The 1st International Online Conference on Human Intelligence
The 1st International Online Conference on Human Intelligence
Measurement, Theories and Applications of Human Intelligence
Part of the International Online Conference on Human Intelligence series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
25 November 2025
29 December 2025
23 March 2026
emotional intelligence, giftedness, psychometrics, theories and models of intelligence, intelligence tests, assessment methods, cognitive aging, cognitive neuro- science
The IOCHI 2026 is Now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instruction for authors are available online.
Submit your abstracts HERE.
For any inquiries, please contact us at iochi2026@mdpi.com
Welcome from the Chair
Event Chairs
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Dr. Con Stough is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Intelligence and has spent the entirety of his research career in psychology, studying human intelligence. Prof. Stough is an adjunct professor at Swinburne University, where he was the director of several research centers in psychology and neuroscience. His research has involved the assessment of intelligence, widely defined, and more recently, the biological basis of cognitive abilities and how to improve cognitive function across the lifespan. He is also working with schools in the area of emotional intelligence, helping schools measure and improve emotional competencies. Prof Stough was on the inaugural panel for the International Society for Intelligence Research when it was established and on the editorial board for the journal Intelligence. He was an invited member of the psychology panel of the World Economic Forum, as well as several Australian government bodies related to psychology and neuroscience. He has attracted more than $40 million in research grants and has published more than 270 peer-reviewed international publications.
Session Chairs
Dr. Damien Patrick Birney
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
working memory; fluid intelligence and reasoning; relational integration; psychometrics and measurement
Dr. Jakob Pietschnig
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Flynn effect; meta-analysis; reproducibility
Prof. Dr. Con Stough
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia
psychology; brain science and health; emotional intelligence; theories of intelligence; psychopharmacology of cognition and emotion; natural medicines, the brain and cognition; cognition; cognitive ageing; nutraceuticals; probiotics; improving cognitive performance across the lifespan
Dr. David Giofre
Department of Educational Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
general intelligence (g); working memory; neurodevelopmental disorders
Prof. Dr. Andreas Demetriou
Department of Psychology, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
cognitive development; intelligence; mind-brain relations; mind-education relations; mind-personality relations
Registration
The registration for IOCHI 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 23 March 2026.
Instructions for Authors
IOCHI 2026 will accept abstract only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 29 December 2025
Certificates of Participation are available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net, under "My Certificates" after the conference.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
The poster template can be downloaded HERE. We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. Journal of Intelligence Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue (to be updated), published in Journal of Intelligence (ISSN 2079-3200, Impact Factor 2.8), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceedings Paper Publication
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Proceedings.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including the Best Oral Presentation Award and the Best Poster Presentation Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
The winners will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
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Conference Secretariat
For inquires regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
