2023 Annual Meeting: Presentations

Program

To join virtually:

This program is subject to change.

Day 1: Thursday, May 25, 2023

8:00 PDT 9:00 MDT 12:00 ADT 11:00 EDT 16:00 BST	Check-in/Networking/Breakfast (Breakfast will be provided for all attendees)
9:00 PDT 10:00 MDT 13:00 ADT 12:00 EDT 17:00 BST	Welcome
Oral Language As It Contributes to Reading Skill
9:10 PDT 10:10 MDT 13:10 ADT 12:10 EDT 17:10 BST	Leaps and Bounds: From Reading Words to Understanding Texts Hélène Deacon
9:40 PDT 10:40 MDT 13:40 ADT 12:40 EDT 17:40 BST	Syntactic awareness and reading comprehension English-French bilinguals Becky Xi Chen
10:10 PDT 11:10 MDT 14:10 ADT 13:10 EDT 18:10 BST	Coffee Break
Cultural Context in Reading Comprehension
10:30 PDT 11:30 MDT 14:30 ADT 13:30 EDT 18:30 BST	Syntactic Skills Matter for Bilingual Children’s Reading Comprehension and Reading Comprehension Difficulties Xiuhong Tong
11:00 PDT 12:00 MDT 15:00 ADT 14:00 EDT 19:00 BST	The Impact of an After-School Reading Program on Predominantly Punjabi Students’ L2 Reading Motivation Guofang Li & Henny Yeung
11:30 PDT 12:30 MDT 15:30 ADT 14:30 EDT 19:30 BST	Lunch Break

12:30 PDT

13:30 MDT 16:30 ADT
15:30 EDT 20:30 BST

EDI Discussion
Brea Chouinard

13:30 PDT

14:30 MDT 17:30 ADT
16:30 EDT 21:30 BST

Theme Meetings (Breakout)

Literacy
Oral Language
Technology & New Media
Language Background & Culture

14:30 PDT

15:30 MDT 18:30 ADT
17:30 EDT 22:30 BST

Coffee Break

14:45 PDT

15:45 MDT 18:45 ADT
17:45 EDT 22:45 BST

Partner Updates

Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation
Vancouver Public Library
Decoda Literacy Solutions Society
NIRx

15:15 PDT

16:15 MDT 19:15 ADT
18:15 EDT 23:15 BST

Theme Updates & Opportunities

15:15 – 15:45: Literacy Theme
15:45 – 16:15: Neuroimaging Theme

16:30 PDT

17:30 MDT 20:30 ADT
19:30 EDT 00:30 BST

End

Day 2: Friday, May 26, 2023

8:00 PDT 9:00 MDT 12:00 ADT 11:00 EDT 16:00 BST	Check-in/Networking/Breakfast (Breakfast will be provided for all attendees)
Partnered Research
9:00 PDT 10:00 MDT 13:00 ADT 12:00 EDT 17:00 BST	Evaluating Morphological Awareness Assessments Carla Hudson Kam
9:30 PDT 10:30 MDT 13:30 ADT 12:30 EDT 17:30 BST	Automatically Generating Reading Comprehension Questions to Target Specific Skills Using Soft-Prompts Spencer von der Ohe
10:00 PDT 11:00 MDT 14:00 ADT 13:00 EDT 18:00 BST	Coffee Break
Computational Modelling
10:20 PDT 11:20 MDT 14:20 ADT 13:20 EDT 18:20 BST	Generative AI for Multilingual Educational Applications Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
10:50 PDT 11:50 MDT 14:50 ADT 13:50 EDT 18:50 BST	Using Computer Models of Language to Evaluate Movie Viewing in Autistic and Non-Autistic Individuals Brea Chouinard

KEYNOTE
11:20 PDT 12:20 MDT 15:20 ADT 14:20 EDT 19:20 BST	The Reading Brain: Bilingual Learners Ioulia Kovelman
11:50 PDT 12:50 MDT 15:50 ADT 14:50 EDT 19:50 BST	Poster Session View digital posters here.
12:50 PDT 13:50 MDT 16:50 ADT 15:50 EDT 20:50 BST	Lunch Break
14:00 PDT 15:00 MDT 18:00 ADT 17:00 EDT 22:00 BST	Theme Updates & Opportunities 14:00 – 14:30: Technology & New Media Theme 14:30 – 15:00: Oral Language Theme

15:00 PDT

15:00 MDT 19:00 ADT
18:00 EDT 23:00 BST

Coffee Break

15:15 PDT

15:15 MDT 19:15 ADT
18:15 EDT 23:15 BST

Connecting the Dots / Research Planning

16:00 PDT

17:00 MDT 20:00 ADT
19:00 EDT 00:00 BST

Closing Remarks/End