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 - 09:15 | 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 |
| 09:30 - 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 | Lunch break and poster visit |
| 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 todays 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 |
| 18:15 - 18:45 | Meet the author(s) session |
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 - 12:00 | Parallel session IV |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break and poster visit Panel: Soteria |
| 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 todays keynotes Claire Bien & Françoise Davoine |
| 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 |
Wednesday, July 08, 2026 - FUTURE
| From 08:00 | Door opening |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome session |
| 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 - Topic: TBA Patrick McGorry Orygen, Parkville |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 - 12:00 | Parallel session VII |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch break and poster visit |
| 13:15 - 14:45 | Parallel session VIII |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Award presentation |
| 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 - Rediscovering lost horizons: charting a course for social equity in psychosis risk James Kirkbride University College London, England |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Reflection on todays keynotes Philippe Conus |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Announcements & closing ceremony |
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