Draft Conference Program

Day 1 Friday 2nd July 2010
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome by Local Hosts
Stephen DeMers (Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, USA) "The history and concept of the international congress on licensure"
 
Theme: Testing and Examinations
9.30 - 10.30 Keynote. David Bartram (UK) "Innovations in psychological testing: Implications for user qualification"
 
10.30 Morning Break
 
11.00 - 11.30 Jack Schaffer (Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, USA) "Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) history and developments"
11.30 - 12.00 David Foster (Kryterion, USA) "Remote Test Administration Using Secure Online Proctoring Methods"
 
12.00 Lunch
 
Theme: International psychology trends, mobility and cross-jurisdiction issues
1.00 - 1.30 Robert Roe (Maastricht University and European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations) "Quality in professional psychology: A European view"
1.30 - 2.00 Lyn Littlefield (Australian Psychological Society) "Internationalisation of psychology - An Australian Perspective"
2.00 - 2.30 Lois Surgenor and New Zealand Psychologists Board "Cyberpsychology: Cross-jurisdiction issues for national regulatory authorities"
2.30 - 3.00 Judy Hall (National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology) "Quality and Accountability in Developing an International Register"
 
3.00 - 3.30 Coffee
 
Theme: Ethics and Professional Standards
3.30 - 4.00 Jose M. Prieto, Pedro Chacon & Carolina Marin (Spain) Descriptive ethics in Work and Organizational Psychology: an utilitarian perspective.
4.00 - 4.30 Brin Grenyer (Australia) "Prevalence, prediction and outcomes from Psychologists Malpractice"
4.30 - 5.00 Anne Goodhead and Steve Osborne (New Zealand Psychology Board) "Applying what evidence there is to a new continuing competence programme: An individually tailored, high-trust approach"
 
Dinner on your own
Day 2 Saturday 3rd July 2010
Theme: Ethics and Professional Standards
9.00 - 10.00 Keynote. Geoff Lindsay (UK) "Trans-national ethical protection: challenges for developing international standards"
 
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee
 
10.30 - 11.00 Stephen Behnke (American Psychological Association) "The challenge of enforcing ethical standards across jurisdictions"
11.00 - 11.30 Alfred Allan (Australia) "Developing national ethical standards"
11.30 - 12.30 Open Discussion. Greg Gormanous (Louisiana State University at Alexandria): "Provoking Discussions: Trans-National Contextual Ethical Judgments" (with Janel Gaulthier, Jack Schaffer and audience). Janel Gaulthier (Canada) "Discussion of panel presentations in the context of international developments"
 
12.00 - 1.30 Lunch
 
Theme: Competencies, Standards and Accreditation
1.30 - 2.30 Keynote. Emil Rodolfa (University of California, Davis) "Issues in models and measures of psychology competency"
2.30 - 3.00 Susan Zlotlow (American Psychological Association) "Models of Conducting International Accreditation by US Accreditators"
 
3.00 - 3.30 Coffee
 
3.30 - 4.00 Karen Cohen (Canadian Psychological Association) "International accreditation and the assessment of competencies"
4.00 - 4.30 Nicholas Voudouris (Australian Psychology Accreditation Council and Australian Psychological Society) "The challenges of assessing competency in the training of Australian psychologists"
 
6.00 - 12.00 Psychology Ball - Conference Dinner in the Crystal Palace Ballroom (this is within the conference venue building)
Day 3 Sunday 4th July 2010
Theme: International psychology trends, mobility and cross-jurisdiction issues
9.00 - 10.00 Ingrid Lunt (University of Oxford, UK) : "Building on the EuroPsy Process: Key factors in developing international agreements"
 
10.00 - 10.15 Coffee
 
10.15 - 12.00 Open Discussion Panel - Developing a future process for benchmarking psychology standards across jurisdictions (Merry Bullock (APA), Judy Hall (National Register), Ingrid Lunt (Oxford) and Brin Grenyer, Panel Chair)
 
12.00 Conference close

 

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