This is a list from the World Psychiatric Association web site about their meetings, or co-sponsored meetings, in 2008. Disclaimer: this is not necessarily an endorsement of any activity in these events. [As of 20 Sept. 2007].
2008
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3)
TITLE: “5th National Congress, National Institute
Of Social Security & II Regional WPA Zone 3
Conference”
PLACE: Mexico City, Mexico
DATE: February 1-5, 2008
ORGANIZER: Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social
COLLABORATION: a) WPA Zone 3
b) Latin American Psychiatric Asscociation
(APAL)
CONTACT: Dr. Enrique Camarena Robles
E-MAIL: camarena@avantel.net
WPA SPONSORED REGIONAL MEETING (Zone 6)
TITLE: “WPA European & Regional Congress”
PLACE: Paris, France
DATE: February 6-9, 2008
ORGANIZER: Association of the French Member
Societies of WPA
CONTACT: Dr. Michel Botbol
E-MAIL: michel.botbol@wanadoo.fr
WEBSITE: www.wpa2008paris.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 4)
TITLE: “II Congreso Internacional Medicina y Salud
Mental de la Mujer: Asimilando la Disferencia
Para su Abordaje”
PLACE: Medellin, Colombia
DATE: Feburary 14-16, 2008
ORGANIZER: CES Faculty of Medicine
CONTACT: Dr. Silvia Gaviria
E-MAIL: sgaviria1@une.net.co
WEBSITE: www.ces.edu.co
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: “9th Edition of the Virtual Congress
Interpsiquis 2008”
PLACE: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
DATE: February 1-29, 2008
ORGANIZER: Interpsiquis 2008
CONTACT: Dr. Pedro Moreno
E-MAIL: pedro.moreno@telefonica.net
WEBSITE: www.interpsiquis.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 18)
TITLE: “Third World Congress on Women’s Mental Health”
PLACE: Melbourne, Australia
DATE: March 16-20, 2008
ORGANIZER: International Association of Women’s
Mental Health
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Women’s Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Donna Stewart
E-MAIL: Donna.Stewart@uhn.on.ca
WEBSITE: www.IAWMHCongress2008.com.au
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 14)
TITLE: “ISAD 4th Biennial Conference”
PLACE: Cape Town, South Africa
DATE: March 14-17, 2008
ORGANIZER: International Society for Affective
Disorders (ISAD)
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Affective Disorders
CONTACT: Caroline Holebrook
E-MAIL: caroline.holebrook@iop.kcl.ac.uk
WEBSITE: www.isad.org.uk
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 6)
TITLE: “Religious Psychopathology: Explorations at
The Interface of Psychiatry and Religion”
PLACE: Leiden, The Netherlands
DATE: March 17-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Dutch Foundation on Religion and Psychiatry
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and
Psychiatry
CONTACT: Peter J. Verhagen
E-MAIL: verhagen.p@wxs.nl
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3)
TITLE: “III Congreso Panamericano de Salud Mental
Infanto Juvenil”
PLACE: Havana, Cuba
DATE: March 24-28, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Classification, Diagnostic
Assessment and Nomeclature
COLLABORATION: Cuban Society of Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Tania A. Peon Valdes
E-MAIL: felices@infomed.sld.cu
WEBSITE: www.cpalco.com
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: “9th Congress of the European Federation
of Sexology”
PLACE: Rome, Italy
DATE: April 13-17, 2008
ORGANIZER: European Federation of Sexology
CONTACT: Dr. Rosi Romagnolo
E-MAIL: r.romagnolo@aimgroup.it
WEBSITE: www.aimgroup.it/2008/efs
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 6)
TITLE: “Reflections and Ideas for an Innovation
Psychiatry Conference”
PLACE: Fiuggi, Italy
DATE: April 16-20, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Ecology, Psychiatry &
Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Giuseppe Spinetti
E-MAIL: gspinetti@libero.it
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 13)
TITLE: “Annual Conference of the African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions:
Mental Health and Social Changes”
PLACE: Ibadan, Nigeria
DATE: April 17-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: African Association of Psychiatrists
