WPA SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS REPORT
DR. PEDRO RUIZ, WPA SECRETARY FOR MEETINGS
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 12)
TITLE: —Third Conference of Psychiatry: Psychiatry in General Psychiatry“
PLACE: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
DATE: February 7-9, 2008
ORGANIZER: Health Authority of Abu, Dhabi, UAE
CONTACT: Dr. Zane Omara
E-MAIL: zanomara@eim.ae
WEBSITE: www.ICANUAE.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 4)
TITLE: —II Congreso Internacional Medicina y Salud Mental de la Mujer: Asimilando la Disferencia Para su Abordaje"
PLACE: Medellin, Colombia
DATE: February 14-16, 2008
ORGANIZER: CES Faculty of Medicine
CONTACT: Dr. Silvia Gaviria
E-MAIL: sgaviria1@une.net.co
WEBSITE: www.ces.edu.co
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: "9th Edition of the Virtual Congress Interpsiquis 2008“
PLACE: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
DATE: February 1-29, 2008 ORGANIZER: Interpsiquis 2008
CONTACT: Dr. Pedro Moreno
E-MAIL: pedro.moreno@telefonica.net
WEBSITE: www.interpsiquis.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 12)
TITLE: —First International Conference on Mental Health Services in Post War Iraq“
PLACE: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
DATE: February 18-22, 2008
ORGANIZER: British Arab Psychiatric Association
COLLABORATION: World Health Organization (WHO)
CONTACT: Dr. Hazim Obaydi
E-MAIL: hazim@obaydi.com
—4th
TITLE: Ain Shams International Congress in Psychiatry“
PLACE: Cairo, Egypt
DATE: March 11-15, 2008
ORGANIZER: Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University
COLLABORATION:
a) World Health Organization (WHO)
b) Egyptian Psychiatric Association
CONTACT:
a) Dr. Tarek Okasha
b) Dr. Afaf H. Khalil
E-MAIL:
a) tokasha@internetegypt.com
b) profkhafaf@yahoo.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 14)
TITLE: —ISAD 4th Biennial Conference“
PLACE: Cape Town, South Africa
DATE: March 14-17, 2008
ORGANIZER: International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD)
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Affective Disorders
CONTACT: Caroline Holebrook
E-MAIL: caroline.holebrook@iop.kcl.ac.uk
WEBSITE: www.isad.org.uk
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 18)
TITLE: "Third World Congress on Women's Mental Health" PLACE: Melbourne, Australia
DATE: March 16-20, 2008
ORGANIZER: International Association of Women's Mental Health
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Women's Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Donna Stewart
E-MAIL: Donna.Stewart@uhn.on.ca
WEBSITE: www.IAWMHCongress2008.com.au
TITLE: "Religious Psychopathology: Explorations at The Interface of Psychiatry and Religion“
PLACE: Leiden, The Netherlands
DATE: March 17-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Dutch Foundation on Religion and Psychiatry
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry
CONTACT: Peter J. Verhagen
E-MAIL: verhagen.p@wxs.nl
WEBSITE: www.religionandpsychiatry.com/congress2008
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3)
TITLE: "III Congreso Panamericano de Salud Mental Infanto Juvenil“
PLACE: Havana, Cuba
DATE: March 24-28, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Classification, Diagnostic Assessment and Nomeclature
COLLABORATION: Cuban Society of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Tania A. Peon Valdes
E-MAIL: felices@infomed.sld.cu
WEBSITE: www.cpalco.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 12)
TITLE: —Comorbid Depressive Disorder“
PLACE: Beirut, Lebanon
DATE: April 4-5, 2008
ORGANIZER: Lebanese Psychiatric Association
COLLABORATION: St. Joseph University in Lebanon
CONTACT: Dr. Charles Baddoura
E-MAIL: charlesb@dm.net.lb
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: "9th Congress of the European Federation
of Sexology“
PLACE: Rome, Italy
DATE: April 13-17, 2008
ORGANIZER: European Federation of Sexology
CONTACT: Dr. Rosi Romagnolo
E-MAIL: r.romagnolo@aimgroup.it
WEBSITE: www.aimgroup.it/2008/efs
TITLE: —4th International Conference on Psychiatry: Globalization, Psychiatry and Mental Health“
PLACE: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
DATE: April 15-17, 2008
ORGANIZER: Saudi Psychiatric Association
COLLABORATION: German Hospital-Jeddah
CONTACT: Dr. Mohamed Khaled
E-MAIL: moh.khaled@gmail.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 6)
TITLE: "Reflections and Ideas for an Innovation Psychiatry Conference"
PLACE: Fiuggi, Italy
DATE: April 16-20, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Ecology, Psychiatry & Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Giuseppe Spinetti
E-MAIL: gspinetti@libero.it
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 13)
TITLE: "Annual Conference of the African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions: Mental Health and Social Changes“
PLACE: Ibadan, Nigeria
DATE: April 17-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions
CONTACT: Dr. Oye Gureje
E-MAIL: ogureje@comui.edu.ng
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3)
TITLE: "Psychiatry, Nature and Culture: From Singular to Universal“
PLACE: Guadalajara, Mexico
DATE: April 17-20, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Transcultural Psychiatry Section
CONTACT: Dr. Ronald Wintrob
E-MAIL: informes@gladet.org.mx
WEBSITE: www.gladet.org.mx
TITLE: "WPA Epidemiology & Public Health Section Conference“
PLACE: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
DATE: May 11-14, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Epidemiology & Public Health
CONTACT: Karen Mosier
E-MAIL: karen.mosier@usask.ca
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 6)
TITLE: —Conference on Conflict Resolution“
PLACE: London, England
DATE: May 12-13, 2008
ORGANIZER: London Institute of Psychiatry
CONTACT: N.D. Minton, M.D.
