Plenary Speakers
2 sessions per day X 3 days = 6 plenary sessions of 90 minutes each
- Morning (beginning of the scientific sessions)
- Late afternoon (end of the scientific sessions)
2 speakers (30 minutes each), with discussant OR Q&A (10 minutes) – 40 minutes X 2 = 80
PLUS 5 minutes for introductions = 90 minutes
DAY 1: 15 January 2026
Opening Ceremony
- President of WASP, Congress President – V Di Nicola
- President of National Organizing Committee – D Moussaoui
- President of Council of Past Presidents – R Kallivayalil
- President-Elect of WASP – R Chadda
- Presidents of Moroccan Associations present (e.g., MASP, MADP)
- Moroccan Dignitaries
- Cultural event – e.g., music, entertainment
Opening Scientific Session:
15 January – Morning
- WASP 60th Anniversary (1964-2024) Special Symposium:
Celebrating 60 Years of WASP, Looking Forward to the Future of Social Psychiatry
- Chair: Vincenzo Di Nicola, WASP President
- Panelists: All Past Presidents (JA Costa e Silva, Sharma, T Craig, R Kallivayalil, R Bennegadi, D Moussaoui) and Presidents-Elect (R Chadda, A Molodynski) of WASP
15 January – Afternoon
- Edgar Morin – France
- Presidential Address – Vincenzo Di Nicola – Canada
DAY 2: 16 January 2026
16 January – Morning
4. Dilip Jeste – USA (India)
5. Savita Malhotra – India
16 January – Afternoon
6. Adalberto Barreto – Brazil
7. Debate on the Future of Social Psychiatry
- Moderator: Vincenzo Di Nicola – Canada
- Debaters: Norman Sartorius – Switzerland, and Dinesh Bhugra – UK (suggestions)
- Discussant: Adalberto Barreto – Brazil (suggestion)
Gala Dinner – Evening
- Dignitaries
- Speeches
- Prizes (e.g. poster prize)
DAY 3: 17 January 2026
17 January – Morning
8. Yves Pelicier Prize Lecture
9. Samra Zafar – Canada (Pakistan)
Closing Scientific Session:
17 January – Afternoon
10. President-elect Address – Rakesh Chadda – India
11. Norman Sartorius – Switzerland
Closing Ceremony
- President of WASP, Congress President – V Di Nicola
- President of National Organizing Committee – D Moussaoui
- President of Council of Past Presidents – R Kallivayalil
- President-Elect of WASP – R Chadda
- Presidents of Moroccan Associations present (e.g., MASP, MADP)
- Moroccan Dignitaries
- Cultural event – e.g., music, entertainment
Possible Plenary Speakers:
- Norman Sartorius (Switzerland) – “Psychiatry’s living legend” – Lancet; Past President, WPA, EPA; Past Director, WPA Mental Health Division
- Dinesh Bhugra (UK) – Past President of Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK); Co-Editor, Oxford Textbook of Social Psychiatry
- Adalberto de Paula Barreto (Brazil) – Founder & President of Brazilian Association of Social Psychiatry; Yves Pelicier Prize Nominee; WASP Honorary Fellow; Founder of Integrative Community Therapy
- Dilip Jeste (USA) – Past President, APA; Director, Global Network of Social Determinants of Health and Exposomics; President-Elect, World Federation for Psychotherapy
- Richard Mollica (USA) – Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Past Yves Pelicier Prize Nominee
- César Alfonso (USA) – President, World Federation for Psychotherapy
- Maria Ammon (Germany) – Past President of the World Association of Dynamic Psychiatry
- Vikram Patel (India/UK/USA) – Professor of Global Health at Harvard Medical School
- Kam Bhui (UK) – Professor, Oxford University
- Samra Zafar (Canada) – Resident in Psychiatry, University of Toronto; International bestselling author and TED Talk lecturer; women’s mental health activist
- Hachem Tyal (Morocco) – President, Moroccan Association of Dynamic Psychiatry
- Gabriel Ivbijaro (Nigeria/UK) – President, West African Association of Social Psychiatry
- Danuta Wasserman (Sweden) – President, WPA
- Savita Malhotra (India) – President, IASP, past Yves Pelicier Prize winner
Symposia
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Yueqin Huang (China) – Professor and Psychiatric Epidemiologist
- Primary Care Mental Health
- Gabriel Ivbijaro
Roundtables
- WASP Family and Family Interventions Section
- Saïd Fattah, Yann Hodé (France)
Posters
Paper Presentations