Scientific Chairs: For decades, laboratory research has been the predominant methodology in the scientific study Prof. Dr. Hannelore Weber (Greifswald) of momentary experience and human behavior. Dr. Thomas Kubiak (Greifswald) However, while experimental laboratory research is Conference Venue: highly valuable and necessary to determine causal relationships, its main limitation is a reduced Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald ecological validity. Ambulatory Assessment, a Greifswald Martin-Luther-Straße 14 term coined by the German psychologist Jochen D-17489 Greifswald Fahrenberg, refers to the use of field methods to Conference Office: assess ongoing behavior, physiological reactions, and environmental aspects in naturalistic or Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald unconstrained settings. Ambulatory Assessment D-17487 Greifswald designates an ecologically relevant assessment Phone: +49 (0) 3834 / 86 -19029 perspective that aims at understanding bio-psycho- Fax: +49 (0) 3834 / 86 -19005 social processes as they naturally unfold in time E-Mail: [email protected] and in context, thus bridging the gap between Registration: laboratory research and real-life. Please register for the conference at the following The conference aims at bringing together junior URL: www.wiko-greifswald.de/anmeldung and senior scientists from different fields of research in order to promote scientific exchange Ambulatory A participation fee of 50 € is charged. Please and to stimulate research using Ambulatory transfer your participation fee to the address Assessment. The program comprises state of the art given in the application form within 10 days after keynote lectures by renowned experts in the field registration. Application deadline is June 7, 2009. as well as a broad range of symposia and a poster Assessment presentation. The conference language is English. Bridging the Gap Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald An international conference organized by the Martin-Luther-Straße 14 Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, D-17489 Greifswald funded by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und [email protected] International Conference Halbach-Stiftung, Essen. www.wiko-greifswald.de June 25—28, 2009 Thursday, June 25, 2009 2.00 pm —3.00 pm 2.30 pm —3.30 pm Keynote Lecture Keynote Lecture 1.00 pm — 4.00 pm Ambulatory Assessment in Psychiatric Disorders Analyzing Ambulatory Assessment Data with Preconference Workshop Walton T. Roth (Stanford, United States of America) Structural Equation Modeling Multilevel Modeling Introduction: Alfons O. Hamm (Greifswald, Germany) Michael Eid (Berlin, Germany) John Nezlek (Williamsburg, United States of America) 3.00 pm —6.00 pm Introduction: Hannelore Weber (Greifswald, Germany) Symposium 2 3.30 pm —5.00 pm Friday, June 26, 2009 Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy Research, and Symposium 5 8.30 am — 9.00 am Applied Psychology Current Methodological Developments Welcome Address Chairs: Alfons O. Hamm (Greifswald, Germany), Chairs: Hannelore Weber (Greifswald, Germany), Bärbel Friedrich (Greifswald, Germany) Frank Wilhelm (Basel, Switzerland) Hans Bussmann (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Academic Director of the Alfried Krupp 6.00 pm 5.00 pm —5.30 pm Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald Welcome Reception Coffee Break Presidential Address 5.30 pm —7.00 pm Frank Wilhelm (Basel, Switzerland) Saturday, June 27, 2009 Poster Session Chairs: Matthias R. Mehl (Tucson, United States of President of the SAA 8.30 am — 9.30 am America), Peter Wilhelm (Fribourg, Switzerland), Conference Chairs’ Address Keynote Lecture Thomas Kubiak (Greifswald, Germany) Hannelore Weber (Greifswald, Germany) Capturing Real World Behavior through Sounds: 7.00 pm — 8.00 pm Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald Noises, Words and Emotions SAA General Assembly 9.00 am —10.00 am James W. Pennebaker (Austin, United States of 8.30 pm Opening Keynote Lecture America) SAA Convival Evening Real-Life Behavioral Science: Introduction: Andrea Horn (Fribourg, Switzerland) Retrospect and Prospect 9.30 am —10.30 am Sunday, June 28, 2009 Kurt Pawlik (Hamburg, Germany) Symposium 3 Introduction: Hans Westmeyer (Berlin, Germany) Ambulatory Assessment in Personality and Social On Sunday, all events take place in the 10.00 am —11.00 am Psychology University of Greifswald’s Main Building, Domstraße 11, Keynote Lecture Chair: Hans Westmeyer (Berlin, Germany) entrance 3, 1st floor , “Konferenzraum” Ambulatory Assessment in Clinical Trials and Patient 10.30 am —11.00 am Reported Outcome Research 9.00 am — 11.00 am Coffee Break Symposium 6 Arthur Stone (Stony Brook, United States of America) 11.00 am —12.00 am Work-in-Progress Papers Introduction: Thomas Kohlmann (Greifswald, Germany) Keynote Lecture Chairs: Tamlin Conner (Otago, New Zealand), 11.00 am —11.30 am Ambulatory Assessment in Behavioral Medicine Coffee Break Paul Grossman (Basel, Switzerland) Andrew Steptoe (London, United Kingdom) 11.00 am —11.30 am 11.30 am —12.30 pm Introduction: Andreas Schwerdtfeger (Mainz, Symposium 1 Coffee Break Germany) 11.30 am —12.30 pm Clinical Trials, Patient Reported Outcome Research, 12.00 am —1.00 pm and Telemedicine Keynote Lecture Symposium 4 Current Issues and New Developments Chair: Silke Schmidt (Greifswald, Germany) Behavioral Medicine 12.30 pm —2.00 pm Meinrad Perrez (Fribourg, Switzerland) Chairs: Andreas Schwerdtfeger (Mainz, Germany), Introduction: Hannelore Weber (Greifswald, Germany) Lunch Break Claus Vögele (London, United Kingdom) Opportunity to visit the industrial exhibition 12.30 pm —1.00 pm 1.00 pm —2.30 pm Conference Chairs’ Farewell Lunch Break Thomas Kubiak (Greifswald, Germany) Opportunity to visit the poster exhibition President’s Farewell Frank Wilhelm (Basel, Switzerland).