E-MAIL: nd.minton@btopenworld.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: "International Congress of Dual Pathology“
PLACE: Madrid, Spain
DATE: May 29-31, 2008
ORGANIZER: Spanish Society of Dual Pathology
CONTACT: Carolina Garcia Sicilia
E-MAIL: secretariat@cipd2008.com
WEBSITE: www.cipd2008.com
WPA SPONSORED THEMATIC CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: —WPA Thematic Conference on Depression and Relevant Psychiatric Condition in Primary Care“
PLACE: Granada, Spain
DATE: June 19-21, 2008
ORGANIZER:
a) World Psychiatric Association
b) Wonca-Europe
c) Spanish Psychiatric Association
d) Spanish Society of Family and CommunityMedicine (SEMFYC)
COLLABORATION: "Grupo Andaluz de Investigacion en Salud Mental" (GAISAM)
CONTACT:
a) Dr. Francisco Torres-Gonzalez
b) Patricia Serrano (PCO)
E-MAIL:
a) ftorres@ugr.es
b) patricia@fase20.com
WEBSITE: www.WPA2008granada.org
TITLE: "XX Congreso Peruvano de Psiquiatria“
PLACE: Lima, Peru
DATE: August 29-31, 2008
ORGANIZER: Peruvian Psiquiatria Association
CONTACT: Dr. Julio Acha
E-MAIL: jacha@terra.com.pe
WPA SPONSORED WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY (Zone 9)
TITLE: —XIV World Congress of Psychiatry“
PLACE: Prague, Czech Republic
DATE: September 20-25, 2008
ORGANIZER: Czech Psychiatric Association
COLLABORATION: World Psychiatric Association
CONTACT: Dr. Jiri Raboch
E-MAIL: raboch@mbox.cesnet.cz
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 9)
TITLE: —Annual Meeting of the Serbian Psychiatric Association “
PLACE: Novi Sad, Serbia
DATE: October 15-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Serbian Psychiatric Association
CONTACT: Dr. Dusica Lecic-Toseviski
E-MAIL: dusica.lecictosevski@eunet.yu
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: "Third Dual Congress on Psychiatry and Neurosciences"
PLACE: Athens, Greece
DATE: October 16-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Hellenic Society for the Advancement of Psychiatry and Related Sciences
COLLABORATION:
a) International Neuropsychiatric Association
b) World Federation Societies of Biological Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Constantine Soldatos
E-MAIL: egslelabath@hol.gr
TITLE: —Third International Conference on Schizophrenia“
PLACE: Chennai, India
DATE: October 17-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF)
CONTACT: Dr. R. Thara
E-MAIL: SCARF@vsnl.com
WEBSITE: www.icons-scarf.org
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 17)
TITLE: —13th Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists“
PLACE: Tokyo, Japan
DATE: October 30-November 2, 2008
ORGANIZER: Japanese Society of Transcultural Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Tsuyoshi Akiyama
E-MAIL: akiyama@east.ntt.co.jp
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 16)
TITLE: —Second International Conference on Intellectual Disability/Mental Retardation“
PLACE: Bangkok, Thailand
DATE: November 6-8, 2008
ORGANIZER: World Health Organization (WHO)
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Mental Disability/Mental Retardation
CONTACT: Dr. Shekhar Saxena
E-MAIL: bangkokconference2007@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
WEBSITE: www.bangkok-id-conference.org
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 4)
TITLE: "XXV Congreso de la Asociacion Psiquiatrica de America Latina (APAL)"
PLACE: Isla Margarita, Venezuela
DATE: November 19-22, 2008
ORGANIZER: Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL)
CONTACT: Dr. Edgard Belfort
E-MAIL: belfort.ed@excite.com
WEBSITE: www.apal.2008.org
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3)
TITLE: "Cultura y Salud Mental" Congress
PLACE: Havana, Cuba
DATE: February 2-6, 2009
ORGANIZER: Cuban Society of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Cristobal Martinez
E-MAIL: crisma@infomed.sld.cu
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: —Ninth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry œ Quality and Outcomes in Mental Health Policy and Economics“
PLACE: Venice, Italy
DATE: March 27-29, 2009
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Mental Health Economics
CONTACT: Dr. Massimo Moscarelli
E-MAIL: moscarelli@icmpe.org
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 08)
TITLE: —Third Italian International Workshop of Franciacorta on Mood Disorder“
PLACE: Iseo, Italy DATE: March 28-29, 2009
