Scientific Programme

Keynote lectures, Nordic symposia, oral presentations and poster sessions in Helsinki.

Scientific Programme

Explore the programme from Wednesday, 25 August to Friday, 27 August 2027.

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Wednesday25 August 2027

TimeSession
09:00–12:00Workshop 1 / Workshop 2
Topics and speakers to be announced soon.
12:00–13:00Lunch
13:00–16:00Workshop 3: Maria Bühler
Young Autistic Patients in Healthcare: Challenges, Needs, and Best Practices

Workshop 4: Sari Levänen
Developmental Language Disorder – Assessment, Multilingualism, and Research

The morning workshops run simultaneously, as do the afternoon workshops. Workshop details and fees →

Thursday26 August 2027

TimeSession
08:15–10:00Registration
08:45–09:00Welcome
09:00–10:00Keynote: Riitta Salmelin ↗
10:00–11:30Opening ceremony
11:30–13:00Nordic Symposium 1: Norway / Oral presentations / Symposium 1
13:00–14:00Lunch and Poster Session
14:00–15:00Keynote: Rune Nielsen ↗
15:00–15:30Poster Session and Coffee Break
15:30–17:00Nordic Symposium 2: Sweden / Oral presentations / Symposium 2
19:00Congress Dinner ↗

Friday27 August 2027

TimeSession
09:00–10:30Nordic Symposium 3: Finland / Oral presentations / Symposium 3
10:30–11:00Poster Session and Coffee Break
11:00–12:00Keynote: Maggie Johnson ↗
12:00–13:00Poster Session and Lunch
13:00–14:00Keynote: Teppo Särkämö ↗
14:00–15:30Nordic Symposium 4: Denmark / Oral presentations / Symposium 4
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Nordic Symposium 4: Denmark · Friday, 27 August 2027 · 14:00–15:30

Rethinking Assessment: New Paradigms for Understanding Cognition Across Contexts

Chair: T. Rune Nielsen

Presenters and titles

Anne Vagner
Are we facing a paradigm shift? Toward meaningful and contextually informed assessment of functional capacity in children and adolescents with severe genetic and neurological conditions
Ro Robotham
Effects of acculturation and bilingualism on measures of cognitive and intellectual functioning in Danish-speaking Arabic-Danish bilingual university students who have grown up in Denmark
T. Rune Nielsen
Beyond translation: Ecological relevance as a new paradigm in cross-cultural test development
15:30–16:00Poster Session and Coffee Break
16:00–17:00Keynote: Francesca Happé ↗
17:00–17:45Closing Remarks
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