Dear Colleagues, The Cognitive Development Center at CEU is pleased to announce the fifth annual BCCCD meeting in Budapest, Hungary (January 8-10, 2015). BCCCD is the only annual conference entirely focused on cognitive development in Europe. Submissions from all areas within this field of research are welcome. Past BCCCD conferences included presentations on topics such as comparative cognition, cognitive bases of culture, conceptual learning, early social cognition, language, methodological issues, numeracy, or object cognition. Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development Conference Dates: January 8 -10, 2015 Central European University, Budapest http://bcccd.org INVITED SPEAKERS Brian Scholl, Department of Psychology, Yale University Elizabeth Spelke, Departement of Psychology, Harvard University INVITED SYMPOSIUM Symbolic reference: who has it and how it develops? Insights from human infants and chimpanzees Organizer: Patricia Ganea, University of Toronto, Language and Learning lab. SUBMISSIONS will open June 2, 2014 for symposium proposals, paper abstracts and poster abstracts at http://bcccd.org. SYMPOSIA A symposium consists of 3 or 4 presentations and a discussant. We have set up a Facebook page for potential symposium participants to find each other. Please visit the BCCCD15 symposium finder at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/192549250851825/. Deadline for symposium proposals: September 15, 2014. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by October 3, 2014. PAPERS An abstract of maximum 300 words should be submitted. The BCCCD15 scientific committee will assemble accepted paper presentations into paper sessions consisting of 3 or 4 paper presentations. Deadline for paper abstract submissions: September 15, 2014. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by October 3, 2014. POSTERS There are two deadlines for poster abstracts: - Early deadline for those who need an early decision to apply for funding: June 30, 2014. Notification of acceptance: July 14, 2014. - Standard deadline: October 13, 2014. Notification of acceptance: October 27, 2014. Please visit the conference website at http://bcccd.org for more information on the conference. Best Regards The BCCCD15 Organizing Committee