6TH Regional Symposium
Consortium of Institutes on Family in the Asian Region Ltd.
亞洲區家庭研究聯盟
Wofoo Asian Award For Advancing Family Well-Being
6TH Regional Symposium
Aspiration for Sustainability, Innovation & Applicability (ASIA)
Basic Information
Main Theme: Asian Families: Change & Consistency
Co-organizer: Korean Association of Family Relations (KAFR)
Venue: National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Date: 3th - 5th November, 2016
Highlights include:
- Opening Ceremony
- Keynote speeches
- Plenary speeches
- Wofoo 3A Project 2016 Final Round Adjudication and Award Presentation Ceremony
- Paper presentations at concurrent sessions
- Poster Presentation
- Pre-Symposium Agency Visit (on 2 Nov.)
- Post-Symposium Workshop (on 6 Nov.)
Useful Links:
National Museum of Korea: http://www.museum.go.kr
Korea Tourism Organization: http://visitkorea.or.kr
Brochure
Leaflet
2020-01-12
Announcement: Rescheduling of 6th CIFA Regional Symposium
24 Feb 2022
The 6th CIFA Symposium Organising Committee has been carefully monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak. In the light of ther latest development, we have decided to postpone the Symposium that was originally scheduled to take place on November 25-27 in Taipei, Taiwan.
This is not an easy decision, but ultimately the public health and safety of our attendees, speakers exhibitors, staff and volunteers have led all parties to conclude that postponing the Symposium to June 9-11 2021 is a most advisable one. Please mark the dates in your diary! The detailed rescheduled programme will be announced in due course, please keep following our official website at https://cfrc.ntu.edu.tw/cifa for more details.
Meanwhile, please take note of the rescheduled dates as following:
| PROGRAMME | DATE |
| Deadline for abstract submission | 31 December 2020 |
| Announcement of acceptance of paper | 31 March 2021 |
| Deadline for early-bird registration | 30 April 2021 |
| Presentations and papers confirmed | 8 May 2021 |
| Pre-Symposium Agency Visits | 6-7 June 2021 |
| Pre-Symposium Workshop | 8 June 2021 |
| Symposium | 9-11 June 2021 |
Invitation Letter
14 May 2020
Invitation Letter
Invitation Letter (English)Invitation Letter (Chinese)
Project Submission Form
Project Submission Form
Speaker's Presentation
Family Well-Being (FWB) Index – Implications on Policy and Practice
(Former Deputy Director General/ The National Population and Family Development Board Malaysia Ministry of Women)
ICT and Family
(Associate Professor/ Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota)
Supporting Families in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Inter-generation Approach
(The 14th Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Distinguished Research Fellow of Genomics Research Centre at Academia Sinica)
Family First: Supporting Asian Families in the Era of Inclusive Growth
A Cross-sectional Study on Family Wellbeing in Hong Kong
(Assistant Professor/ Department of Social Work of the Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Wofoo Asian Award for Advancing Family Well-being: Good Practices and Impacts
(Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong)
Supporting Korean Families in the Era of Inclusive Growth
(Global President/ International Council on Social Welfare)
Marriage, Divorce, and Re-marriage
Parental separation and complex family needs
(Senior Research Fellow/The Australian Institute of Family Studies)
Landscape of Marriage and Divorce in Singapore- Trends, Policies and Programmes
Mr. Justin Chang and Ms. Shermain Lee
(Assistant Director and Manager/Family Policy Office, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore)
Marriage or Merry Age? The Recent Population Changes in Taiwan
(Global President/ International Council on Social Welfare)
Inter-generational Issues
The coping strategy of adult caregivers and the cross generational relationship in Taiwan
(Professor of the Department of Social Work at National Taiwan University)
Two child policy means double trouble for Chinese grandparents?
(Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work of the National University of Singapore)
Caregiver Burden of Adult Children from the Inter-generational Family Perspective
(Professor, Department of Child Welfare Chungbuk National University Korea)
Good Family Practices & Intergenerational Issues
Affirming husband’s fathering role: Hong Kong’s experience in promoting co-parenting in newborn years
General Secretary at Family Value Foundation of Hong Kong)
A Study on Child Welfare League Foundation’s Enhancing Parenting Skills Services for High-Risk Families in Taiwan
(Research Fellow at Child Welfare League Foundation)
Supporting parents of young people after social unrest in Hong Kong using mindfulness
(Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Prediction of Social Inclusion by E-Inclusion in Taiwan’s Elderly
(Research Fellow at NTU Children and Family Research Center/Good Neighbors Taiwan)
Marriage & Divorce & Parenthood
An analysis of the stages in the Family Centered Support Program for Orphaned Children after the 921 Earthquake
(Researcher at Child Welfare League Foundation)
The Relationships between Adverse Childhood Experience, Intimate Partner Violence Victimization, Family Support, and the Challenges for Re-entry: An Examination of Female Inmates in Taiwan.
Doris Chu and Yu-Shu Chen
(Professor at National Chung Cheng University & Associate Professor at Central Police University)
A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Parenting and Depressive Symptoms among Taiwanese Adolescents
(Doctoral Student at the Pennsylvania State University)
Child & Youth Development & Others
Effects of Different Levels of Physical Activity on Quality of Life in Adolescents
Yu-Lun Tsai*, Jen-Jiuan Liaw, Ti Yin, Hsiang-Yun Lan
(Doctoral Student at National Defense Medical Center)
Effects of Using Screen Time on Sleepiness During the Day and Depression in Youth
Yu-Lun Tsai*, Jen-Jiuan Liaw*, Huai-Shuo Huang, Luke Yang
(Doctoral Student and Professor at National Defense Medical Center)
The protective effects of family and school supports on youth depressive symptoms under multilevel family risk: a moderated mediation model
(Assistant Professor at Soochow University)
Family First: Supporting Asian Families in the Era of Inclusive Growth
Family Empowerment for Children with Moderate to Severe Asthma: A Qualitative Study
(Professor at National Defense Medical Center)
Working with Families of Substance Abuse Youth in Taiwan: State of Art and Way Forward
(Associate Professor at National Taipei University)
Children and Young People’s experience during COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan
(Professor at National Taipei University)
Child & Youth Development & Others
Parental Precarious Work and Family Poverty Experience in the First Six Years of A Child’s Life
(Professor at New York University)
Perceived Social Network and Support Functions among Substance Abusers: Does the Gender Matter?
(Associate Professor at Shih Chien University & Professor at National Chung Cheng University)
A Study of Factors Influencing Life Adaption of Contemporary Impoverished Youth after Graduation- An Instance of TFCF Youth Capacity Building Program Participants
(Professor at National Taipei University)