NDAS26


 

NDAS26 will be organised by Professor Debbie Riby and Professor Mary Hanley and colleagues at Calman Learning Centre at Durham University.

 

Main Conference Tuesday 30th June 2026 8.45 welcome with 5pm end time (to allow travel time home)

 

Keynote

Early Career keynote: 

Megan Cutts

‘The Importance of Youth Voice in Research: Exploring the Educational Experiences and

Wellbeing of Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)’


Established Career keynote: 

Professor Emily Farran

‘Research priorities of the communities of people with Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome and

Williams Syndrome’


Programme

 

29th June will feature the pre-conference workshop on the topic of translating research to make a real-world impact in the field of neurodevelopmental research and neurodiversity. 

The pre-conference programme can be downloaded here 

30th June will be the main conference day with two parallel sessions of talks, poster presentations, and our early career and established researcher keynotes. You can find the final programme here

 

Registration

Registration open 18th of March 2026 to close 30th May 2026 or when max capacity of 100 is reached

 

Main conference day registration will be £75 for non-students and £60 for students. This will include lunch and tea/coffee breaks.

 

Cost for the workshop day will be £65 for non-students and £50 for students including lunch and tea/coffee break. 

  

 

NDAS26 workshop

Pre-conference workshop Monday 29th June 2026 commencing 11am (to allow travel time)

 

For more information please contact  neurodev@durham.ac.uk (with NDAS2026 in subject line)