Programme

Conference Language: The language of the conference will be English with interpretation into Slovak

Real-time captioning will be available.

Conference Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton Bratislava, 27/A Trnavská cesta 831 04 Bratislava, Slovakia

Please note that this is a preliminary conference programme and changes may still be made.

Monday 20th May, 2024

08:00 - 09:00	Registrations
09:00 - 09:30	Welcoming Remarks James Crowe, EASPD Elena Kopcová, General Director at TENENET Vladislav Matej, SocioForum Zuzana Stavrovská, Commissionaire for persons with disabilities - Slovakian Government Official Dr. Marija Kishman, Special representative of WHO Slovakia
09:30 - 11:00	Panel 1: The global context of mental health and psychosocial disability service provision in Europe. Olga Kalina, Chair at European Network of (ex) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP) Claudia Marinetti, Director at Mental Health Europe Melita Murko, WHO Expert on Quality Rights Mental Health Europe Catherine Carty, UNESCO Chair Manager at Munster Technological University (MTU) Elena Kopcová, General Director at TENENET Moderator: Lieve Dekempeneer, ex-Director at Hubbie and EASPD Board Member
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	Panel 2: Moving mental health towards person centred, human rights, community and recovery-based services. Janka Hurová, Socioforum (Slovakia) Mrs Paraskevi Sidirofagi, Director and the President of the Board of Child and Adolescent's Center Dr. Nayef Fadel, Psychiatrist of the Home Treatment Programme Veerle Aendekerk, Director at Hubbie Moderator: Rut Erdelyi, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Expert with the World Health Organization
12:30 - 13:00	Innovation Awards Ceremony
13:00 -14:30	Lunch Break
14:30-16:00	Workshops: 1) Practical ways for providing support to persons with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues. Chris Van Wesemael, Hubbie Elisabeth Lammers, UNAPEI Monika Fričová 2) The role of Early Childhood Intervention in mental health and psychosocial disabilities. Moderator: Martin Mňahončák, TENENET Irene Bertana, EASPD Vicky Crokou, Amimoni Eric Bloemkolk, Soft Tulip 3) Innovation Awards: Practical examples of promising practices Moderator: Miguel Buitrago, EASPD Award Winners TBD 4) Intersectionality between mental health conditions, psychosocial disabilities and precarity Moderator: Thanos Loules, IASIS Ilias-Michael Rafail, IASIS Ferran Blanco Ros, Support Girona
16:00	End of Day 1
19:30	Conference Dinner

Tuesday 21st May, 2024

08:30 - 09:00	Coffee and Welcome
09:00 - 09:45	Panel 3, Part 1: Mental Health System Strengthening: effective approaches from outside Europe Raphaële Catillon, Humanity and Inclusion Julia Renck, CBM, MPHSS Specialist Moderator: Timothy Ghilain, EASPD Chief of Staff
09:45 - 11:00	Panel 3, Part 2: Reshaping mental health services in diverse legal frameworks Jhon Farrelly, Chief Executive at Mental Health Commission (MHC) Ireland Andrej Vršanský, Chief Executive Officer at League for Mental Health Slovakia Dr. Pětr Nawka, Slovakia Dikaios Sakellarious, WHO Slovakia Markaya Henderson, Health Policy and Project Officer at European Disability Forum Moderator: Konstantina Leventi, Head of Policy at EASPD
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00	Workshops 5) Addressing behavioural issues and aggression in inclusive education Moderator: Rachel Vaughan, EASPD Annemie Jennes, Katholiek Onderwijs 6) Sexual and gender-based violence Moderator: Tiziana Fantucchio, EASPD Valentina Fiordelmondo, AIAS Bologna Daiva Riliškytė, JDC Lithuania service user Reda Bespalenko, JDC Lithuania social worker 7) Lessons learnt from MPHSS in Crisis Contexts: trauma, emergency and displacement Moderator: Konstantina Leventi, EASPD Mehdi Firouzi, Humanity & Inclusion Maria Chiara Monti, Centro Penc Radovan Bránik Murat Apaydin, WHO Slovakia 8) Project Development: Fostering new research ideas on mental health and psychosocial disabilities Moderator: Ivana Davidovska, EASPD
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:10	Panel 4: How to support a paradigm shift? Let's discuss! James Crowe, President at EASPD Mr Róbert Dobrovodský, Public Defender of Rights WHO Slovakia Mental Health Europe Martin Mňahončák, TENENET Moderator: Thomas Bignal, Secretery General at EASPD
15:10 - 15:30	Concluding remarks James Crowe, President at EASPD Elena Kopcová, General Director at TENENET SocioFórum
15:30	End of Day 2