This is a preliminary program schedule.
Please note that it is a draft and subject to ongoing updates.
Sunday, July 05, 2026
| 15:30 - 18:30 | Pre-check in and badge print |
| From 17:00 | Welcome reception |
Monday, July 06, 2026 - HISTORY
| From 07:30 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome |
| 08:45 - 09:30 | Keynote 1.1 - From Surviving to Transforming: 25 Years of Radical Practice in Psychosis Jacqui Dillon ISPS UK Keynote 1.2 - The psycho-social causes of psychosis: Thirty years of research John Read University of East London |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Keynote 2 - Topic: Recovery and pioneering Courtenay Harding International Consultant - Integrated Health Outcomes, Yorktown |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | Parallel session I |
| 12:15 - 13:45 | Lunch break and poster visit |
| 13:45 - 14:30 | Keynote 3 - The enigma of schizophrenia in the long-term perspective Luc Ciompi Professor Emeritus, Lausanne |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote 4 - Modern understanding of psychosis: from brain disease to stress disorder Jan Olav Johannessen Stavanger University Hospital/University of Stavanger, Norway |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Reflections on todays keynotes Bent Rosenbaum & Kristiane M. Hansson |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 17:45 | Parallel session II |
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Parallel session (depending on the numbers of abstracts) |
| 18:45 - 19:00 | Goodbye for end of day 1 |
Tuesday, July 07, 2026 - PRESENT
| From 08:00 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Keynote 5 - Why so much resistance to psychotherapy for psychosis? Dag Söderström Co-Congress Chair of ISPS international congress 2026, Lausanne |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Keynote 6 - Topic: Overvoming resistance by working with art and group therapy Erik Thys Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU, Leuven |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Parallel session I |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break and poster visit Panel: Soteria |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Keynote 7 - Topic: Preventing psychosis in consequences of trauma during the war in Ukraine Oleksander Filz Danylo Halytsky National Medical University, Lviv |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Keynote 8 - Topic: TBA |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Reflections on todays keynotes Claire Bien & Fraçoise Davoine |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Parallel session II |
| 17:30 | Goodbye for end of day 2 |
Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - FUTURE
| From 08:00 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Keynote 9 - Topic: Facing the organisational and clinical challenges to engage patients into psychotherapy for psychosis Dorothea von Haebler International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Germany |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Keynote 10 - Topic: TBA Patrick McGorry Orygen, Parkville |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Parallel session I |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break and poster visit |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Keynote 11 - Coercion and Poverty in the Context of Psychosis: Current Landscape and a Call for Radical Change Nev Jones School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Keynote 12 - Topic: TBA James Kirkbride University College London, England |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Reflection on todays keynotes Philippe Conus |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Parallel session II |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Award presentation and closing ceremony |
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