DREAMS Symposium 2026 - Global Perspectives on Adolescent Development

UPDATE ON 2 JANUARY 2026: Due to unforeseen circumstances, please note that this event will be held online instead of a physical event. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants who have signed up. Thank you for your understanding.

This symposium will feature DREAMS Principal Investigators, Professor Kenneth Poon & Dr Melvin Chan, who will share key findings and insights from the DREAMS study, as well as international experts in adolescent development. Our international guest speakers are Professor Kathy Sylva (University of Oxford), an eminent scholar in early childhood and adolescent development, whose work has informed education policies worldwide; and Professor Robert Crosnoe (University of Texas at Austin), whose research bridges education, sociology, and developmental science to explore how social contexts influence adolescent development.