UC Merced hosted for the first time a long-established regional gathering of researchers in Developmental Psychology. The Bay Area Developmental Symposium brought together about 70 faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral students from UC Merced, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz. The event, organized by Family Development Lab director Professor Alexandra Main and graduate students Manasa Ganesh Kumar and Michele Franco, included poster presentations, flash talks and faculty-led roundtable discussions.