INSAR 2020 Annual Meeting May 6 – May 9, 2020 Washington Convention
May 6 – May 9, 2020
Washington Convention Center
Seattle, Washington
The INSAR Annual Meeting (formerly IMFAR) is an annual scientific meeting, convened each spring, to exchange and disseminate new scientific progress among ASD scientists and their trainees from around the world. The aims of the meeting are:
Given the complex biological and behavioral nature of ASD, interdisciplinary training and ongoing mentoring of new scientists and promising graduate students is necessary to recruit talented young people in ASD research. INSAR seeks to provide them with the motivation and mentoring needed to focus a career on ASD and related developmental disorders. Having an annual interdisciplinary meeting focused on scientific progress in understanding and treating ASD provides an unparalleled opportunity for recognizing, supporting, and motivating talented graduate students and postdoctoral fellows into a career in ASD research.
History of the Conference
The International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) was convened for the first time in November 2001, to provide ASD researchers from around the world with a focused opportunity to share the rapidly moving scientific investigation of ASD.
Until that meeting, ASD researchers competed with many other groups for the opportunity to share their work at large scientific meetings that covered a wide range of topics. While other meetings provided some opportunity to share high quality ASD research, none of them focused specifically on ASD. Funding for ASD research has increased steadily, highlighted by the emergence of private foundations, such as Autism Speaks and several NIH initiatives: The Autism Centers for Excellence (ACE), which replaces earlier NIH programs – The Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEA) and the Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment (STAART) network program. Stimulating more scientific progress in understanding ASD requires dedicated yearly venue for ASD researchers to share their findings and their resources.
The name of the meeting was changed from IMFAR to INSAR Annual Meeting beginning with the 2018 event.
INSAR does not offer continuing education credits for the Annual Meeting.
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May 6, 2020 - May 9, 2020 (All Day) PST(GMT+00:00)
Washington State Convention Center