Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: ALPHA
Date: Monday, 25/Aug/2025
6:00pm
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7:45pm		 OPENING CEREMONY, PREYER AWARD
Location: ALPHA

Welcome by Prof. Vilmantė Pakalniškienė and EADP president, Prof. Spyridon Tantaros
Greetings of the Vilnius University – Rector prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas
William Thierry Preyer Award presented by Prof. Willem Koops
William Thierry Preyer Awardee laudatio by Prof. Spyridon Tantaros
William Thierry Preyer Award Keynote by Prof. Luc Goosens
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
9:00am
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10:00am		 PLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Livio Provenzi "Into the Translational Parentome: From Developmental Psychobiology to Family-centered Care"
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Spyridon Tantaros
10:30am
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12:00pm		 S601: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Centering Majority World in Developmental Science
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Peter F. Titzmann
1:00pm
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2:30pm		 S607: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: LGBTQ+ Youth and Families: Growing up in the Context of Stigma
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Susie Bower-Brown
3:30pm
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4:30pm		 PLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Michael Pluess "The Effects of War and Displacement on Syrian Refugee Children: Risk and Resilience"
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Dagmar Strohmeier
4:30pm
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6:00pm		 T611: THEMATIC SESSION: Sexual Identity Development and LGBTQ+: Diversity, Stigma, and Social Safety
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Rasa Katinaitė
6:00pm
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7:00pm		 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Location: ALPHA
7:00pm
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8:30pm		 EADP BUSINESS MEETING
Location: ALPHA
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
9:00am
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10:00am		 PLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Rasa Barkauskienė "Navigating the Complex Challenges of Adolescence: Emerging Personality Dysfunction and Its Outcomes"
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
10:30am
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12:00pm		 S701: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Peer Relations and Empathy in Adolescence: Individual and Contextual Contributors
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Carla Martins
1:30pm
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2:30pm		 PLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Geertjan Overbeek "Youth Prevention in a Changing Society"
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
3:30pm
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5:00pm		 S706: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Stress and Trauma in Adolescence: Current Perspectives
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Evaldas Kazlauskas
5:00pm
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6:00pm		 GEORGE BUTTERWORTH AWARD
Location: ALPHA

George Butterworth Award laudatio by Prof. Spyridon Tantaros; 
George Butterworth Award certificate by Prof. Simona Caravita; 
George Butterworth Award keynote by Dr. Dr Savannah Boele.  
Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
9:00am
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10:00am		 PLENARY SESSION. KEYNOTE: Eddie Brummelman "Children’s Unequal Selves: A Developmental-Psychological Perspective on Achievement Inequality"
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Willem Koops
10:30am
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12:00pm		 S801: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Origins and Consequences of Individual Differences in Mentalizing among School-aged Children: International Findings.
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Claire Hughes
1:30pm
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2:30pm		 PLENARY SESSION.KEYNOTE: Lukas Blinka "Children, Adolescents, and Excessive Digital Engagement: Beyond Panic and Complacency"
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Roma Jusienė
3:30pm
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5:00pm		 S806: INVITED SYMPOSIUM: Regretting the Decision to Have Children: Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Konrad Piotrowski
6:00pm
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10:00pm		 EARLY RESEARCHERS UNION SOCIAL EVENT
Location: ALPHA

Meeting point: Alpha room at the conference venue
Date: Friday, 29/Aug/2025
9:00am
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10:30am		 S902: SYMPOSIUM: Children’s Prosocial Behaviors Toward Various Ingroup and Outgroup Members in Different Countries
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Laura K. Taylor
11:00am
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12:30pm		 S904: SYMPOSIUM: Is it just important to be friends? Friendship as a protective and risk factor for well-being and the type of behavior developed during adolescence
Location: ALPHA
Chair: Ana Bravo
12:30pm
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12:45pm		 CLOSING CEREMONY
Location: ALPHA