Preliminary Programme
Thursday June 20th
Registration and coffee
09.00 - 09.20
Welcome by Marian Joëls, dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Groningen, and Eduard Verhagen, head of the Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen
Changes in concepts: brain activity from infancy to adolescence
9.20 - 10.00
Peter Marshall (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
The development of neural body representations in infancy
10.00 - 10.40
Kathrin Cohen Kadosh (Oxford, UK)
Developmental changes in the brain's reorganization from infancy to Adolescence
10.40 - 11.10
Coffee/tea
From motor development to embodied cognition
11.10 - 11.40
Lieven Lagae (Leuven, Belgium)
Changing concepts in childhood epilepsy: from plasticity to daily guidance
11.40 - 12.10
Christopher Gillberg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The essence of autism and related disorders
12.10 - 12.50
Flash presentations presentations of posters
12.50 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 14.10
Poster session
From motor development to embodied cognition (continued)
14.10 - 14.50
Elisa Hamer (Nijmegen / Groningen, the Netherlands)
Early infancy: from general movements to goal directed activity
14.50 - 15.30
Kirsten Heineman (Groningen, the Netherlands)
Development of adaptive motor behaviour during infancy
15.30 - 16.00
Coffee/tea
Philippe Rochat (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Early development of embodied cognition
16.40 - 17.20
Mijna Hadders-Algra (Groningen, the Netherlands)
You and I: learning to balance between the self and the other
Reception & Musical Intermezzo at
The reception is offered by the University of Groningen, the Municipality of Groningen and the Province of Groningen.
Friday June 21st
08.30 - 09.00
Coffee/tea
09.00 - 09.40
Lisenka Vissers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
What genes can tell us about brain and behaviour.
09.40 - 10.20
Karen Lidzba (Bern, Switzerland)
Current concepts on the plasticity of the developing brain
10.20 - 10.50
Coffee/tea
10.50 - 11.30
Allan Colver (New Castle, UK)
Transition of young people with neurodisability
11.30 - 12.10
Andrea Guzzetta (Pisa, Italy)
Cerebral visual impairment – consequences for navigation through daily life
12.10 - 12.50
Flash presentations of posters
12.50 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 14.10
Poster session
14.10 - 14.50
Jill Zwicker (Vancouver, Canada)
Brain imaging in children with DCD: implications for improving function in daily life
14.50 - 15.30
Hilde van Waelvelde (Ghent, Belgium)
DCD and ASD: novel insights into co-morbidity
15.30 - 16.10
Bert Steenbergen (Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
Deficits in embodied cognition in children with DCD: implications for function in daily life.
16.10 - 16.40
Coffee/tea
Coffee/tea
Changing concepts in neurodevelopmental disorders
09.00 - 09.40
Lisenka Vissers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
What genes can tell us about brain and behaviour.
09.40 - 10.20
Karen Lidzba (Bern, Switzerland)
Current concepts on the plasticity of the developing brain
10.20 - 10.50
Coffee/tea
10.50 - 11.30
Allan Colver (New Castle, UK)
Transition of young people with neurodisability
11.30 - 12.10
Andrea Guzzetta (Pisa, Italy)
Cerebral visual impairment – consequences for navigation through daily life
12.10 - 12.50
Flash presentations of posters
12.50 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 14.10
Poster session
Changing concepts in neurodevelopmental disorders (continued)
14.10 - 14.50
Jill Zwicker (Vancouver, Canada)
Brain imaging in children with DCD: implications for improving function in daily life
14.50 - 15.30
Hilde van Waelvelde (Ghent, Belgium)
DCD and ASD: novel insights into co-morbidity
15.30 - 16.10
Bert Steenbergen (Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
Deficits in embodied cognition in children with DCD: implications for function in daily life.
16.10 - 16.40
Coffee/tea
Novelties in the guidance of children with neurodisability
16.40 - 17.10
Frank van Bel (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Prevention and repair of neonatal brain injury: how far are we?
17.10 - 17.50
Elisa Fazzi (Brescia, Italy)
Early visual intervention to improve motor, cognitive and social development
17.50 - 18.15
Get together in the “the Fonteinpatio” (near the fountain).
18.15
Departure for dinner
Saturday June 22nd
08.30 - 09.00
Coffee/tea
Novelties in the guidance of children with neurodisability (continued)
09.00 - 09.40
Jean-Pierre Lin (London, UK)
Novel approaches in the guidance of children with dyskinetic CP
09.40 - 10.10
Schirin Akhbari Ziegler (Winterthur, Switzerland)
Transitions in infant physiotherapy: towards coaching of families
10.10 - 10.50
Gunn Kristin Øberg (Tromsø, Norway)
Play as a means to integrate embodied cognition into paediatric physiotherapy
10.50 - 11.20
Coffee/tea
11.20 - 12.00
Bert Otten (Groningen, the Netherlands)
Virtual reality, embodiment, movement control and movement disorders
12.00 - 12.45
Forum Discussion: What have we learned and where are we going?
13.00
Take away lunch
Coffee/tea
Novelties in the guidance of children with neurodisability (continued)
09.00 - 09.40
Jean-Pierre Lin (London, UK)
Novel approaches in the guidance of children with dyskinetic CP
09.40 - 10.10
Schirin Akhbari Ziegler (Winterthur, Switzerland)
Transitions in infant physiotherapy: towards coaching of families
10.10 - 10.50
Gunn Kristin Øberg (Tromsø, Norway)
Play as a means to integrate embodied cognition into paediatric physiotherapy
10.50 - 11.20
Coffee/tea
11.20 - 12.00
Bert Otten (Groningen, the Netherlands)
Virtual reality, embodiment, movement control and movement disorders
12.00 - 12.45
Forum Discussion: What have we learned and where are we going?
13.00
Take away lunch
