Congress Committees

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Congress Committees

Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)

  • Geert Dom, BelgiumSPC Chair
  • Andrea Fiorillo, ItalySPC Co-Chair
  • Kristina Adorjan, Switzerland
  • Jørgen Bramness, Norway
  • Jonathan Campion, UK
  • Manuel Martín Carrasco, Spain
  • Livia De Picker, Belgium
  • Cécile Hanon, France
  • Pavel Mohr, Czech Republic
  • Niels Mulder, Netherlands
  • Merete Nordentoft, Denmark
  • Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Germany
  • Thomas Schulze, Germany 

Role

The SPC ensures the high-quality Scientific Programme of the European Congress of Psychiatry and reinforces EPA positioning as the main Congress in Europe. The SPC is responsible for building the core Scientific Programme and reviewing and selecting the submissions for the accepted Scientific Programme.

Advisory Scientific Programme Committee (ASPC)

  • Michaela Amering, Austria
  • Julian Beezhold, United Kingdom
  • Bernardo Carpiniello, Italy
  • Philippe Courtet, France
  • André Decraene, Belgium
  • Peter Falkai, Germany
  • Sophia Frangou, USA
  • Tomasz Gondek, Poland
  • Péter Kéri, Hungary
  • Tamas Kurimay, Hungary
  • Lars Lien, Norway
  • Błażej Misiak, Poland
  • Martina Rojnic Kuzman, Croatia
  • Jerzy Samochowiec, Poland
  • Arnt Schellekens, Netherlands
  • Gabriella Stoppe, Switzerland
  • Simavi Vahip, Türkiye
  • Umberto Volpe, Italy
  • Danuta Wasserman, Sweden

Role

The role of the Advisory Scientific Programme Committee, made up of esteemed European psychiatrists, is to provide advice to the SPC.

Local Organising Committee (LOC)

  • Manuel Martín Carrasco, PamplonaLOC Chair
  • Marina Díaz Marsá, MadridLOC Co-Chair
  • Luis Agüera, Madrid
  • Celso Arango, Madrid
  • José Luis Carrasco, Madrid
  • Ana Catalán, Bilbao
  • Llanos Conesa, Valencia
  • Paz García-Portilla, Oviedo
  • Ana González-Pinto, Vitoria
  • Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, Granada
  • Ángela Ibáñez, Madrid
  • Ricardo López, Barcelona
  • Diego Palao, Barcelona
  • Gonzalo Salazar, London (UK)
  • Manel Sanchez, Barcelona

Role

The LOC takes an active part in the local promotion of the Congress reaching out to potential delegates and supporters; liaison with local authorities; review abstract submissions; scheduling of Oral and Poster presentations; appointment of chairs for the Oral Communnication and Poster sessions; any other duties that contribute reinforcing the success of the European Congress of Psychiatry.