Welcome to the ISSBD 2010 congress !
On behalf of the University of Zambia, the multidisciplinary Local Organising Committee and the International Scientific Programme Committee, I am delighted to invite you to Lusaka in July 2010 for the 21st international congress of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD).

Prof.Robert Serpell, Congress Chair / Convenor: 

Since its foundation in 1969, the ISSBD has held its biennial congresses on five continents. It is a truly international organisation with more than 1,100 members in 60 countries. Its main objective is to promote systematic research on human development throughout the life-span. The University of Zambia is greatly honoured by this opportunity to host a world-wide gathering of developmental researchers, and we hope to make your experience an intellectually enriching and socially agreeable one..More

Prof. Stephen Simukanga, Vice-Chancellor, University of Zambia:

"We consider it a great honour that the University of Zambia has been selected to host this important international congress. We look forward to receiving delegates from around the world, to sharing with them the unique character of our university, our city and our nation, and to learning from them about commonalities and differences in the challenges posed by human development in Zambia and elsewhere."