Subject to updates that will be detailed on this website.
The Scientific Programme will consist of the following:

CME Courses

The list of CME courses is available at: http://www2.kenes.com/epa/Programme/Pages/CME_Courses.aspx

State -of-the -art lectures

The state-of-the-art lectures will have a strong clinical focus. They will provide a complete update on some significant aspects of current clinical treatments in European psychiatry. The state-of-the-art lectures will be delivered by top European or worldwide experts and will last 45 minutes. There will be one state-of-the-art lecture per day, which will be held following the plenary lecture.

Confirmed State-of-the-Art Lectures for EPA 2009:

Neuroimaging findings and diagnosis
Speaker: Siegfried Kasper, Austria
Personality disorders
Speaker: Sabine C. Herpertz, Germany
How to deal with comorbidity in major psychoses
Speaker: Carlo Altamura, Italy

Plenary Lectures

The plenary lectures will have a strong scientific focus. They will be mainly
theoretical and research-oriented. These lectures will be delivered by leading
psychiatrists, basic scientists and other mental health professionals invited by
the Scientific Committee. They will cover the major topics of the Congress
theme. The plenary lectures will last 45 minutes, with at least 15 minutes set aside for discussion at the end of the lecture. There will be one plenary lecture per day.

Confirmed Plenary Lectures for EPA 2009:

Progress in the development of ICD 11 and DSM V classification of mental disorders
Speaker: Norman Sartorius, Switzerland
From genotype to phenotype
Speaker: Peter McGuffin, UK
The impact of diagnosis
Speaker: Kay Redfield Jamison, USA

CORE SYMPOSIA

The Core Symposia will focus on clinical issues and will constitute the central element of the Congress.

Confirmed Core Symposia for EPA 2009:

1. Coercive measures across Europe
Chairperson: Thomas W. Kallert, Germany
Speakers:
Tilman Steinert, Germany
Tom Palmstierna, Norway
Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Norway
Thomas W. Kallert, Germany

2. Impact of psychopathology and phenomenology in Psychiatric classification
Chairperson: Henning Sass, Germany
Speakers:
Paul Hoff, Switzerland
Josef Parnas, Denmark
Giovanni Stanghellini, Italy
Thomas Fuchs, Germany

3. Gene environment interaction
Chairperson: Peter McGuffin, UK
Marco Battaglia, Italy
Anne Farmer, UK
Rudolf Uher, UK
Marcus Munafo, UK

4. Does the first experience with addictive substances predict future dependence?
Chairperson: Philip Gorwood, France
Speakers:
Wim van den Brink, The Netherlands
Yann Le Strat, France
Joseph DiFranza, USA

5. Impact of Neurobiology on future classification in Psychiatry
Chairperson: Wolfgang Maier, Germany
Speakers:
Nick Craddock, UK
Peter Falkai, Germany
Wolfgang Maier, Germany
Stephen M. Lawrie, UK
Pavel Mohr, Czech Republic

6. Conceptualisation of psychotic spectrum
Chairperson: Cyril Höschl, Czech Republic
Speakers:
Nick Craddock, UK
Eva Meisenzahl, Germany
Cyril Hoschl, Czech Republic
Andreas Marneros, Germany

7. Animal models and psychiatric disorders
Chairperson: Patrice Boyer, France
Speakers:
Bruno Giros, Canada
Valerie Dauge, France
Cecilia Flores, Canada
Patrice Boyer, France

8. Disability, distress and the classification of mental disorders in the view of the ICF
Chairperson: Michael Linden, Germany
Speakers:
Johannes Wancata, Austria
Omer Aydemir, Turkey
Michael Linden, Germany
Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Spain
Wulf Roessler, Germany

9. Suicide across Europe: from epidemiology to prevention
Chairperson: Danuta Wasserman, Sweden
Speakers:
Vsevolod Rozanov, Ukraine
Danuta Wasserman, Sweden
Zoltan Rihmer, Hungary
Ulrich Hegerl, Germany

10. The complex relationship between psychiatric classification and decision making in psycho-pharmacotherapy
Chairpersons: Hans-Juergen Möller, Germany and Siegfried Kasper, Austria
Speakers:
Hans-Juergen Möller, Germany
Istvan Bitter, Hungary
Siegfried Kasper, Austria
Karl Broich, Germany