and Allied Professions
CONTACT: Dr. Oye Gureje
E-MAIL: ogureje@comui.edu.ng
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3)
TITLE: “Psychiatry, Nature and Culture: From
Singular to Universal”
PLACE: Guadalajara, Mexico
DATE: April 17-20, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Transcultural Psychiatry Section
CONTACT: Dr. Ronald Wintrob
E-MAIL: informes@gladet.org.mx
WEBSITE: www.gladet.org.mx
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 9)
TITLE: “WPA Epidemiology & Public Health
Section Conference”
PLACE: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
DATE: May 11-14, 2008
ORGANIZER: WPA Section on Epidemiology & Public Health
CONTACT: Karen Mosier
E-MAIL: karen.mosier@usask.ca
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: “International Congress of Dual Pathology”
PLACE: Madrid, Spain
DATE: May 29-31, 2008
ORGANIZER: Spanish Society of Dual Pathology
CONTACT: Carolina Garcia Sicilia
E-MAIL: secretariat@cipd2008.com
WEBSITE: www.cipd2008.com
WPA SPONSORED THEMATIC CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: “WPA Thematic Conference on Depression and
Relevant Psychiatric Condition in Primary Care”
PLACE: Granada, Spain
DATE: June 19-21, 2008
ORGANIZER: a) World Psychiatric Association
b) Wonca-Europe
c) Spanish Psychiatric Association
d) Spanish Society of Family and Community
Medicine (SEMFYC)
COLLABORATION: “Grupo Andaluz de Investigacion en Salud
Mental” (GAISAM)
CONTACT: a) Dr. Francisco Torres-Gonzalez
b) Patricia Serrano (PCO)
E-MAIL: a) ftorres@ugr.es
b) patricia@fase20.com
WEBSITE: www.WPA2008granada.org
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 4)
TITLE: “XX Congreso Peruvano de Psiquiatria”
PLACE: Lima, Peru
DATE: August 29-31, 2008
ORGANIZER: Peruvian Psiquiatria Association
CONTACT: Dr. Julio Acha
E-MAIL: jacha@terra.com.pe
WPA SPONSORED WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY (Zone 9)
TITLE: “XIV World Congress of Psychiatry”
PLACE: Prague, Czech Republic
DATE: September 19-25, 2008
ORGANIZER: Czech Psychiatric Association
COLLABORATION: World Psychiatric Association
CONTACT: Dr. Jiri Raboch
E-MAIL: raboch@mbox.cesnet.cz
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 9)
TITLE: “Annual Meeting of the Serbian Psychiatric
Association ”
PLACE: Novi Sad, Serbia
DATE: October 15-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Serbian Psychiatric Association
CONTACT: Dr. Dusica Lecic-Toseviski
E-MAIL: dusica.lecictosevski@eunet.yu
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 8)
TITLE: “Third Dual Congress on Psychiatry and Neurosciences”
PLACE: Athens, Greece
DATE: October 16-19, 2008
ORGANIZER: Hellenic Society for the Advancement of
Psychiatry and Related Sciences
COLLABORATION: a) International Neuropsychiatric Association
b) World Federation Societies of Biological
Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Constantine Soldatos
E-MAIL: egslelabath@hol.gr
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 17)
TITLE: “13th Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists”
PLACE: Tokyo, Japan
DATE: October 30-November 2, 2008
ORGANIZER: Japanese Society of Transcultural Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Tsuyoshi Akiyama
E-MAIL: akiyama@east.ntt.co.jp
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 16)
TITLE: “Second International Conference on
Intellectual Disability/Mental Retardation”
PLACE: Bangkok, Thailand
DATE: November 6-8, 2008
ORGANIZER: World Health Organization (WHO)
COLLABORATION: WPA Section on Mental Disability/
Mental Retardation
CONTACT: Dr. Shekhar Saxena
E-MAIL: bangkokconference2007@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
WEBSITE: www.bangkok-id-conference.org
WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 4)
TITLE: “XXV Congreso de la Asociacion Psiquiatrica de America Latina (APAL)”
PLACE: Isla Margarita, Venezuela
DATE: November 19-22, 2008
ORGANIZER: Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL)
CONTACT: Dr. Edgard Belfort
E-MAIL: belfort.ed@excite.com
WEBSITE: www.apal.2008.org
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