Program

27-28 February 2025

February 27th

Time

Plenary hall

Hall 2

8.00-9.00

Lobby

Registration & Welcome coffee/tea

9.00-9.45
Plenary hall

Opening of the conference

Minister of Health of Sri Lanka
Mahesan Ganesan (Sri Lanka)
Robert van Voren (Lithuania)

9.45-10.15
Plenary hall

Guest Speaker

Sonali Deraniyagala (Sri Lanka)

The Service User Perspective
Chairperson: Janet Anderson (United Kingdom)

10.15-11.15
Plenary hall

Keynote Panel 1

Agus Sugianto (Indonesia)
Speaker 2 – TBA

11.15-11.45

 

Lobby

Coffee & tea break

11.45-13.15
Plenary hall

Symposium 1
Best practices of lived experience inclusion across sectors

Hall 2

Workshop 1

Erminia Colluci (Italy)
Agus Sugianto (Indonesia)

13.15-14.30

Lobby

Lunch break

Mental Health Care in a Digital World
Chairperson: Janet Anderson (United Kingdom)

14.30-15.30
Plenary hall

Keynote Panel 2

Tasdik Dip (Australia)
Farah Shiraz (Denmark)

15.30-16.00
Lobby

Coffee & tea break

16.00-17.30
Plenary hall

Symposium 2
The Samopomoch/Samopomich program

Petr Winkler (Czech Republic)
Nino Makhashvili (Georgia)
Jana Javakhishvili (Georgia)
Robert van Voren (Lithuania)
Julia Piievska (Ukraine)
Hall 2

Workshop 2

Farah Shiraz (Denmark)
PLE – TBA

17.30-19.00
Plenary hall

Symposium 3
The Mental Health E-learning program in The Netherlands

Arjan Pronk (The Netherlands)
Rob Keukens (The Netherlands)

 

Hall 2

Workshop 3

Speakers – TBA

19.00-21.00
Lobby

Reception – 45 years FGIP

February 28th

Time

Plenary hall

Hall 2

8.00-9.00
Lobby

Registration & Welcome coffee/tea

Current Challenges in Mental Health

9.00-10.30
Plenary hall

Workshop / Symposium 4
Developing an integrated approach to mental health care in the Northern Province

Mahesan Ganesan (Sri Lanka)
Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan (Sri Lanka)
Gowrie Ponniah (Sri Lanka)
Jana Javakhishvili (Georgia)
Nino Makhashvili (Georgia)
Hall 2

Workshop / Symposium 5
New approaches in mental health care

Rob Keukens (The Netherlands)
Brigita Baks (Lithuania)
Vandana Gopikumar (India)
Karile Levickaite (Lithuania)
Valentina Hristakeva (Bulgaria)
10.30-10.45

Logistical break

10.45-11.45
Plenary hall

Keynote Panel 3
Moderator: Janet Anderson (United Kingdom)

Erminia Colucci (Italy)
11.45-12.15
Lobby

Coffee & tea break

12.15-13.45
Plenary hall

Film
Harmoni: Healing together. By Erminia Colucci

Hall 2

Workshop 6

13.45-15.00

Lunch break

Mental Health Ethics and Human Rights

15.00-16.00
Plenary hall

Keynote Panel 4
Moderator: Marianne Schulze (Austria)

16.00-16.30
Lobby

Coffee & tea break

16.30-18.00
Plenary hall

Workshop / Symposium 6
Topic TBA

Hall 2

Workshop / Symposium 7
Topic TBA

18.00-18.30
Plenary hall

Commemorating Sally Hulugalle

18.30-18.45
Plenary hall

Closing of the conference

18.45 

Lobby

Farewell gathering

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