2009 conference registration form | Submit abstract online |Submit Seattle Club Studentship application

 

9th 'Seattle Club' Conference on Research in Intellectual Disabilities.

University College London 7th and 8th December 2009

 

Registration fees are £90 per person to include conference registration (2 days), lunches, refreshments and evening meal on Monday 7th December (no registration fee discount is available for single day registration or registration without the evening meal). Please use the link above to access the registration form.

 

Places are limited at the conference and registration will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Early registration is recommended.

The 9th annual 'Seattle Club' Conference on research in intellectual disabilities will take place at University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th December 2009.

2009 'Seattle Club' Keynote Presentations Speaker:

 

Professor Nora Groce: Leonard Cheshire Chair of Disability, UCL

Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their full Inclusion: Global Challenges

 

Key deadlines

On-line submission of abstracts: 30th September 2009

Applications for the 2009 Seattle Club Studentships: 30th September 2009

Registration: 30th October 2009

Following the well established tradition of the 'Seattle Club' conferences:

• All participants must submit a poster or paper that describes the results of a research project (quantitative or qualitative) on intellectual disabilities (in other words, you cannot just come to listen, you must be an active and contributing researcher)
• The only exceptions to this rule will be made for PhD students at the beginning of their projects and other 'early stage' researchers who have not yet had the opportunity to complete a research study
• All papers and posters must include analysis of unpublished quantitative or qualitative data
• Each participant is only allowed to submit one poster or paper where they are the first author/presenter
• There are no parallel sessions (so everyone is able to go to everything)
• All information is electronically distributed to keep the costs as low as possible
• All participants, whether first author or co-author(s), must register and pay in advance for the conference.
• The Seattle Club conference is only open to residents from the UK and Ireland.

University College London (UCL), this year’s conference venue, is situated in the heart of Central London. It is 10 to 15 minutes walk from Euston and Kings Cross/ St Pancras Mainline Stations, and is easily accessible by bus or underground from all other mainline stations. All London airports are fairly well connected to UCL.

You must book your own accommodation in London. We have managed to secure preferential room rates for Seattle Club attendees at the following hotels:

1. The Goodenough Club:  £95 single en suite, including breakfast and internet access.

The Goodenough Club is an independent academic residence associated with UCL and situated in a lovely garden square about a 10 minute walk from the conference venue. 20 rooms are held for the Seattle Club, so book your room fast.
If you wish to book one of these rooms, please quote reference number: 61497at the time of booking. To book a room, please go direct to the following website:
http://www.goodenough.ac.uk/

2. The Academy Boutique Hotel:

£110 single en-suite, including breakfast. Beautiful boutique hotel 5 minutes walk from conference venue. If you wish to book one of these rooms at the preferential conference rate, please quote ‘Seattle Club’ at the time of booking. To book a room, please go direct to the following website:
http://www.theetoncollection.com/

Other hotels:

3. Tavistock Hotel:

£65 single. Straightforward tourist hotel 2 minutes walk from conference venue. Book direct with hotel on the following website (no preferential rate available):
http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/tavistock1_hotel

4. For those on a very tight budget: The Generator Hostel:

£50 single or £25 per person in double room. 5 minutes walk to conference venue, but often full of 18 year olds on school trips. Book direct with the hostel on the following website (no preferential rate available):
http://www.generatorhostels.com/en/london

Registration Details and Costs
The cost of the conference is £90.  This includes Registration, refreshments, lunches on the two days of the conference and an evening meal on Monday, 7th December (there is no additional cost for the evening meal– it is included in the registration fee). No registration fee discount is available for single day registration or registration without the evening meal.

On-line Submission of Abstracts
All abstracts should be submitted using the form on the Seattle Club website.

Studentships for 2009
As a general rule, only those with their names on an accepted submission can attend Seattle Club conferences. The exception is six places we have available as Studentships for 2009.
Seattle Club Studentships are intended for PhD students at the beginning of their projects and similar 'early stage' researchers (including clinicians developing their research, trainees in professions related to intellectual disabilities, research assistants on new projects, etc.). Such individuals will be interested in and committed to research in the field but will not yet have completed a study from which they can present data (and whose name therefore does not appear on a poster or oral presentation). Studentships are bursaries that will cover the full registration costs (i.e., not travel or accommodation) for the conference.
Applications should be made to Professor Richard Hastings using the form on the Seattle Club Studentships web page. In the event that the number of applications exceeds the number of studentships available, names will be pulled from a hat to decide the award of the studentships. The deadline for applications for the 2009 Seattle Club Studentships is 30th September 2009.

2009 Conference Contact details:
Katrina Scior, ‘Seattle Club 2009’ , Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London,
1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6JU

e-mail: seattleclub2009@psychol.ucl.ac.uk