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10th World Congress on Conductive Education
To be held in Budapest May 24th - 26th, 2020
More information to follow.

Past World Congresses


 The 9th World Congress on Conductive Education took place December 10th - 13th, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary. 

This past December, the 9th World Congress on Conductive Education was held at the Andras Peto Institute in Budapest, Hungary - the home of Conductive Education.   It was a productive and informative gathering of Conductive Education teachers, centers, practitioners and researchers from around the world. To view the conference website, click here.

ACENA members participated in several presentations including 25 lectures, 20 posters and 3 plenary talks! Stay tuned for some presentations and abstracts to be made available for ACENA members in our Resources section of the website. Also, visit our Events section for some articles written by congress attendees on their experiences. 

ACENA is also proud to congratulate fellow members, Patricia Herbst (Center for Independence through Conductive Education, Chicago, IL) and Gyorgy Benyovszky (Conductive Learning Center, Grand Rapids, MI) on receiving the “Honorary Conductor Award” for their outstanding activities carried out in the interest of conductive education.   Thank you for your continuous contributions in helping bring Conductive Education to our communities!
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Patricia Herbst receives the "Honorary Conductor Award"
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Gyorgy Benyovszky receives the "Honorary Conductor Award"

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The 8th World Congress on Conductive Education took place from October 9th-12th, 2013 in Munich/ Fürstenfeld, Bavaria, Germany.

Five institutions and associations organized the congress in cooperation with the Andras Peto College. Over 600 Conductive Education stakeholders were in attendance. Scientists, academics, professionals and supporters from five continents supported the scientific and the advisory board to facilitate the organization of the work for the conference.
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Professionals from North American CE programs were well represented among the presenters at the conference.  In total we delivered 30 abstracts across the 3 streams available – oral, film and poster.  These were broken down as follows:



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In the ACENA family, the Center for Independence through Conductive Education (Chicago, IL), March of Dimes Canada (Toronto, ON), Conductive Learning Center (Grand Rapids, MI), ConductAbility (Claremont, CA), and Steps to Independence (Pittsburgh, PA) all presented. You can find abstracts and posters of some of these sessions in the resource section of the website. 

If you have any news, updates or research  on Conductive Education, please contact us today!