Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the 6th Scientific Meeting for Autism Spectrum Conditions (WTAS), which will be held on February 21-22, 2013 in Bonn, Germany. This year’s meeting venue will be the Uniclub Bonn http://www.uniclub-bonn.de/. The focus of the 6th WTAS will be “Autism: Diagnosis or trait?”. There will be a pro and contra debate on the subject with PD Dr. Tanja Michel (Rostock) and Prof. Dr. Kai Vogeley (Köln) taking stands for the different positions.

There will be also talks and workshops on neuropsychology, imaging, diagnostic assessments and intervention, amongst other subjects. We cordially invite you to participate with your scientific work. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is November 1st, 2012.

At the 6th WTAS, we are looking forward to the WGAS` second awarding of the Kanner-Asperger-Medal, with which outstanding achievements of national and international researchers working in the autism field are recognized. We are very happy to announce that the awardee of the medal will be Simon Baron Cohen, Ph.D., Professor, Cambridge University, who will be giving the keynote address at the conference.

Information regarding the submission of abstracts, registration, applications for travel awards, and accommodation is available on the WGAS website. We look forward to welcoming you at the 6th WTAS in Bonn!

If you have any questions regarding the 6th WTAS, please contact us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Yours sincerely, on behalf of the WGAS board of directors,

Judith Sinzig (Chairman), Sven Bölte (President) & Isabel Dziobek (Vice President)