11. The challenges of Cardiovascular disease and Diabetes in people with severe mental illness
Chairpersons: Marc de Hert, Belgium and Hans-Juergen Möller, Germany
Speakers:
Urban Osby, Sweden
Adrian Heald, UK
Dan Cohen, The Netherlands

JOINT SYMPOSIA

ECNP/EPA Joint Symposium: Use and misuse of second generation antipsychotics in anxiety and bipolar disorders
Chairpersons: Cyril Höschl, Czech Republic and Joseph Zohar, Israel
Speakers:
Christer Allgulander, Sweden
Joseph Zohar, Israel
Daniel Souery, Belgium

Pan European Studies Joint Symposium
Chairperson: Julio Bobes, Spain
Speakers:
W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker, Austria
Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Spain
Danuta Wasserman, Sweden

PRESIDENTIAL FORA

Ethical issues related to Diagnosis and Classification of Psychiatric disorders

Chairpersons: Hans-Juergen Möller, Germany and Norman Sartorius, Switzerland Speakers:
Mario Maj, Italy
Mitchell Weiss, Switzerland
Sigrid Steffen, Belgium
Norman Sartorius, Switzerland

EPA/ESC/EASD Presidential Forum
Chairperson: Hans-Juergen Moller, Germany
Speakers:
Hans-Juergen Möller, Germany
David Wood, UK
Ulf Smith, Sweden

ACCEPTED SYMPOSIA

These 90 minute sessions will focus on specific topics in psychiatry, representing several points of view. The pre sentations will be selected by the Scientific Committee from those proposed following the instructions contained in this announcement.

These will include a maximum of five papers and time for discussion at the end of
the session.

All participants must have formally agreed to participate prior to submission of
the proposal. The chairperson will announce the participants with the electronic
submission of the symposia and will also ask them to submit their abstracts
electronically via the Congress website: www.kenes.com/epa. It is highly
desirable that a Symposium comprises no more than two speakers from the same
nationality.

All members of the faculty of a session should be self-financed. The EPA does not
provide any funding for the organisation of Accepted Symposia.

Section Symposia

These sessions have the same format as the other Symposia but are proposed by the EPA Sections.

Workshops

The Core Workshops will be devoted to a specific topic and will bring together
experts in this field for an intensive discussion.
The presentations will be invited by the Scientific Committee of the Congress.

Accepted Workshops

The Accepted Workshops will be devoted to a specific topic and bring together
experts in this field for an intensive discussion.
These will be 90 minute working sessions. At least 50% of the time will be devoted to discussion. Workshops can have one or more speakers. Only one abstract is required for the whole workshop (no abstracts of individual presentations are needed).
The presentations will be selected by the Scientific Committee from those proposed
following the instructions contained in this announcement.
All participants of a workshop should be self-financed. EPA has no funds available
for sponsoring all or part of a workshop.
Some workshops can be organised by national psychiatric societies in their local
language.

Specific Research Workshops

Specific Research Workshops will be workshops aimed specifically at scientists. These will be 90 minute working sessions allowing detailed discussions on scientific topics.

The presentations will be selected by the Scientific Committee. Some Workshops will be invited by the Scientific Committee.

YOUNG PSYCHIATRISTS Meet the Expert SesSions

The Meet the Expert Sessions are designed to primarily target psychiatrists of the younger generation. In these sessions, leading figures of European Psychiatry will interact freely with a group of about 100 psychiatrists.

During each session, a young psychiatrist will introduce the expert by outlining the main stages of his scientific and professional career.

After this introduction, the participants will be invited to interact freely with the expert. The interaction will primarily focus on the expert’s research interests and professional experience as well as on perspectives for future research.

Those interested in participating in these sessions should pre-register (at no extra cost).

Pro & Con Debates

Pro & Con Debates will focus on controversial issues in mental health care.
Each Debate will consist of two antagonistic formal presentations, followed by a general discussion and possibly a formal vote on the issue discussed during the debate.

Posters

Authors are invited to present their new research findings or important ongoing research as posters related to one of the 29 given topics. There is no limitation concerning the number of presented posters. The posters should be categorised.

The most interesting posters will be combined by topics and will participate
in the poster walks.

Sponsored posters will also get good visibility.

The Best Posters will be awarded Poster Prizes during the Congress.

Preliminary Scientific Programme