APA Representation at International Meetings

Argentina

• Jan. 2011: Board for the Charted Financial Analysts in Buenos Aires. Talk on how to set a standard for certification examinations. The organization and exam are both international (Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors).
• Sept. 2011: 40th Anniversary of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Behavioral Science (CIIPME) in Buenos Aires; Annual meeting of the Argentina Association of Behavioral Science (AACC), Keynote: "Going Global, Listening Locally: Opportunities and Challenges for Psychology"; Roundtable conversation hour on APA for students; Visit to INECO — an innovative institute for neuroscience research and practice in Buenos Aires (Merry Bullock, Director, Office of International Affairs).

Brazil

• June 2011: V Brazilian Conference of Psychological Assessment in Bento Goncalves. Workshop: "The Scholarly Evaluation of Tests and Assessments",  Symposium paper: "Publishing about Psychological Tests in Scientific Publication in Psychological Assessment: Challenges toward the Internationalization of Knowledge", and Presentation on the International Test Commission (Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors; Barbara Byrne, APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology).

Canada

• Continuing Education Workshop: "Creating a Frame for Ethical Decision Making" (Stephen Behnke, Director, APA Ethics Office).

Caribbean

• Nov. 2011: Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology (CRCP2011) in Nassau, Bahamas. APA was a gold-level sponsor of the event and hosted a booth. Variety of invited talks and special events (APA President Melba Vasquez; APA CEO Norman Anderson; Gwendolyn Keita, Executive Director, Public Interest Directorate; Merry Bullock, Director, Office of International Affairs; Nabil El-Ghoroury, Director, APAGS; Gary Vandenbos, Executive Director, Publications and Databases; Peter Gaviorno, Director, Marketing; Greg Neimeyer, Director, Continuing Education in Psychology; Marcia Segura , Manager, Continuing Education in Psychology; Lindsay Childress-Beatty, Deputy Director, Ethics).

Colombia

• June 2011: 30th Meeting of the Interamerican Society of Psychology in Medellin. Highlights included an APA Books booth, APA reception at the Medellin Botanical Garden, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with COLPSIC, preliminary discussions with the organizers of the 2013 Congress to be held in Brazil, and visits to two universities and the opening of a kindergarten program in Medellin.
  
  Congress presentations:

- Melba Vasquez: Keynote, "Ethics in Psychology"; Symposium, "Colaboracion internacional en la psicologia: Retos y Oportunidades.

- Merry Bullock and Judith Gibbons: Symposium, "Communicating About Psychology Around the World."

- Melba Vasquez and Merry Bullock: Roundtable on organizations in the Americas.

(APA President Melba Vasquez; Merry Bullock, Director, Office of International Affairs; Sally Leverty, Office of International Affairs; Mary Lynn Skutley, APA Books)

Ecuador

• Oct. 2011: 3rd meeting of the Latin American Psychology Students Organization (COLAEPSI) (Nabil El-Ghoroury, Director, APAGS).

Finland

• Sept. 2011: Invited talk at the Identity in Research Infrastructure & Scientific Communication (IRISC) Conference in Helsinki on "Online Identity Trust Frameworks" (Hal Warren, APA Publications & Databases).

Hong Kong

• Workshops for graduate level courses on ethics and ethical dilemmas in the practice of psychology (Stephen Behnke, Director, APA Ethics Office).

Italy

• Sept. 2011: Vocational Designing and Career Counseling conference in Padua, keynote talk (Rosie Philips Bingham, APA Board of Directors).

Mexico

• Oct. 2011: XIX Congreso Mexicano de Psicología, keynote talks (APA Past President Carol Goodheart; APA President-Elect Suzanne Bennett Johnson).

Turkey

• July 2011: Council Meetings of the International Test Commission in Istanbul (Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors; Merry Bullock, Director, APA Office of International Affairs; Barbara Byrne, APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology).

• July 2011: European Congress of Psychology. Highlights included an APA Books booth and the following presentations:

- Melba Vasquez: Keynote, "A Thriving Psychology: Challenges and Complexities."

- Melba Vasquez and Barry Anton:  Symposium, "Psychoquackery: Discredited Tests and Treatments in Psychology."

- Kurt Geisinger: Presenter, "The Importance of Validation for Test Reviewing Performed by the Buros Center for Testing"; Presenter, "Test Reviewing at the Buros Center for Testing."

- Merry Bullock: Symposium chair, "Ethics in Action: Documents, Decision Making, and Regulation."

- Stephen Behnke: Presenter, "The Context and Definition of Ethical Decision Making"; Presenter, "Human Rights and Professional Ethics for Psychologists."

(APA President Melba Vasquez; APA Past-President Carol Goodheart; Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors; Barry Anton, APA Board of Directors; Merry Bullock, Director, APA Office of International Affairs; Stephen Behnke, Director, APA Ethics Office; Julia Frank-McNeil, APA Books; Peter Gaviorno, APA Books)

• July 2011: Assembly meeting of the European Federation of Psychology Associations (EFPA). Follow up included collaboration with national association officers on information exchange and hosting of EFPA President Robert Roe at the 2011 Fall CIRP meeting (Merry Bullock, Director, APA Office of International Affairs; Cynthia Belar, Executive Director, APA Education Directorate).

United Kingdom

• Dec. 2011: Invited keynote talk at the British Psychological Society's Clinical Section meeting (APA Past President Carol Goodheart).