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Dates: Aug 16th – Aug 17th
Times: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT(6 am Los Angeles, 2 pm London, 11 pm Sydney)
Day 1 (Aug 16): Workshop on Laboratory and Naturalistic PMTasks [invited faculty talks]
Day 2 (Aug 17): Standard Conference PM Talks [accepted research talks from all levels]
Registration: https://ipm.questionpro.com (Please register so you can be admitted through the lobby.)
Attendance information:
- Log in to the meeting with your academic name.
- Please turn off your video and microphone when you are not partaking in discussion.
- To ask a question, use the ‘raise your hand’ feature or type in your question to the chat box.
Symposium Details
The IPM Summer Symposium is scheduled as a two-day event. Day 1 will be a “workshop” where invited speakers will discuss some of the pros/cons of the common laboratory and naturalistic PM tasks used, with the goal of developing a collaborative research project to tackle some of the issues discussed. Day 2 will be a “standard” conference, where anyone who wants to present their research is welcome to – graduate student participation is especially encouraged.
Workshop Information (Day 1: Aug 16)
Format: Day 1 of the symposium will be a “workshop” consisting of series of ~15-minute invited talks on various tasks that have been used in prior research that we think are critical for understanding PM. Through a joint discussion we aim to define an agreed upon a set of tasks (and task parameters) that could be administered at various sites as part of a collaborative research endeavor.
Purpose: Some of the recent concerns in the field include: 1) a lack of common PM tasks that everyone uses and 2) issues with the reliability of PM tasks and correlations between lab and naturalistic tasks (e.g., age-PM paradox). For our field to progress, it is important to identify the key elements of PM (e.g., what makes PM unique/important?), what effects should all theories be able to accommodate (e.g., focality effects), and where we need more work (e.g., reliability). This workshop will be the first step towards addressing these goals as a group.
Standard Conference Information (Day 2: Aug 17)
Format: Day 2 of the symposium will follow a standard conference format, with a series of oral presentations (15 minutes), data blitzes (5 minutes), and/or idea blitzes (5 minutes).
Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to get feedback from peers that may lead to the development of new research. Presented work can therefore be in various stages, ranging from completed projects to research idea proposals. Researchers at all levels are welcomed to present, but in the event of space constraints (given the single-day event), graduate student presentations will be prioritized.