August 1-2, 2012
ICare4Autism International Autism Conference
Autism: A Global Perspective
at the International Conference Center (ICC) in Jerusalem, Israel
Following the overwhelming success of the past conferences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC in 2011 and in Jerusalem, Israel in 2010, ICare4Autism is once again bringing together top leading medical and educational professionals and researchers working in autism.
The purpose of the ICare4Autism conferences are to share current groundbreaking research into the causes and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders , and to be a catalyst for powerful interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle the global autism crisis.
Dame Stephanie Shirley, The British Government’s Founding Ambassador for Philanthropy, and Chairman of the Shirley Foundation, will deliver the Conference’s keynote address.
Jerusalem Major Nir Barkat and Mrs. Marta Linares de Martinelli, First Lady of the Republic of Panama will give welcoming remarks at the opening session.
Dr. Joshua Weinstein, CEO & Founder of ICare4Autism explains, “We have entered a new age of autism, characterized on the one hand by unprecedented incidence, and on the other by advanced research, earlier diagnosis, and progressively more effective intervention. The evidence is clear- autism and hope are no longer mutually exclusive, but the need for action has never been more urgent.”
Dr. Eric Hollander, Chairman of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council said, “The ICare4Autism 2012 Global Conference will be a unique opportunity for leading researchers, clinicians, educators and policymakers from all over the world to share their latest findings and create powerful new international collaborations that will ultimately allow us to discover the etiology of autism and its biologic and environmental causes. This global cross-disciplinary gathering will play a vital role in speeding the development of improved methods of autism detection and treatment that are urgently needed by patients and the families.”
The conference will be in 3 tracks as follows:
Bio-Medical Research and Practice
Education-Behavioral Research and Practice
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Policy and Awareness
List of speakers by track and in alphabetical order
Bio-Medical Research and Practice
Brett Abrahams, Ph.D. (USA)
Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics and Neuroscience at Einstein, NY
The Autism Spectrum Disorders: From genes to function
Lorene Amet, D.Phil. M.Ed. (Autism) (UK/France)
DEA, DipBiotechnol, D Phil, MEd (Autism), Principal Scientist Autism Treatment Trust, Scotland
The biology of Autism Syndromes: From diagnosis to intervention
Agatino Battaglia, M.D., DPed, DNeurology (Italy)
DPed, DNeurol, Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry at the Post-Graduate Medical School in Child
Neuropsychiatry, at the University of Pisa, Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
Etiological heterogeneity of autism spectrum disorders
Helena Brentani, M.D., Ph.D. (Brazil)
Associated Professor, Psychiatric Department at the University of Sao Paulo
Putting together clinical and research workflows for Autism in a public service
W. Ted Brown, M.D., Ph.D. (USA)
Director, New York State Institute for Basic Research in DD
The Fragile X Syndrome and Autism
Henry Butt, M.D. (Australia)
Senior Fellows (Hon), Univ of Melbourne; Director, Bioscreen (Aust) P/L, University of Melbourne, Australia
The changes of the intestinal microbial flora of patients with autism
Randi J. Hagerman, M.D., F.A.A.P. (USA) - Invited speaker
Medical Director, M.I.N.D. Institute, Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research, UC Davis Health Systems, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, CA (USA)
New Initiatives in Autism Research and Practice
Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D. (USA) – Invited speaker
Center for Autism Research, The Joseph Stokes Jr Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, PA; Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
Gene networks underlying autism targeted for therapeutic intervention
Eli Hatchwell, M.D., Ph.D. (UK, IS) – Chair of the Genetics Sessions
Chief Scientific Officer, Population Diagnostics UK, Inc.;
Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
Towards Explaining the Heritability of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Eric Hollander, M.D. (USA)
Director of the Autism Spectrum Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore
Medical Center and Chairman of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
“Neuropsychopharmacolgy of Oxytocin and Inflammation in ASD”
Mady Hornig, M.D. (USA)
Director of Translational Research, Center for Infection and Immunity, Associate Professor of
Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, USA
Biologic mechanisms in autism
Dov Inbar, M.D. (USA, IS)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. CERC. Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Yeshiva
University, NY, Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics. Sackler Faculty of Medicine. Tel Aviv University.
