Congress Information
Congress Language
The official language of SSP 2007 is English.
Final Program and Abstracts
The
Schedule of Events of
the 10th Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology is available online.
Room Equipment
All rooms are equipped with a computer, a video projector, an overhead projector and video
equipment – latter two only if ordered as such by e-mail no later than August 31, 2007.
Authors working with PowerPoint are kindly requested to bring their USB stick containing their
material.
Young Scientist’s Award
In the course of the congress the Swiss Society of Psychology bestows the
Young Scientist’s Award to a young researcher for his or her outstanding
achievement. Further information on the application procedure you can find
in the following documents.
Young Investigators Award (German)
Young Investigators Award (French)
Your application may also be submitted electronically via m.martin(at)psychologie.unizh.ch. Deadline is May 31, 2007.
Winners of the Young Scientist’s Award
We congratulate the two winners of this year’s Young Scientist’s Award of the Swiss Society of Psychology!
Leila Soravia, Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie Bern
Title of the paper:
Glucocorticoids reduce phobic fear in humans
Reference:
Soravia, L., Heinrichs, M., Aerni, A., Maroni, C., Schelling, G., Ehlert, U., Roozendaal, B. & de Quervain, D. (2006). Glucocorticoids reduce phobic fear in humans, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(14), 5585-5590.
Gian Beeli, University of Zurich
Title of the paper:
Synaesthesia: When coloured sounds taste sweet
Reference:
Beeli, G., Esslen, M. & Jäncke, L. (2005). Synaesthesia: When coloured sounds taste sweet, Nature, 434, 38.
Poster Award
We are pleased to announce that in this years convention a good poster presentation is especially
motivating as a poster jury will honour the best posters presented at the SSP 2007.
The best three posters in each of the two categories
graduate students and
post-graduate students will
be prized. The Awards will be bestowed during the Farewell Apéro. The winners will be presented with an
honorarium or comparable prize, an award certificate, and will be mentioned on the conference website.
Winners of the Poster Awards
We congratulate the following scientists on their success in the poster awards of the 10th Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology!
Their poster contributions convinced the jury in a number of categories including formal guidelines, graphic design, comprehensibility as well as verbal and theoretical competence.
Category: Graduate Students
1st rank
Maria Schmid, University of Zurich
Title of the poster:
Identifying the strengths of character of vocational counselors and management consultants by comparing results from a questionnaire and a structured interview
2nd rank
Lukas Giesinger, University of Zurich
Title of the poster:
Plans Thwarted. Do Implementation Intentions Increase Persistence in a Failing course of Action?
3rd rank
Christine Sutter & Andrea Helg , University of Zurich
Title of the poster:
Does learning of sequences improve prospective memory performance in older adults?
Philipp Leibacher, University of Zurich
Title of the poster:
Age-related neuronal differences during the encoding of later successfully executed intentions
Category: Post-Graduates
1st rank
Christina Klöckner, University of Neuchâtel
Title of the poster:
What Makes Patients Satisfied? Female and Male Physicians‘ Nonverbal Behavior Correlates of Patient Satisfaction
2nd rank
Claudia Buschor, University of Zurich
Title of the poster:
The power of gratitude: Do positive interventions enable life-satisfaction?
Marie Hennecke, University of Zurich
Title of the poster:
Interpretation of metaphorical proverbs and executive functioning in schizophrenia
Social Program
The first conference day will be followed by a Social Dinner which offers the
opportunity to meet colleagues in a casual atmosphere. The banquet will be
held at the Kammermusiksaal at the Kongresshaus Zürich and starts after the
SSP Members Meeting. You can enrol for the dinner together with the
congress registration.
Get Together on Wednesday, September 12
For a nice
Get Together on the eve of the conference
we will be at the
Brasserie Metropol
at the Kongresshaus Zürich from 6:30 pm (General-Guisan-Quai 5, 8002 Zürich,
for a map please see
http://maps.google.de).
Here you can have a savoury dinner or a little snack in between and already meet up
with colleagues in a casual atmosphere. Until 9:00 pm you may already receive your conference documents.
As the program of the conference starts early on Thursday, September 13, we recommend that you
arrive already on Wednesday and hopefully you join us for this gathering.
Please mind that meals and drinks during this evening are not included in the conference fee.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Brasserie Metropol!
Congress Venue
Kongresshaus Zürich AG
Gotthardstrasse 5
Postfach 2523
8022 Zürich
Tel +41 44 206 36 36
Fax +41 44 206 36 59
info (at) kongresshaus.ch
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Where is it?
How to get there
Kongresshaus Zurich – within quick and easy reach
Arrival from Zurich main station:
By tram to Stockerstrasse
- Tram Nr. 6 (direction station Enge)
- Tram Nr. 7 (direction Zurich Wollishofen)
- Tram Nr. 13 (direction Albisgüetli)
Then a 5 minute walk along the Beethovenstrasse
or
By tram to Bürkliplatz
- Tram Nr. 11 (direction Rehalp)
Then a 5 minute walk along General Guisan-Quai
Arrival from Zurich Enge SBB Station:
A 10 minute walk along Gotthardstrasse
or
By tram to Stockerstrasse
- Tram Nr. 6 (direction Zoo)
- Tram Nr. 7 (direction station Stettbach)
- Tram Nr. 13 (direction Frankental)
Then a 5 minute walk along Beethovenstrasse
Arrival from Zurich Stadelhofen SBB Station:
By tram from Opernhaus to Bürkliplatz
- Tram Nr. 2 (direction Farbhof)
- Tram Nr. 11 (direction Messe/Hallenstadion)
Then a 5 minute walk along General Guisan-Quai
Links
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB: www.sbb.ch
Zürcher Verkehrsverbund ZVV: www.zvv.ch
Information about opening times for car parks and transport connections to the
Kongresshaus Zurich you'll find here
Lunch
You will find three restaurants in the Kongresshaus Zurich and various other beautiful places in the nearby vicinity.
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