ADHD International Virtual Conference 2024

ADHD Ireland and the ADHD Foundation / Neurodiversity Charity collaboration is back to facilitate the largest ADHD conference in Europe, which will take place virtually on October 10, 2024.

This forward-thinking conference, which will bring together global experts, leaders, and thinkers, is for all those affected by ADHD and will seek to push for progress. We will lead insightful and inclusive discussions, exploring what needs to be done to enable those with ADHD to thrive.

We are delighted with our fantastic speakers who will talk about ADHD from various angles.

The plan of the Conference:

5:00pm              Opening: Ken Kilbride, CEO of ADHD Ireland – Introduction

5:00pm              Prof Suzy Young | “ADHD & Women”

5:45pm              Dr Leonidas Constantinides – Nicosia General Hospital | ADHD & Biomarkers 

6:25pm              Dr Evanthia Bella & Spyridon Zormpas | “ADHD Best Practice Booklet ”

6:45pm              Kat Brown- Journalist and Author of “It’s Not a Bloody Trend” | Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult

7:20pm           Ten minute break

7:30pm             Colin Foley – ADHD Foundation UK | ADHD & Relationships

8:00pm             Aidy Smith- Author and journalist | His journey with Tourettes & ADHD

9:00pm             Ken Kilbride closes the event Event Close

Meet The Speakers 

Susan J. Young, BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, PhD, CSi, AFBPS

 Professor Susan Young, BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, PhD, CSi, AFBPS, is a registered clinical and forensic psychologist, and practitioner clinical neuropsychologist, with over 30 years’ of experience working in clinical academia. Susan participated in the NICE ADHD National Clinical Practice Guidelines No. 72 and their implementation strategy. In 2017, Susan left her job working at Imperial College London and West London Mental Health Trust to work full-time in private practice as the director of Psychology Services Limited (www.psychology-services.uk.com).  Here she provides psycho-educational materials, training, resources and clinical/forensic services relating to the assessment and treatment of children and adults with mental health problems and/or neurodevelopmental conditions.

Susan is involved in international research collaborations and has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed research papers, books, assessment tools and treatment programmes.  These include the ACE/ACE+ clinical assessments of ADHD in children and adults (available in 22 languages), the Diagnostic Autism Spectrum Interview [DASI – available in 7 languages] and five cognitive behavioural therapy programmes for children and adults with cognitive, emotional, social and/or behavioural problems.  Susan regularly runs international training courses in these tools and programmes. Many of these can also be attended online in ‘on-demand’ format from https://professor-susan-young-psychology-services.teachable.com

Aidy Smith

Aidy Smith is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, content creator and speaker. His core pillars include drink, food, travel, lifestyle, LGBTQIA+ and neurodiversity topics.

Aidy is the brains behind the world’s highest rated drinks-travel series, The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime and has written various drinks columns for publications like The Independent and Evening Standard. He is also heard on a variety of radio stations such as Times Radio, Virgin Radio, and BBC Radio London where he has a permanent food/drink segment called ‘Thirsty Thursdays’.

As the only TV presenter in the UK and one of five in the USA with Tourette Syndrome, and also having ADHD, Aidy is heavily involved in the neurodiversity awareness space. He is a patron for the UK’s largest neurodiversity charity, the ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity, alongside being the Global Ambassador for the world’s largest Tourette Charity, The Tourette Association of America.

Aidy has also recently founded DRINKLUSIVE which is the UK drink industry’s first Inclusivity Mentorship aimed at increasing the representation of drinks personalities from all diverse communities within the industry.

Colin Foley

 Colin Foley is the training director of the ADHD Foundation, the largest ADHD charity in Europe. Following a twenty-five-year teaching career, including ten years in school leadership, Colin has led the Training team at the ADHD Foundation to be become the largest provider of training for professionals on ADHD in the UK, working with over 13,000 professionals from a range of sectors in the last year. Our training sessions are rooted in taking a strength based approach to neurodiversity- understanding the conditions, how they can overlap, the impact of neurodiversity on people’s lived experience as well as empowering educators, employers, line managers, service providers, families and neurodiverse people with evidence-based strategies for living well and being successful in education and in the workplace.

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Kat Brown- Journalist and Author

Kat Brown is a British journalist whose work examining everything from The Archers to mental health stigma has appeared widely across national print, radio, and TV. She is the author of It’s Not a Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult, and editor of the infertility anthology No One Talks About This Stuff: 22 Stories of Almost Parenthood, both published in spring 2024. She loves horse riding, tarot and quizzing and has appeared on BBC Two’s Only Connect, celebrating the work of Jilly Cooper as captain of The Jillies. Kat lives in south London with her husband, their dog, and two appalling cats.

ADHD Ireland |23rd of September 2024

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