Head, The Child Development Department. Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel
Yoav Kohn, M.D. (Israel)
Director, the Donald Cohen Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department Jerusalem Mental Health Center Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine
“Genetics : Detection and characterization of variations in Jewish Israeli autistic patients”
Henry Markram, Ph.D, (Switzerland)
Director, Blue Brain Project; Coordinator, Human Brain Project; Professor at Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (EPFL)
Prospects of using detailed brain simulations to explore possible causes and treatments of Autism
Kamila Markram, Ph.D. (Switzerland)
Neuroscientist of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland
Autism Project Director, Brain Mind Institute
Intense World Theory of Autism
Jose Humberto Nicolini-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D. (Mexico)
Professor, Universidad de la Ciudad de Mexico & Director, Carraci Medical Group, Mexico, Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
Genetic basis of compulsive behaviours in ASD
Alexis L. Reyes M.D. (Philippines)
Associate Professor, Developmental and Behavioral Studies Unit, Department of Pediatrics
Philippine General Hospital
Stefano Pallanti, M.D., Ph.D. (Italy, USA)
Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Florence and at Mt Sinai School of Medicine, NY,
Director of the Residency Program, Chair of the Consultation Psychiatry Unit at University of Florence, Italy, Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
rTMS in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Effects on Executive Functions and Affects Recognitions
Harry D. Schneider, Ph.D., M.D., P.C. (USA)
Visiting Associate Research Scientist Fellow, Program for Cognitive Sciences (P.I.C.S.) Columbia
University Medical Center, NY, and at the Center for Medical & Brain Sciences, The Autism Family International Foundation, USA
Minimally-verbal Children with Autism: The use of functional MRI (FMRI) to demonstrate
dysfunctional language networks and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) to restore
functional language in these children.
Sagiv Shifman, Ph.D., (Israel)
Department of Genetics, The Life Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shared neuronal pathways affected by common and rare variants in autism spectrum disorders
Mike Snape, MD (UK)
Chief Scientific Officer Autism Therapeutics Ltd, Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
NNZ-2566: Rationale for use in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. (USA) – Invited speaker
Professor, Department of Psychology, Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Pediatrics at
Boston Univ School of Medicine, President, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
Early risk signs and development of language in autism spectrum disorder
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, MD (Canada) – Invited speaker
Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, Endowed Chair in Autism Research; Developmental Pediatrician
and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta, Canada, Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
Advances in Early Detection and Diagnosis of Autism
Education-Behavioral Research and Practice
S. Mariam Aljunied, Ph.D. (Singapore, UK) – Invited speaker
Principal Specialist, Education Psychology, Ministry of Education, Singapore
Right-siting children with autism: A global search for the ‘right’ solution
Sami Basha, Ph.D. (Palestine Authority)- Invited speaker
President Assistant for Quality and scientific research, Prof. Of Special and inclusive Education
Palestine Ahliya University, Bethlehem / Palestine Authority
Drs Nirit Bauminger, Dana Shoham Kugelmass, Yael Kimhi, and Galit Agam Ben Artzi (Israel)
Nirit Bauminger, Ph.D., Professor, Head, Graduate Program in Special Education, Specializing in
ASD School of Education; and Drs Dana Shoham Kugelmass, Yael Kimhi, Galit Agam Ben Artzi,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Symposium – Social emotional functioning in HFASD: New findings and intervention implication
Robert Didden, Ph.D. (Netherlands)
Professor at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Effectiveness of low intensity behavioral treatment (ABA) in young children with ASD and
intellectual disability: Results of a Dutch RCT study and variables predicting treatment success
Beth Diviney, Ph.D., BCBA (USA)
Behavior Consultant at learning centers and medical clinics, member of the ICARE4Autism Advisory Council
Integrating Behavioral and Medical Care: A collaborative healthcare approach for people with ASD
Eitan Eldar, Ph.D., BCBA-D (Israel)
Chairman of the Israeli Association of Applied Behavior Analysis, Head, the Applied Behavior Analysis Program, Kibbutzim College, Member of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council
“little secrets and the fallacies” of ABA in treating Autism
Jeongil Kim, Ph.D. (Korea)
President, KINDD (Korean Association of Independent Living Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities), President, Lotus Flowers Children Center, Chair, Play Therapy Department, Daegu Cyber University, Korea
Art-based Transition Program to Adulthood for Children with ASD
Inbar Konforti, BCaBA (Israel)
Founder and Director, Refael Center
ABA The Human Challenge, About Parents, Therapists, and what lies in-between
Carlos Marcin Salazar, Ph.D. (Mexico) – Invited speaker
Director, The National Autism Clinic of Mexico (CLIMA) (Mexico)
ASD and Advocacy
James W. Partington, PhD, BCBA-D (USA) - Invited speaker
Director of Behavior Analysts, Inc., and author of the Assessment of Basic Language and
Learning Skills-Revised (ABLLS-R).