ORGANIZER: Centro Studi Psichiatrici
COLLABORATION: WPA Private Practice Section
CONTACT: Dr. Giuseppe Tavormina
E-MAIL: dr.tavormina.g@libero.it
WEBSITE: www.censtupsi.org
WPA SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS (Zone 8)
TITLE: —Treatments in Psychiatry: A New Update“
PLACE: Florence, Italy DATE: April 1-4, 2009
ORGANIZER: Italian Psychiatric Association
CONTACT: Dr. Mario Maj E-MAIL: majmario@tin.it
WEBSITE: www.wpa2009Florence.org
TITLE: "II Thematic Conference on Legal and Forensic Psychiatry“
PLACE: Madrid, Spain
DATE: June 16-20, 2009
ORGANIZER: Spanish Society of Legal Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Alfredo Calcedo Barba
E-MAIL: forensicpsychiatry2009@gmail.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: —World Federation of Mental Health World Congress“
PLACE: Athens, Greece
DATE: September 2-6, 2009
ORGANIZER: World Federation of Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. George Christodoulou
E-MAIL: gchristodoulou@ath.forthnet.gr
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 5)
TITLE: —VII World Congress of Depressive Disorders and International Symposium on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder"
PLACE: Mendoza, Argentina
DATE: September 24-26, 2009
ORGANIZER: Dr. Jorge Nazar
COLLABORATION: University of Cuyo
CONTACT: Dr. Jorge Nazar
E-MAIL: Jorge_Nazar@hotmail.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 1)
TITLE: —Annual Meeting of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)“
PLACE: Calgary, Canada
DATE: September 23-27, 2009
ORGANIZER: International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)
CONTACT: Nady el-Guebly, M.D.
E-MAIL: office@isamweb.com
WEBSITE: www.isamweb.org
TITLE: —WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: Abuja, Nigeria
DATE: September 24-26, 2009
ORGANIZER: African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions
COLLABORATION: Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria
CONTACT: Dr. Oye Gureje
E-MAIL: ogureje@comui.edu.ng
2010
WPA SPONSORED REGIONAL MEETING (Zone 16)
TITLE: —WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: Dhaka, Bangladesh
DATE: January 21-23, 2010
ORGANIZER: Bangladesh Association of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Prof. Akm Nazimuddowia
E-MAIL: bap@agni.com
WPA SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS (Zone 8)
TITLE: —WPA International Congress“
PLACE: Barcelona, Spain
DATE: April 14-16, 2010
ORGANIZER: Spanish Society of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Julio Vallejo
E-MAIL: jvallejo@csub.scs.es
WPA SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 10)
TITLE: "WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: St. Petersburg, Russia
DATE: June 17-19, 2010
ORGANIZER: Russian Society of Psychiatrists
CONTACT: Dr. Valery Krasnov
E-MAIL: krasnov@mtu-net.ru
WPA SPONSORED REGIONAL MEETING (Zone 17)
TITLE: —WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: Beijing, China
DATE: September 1-5, 2010
ORGANIZER: Chinese Society of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Yizhuang Zou
E-MAIL: yzouy@263.net
WEBSITE: www.psychiatryonline.cn
2011
WPA SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 11)
TITLE: "WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: Cairo, Egypt
DATE: January 26-28, 2011
ORGANIZER: Egyptian Psychiatric Association
CONTACT: Dr. Tarek A. Okasha
E-MAIL: tokasha@internetegypt.com
WPA SPONSORED MEETING (Zone 10)
TITLE: —WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: Yerevan, Armenia
DATE: April 14-17, 2011
ORGANIZER: Armenian Association of Psychiatrists
CONTACT: Dr. Armen Soghoyan
E-MAIL: soghoyan@yahoo.com
WPA SPONSORED WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY (Zone 5)
TITLE: —XV World Congress of Psychiatry“
PLACE: Buenos Aires, Argentina
DATE: October 11-15 2011
ORGANIZER:
a) Argentina Association of Psychiatrist (AAP)
b) Association of Argentinean Psychiatrists (APSA) c) Foundation for Interdisciplinary Investigation of Communication (FINTECO)
CONTACT: Mariano R. Castex
E-MAIL: mcastex@congresosint.com.ar
WEBSITE: www.congresosint.com.ar
WPA SPONSORED MEETING (Zone 17)
TITLE: —WPA Regional Meeting“
PLACE: Taipei, Taiwan
DATE: November 12-13, 2011
ORGANIZER: Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Chiao-Chicy Chen
E-MAIL: twpsyc@ms61.hinet.net
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