Upcoming Conferences/Workshops

I propose that we sticky a new thread with upcoming conferences/workshops. Its purpose can be dualfold:

(a) To inform others of conferences that they may be unaware of but may wish to look into further, and

(b) To allow fellow SDNers to hook up with one another if they are attending the same conference (whether it be for networking, room sharing, or just a quick chat).

Upcoming Conferences For 2008-2009
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Event: Eating Disorders Research Society 14th Annual Meeting
Date: September 25-27, 2008
Location: Montreal, Quebec; Canada
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: 2008 Florida Prevention Conference & Suicide Prevention Symposium
Date: September 30-October 3, 2008
Location: Orlando, FL
SDN Attendees: Therapist4Chnge

Event: Society for Psychophysiological Research
Date: October 1-5, 2008
Location: Austin, TX
SDN Attendees: Ollie123

Event: Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP) Conference
Date: October 16-20, 2008
Location: Cincinnati, OH
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: National Academy of Neuropsychology
Date: October 21-25, 2008
Location: New York, NY
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: 2008 Florida Association of School Psychology Conference
Date: October 29-November 3, 2008
Location: Kissimmee, FL
SDN Attendees: Therapist4Chnge

Event: International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 24th Annual Meeting
Date(s): November 13-15, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies 42nd Annual Convention
Date(s): November 13-16, 2008
Location: Orlando, FL
SDN Attendees: moonflwr, cara susanna

Event: Society for Neuroscience
Date: November 15-19, 2008
Location: Washington, D. C.

Event: Conference on Innovations in Trauma Research Methods
Date(s): November 16-17, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: Gatlinburg Conference on Research & Theory in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Date: March 18-20, 2009
Location: New Orleans, LA
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: Society for Research in Child Development
Date: April 2-4, 2009
Location: Denver, CO
SDN Attendees: kidpsychstuff

Event: American Association of Suicidology Annual Conference
Date: April 15-18, 2009
Location: San Francisco, CA
SDN Attendees: Therapist4Chnge

Event: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Date: April 27-30, 2009
Location: Dublin, Ireland
SDN Attendees: Ollie123

Event: AED International Conference on Eating Disorders
Date: April 30-May 2, 2009
Location: Cancun, Mexico
SDN Attendees: TBD

Event: College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Date: June 20-25, 2009
Location: Reno, NV
SDN Attendees: TBD
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If you know of a conference/workshop or you plan on attending one, post the relevant information and someone will update the list.

Event: APA 116th Annual Convention
Date(s): August 14-17, 2008
Location: Boston



To start, I pulled this from the clinical psychology HPSP thread. There may be individuals who could help but who do not see the post because it's buried in an HPSP discussion.

Programmer06 said:

Hey is anyone going to APA? I realize this may be weird, but im a poor grad student. The cheapest flight i have found is $350 bucks. The hotels are through the roof. And I havnt even registered yet. Im presenting, so I dont want to duck out of it. If only the Army would have started me this summer rather than fall, I would be OK. So is anyone one else going? I am trying to cut down on the cost of a room.

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Event: 13th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
Date(s): September 12-17, 2008
Location: San Diego


Event: ABCT 42nd Annual Convention
Date(s): November 13-16, 2008
Location: Orlando, FL


Event: International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 24th Annual Meeting
Date(s): November 13-15, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL


Event: Conference on Innovations in Trauma Research Methods
Date(s): November 16-17, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL

JockNerd said:

It's good that you clarified what you meant by "hook up." Because from what I hear about conferences....

I'm going to APA. Hotels are through the roof (my group is in a $200/night room).

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Yeah, I thought about that as I was typing it. Thought clarification might be needed. Not trying to start a conference dating service here, although it could be something RD & I can add in order to extend our grad student escort service.

erg923 said:

Na..its cool JN..you can just stay with my aunt Anne while your in Boston. I'm sure she wont mind.

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See! It's working already. JN's been successfully hooked up with erg's aunt. Can we use you as a success story in our advertisements?

RayneeDeigh said:

I love the idea of this thread. Unfortunately I'm going to no conferences this year. My new schtick is restorative justice so I might try to catch a conference about that next year.

I'm totally in favour of a conference dating service, haha.

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It's still up in the air on whether I'm attending anything else this upcoming year due to some completely screwy going-ons, so you may not be the only one. There's a conference or two I thought about going to, without presenting, but still unsure I want to spend vast amounts of money (not to mention the PITA it will be to take care of my other responsibilities while I'm away) only to go and have a looksy. Prof wants me to present her research at a conference that is no where near to being convenient for me and I'm trying to get it through to her that although I appreciate the opportunity, it's probably not going to happen.

JockNerd said:

Here's a polite request for all posters to spell out abbreviations; defeats half the purpose of the thread, I think, to have to separately look up what posters mean.

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Thanks, JN!

I am amazed at the number of international conferences posted. I actually stopped myself from initially posting a few because I didn't think they would be too popular among students but apparently this is not the case. Now I need to dig out their information again.

In the meantime, I've already seen a couple of conferences I'd like to check out at some point, so this is already a great resource (for me at any rate!).

Keep 'em coming!