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Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development

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Mark your calendar for the May 18-20, 2026 Wallace Symposium at the University of Iowa

Photograph of 2024 Wallace Research Symposium on Talented Development attendees at the University of Connecticut
2024 Wallace Symposium on Talent Development Attendees (UConn photo by Peter Morenus)

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

1:00 – 3:00
Registration / Check-in
3:30 – 4:00
Opening and Welcome — Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 102
4:00 – 5:00
Opening Keynote: Illuminating Equitable Pathways: Unveiling Racial Dynamics in Gifted Education (Malik Henfield) — Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 102
5:00 – 5:15
Response and Q&A
5:30 – 7:00
Dinner — Student Union Ballroom
7:00 – 8:15
Panel: What is the Future of Gifted Education and Talent Development? (Camilla P. Benbow, Linda Brody, Dante Dixson, Andrea Dawn Frazier, David Lubinski, & Joyce VanTassel-Baska with Carolyn M. Callahan as moderator) — Student Union 304
8:15 – 9:00
Dessert Reception — Student Union Ballroom

 

Monday, May 20, 2024

7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
9:30 – 9:45
Response and Q&A
9:45 – 10:15
Group Photo and Refreshment Break

10:15 – 11:15 Concurrent 1 – Submitted Papers (5 sessions of 2 papers each)

Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 201 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 205 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 206 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 302

11:30 – 12:30 Concurrent 2 – Invited Featured Sessions (3 sessions)

12:30 – 1:45
Lunch

1:45 – 3:15 Concurrent 3 – Submitted (5 sessions of 3 papers each)

Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 201 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 205 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 206 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 302 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 202
3:15 – 3:45
Refreshment Break
3:45 – 4:45
Keynote: Gifted Education Research from the Economists' Perspective: What Have We Learned? (Laura Giuliano) — Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 102
4:45 – 5:00
Response and Q&A
5:00 – 7:00
7:00 – 8:30
Panel: Building a Broader, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced Learners: Lessons From the National Working Group on Advanced Education (Nicholas Colangelo, Scott J. Peters, Jonathan Plucker, Sneha Shah-Coltrane, & April Wells with Michael J. Petrilli as moderator) — Student Union 304
8:30 – 9:00
Ice Cream Social — Student Union Ballroom

 

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024

7:00 – 8:00
Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 Concurrent 4 – Submitted Papers (5 sessions of 2 papers each)

Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 205 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 201 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 206 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 202 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 302

9:15 – 10:15 Concurrent 5 – Invited Featured Sessions (3 sessions)

10:15 – 10:45
Refreshment Break

10:45 – 12:15 Concurrent 6 – Submitted Papers (5 sessions of 3 papers each)

Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 205 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 206 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 201 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 202 Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room MCHU 302
12:15 – 1:15
Lunch— Student Union Ballroom
1:15 – 2:15
Closing Keynote: Uniting Game Theory, Math Stars, and Actors to Build Human Intelligence in the AI Age (Po-Shen Loh) — — Student Union Room 304
2:15 – 2:30
Response and Q&A

The 2024 Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development is collaboratively organized by the following organizations:

College of Education, Iowa University Logo UConn logo NCRGE Logo

 

 The following organizations provided additional support:

WKU Center for Gifted Studies Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Davidson Institute Logo
Purdue Gifted Logo Berkely logo   Berkely logo
National Association for Gifted Children logo Vanderbilt University logo