Latest changes
- Smaller time changes on day two from lunch and forward. [2025-06-04]
- Added, keynote, Saturday 14:10: “Understanding the complexities of mathematical cognition”, Camilla Gilmore. [2025-06-04]
- Added, presentation, Saturday at 11: Adapting Dyslexia Interventions for EFL Learners: Insights from the Dyslexia in the ESL Classroom Method
- Cancelled, Saturday 11am : Profion o Grombil Iaith / Tests from the Belly of a Language , Marjorie Thomas (Welsh – England) [2025-06-04]
- Cancelled, poster presentation: Rachel Arnold “ABCs of Discipline, Belonging, and Structured Literacy. [2025-06-04]
Day one
Friday June 27
12:00 – 13:00
Registration and coffee
13:00 – 13:10
Opening Ceremony
EDA President Rosie Bissett, Prof. Dr Norbert Kraker Vienna. Vice-Rectorate for University Development, Research and Internationalisation, and Florentine Paudel and Elisabeth Ryslavy (Austrian Federal Dyslexia Association.
13:10 – 13:25
News from EDA projects and workgroups
Erasmus INSIGHT projects – Dr Luisa Lopez
EDA Youth Group – Chrissie Fetzer
13:25- 13:35
Mapping Dyslexia Across Europe
– Highlighted EDA Survey results
Pernilla Söderberg, EDA
13:35 – 14:50
Understanding and Assessing in Different Countries
Paper presentations 1 – 5
Navigating dyslexia assessment in Austria: Policy, Practice and Barriers
Florentine Paudel & Elisabeth Ryslavy, University College of Teacher Education Vienna & Austrian Federal Dyslexia Association
Opportunities for educational reform to support pupils with dyslexia
Julia Ann Fleming, DCU
Dyslexia and Dyscalculia in Malta: Navigating Definitions, Diagnosis, and Policy Gaps
Ruth Falzon, University of Malta & Malta Dyslexia Association
The Study of the Pedagogical Assessment Indicators of Reading Difficulty in 6-11 -year Old Students with Dyslexia
Maia Shashviashvili, Georgian Dyslexia Research Center: Reading School
An Useful Questionnaire to Detect Dyslexia
Virginia Trémols, Paido Salut Infantil, Servei de Pediatria Ambulatòria. Hospital Universitari Dexeus
14:50 – 15:15
Coffee break
15:15 – 15:55
Keynote 1
“Towards an updated definition of dyslexia: findings from a Delphi study of dyslexia experts”
Professor Julia Carrol, University of Birmingham, England
15:55 – 16:35
Keynote 2
“Dyslexia in a regular orthography. What are we at?: Definition and assessment The case of Italian is useful for other orthographic systems?”
Professor Giacomo Stella, University of San Marino, San Marino
16:35 – 17:10
Panel discussion
17:30
General Assembly
Only invited member organisations
20:00
Conference Dinner
Day two
Saturday June 28
9:00 – 9:40
Keynote 3
“Dyslexia and dyscalculia: definition, classification and significance for diagnosis and treatment”
Professor Gerd Schulte-Körne, University of Munich, Germany
9:40 – 10:20
Dyslexia Definition
Paper presentations 6 – 7
Predispositions of dyslexia and the neurolinguistics aspect of preschool age children in the Republic of Kosovo and Poland
Blerta Krasniqi, University of the National Education Comission, Krakow
All That You Can’t Leave Behind: The Ongoing Obsession with IQ Testing in Dyslexia Assessment
Donald Ewing, Head of Education & Policy, Dyslexia Ireland
10:20 – 10:35
Panel discussion
10:35 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:05
Assessing for intervention
Paper presentations 8 – 10
Oral reading fluency in 4th grade Latvian students and most typical mistakes
Eva Birzniece, Latvian Dyslexia Association
DEA – An Advanced Tech Tool for Personalized Linguistic Training for Italian Children with Dyslexia
Marta Tagliani, University of Verona
New
Adapting Dyslexia Interventions for EFL Learners: Insights from the Dyslexia in the ESL Classroom Method
Anna Rzepecka-Karwowska, University of Windsor, Canada
CANCELLED
Profion o Grombil Iaith / Tests from the Belly of a Language
Marjorie Thomas, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales
12:05 – 12:45
Dyscalculia
Paper presentations 11 & 13
The Diagnostic Conundrum: Neurobiological, Cognitive, and Developmental Factors in Dyscalculia Identification
Yılmaz Mutlu, Muş Alparslan University
CANCELLED
The Effect of Maths Anxiety as a Barrier to Learning
Considerations for a Definition and Guidance for Assessors of a SpLD in Mathematics and Dyscalculia
Janet Goring, SASC Working Group on Maths Difficulties and Dyscalculia
12:45 – 14:10
Networking Lunch break and Interactive Poster Session
Learn more about the posters and download abstracts
New
14:10 – 14:50
Keynote 4
“Understanding the complexities of mathematical cognition”
Professor Camilla Gilmore
14:50 – 15:30
Group discussions
We split into smaller groups to discuss the topics so far.
15:30 – 16:15
Panel discussion
Discussion with all the keynote speakers. Reflections, discussions (also input from the Group discussions) summary and Taking Home Message
16:15 – 16:30
EDA Upcoming projects and activities
16:30
