International Seminar: Career Development and Counseling in a Global and Challenging World
July 13th 2017
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal
Presentation
The International Seminar "Career Development and Counseling in a Global and Challenging World" will be held at the School of Psychology University of Minho Portugal, on
Thursday July
13th 2017.
This event is directed to researchers, psychologists, internees, Psychology students at the graduate and postgraduate levels and other practitioners interested in Career Psychology. The seminar relies on a systemic view of career behavior and development. It intends to share scientific knowledge and good-practices in the careers field, acknowledging its potential to understand career processes and to help individuals being continuously socialized to work and integrated in multicultural work places. Following such a systemic view of careers, this seminar illustrates the increasingly required national and international collaboration to adaptively and constructively cope with current work challenges. The event will include a debate panel, an international plenary conference, oral and poster presentations. The registration fee includes: attendance of the scientific program, book of abstracts and proceedings in pdf format, food (i.e., lunch and coffee-breaks), submission of proposals and accepted oral or poster presentations, certificate of participation, certificate of presentation, publication of full papers in conference proceedings (the 20 best papers will be published in a book edited by the Portuguese Association for Career Development), and the possibility to win the Best Poster Prize (the three best posters will be awarded). Regarding the latter information, it is worth mention that posters will be evaluated by a jury including at least two members of the seminar's Scientific Committee. The poster evaluation will acknowledge: the alignment with the seminar's theme and thematic areas, indicators of good practices in research and/or intervention and appealing presentation. Please feel free to download a flyer with additional information on the seminar's program and submission of proposals here. You can also access our Facebook page.
Organization
Research line Career Development and Counseling, Research Center in Psychology, University of Minho
Scientific Committee
Ana Daniela Silva, Camilo Ussene, Cátia Marques, Cristina Costa Lobo, Cristina Ceinos Sanz, Inês Nascimento, Íris Oliveira, Isabel Janeiro, Joana Carneiro Pinto , José Tomás da Silva, Liliana Faria, Lucy Melo-Leal, Marina Oliveira, Maria do Céu Taveira, Marisa Carvalho, Marucia Bardagi, Miguel Anxo Pérez, Odília Teixeira, Paulo Cardoso, Sara Ferreira, Sérgio Vieira
Thematic Areas
Career Development and Counseling:
(a) Ways, Contexts and Professional Training
(b) Vulnerable Populations
(c) Instruments and Techniques for Psychological Assessment
(d) Multidisciplinary Convergences
Program
9:15am Opening Session (School of Psychology, Multimedia amphitheater)
Confirmed presence of Dr. Pedro Cunha (Portuguese General Sub-director of Education), Prof. Paulo Machado (President of the School of Psychology, UMinho).
9:30am Debate Panel (School of Psychology, Multimedia amphitheater)
"Education, Work and Human Development: The Role of Career Services in Current Times"
Intervenient Dr.ª Hélia Moura (Portuguese Directorate-General for Education), Doctor Joaquim Armando (University of Coimbra Portugal), Doctor Maria Paula Paixão (University of Coimbra Portugal), Doctor Paulo Cardoso (University of Évora Portugal)
Moderator Doctor Vítor Gamboa (University of Algarve Portugal)
10:45am Coffee-Break (School of Psychology indoor atrium)
11:30am Plenary Conference (School of Psychology, Multimedia amphitheater)
Keynote: Doctor Erik Porfeli (Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA)
Moderator: Doctor Maria do Céu Taveira (University of Minho Portugal)
12:30pm Lunch (School of Psychology indoor atrium)
13:30pm Poster Presentations (School of Psychology indoor atrium)
14:30pm Parallel Sessions of Oral Presentations (Rooms 016, 017, Amphitheater Multimedia amphitheater)
16:30pm Coffee-Break (School of Psychology indoor atrium)
17:15pm Parallel Sessions of Oral Presentations (Rooms 016, 017, Amphitheater Multimedia amphitheater)
18h15pm Closing Session (School of Psychology, Multimedia amphitheater)
Important Dates
April 28th 2017 – Due date to present proposals
May 31st 2017 – Due date to share the scientific committee decisions regarding proposals
June 30th 2017 – Due date to submit full papers
Proposals
Each presentation proposal should include an abstract written in Portuguese and English (maximum of 200 words and five keywords). The proposal should indicate its intended type, either oral or poster. If an author submits a poster proposal, he/she should indicate if he/she is applying to the Best Poster Prize. Abstracts should also include all authors' names and affiliations, corresponding author and author responsible for presenting at the seminar. Each main author can only present one work in Portuguese, English or Spanish.
Registration fees
Practitioners: 55€
Members of the Portuguese Association for Career Development: 40€
Students, professional internees and unemployed practitioners*: 25€
*Proof required
Registration form
here
Supports
Research Center in Psychology University of Minho (CIPsi)
Portuguese Association for Career Development (APDC)
