The SAPIENS Early Social Development (SESD) conference was held in Ghent, Belgium. The conference was arranged by SAPIENS, a European Training network funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions of the Horizon 2020 program. This interdisciplinary scientific training network consists of early stage researchers supervised by leading experts in the field across Europe. The aim of the network is to examine early social interactions and how they tune critical brain functions in early childhood.
Riding the Waves through the” Oh Rats” of Research, Keynote address. Ghent, Belgium. Tricia (Striano) Skoler
The early stage researchers of SAPIENS will present their research in a range of talks, focused on the four topics above. In addition, two keynote speakers, Prof. Dr. Tony Charman and Prof. Dr. Tricia (Striano) Skoler, will talk about mechanisms of ASD development and career pathways in developmental psychology, respectively.