The theme of the Congress is “Acceptance, rejection, and resilience within family, school, and social-emotional contexts.”

The Congress will include a rich scientific, clinical, and applied program, as well as stimulating social events. It will also provide the opportunity to meet like-minded colleagues and students from around the world. All this will take place in a setting of great historical interest and natural beauty.

Issues such as parental acceptance-rejection, attachment issues in relation to acceptance-rejection, parenting education, psychological and emotional maltreatment, clinical and developmental implications of interpersonal acceptance-rejection, peer acceptance-rejection, educational implications of teacher, peer, and parental acceptance-rejection, acceptance-rejection of children with special needs, etc., will be discussed.

The Organizing Committee invites proposals for papers, symposia, workshops and poster sessions on topics related to the Congress’s main theme and topics (please see Call for Papers).

Keynote speakers:

David A. Wolfe - University of Western Ontario in London - Canada
Paula M. Barrett - Griffith University - Australia
F. Motti-Stefanidi - University of Athens - Greece
S. Polychronopoulou - University of Athens - Greece

Schedule

Thursday 3 July 2008
Registration
Opening
Plenary session
Award Ceremony for winners of the University of Connecticut Rohner Center Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
Welcome Reception

Friday 4 July 2008
Plenary and parallel sessions, symposia, and poster sessions

Saturday 5 July 2008
Plenary and parallel sessions, and symposia

Sunday 6 July 2008
Parallel sessions and symposia
Business meeting of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
Closing ceremony and Congress dinner