<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11pt;">** apologies for cross-posting **</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We are happy to announce that, after a pause last year, the</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">9th Lancaster International Conference on Infant and Early Child Development (LCICD 2025)</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">will be held in Lancaster, UK on 27-29 August, 2025. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/">http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/</a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Call for Abstracts</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;">We are inviting abstract submissions for talk or poster presentations. As before, the conference is single-track, with high visibility poster sessions in their own designated time slots, and an excellent communal spirit in which everyone from early-career PhD students to senior researchers has 2.5 days of lively interactions.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstract submission deadline: 25 April 2025 </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Keynote speakers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17.120001px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Diane Poulin-Dubois, Concordia University<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17.120001px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Karen Adolph, New York University</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17.120001px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Judit Gervain, University of Padua & CNRS, Paris</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17.120001px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17.120001px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Abstracts should be up to 400 words long. We invite abstract submissions from all areas of infant and early child development (age range: pre-natal - 4 years). Full details can be found on the conference website </span><a href="http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;">http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> .</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The conference will run from Wednesday 27 August to Friday 29 August 2025 early afternoon UK time. It will focus on research in infant and early child development and reflect the breadth of methods used in this field. Once again we aim to bring together scientists across all career stages, and as every time there is a poster category of </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 14.666667px;">’</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">no-results posters</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">’</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> in which </span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">early</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> career scientists can present their ongoing or </span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">planned</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 14.666667px;">work for discussion with experts in the field. </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font color="#212121"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font color="#212121"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Lancaster can be easily reached from Manchester airport, or by train from London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and other destinations. </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">For enquiries, please contact the LCICD organisers: </span><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="mailto:lcicd.enquiries@lancaster.ac.uk">lcicd.enquiries@lancaster.ac.uk</a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Hoping to see you in Lancaster in August 2025!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The 9th LCICD Organizing Committee</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Website: </span><a href="http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica;">http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Join our Facebook page: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LCICD">https://www.facebook.com/LCICD</a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><font color="#212121"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 14.666667px;"></span></font></p><div style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor windowtext; border-image: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm; border: medium; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Follow us on X: </span><a href="https://x.com/LCICD">https://x.com/LCICD</a> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">or better, on </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(149, 79, 114); font-size: 14.666667px;">bluesky:<font color="#954f72"> </font></span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lcicd.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/lcicd.bsky.social</a> </div><div style="margin: 0cm; border: medium; padding: 0cm;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm; border: medium; padding: 0cm;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: medium; padding: 0cm;"><br></div></div></div></body></html>