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Special Topic Meeting: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Global Forum on Development, Health, and Rights
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Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Jessica Fish, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; Laura Baams, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Salvatore Ioverno, Università Roma Tre, Italy; Stephen Russell, Arizona State University, United States
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Agenda-at-a-Glance
Monday, August 17, 2026
- 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration Desk – Badge Pick-Up
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Poster Session 1 - Set-up
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Networking Coffee Break
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 2026 Global Forum Welcome & Introductions
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Keynote Speakers Address - Using Research to Improve the Lives of LGBTQ+ Children and Adolescents
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking Coffee Break / Bookstand Savannah Bay
- We're delighted to welcome Savannah Bay — Utrecht's beloved independent bookshop specializing in LGBTQIA+, gender studies, and literature — to the forum. They'll be running a bookstand on Monday, August 17th, so come ready to browse and stock up.
- 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions (Invited Panel, Round Table, Paper Symposium, and Compiled Symposium)
- 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch / Poster Session 1 / Bookstand Savannah Bay
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Concurrent Sessions (Invited Panel, Round Table, Paper Symposium, and Compiled Symposium)
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Networking Coffee Break / Bookstand Savannah Bay
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions (Invited Panel, Round Table, Paper Symposium, and Compiled Symposium)
- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Bookstand Savannah Bay
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2026 Global Forum - Welcome Reception
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Social for Student and Early Career Scholars and Professionals (Optional)
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration Desk – Badge Pick-Up/Travel Awardee Check-In
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Poster Session 2 - Set-up
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Networking Coffee Break
- 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Concurrent Sessions (Invited Panel, Round Table, Paper Symposium, and Compiled Symposium)
- 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Networking Coffee Break
- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | 2026 Global Forum Welcome from ISSBD and SRCD
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Plenary Session - Priorities and Opportunities in LGBTQ+ Youth Development - Insights from the SOGI Global Forum Working Groups
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch / Poster Session 2
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Working Groups / Networking Event
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Networking Coffee Break
- 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions (Invited Panel, Round Table, Paper Symposium, and Compiled Symposium)
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Social: Queer Walking Tour (Pre-Registration Required)
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Social: Bookstores as Spaces of Memory Activism (Optional)
Wednesday, August 18, 2026
- 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Registration Desk – Badge Pick-Up/Travel Awardee Check-In
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Networking Coffee Break
- 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary Session: Using Communications as a Tool for Change
- 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Networking Coffee Break
- 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions (Round Table, Paper Symposium, and Compiled Symposium)
- 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | Closing Session
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Post-Conference Workshop Attendees Lunch (Pre-Registration Required)
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Post-Conference Workshop: Frameworks for Communicating about SOGIE (Pre-Registration Required)
