The 46th Annual Gatlinburg Conference
The Gatlinburg Conference continues its tradition as one of the premier conferences in the United States for behavioral scientists conducting research in intellectual and related developmental disabilities.
- Date: March 6 - 8, 2013
- Location: Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
- Theme: Newborn Screening for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
If you have questions, please contact our staff. More information will be posted on this site as the 2013 conference approaches.
Conference Theme
About the Gatlinburg Conference
The Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities was established in the 1960's as a forum for the exchange of scientific findings and as a mechanism to promote scientific networking.
The overall aims of the conference:
- Promote exchange of information regarding the latest findings in behavioral & biobehavioral research on the causes, prevention and interventions for intellectual disability and related developmental disabilities.
- Further our understanding of the manifestations of those disabilities;.
- Better characterize the contexts in which people with disabilities and their families live.
- Promote collaboration among behavioral scientists.
- Provide a major training resource for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other junior scientists entering the field of intellectual disabilities research.
Want to know what attending a Gatlinburg Conference might be like? See a program from a previous conference.
Click here to view a photo gallery of the 2012 Gatlinburg Conference.
Executive Committee and Conference Organizers
The conference is currently organized by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Gatlinburg Conference Chair:
Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Director
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center wishes to thank the following for their financial support of the 45th Gatlinburg Conference:
- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
- University of Kansas Life Span Institute, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
We also thank the following exhibitors for their financial support of the 45th annual Gatlinburg Conference: Noldus Information Technology, Brookes Publishing.