Teach your children well: Practical advice for parents and professionals regarding designing and implementing effective interventions for the acquisition of language and social interaction skills
Stephen Shore, Ed.D. (USA)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Special Education, Adelphi University, NY
Life on and Slightly to the Right of the Autism Spectrum: An Inside View Towards Success
Abbie Weisberg and Heather Tratt, Directors at Keshet (USA)
Abbie Weisberg, CEO/Executive Director, and Heather Tratt, COO/Director of Programs and
Operations, Keshet (USA)
Keshet: Practical Approaches for life span programming for individuals on the Autism Spectrum
Drs Tamar Weiss, Eynat Gal, Nirit Bauminger, Sigal Eden, and Massimo Zancanaro (Israel and Italy)
Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, OT, Ph.D., Eynat Gal, OT, Ph.D., Dept. of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa; Nirit Bauminger, PhD, Sigal Eden,PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; and Massimo Zancanaro, PhD, Italy
Symposium – Participatory Design of Technology to Create Intervention Tools for Children with ASD
Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D. (USA) - Invited speaker
Associate Professor and Director, Autism Spectrum Program in Department of Special Education,
San Francisco State University, CA, USA
Integrated Play Groups®: Guiding Children with Autism in Social and Imaginary Worlds
with Typical Peers
Dalia Zwick, PT, Ph.D. (USA)
Senior Rehabilitation Supervisor, Coordinator, Premier HealthCare, NY
Autism – Therapy and Orthotics in persistant Toe Walking
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Policy and Awareness
Merry Barua (India)
Director Action For Autism – National Centre for Autism, India
Perspectives in Including Children with Autism in Mainstream Classrooms and
Empowering Mothers to Increase Reach in Low Resourced Settings
Juan Carlos Brandt (United Nations) – Invited speaker
Chief, Advocacy and Special Events, Department of Public Information
United Nations
Eileen Hopkins (UK)
Special Advisor, Autism, Policy and Practice Autistica, Autism Consultant to the Shirley Foundation, Member of ICare4Autism Advisory Council.
Mrs. Marta Linares de Martinelli (Republic of Panama)
First Lady of the Republic of Panama, Welcoming Remarks
Hugh Morgan, MMedSc OBE FRSA (Wales)
CEO Autism Wales and Expert Advisor for ASD to the Welsh Assembly Government, Wales, Member of ICare4Autism Advisory Council.
Carlos Marcin Salazar, Ph.D. (Mexico)
Director, The National Autism Clinic of Mexico (CLIMA) (Mexico)
Dame Stephanie Shirley (UK) – Keynote Speaker
The British Government’s Founding Ambassador for Philanthropy, and Chairman of the Shirley Foundation
Joshua Weinstein, Ph.D., MBA (USA, IS)
Founder & CEO of ICare4Autism, Shema Kolainu – Hear Our Voices, School and Center for
Children with Autism and TISHMA, ABA Center for Children with Autism, USA and Israel
Dr. Wendy Zhang (China)
Founder/CEO of SinoCure LLC, China
New Autism Initiatives in China
If you would like the opportunity to report on empirical research or pilot projects for future research, please find more information about our Poster Presentation Format and Submission Process here.
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