Opening presentation

Toward the Next Generation of Instruments in Cross-Cultural Testing: Recent Developments in Translations and Adaptations. Fons van de Vijver (The Netherlands)

Keynote presentations (for abstracts and Bios, please click here)

1. International Test Commission Guidelines for Adapting Tests. Ron Hambleton (USA)

2. Practical Considerations in Linking Scores on Adapted Tests. Linda Cook (USA)

3. Ensuring Validity in Cross-lingual Assessments: Issues, Methods, and Future Research Directions. Stephen Sireci (USA)

4. Comparability of Adapted Versions of Tests: Implications for Score Interpretations and Practices. Kadriye Ercikan (Canada)

5. The Universality and Utility of the NEO-PI-R. Paul Costa (USA)

6. What Happens When You Work on Guidelines and Procedures for Translation and Translation Monitoring in the Multinational Comparative Survey Context. Janet Harkness (USA)

7. Establishing a Metric for Language Acquisition. John de Jong (The Netherlands)

8. Some Obstacles Ahead for Meeting the Standards for Test Translation, and Potential Solutions. Jacques Grégoire (Belgium)