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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are delighted to announce that submissions for the 17th annual BCCCD meeting in Budapest, Hungary (January 7-9, 2027) are now open for symposia, talks, and posters.</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submissions open:</span> June 22, 2026</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submissions close:</span> September 7, 2026</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Pre-conference workshop submissions close:</span> October 5, 2026</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Notification of decision*:</span> November 9, 2026</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Registration opens:</span> September 8, 2026</p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*For authors requiring a visa to attend, we can provide a supporting letter shortly after the submission deadline.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Submission Guidelines:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">For Individual Talks and Posters:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Talks and posters both require a 300-word abstract, plus a one-page PDF of supplementary material (optional). This extra page will ONLY be seen by reviewers and will not be in the final program. Both the abstract
and the supplementary material file should be fully anonymized and feature no name or affiliation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">All submissions should be made via:
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.openconf.org/bcccd27" data-outlook-id="d9946e00-0419-4e80-bb00-0a384baca552" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>BCCCD27 Submission
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">For Symposia:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Symposia typically include three talks (15 minutes each) followed by a discussion. The unifying statement should be up to 500 words long. Each talk should be submitted through the same system as individual talks
(see above), where the title of the corresponding symposium should be indicated in the “Symposium Title” field. Discussants do not need to submit a separate abstract.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Unifying statements can be submitted via:</span>
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhG3DvRJkCURHv15MPPEJoxRUNEQxQk00REc1T0Y2TDhRMjI4SDRDR1FPOC4u" data-outlook-id="d394c234-4690-4dcb-a491-2720bd5a56bf" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Symposia
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">For Pre-conference Workshops and Tutorials:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Workshops should provide an in-depth overview and opportunities to discuss topics in developmental cognitive science. Tutorials should provide the opportunity to learn new skills of relevance to developmental
cognitive science (e.g., experimental methods or data analysis techniques). Submissions require a 300-word summary of the overview and motivation, as well as details of the proposed program (speakers and titles for workshops, topics for tutorials).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Proposals for workshops and tutorials can be submitted via:</span>
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E1nE2VN24kuSC72wOGOBhJ0S9-1fU2FFstJQkWLYS4NUMkVYTkFZWUNQOFVQNzZEWFFNWjcxR1dPTi4u" data-outlook-id="1dbfb857-366d-4308-8c5e-af1b5c1ae395" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Pre-conference
events form</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Submission formats and guidelines are also available </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://bcccd.org/submission.htm" data-outlook-id="6bd094e4-a314-48c4-91af-e04444a604aa" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>here</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Conference Details:</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Dates</span>: January <span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
7-9</span>, 2027</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Location</span>: Central European University, Budapest</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Website</span>: <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="http://bcccd.org/" data-outlook-id="5c3d15d1-92db-4887-8608-cdb62f8b35c4" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>BCCCD Website</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://voynich.univ-amu.fr/" data-outlook-id="4d075859-afee-4bc7-bbc7-1186f3894d67" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Isabelle Dautriche</u></a></span> (Aix-Marseille
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.willemfrankenhuis.com/" data-outlook-id="59a62994-6a48-4fa5-94c0-5d222b020f82" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Willem Frankenhuis</u></a></span> (University
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://compdevlab.yale.edu/" data-outlook-id="295df604-3f7c-43b8-8646-5e1e57a69d3c" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Julian Jara-Ettinger</u></a></span> (Yale
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to your submissions and participation!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Warm regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mariem Diane & Beyza G. Ciftci</span></p>
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