Scientific Program

Thursday, November 15

15:00-20:00 Registration Open

16:00-18:00 Opening Plenary Session: 

Science and experience of dyslexia: What do the different stakeholders in dyslexia expect from scientists and research to deliver?

• Dr. Andreas A Ioannides: Welcome and General Introduction
• Dr. Katia Nicolaidou (Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation)
• Dr. Kypros Kouris (Head of The Heritage Private School)
• Mr. Costas Christoffi (Vice-president of the Cyprus Association for Dyslexia)

19:00-20:00 Welcome Reception

Friday, November 16

8:00-16:00 Registration Open

9:00-10:30 Session I: Theories of Dyslexia

• Dr  Cees van Leeuwen "Developmental dyslexia as a functional coordination deficit: theory and evidence"
• Dr John Stein "The visual magnocellular basis of dyslexia"

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session II: Measuring brain function (MMN) related to Dyslexia

• Dr Risto Näätänen "The mismatch negativity (MMN):  An index of cognitive decline in neuropsychiatric, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders and in normal aging"
• Dr Kujala Teija "Impairments of low-level auditory processing and their amelioration in dyslexia"

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:45-15:00 Session III: EEG and MEG correlates

• Dr Audrey Van der Meer "Longitudinal study of perception of structured optic flow and random visual motion in infants using high-density EEG"
• Dr Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan "Increased cerebellar alpha activity and improved reading skills in adult dyslexics following quadrato motor training: a MEG study"

15:05-21:00 Excursion and Conference Dinner