Congress Venue: Howard International House, Taipei. Taiwan.
Dates: June 12-15, 2005
Theme: Life Course Perspective of Research on People with Intellectual Disabilities: Global Trends and Local Strategies.

Preliminary Congress Program:
June 11, 2005
9:30-17:30 IASSID Council Meeting

June 12, 2005
9:30-13:00 Registration Open
14:00 Opening
15:00 Tea Break
15:30 Keynote Speech
Speaker: David Felce (Professor & IASSID President)
Topic: New Vision on Research and Practice for People with Intellectual Disabilities
17:30 Welcome Banquet, Sheraton Hotel Taipei

June 13, 2005
9:00-10:30 Keynote Speech: Health and Medical Service
Speaker: Toyojiro Matsuishi (Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatric and Child Health, Kurume University, School of Medicine, Japan)
Speaker: Henry M Kwok (Senior Medical Office in Charge, Kuai-Chung Hospital, Hong Kong)
10:30-10:45 Tea Break
10:45-12:00 Parallel Sections ( I ) (Invited Panel Organizer)
Group 1: Dr. Robyn A. Wallace (Australian)
Group 2: Dr. Henry Kwok (Hong Kong)
Group 3: Dr. Jonng-ling Fuh (Taiwan)
Group 4: Dr. Jin-Di, Lin. (Taiwan)
Group 5: Dr. Noriyaki, Takeda (Japan)
12:00-13:30 Lunch of your own
13:30-15:00 Parallel Sessions(II)
15:00-15:15 Tea break
15:15-17:00 Parallel Sessions III)

June 14, 2005
9:00-10:30 Keynote Speech: Family, Care and Education
Keynote Speaker: Jan Blacher (Professor, School of Education/UCR Family Project, University of California-Riverside, USA)
Keynote Speaker: Trevor R. Parmenter (Professor, and Director. Center for Developmental Disability Study Royal Rehabilitation Center, Sydney. Australia)

10:30-10:45 Tea Break
10:45-12:00 Parallel Sessions ( I ) (Invited Panel Organizer)
Group 1: Chao Yu-Ching(Taiwan)
Group 2: Cheng Chin-Ging(Taiwan)
Group 3: Wang Tien-Maiu(Taiwan)
Group 4: Keith R. McVilly (Australian) (pending)
Group 5: Ryo Takahashi (Japan) (pending)
12:00-13:30 Lunch and business meeting
13:30-15:00 Parallel Sessions (II)
15:00-15:15 Tea Break
15:15-17:00 Parallel Sessions (III)

June 15, 2005
9:30-10:30 Parallel Sessions
10:30-12:00 Parallel Sessions
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Parallel Sections
15:00-15:15 Tea Break
15:15-16:00 Closing Ceremony (Speaker: pending)
16:00 Closing and business meeting of IASSID-Pacific Regional Group Meeting

Hosted By: (Some Associations listed are still pending.)
National Chung Cheng University
Special Education Association of Taiwan
Social Welfare Association
Taiwan Parents Associations of People with ID
Social Work Association of Taiwan
Occupational Therapy Association of Taiwan
Physical Therapy Association of Taiwan
Pediatric Association of Taiwan

Sponsored By:
National Science Council of Taiwan, Executive Yuan
Ministry of Interior, Executive Yuan (Pending)
Ministry of Education, Executive Yuan (Pending)
Ministry of Health, Executive Yuan (Pending)
Bureau of National Health Insurance (Pending)

Local Organizing Committee Members:
Chen,Ching-Jing Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, National Kao-hsiung Normal University
Cheng, Wen-Hui Associate Professor, Institute of Long Term Care Study, Taichung
Health Care Management Colleague
Chao, Yue-Ching Professor, Institute of Health and Welfare Study, National Yang-Ming University
Fuh, Jong-ling (MD) The Neurological Institute Veterans General Hospital Taipei.
Lin, Ji-Din Associate Professor, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center
Lin, Hong-Chi Professor, Department of Special Education, National Chung-Hwa
Normal University
Wang, Kuo-yu Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, National Chung Cheng University
Wang, Tien-Miau Professor, Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University