
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Call for Abstracts Opens |
February – June 30 2008 |
Notice of Acceptances |
September 2008 |
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Registration Opens |
August 2008 |
Early Bird Registration Closes |
10 December 2008 |
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Pre-Conference Workshops |
14 - 17 February 2009 |
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Conference |
18 – 21 February 2009 |
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