ICare4Autism International Autism Conference 2012
August 1-2, 2012
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.
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.”
Partial list of speakers:
Dr. Joshua Weinstein, 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. Eric Hollander, Director of the Autism Spectrum Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center and Chairman of the ICare4Autism Advisory Council, USA
Dr. Eli Hatchwell, Chief Scientific Officer, Population Diagnostics UK, Inc.
Dr. Carlos Marcin Salazar, Director, The National Autism Clinic of Mexico (Clima)
Dr. Eitan Eldar, Chairman of the Israeli Association of Applied Behavior Analysis, Founder and Director of the Applied Behavior Analysis Center (Teaching, Community Services & Research) at the Zinman College in Israel
Brett Abrahams, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics & Neuroscience at Einstein, USA
William Ahearn, PhD, BCBA-D, Director of Research, The New England Center for Children, Inc., USA
Dr. S. Marian Aljunied, Lead Specialist for Educational Psychology, Singapore Ministry of Education, Singapore
Lorene Amet, Ph D, Principal Scientist at Autism Treatment Trust, Scotland, UK
Merry Barua, Director Action For Autism – National Centre for Autism, India
Robert Didden, Ph.D., Professor at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ilan Dinstein, Ph.D., Neurobiology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Eynat Gal, Ph.D. and Prof. Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Israel
Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD, Center for Autism Research, The Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
Mady Hornig, MA, MD, Director of Translational Research, Center for Infection and Immunity, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA
Jeongil Kim, Ph.D. Director, Lotus Flowers Children Center, Chief Executive, Play Therapy Korea, Dean of International Affairs, Daegu Cyber University, Korea
Hugh Morgan, CEO of Autism Wales & Expert Advisor for ASD to the Welsh Assembly Government, Wales
Harry D Schneider, PhD, MD, PC, The Center for Medical & Brain Sciences, The Autism Family International Foundation, USA
Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D., Autism Spectrum Program-Department of Special Education, San Francisco State University
CA, USA
Additional speakers will be announced later this year.
