EurAdopt Conference 2026

About

About

About

The 16th international conference on adoption, organised by the European association of accredited intercountry adoption organisations, EurAdopt, is being held this year in Malta, in cooperation with the Directorate for Alternative Care (Children and Families), the leading intercountry adoption agency in Malta. The venue will be The University of Malta, Valletta Campus.

The theme will explore current key messages from adoptees, birth families and research. It will also be an opportunity to share knowledge and practice from across the intercountry adoption sector.

 Speakers confirmed so far are:

Professor Jesús Palacios, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Dr Tam Kane, Associate Professor (Social Work and Social Care), School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex, UK

Lynelle Long, Founder, Intercountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV), Sydney, Australia

Gera Ter Meulen, Researcher and EurAdopt Advisor, The Netherlands

David Hillstedt Asplund, Social Anthropologist and Case Worker, Adoptioncentrum, Sweden

Yen -chi Chin, MSW CEO Cathwel Service, Taiwan and Zoe Pai, Manager Cathwel Service, Taiwan

Linn Van de Meij, Project Leader, INEA, Netherlands


https://www.um.edu.mt/euradopt2026/about/