XVII ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect

Towards a Caring and Non-Violent Community:
a child perspective

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China

Sept 7-10, 2008

www.ispcan.org/congress2008

Organized by The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) and Against Child Abuse (ACA), Hong Kong.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Register Now At: www.ispcan.org/congress2008

Register by 10 June, 2008 at the discounted Early-Bird Rate!

Congress Subthemes:

1. Psychological Abuse: Identification, Assessment and Intervention
2. Culturally-relevant, Evidence-based Intervention
3. Child Trafficking, Child Labor, Child Sexual Tourism
4. Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
5. Children’s Voices and Children’s Rights (including Legal Protection of Children)
6. Forms of Neglect (including Institutionalized Children).
7. Medical Stream (physical and sexual abuse) NEW!
8. Internet Crimes against Children NEW!

Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Cindy Kiro (New Zealand), Commissioner for Children in New Zealand
• Dr. David Finkelhor (United States), Director, Crimes against ChildrenResearchCenter, Co-Director, Family Research Laboratory
• Mrs. Priscilla Lui Tsang Sun Kai (China), Executive Director, Against Child Abuse (Hong Kong)
• Prof. Xu Yongxigang (China), Dean and Professor, Colleague of Social and Public Administration, EastChinaUniversity of Sciences
• Prof.  Michael Freeman (UK), Professor of English Law, UniversityCollege, London
• Dr. Richard Krugman, M.D. (USA): Henry Kempe Lecturer

Developing Country (DC Forum) - Saturday, 6 September:

Theme: “Good Practices and Limitations of Child Protection Work”

Location: Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Speaker: Ambassador Moushira Khattab (Egypt), Secretary General of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Master Class- Sunday, September 7:

Theme: “What Have We Learned About Child Abuse in the Past 30 Years?”

Location: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center

Speakers:

James Garbarino, PhD, Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children, LoyolaUniversity (USA)

Margaret Lynch, MD, Professor of Community Pediatrics, Guy's King's and St Thomas School of Medicine (UK), Former President of ISPCAN (invited)

Barbara Bonner, PhD, Director of Center Against Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma (USA), Past President of ISPCAN

Patricia Ip, MD, Chairperson, Against Child Abuse (Hong Kong), Congress Co-chair

Bernadette Madrid, MD, Director, Child Protection Unit Network Inc (Philippines)

Please click the below link for a copy of our registration brochure:

http://www.ispcan.org/congress2008/registration.html

For more information, visit the Congress website at:
www.ispcan.org/congress2008   or email congress2008@ispcan.org

Please note that if you submitted an abstract for the XVIIth International Congress, you will be receiving information regarding the final status of your abstract by May 1.

Sincerely,

Congress Secretariat
For inquiries in English:  
245 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Building 6, Suite 39
West Chicago, IL 60185, USA
Tel: +1.630.876.6913
Fax: +1.630.876.6917
Email: congress2008@ispcan.org
Website: www.ispcan.org/congress 2008

For inquiries in Chinese:
107-108 G/F., Wai Yuean House, Chuk Yuen (N) Estate,
Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon,
Hong Kong, China
Tel: (852)2351 6060
Fax: (852)2752 8483
Email: aca@aca.org.hk