Invitation to the 2017 Biennial Conference of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE) Cutting-Edge Research on Talent Development

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Keynote speakers are (not in alphabetical order):

• Françoys Gagné (Canada; presenting his model)
• Marilena Leana-Tascilar (Turkey; speaking about labeling the gifted)
• Heidrun Stoeger (Germany; speaking about mentoring)
• Albert Ziegler (Germany; speaking about gifted identification)
• Csilla Fuszek (Hungary, speaking about the ETSN)
• Marcia Gentry (USA; speaking about effective teaching)
• Claude Steele (USA; speaking about stereotype threats to talents)
• Mariam AlGhawi (UAE; speaking about cultural aspects of gifted education)
• Chingchih Kuo (Taiwan; speaking about domain-specific intelligence and creativity)
• Abdullah Aljughaiman (Saudi Arabia; speaking about gifted programs)
• Joy Lawson Davis (USA; speaking about a diversity framework to design and deliver curriculum for the gifted)
• Anastasia Efklides (Greece; speaking about learning processes and metacognition)
• Roger Säljö (Sweden; speaking about digital learning)
• Karine Verschueren (Belgium; speaking about optimal teacher-student interaction).

 Conference fee is 140 USD, number of partipants is limited to around 200.