The detailed program is now available. Check out the congress planner:
congress planner
Use the online congress planner to learn more about the content and details of each session and/or to create your personal program.
Open the congress planner → mark the desired sessions with the “star” symbol (login required). You can then view your selected sessions in your personal program under the menu item “Favorites”. Use the search field to quickly find the contribution you’re looking for with full-text search.
Check out the poster list:
poster list
The poster list is only available to logged-in participants.
> To the log in page
The translation of keynote presentations from English into French is currently under review and being finalized.
Further information will be published shortly.
In addition, some parallel sessions will be held exclusively in French. These sessions are continuously being marked accordingly in the congress planner (French title and a note in the session details).
Program at a glance:
Sunday, July 05, 2026
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Pre-check in and badge print - with Art therapy exhibition |
| From 17:00 | Welcome reception (with welcome drinks at UNIL / Amphimax) with Art therapy exhibition -> more information |
Monday, July 06, 2026 - HISTORY
| From 07:30 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome |
| 08:45 - 09:15 | Keynote 1 - The psycho-social causes of psychosis: Thirty years of research John Read University of East London |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | Keynote 2 - From Surviving to Transforming: 25 Years of Radical Practice in Psychosis Jacqui Dillon ISPS UK |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Keynote 3 - Surprise! People with psychoses can reclaim their lives. Courtenay Harding International Consultant - Integrated Health Outcomes, Yorktown |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | Parallel session I |
| 12:15 - 13:30 12:45 - 13:15 |
Lunch break and poster visit Poster walk round 1: Poster number 1-15 |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Keynote 4 - The enigma of schizophrenia in the long-term perspective Luc Ciompi Professor Emeritus, Lausanne |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Keynote 5 - Modern understanding of psychosis: from brain disease to stress disorder Jan Olav Johannessen Stavanger University Hospital/University of Stavanger, Norway |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Reflections on today's keynotes Bent Rosenbaum & Kristiane M. Hansson |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Parallel session II |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Room change |
| 17:15 - 18:15 | Parallel sessions III |
Tuesday, July 07, 2026 - PRESENT
| From 08:00 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome session |
| 08:45 - 09:15 | Keynote 6 - Why so much resistance to psychotherapy for psychosis? Dag Söderström Co-Congress Chair of ISPS international congress 2026, Lausanne |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | Keynote 7 - Art, community and psychosis Erik Thys Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU, Leuven |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 - 12:05 | Parallel session IV |
| 12:05 - 13:30 12:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch break and poster visit Poster walk round 2: Poster number 16-31 |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | Soteria Panel |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Keynote 8 - Original War psychoses in Ukraine Oleksandr Filts Danylo Halytsky National Medical University, Lviv |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Reflections on today's keynotes Claire Bien, Françoise Davoine and Tanya Frank |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Room change |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Parallel session V |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 17:45 | Parallel session VI |
| 17:45- 18:30 | Meet the author(s) session |
| starting from 19:00 | ISPS2026 networking dinner Further information here. |
Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - FUTURE
| From 08:00 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome session - Art from N. Ehrensperger pres. by Agathe Greiser-Evain "Illustration of psychotic experience and reconstruction of psychic integrity" |
| 08:45 - 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 - 09:45 | Keynote 10 - Rediscovering lost horizons: charting a course for social equity in psychosis risk James Kirkbride University College London, England |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 - 12:05 | Parallel session VII |
| 12:05 - 13:15 | Lunch break, poster visit and theatre session |
| 13:15 - 14:45 | Parallel session VIII |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Award ceremony (David B. Feinsilver and Poster Award) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | 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 |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Keynote 12 - The future for the care of people with psychosis. Patrick McGorry Orygen, Parkville |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Reflection on today's keynotes Philippe Conus and Debra Lampshire |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Announcements & closing ceremony |
Find out more about our keynote speakers