Invited Speakers...
  • Cathy Lord (session chair), University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, USA
  • Kasia Chawarska, Yale University, USA
  • Tony Charman, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
     
  • Pharmacological interventions for Autism spectrum disorders
  • Craig Erickson, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine , USA
  • Christopher McDougle (session chair), Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
  • Bryan King, University of Washington, USA
     
  • Research into the neuropathology of Autism
  • David Amaral (session chair), University of California at Davis, USA
  • Cyndi Schumann, University of California at Davis, USA
  • Patrick Hof, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
  • Gene Blatt, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
  • Carlos Pardo, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
     
  • Changes in brain growth and function from infancy to adulthood in Autism
  • Eric Courchesne (session chair), University of California at San Diego, USA
  • Karen Pierce, University of California at San Diego, USA
  • Declan Murphy, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK
     
  • Animal models of Autism spectrum disorders
  • Jacqueline Crawley (session chair), NIMH, USA
  • Alcino Silva, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
  • Joseph Buxbaum, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
  • Tom Jongens, University of Pennsylvannia, USA
     
  • Genetics and genomics of Autism spectrum disorders
  • Joseph Buxbaum (session chair), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
  • Steve Scherer, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Canada
  • Bernie Devlin, UPMC, USA
  • Catalina Betancur, INSERM U952, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
     
  • Cutting edge research in behavioral interventions for ASD
  • Sally Rogers (session chair), University of California Davis Medical Center
  • Fred Frankel, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
  • Aubyn Stahmer, The Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, USA
  • Judy Reaven, University of Colorado Denver, USA
     
  • PLENARY PRESENTATION
  • David Amaral, University of California at Davis, USA