Safe the date for the 1. IJSE Scientific conference

Changing Paradigms towards supporting individuals with Disabilities: from the medical to the emancipatory model of health, disease and disability

November 9-10, 2023

Online event for each time zone

The conference will be a platform for sharing scientific knowledge and practical solutions for excluded people and their close environment (families, carers, educators, teachers) interested in support in care, upbringing, therapy, education, assistance and broadly understood rehabilitation.

Participants have possibility to published their research papers to the conference IJSE Special Issue which will be published for the event.

Paper submission extended to October 20th, 2023


Scientific Committee:

Małgorzata Sekułowicz, Prof. - University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Poland

Iris Drower , professor, Arizona State University, United States

Barbara Klimek , Prof. - Arizona State University, United States

Joanna Kobosko, Ph.D. - The Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland

Joanna Kossewska, Ph.D. - Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

Beatrice Latavietz , Prof. - Wichita State University, United States

Ewa Pisula, Prof. - University of Warsaw, Poland

Dorota Podgórska-Jachnik , Prof. University of Lodz, Poland

Chongying Wang, Prof. - Autism Research Center, Nankai University, China

Sylwia Wrona , Ph.D. - University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland


Preliminary conference program

November 9, 2023 (Berlin time)
9:00-9:30 - Welcome to the participants - Professor Małgorzata Sekułowicz - Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Special Education
9:30 - 12:00 Plenary session - Keynote speeches
Europe + Africa
12:30-14:00 Theme session I
14:15-15:00 Theme session II
15:00-15:30 Conclusions and summary for Europe + Africa
Europe + N & S America
16:00-17:30 Theme session III
18:00-19:30 Theme session IV
19:30-20:00 Conclusions and summary for Europe + N & S America

November 10, 2023 (Berlin time)
Europe + Asia + Australia & Oceania
6:00-7:30 Theme session V
8:00-9:30 Theme session VI
9:30-10:00 Conclusions and summary for Europe + Asia + Australia & Oceania
10:00-10:15 Closing ceremony

Conference fee

  1. Listener (no presentation, no paper) - free of charge
  2. Participation with presentation and paper publication: 210 USD
  3. Participation and paper publication: 230 USD when registered by July 31, 2023, & 260 USD when registered starting from August 1, 2023


Honorary patronage:

Rector of Wrocław Medical University, Poland


Registration form

Registration is open from April 15, 2023 until October 31, 2023; Registration form coming soon...

Paper submission

Prepare your paper in accordance with the IJSE rules, and submit it via IJSE online submission system no later than October 20th, 2023

Do not hesitate to join us in November!