Program

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S - Symposium | PS - Parallel Session  | PO - Poster

Wednesday 5 June

Academic program

Ghent University Aula Academica, Voldersstraat 9, Gent

TIME
Program

14:00 - 17:00

Registration

17:00 - 17:30

Opening of DCD15-IMDRC6

17:30 - 18:20

18:20 - 20:30

Welcome Reception featuring local culinary delights

Thursday 6 June

Academic program

De Bijloke, Bijlokekaai 7, Gent

TIME
Program

7:15 - 8:15

SOCIAL ACTIVITY - Morning walk

Get to know downtown Ghent with an invigorating guided walk. Separate registration required. See detailed program for more information

8:00 - all day

Registration

9:00 - 9:50

9:50 - 10:30

FOYER

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

CONCERTZAAL

S1 - International insights: Toddler motor skills across diverse cultures and early childhood education and care environments

KRAAKHUIS

PS1 - Assessment 1

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS3 - Motor competence, associations with physical activity

REFTER

PS2 - Underlying mechanisms 1

12:00 - 13:00

FOYER

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:30

CONCERTZAAL

S2 - A cross-country comparison of the impact of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

KRAAKHUIS

PS4 - Assessment 2

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS6 - Motor competence, longitudinal

REFTER

PS5 - Underlying mechanisms 2

14:30 - 16:00

FOYER

Moderated electronic poster session (PO1A, PO1B, PO1C, PO1D) with coffee

16:00 - 17:15

CONCERTZAAL

PS7 - Play, risk, outdoor

KRAAKHUIS

PS8 - Transdiagnostics

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS9 - Motor competence, associated factors

REFTER

PS10 - Balance

17:15 - 17:30

Break

17:30 - 18:20

18:30 - 19:30

SOCIAL ACTIVITY - Guided boat tour

Experience Ghent's enchanting beauty with a captivating boat tour. Separate registration required. See detailed program for more information.

19:30 - 21:30

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER SOCIAL - Junior-Senior Meet-Up

Informal gathering and networking opportunity in a local pub. No registration required.

Friday 7 June

Academic program

De Bijloke, Bijlokekaai 7, Gent

TIME
Program

7:15 - 8:15

SOCIAL ACTIVITY - Morning run

Start your day the right way with a refreshing morning run. Separate registration required. See detailed program for more information.

8:00 - all day

Registrations

9:00 - 9:50

9:50 - 10:30

FOYER

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

CONCERTZAAL

PS11 - Intervention 1

KRAAKHUIS

S3 - Assessing Behaviors & Cognition 4 (motor, psychological, social-emotional, cognition) Physical Education - ABC’s 4 PE: A motor assessment focus

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS12 - Psychosocial factors

BAUDELOZAAL

S4 - Combined action observation and motor imagery interventions improve motor skill development and (re)learning across the lifecourse

12:00 - 13:00

FOYER

Lunch break + special workshop on COMBINE (S11)

13:00 - 14:30

CONCERTZAAL

PS13 - Intervention 2

KRAAKHUIS

PS14 - Motor Learning

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS15 - Early childhood 1

BAUDELOZAAL

S5 - Validity evidence for the Physical Literacy in Children
Questionnaire, a journey without an end

14:30 - 16:00

FOYER

Moderated electronic poster session (PO2A, PO2B, PO2C, PO2D) with coffee

16:00 -17:15

CONCERTZAAL

PS17 -  Awareness

KRAAKHUIS

S6 - Highly intensive training: the need, feasibility and preliminary results in children with DCD

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS16 -  Underlying mechanisms 3

BAUDELOZAAL

S7 - The genetics of DCD

17:15 - 17:30

Break

17:30 - 18:20

19:30 - 01:00

Conference dinner and party @ Concert Hall De Vooruit (Live band and DJ from 21:30)

Saturday 8 June

Academic program

De Bijloke, Bijlokekaai 7, Gent

TIME
Program

8:00 - 14:00

Registration

9:00 - 10:00

CONCERTZAAL

PS18 - Adults

ANATOMISCH THEATER

PS19 - Early childhood 2

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:00 - 10:30

CONCERTZAAL

I-MDRC Business Meeting 

10:30 - 12:00

CONCERTZAAL

S8 - DCD BIG IDEAS GROUP (DCDBIG): From big questions to new insights on understanding, recognising and treating DCD

REFTER

S9 - Evaluating and stimulating motor competence in relation to the aquatic setting

ANATOMISCH THEATER

S10 - REACT project: What families, PE teachers, and communities need to know about children's growth, motor development, and health habits

12:00 - 12:45

CONCERTZAAL

Awards ceremony & closure of DCD15-IMDRC

12:45 - 14:00

FOYER

Lunch