‘Three day convention on Schizophrenia’
GAMIAN-Europe Annual Convention & General Assembly
18 – 20 September 2014
Convention venue: Radisson Blu Beke Hotel Budapest.
Thursday 18 September 2014
17:00 -20:00: Registration
20:00: GAMIAN-Europe good practice award
Friday 19 September 2014
09:00 – 09:30: Opening 09:30 – 10:15: Academic speaker on schizophrenia: Silvana Galderisi, Psychiatrist (Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine University of Naples SUN) presenting the document “Time to commit to policy change on Schizophrenia”
10:15 – 11:00: Patient speakers commenting on the Schizophrenia Report (2013)
- Muazzez Merve Yükse & Haldun Soygür– Blue Horse (Turkey)
- Jelmer Abrahams– An Open Mind Experience (Netherlands)
- Harangozo, Judit, MD. : Hearing Voices or a New Look at Schizophrenia (Awakenings (Hungary)
11:30 – 12:15: Paul Arteel: Schizophrenia: social exclusion and stigma: first results of the inclusion and support questionnaire.
13:30 – 17:00: Open forum for GAMIAN-Europe members. Exchanges on schizophrenia (good practices)
Evening: Sightseeing tour on land and water (dinner on boat trip)
Saturday 20 September 2014
09:30 – 10:30:
* Hakan Wingren (Sweden), Attitude Ambassador
* Kristian Meurman (Finland), Goodwill Ambassador for Finnish Central Association for Mental Health
* Rebecca Muller (Belgium), on the Human Library Project
13:30 14:15: Report on GAMIAN-Europe involvement in EC Research projects
14:15 – 15:00: Conclusions
15:00: General Assembly
Evening (gala dinner) Expert Platform on Depression Media Award 2014.
performance of Kristian Meurman (Finland): artist and speaker on 20/09