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Congress Committees

Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)

  • Andrea Fiorillo, Italy– SPC Chair
  • Celso Arango, Italy
  • Judit Balázs, Hungary
  • Julian Beezhold, UK
  • Philippe Courtet, France
  • Geert Dom, Belgium
  • Cécile Hanon, France
  • Tomáš Kašpárek, Czech Republic
  • Pavel Mohr, Czech Republic
  • Martina Rojnic Kuzman, Croatia
  • Jerzy Samochowiec, Poland
  • Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Germany
  • Simavi Vahip, Türkiye
  • Umberto Volpe, Italy

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
  • Koray Başar, Türkiye
  • Claudio Bassetti, Switzerland
  • Jonathan Campion, UK
  • Bernardo Carpiniello, Italy
  • Eka Chkonia, Georgia
  • André Decraene, Belgium
  • Marina Diaz Marsa, Spain
  • Peter Falkai, Germany
  • Joseph Firth, UK
  • Sophia Frangou, USA
  • Silvana Galderisi, Italy
  • Sinan Guloksuz, Netherlands
  • Péter Kéri, Belgium
  • Helen Killaspy, UK
  • James Kirkbride, UK
  • Manuel Martín Carrasco, Spain
  • Merete Nordentoft, Norway
  • Gaia Sampogna, 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)

  • Tomáš Kašpárek, Czech Republic – LOC Chair
  • Martin Anders, Czech Republic
  • Lucie Bankovska-Mottlova, Czech Republic
  • Eliška Bartečková, Czech Republic
  • Pavel Doubek, Czech Republic
  • Iva Dudová, Czech Republic
  • Michal Goetz, Czech Republic
  • Lucie Kališová, Czech Republic
  • Monika Klírová, Czech Republic
  • Milan Kopeček, Czech Republic
  • Klára Látalová, Czech Republic
  • Jiří Masopust, Czech Republic
  • Petr Šilhan , Czech Republic
  • Libor Ustohal, Czech Republic
  • Jan Vevera, Czech Republic
  • Kristina Vrbová , Czech Republic

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 Communication and Poster sessions; any other duties that contribute to the success of the European Congress of Psychiatry.

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Important dates

Session proposals submission deadline: 7 May 2025, 23:59 CEST

Abstract submission opening:
June 2025

Abstract submission deadline: September 2025

Early bird registration deadline: January 2026