IPA Asian Conference 2010

FREUD AND ASIA 

Evolution and Change: Psychoanalysis in the Asian Context  

CLICK HERE FOR CONGRESS WEBSITE IPA-ASIA 

The IPA first psychoanalytic conference in Asia will take place in Beijing from 21 to 24 October 2010.

The conference is organised by the IPA China Committee, the IPA Centenary Committee, the China Allied Centre and the China Association for Mental Health, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the IPA. The conference is part of the IPA commitment for the diffusion and development of psychoanalysis in Asia. It is also the first step in getting together on a scientific project psychoanalytic societies and groups working in Asia: IPA China Allied Centre, Israel Psychoanalytic Society, Indian Psychoanalytic Society, International Psychoanalytic Studies Organisation (IPSO), Japan Psychoanalytic Society, Korean Study Group, Mumbai Psychoanalytic Group, Psychoanalytic Institute for Eastern Europe (PIEE), Taiwan Centre for the Development of Psychoanalysis and Australian Psychoanalytical Society.

• Read a paper by Sverre Varvin and Alf Gerlack on the development of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in China.

• Please click HERE to read the letter of Welcome from the Chair of the IPA China Committee:- Professor Peter Loewenberg.

 

• Please click HERE to read the letter from Dr. Stefano Bolognini, 100th Anniversary Committee.

 

• Please click HERE to view the 'First Announcement of the Conference' [PDF].

 

• Please click HERE to read the 'First Announcement of the Conference' [CHINESE PDF].

 

• To download a IPA China Centenary poster, click HERE.

 

 

 

Keynote speakers:

Salman Akhtar, American Psychoanalytical Association

Minnie Dastur, Indian Psychoanalytical Society

Do-Un Jeong, Korea Study Group

Cláudio Laks Eizirik, Porto Alegre Psychoanalytical Society

Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, German Psychoanalytical Association

Yang Yunping, IPA China Allied Centre

Xiao Zeping, IPA China Allied Centre

Besides the keynote speakers, a number of well-known speakers from Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan will portray the rich psychoanalytic traditions and cultures of today’s international psychoanalysis.

All-day Clinical Workshops are offered on 21 of October.

Experiential groups: “Coming together in Beijing” organised by Dr. Yong Xu and Dr. Thomas Plaenkers will be part of the programme.

Senior training analysts will be available for consultation and supervision.

A Cultural Programme organized by Dr. Alf Gerlach will take place on the 18/19/20 October.

The Conference is open to all. Mental health professionals, university students and members of the general public from all Asian countries are particularly welcome.

A preliminary program and the registration are now available online:

Click here to go to the registration page on the website IPA-Asia