IPA Asia Conference 2010

International Psychoanalytical Association

IPA Asia Conference 2010

“Freud and Asia. Evolution and Change: Psychoanalysis in the Asian Context”

Registration now open on www.ipaasia.cn

IPA Members and IPA Candidates can now register for the IPA’s first conference in Asia, on the occasion of its100th anniversary. The event ‘Freud and Asia. Evolution and Change: Psychoanalysis in the Asian Context’ will take place in Beijing from 22nd to 24th October 2010.



All societies and groups working in Asia: The IPA China Allied Centre, Israel Society, Indian society, Japan Society, Korean Society (Study Group), Taiwan Centre for the Development of Psychoanalysis, Australian Society, and PIEE and IPSO and COWAP will be represented.



With the participation of (announced to date):

Salman Akhtar, Marina Arutunyan, Werner Bohleber, Jorge Canestri, Paola Camassa, Patrizio Campanile, Janet Chauvel, Minnie Dastur, Irmgard Dettbarn, Simonetta Diena, Graziano Di Giorgio, Cláudio Eizirik, Shmuel Erlich, Mira Erlich Ginor, Paolo Fonda, Louise Gyler, Alf Gerlach, Siri Gullestad, Charles Hanly, Hao-Wei Wang, Hsuan-Ying Huang, Do-Un Jeong, Jianyin Qiu, Jue Chen, Gerard King, Osamu Kitayama, Lea Klien, Ilany Kogan, Leena Klockars, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Peter Loewenberg, Luisa Marino, Stase Meskauskiene, Ming Min Yang, Shigeyuki Mori, Moo-Suk Lee, Masahisa Nishizono, Sergio Nick, Tomas Plaenkers, Tatyana Pushkareva, Ferdinando Riolo, Bent Rosenbaum, Frances Salo, Ruth Safier, David Scharff, Anne-Marie Schlösser, Shih-Ming Huang, Ron Spielman, Mary Target, Drew Tillotson, Almatea Usuelli, Sverre Varvin, Xiaoming Jia, Xiao Zeping, Xu Yong, Yanzy Wu, Amira Yeret, Lei Yujia, Yang Yunping, Anders Zachirisson.



Coming together in Beijing



Groups are being organized to offer a place for the exchange of experiences during the conference aiming:

- to open communication about different national psychic heritages.

- to enable a more personal acquaintance between the members of the Asian psychoanalytic groups and IPA members from other regions.

The groups are organized by Xu Yong (Shanghai) and Tomas Plaenkers (Frankfurt)



Clinical Workshops will take place on the 21st October



The therapeutic relationship. Transference - Countertransference and the analytic field, Cláudio Eizirik (Porto Alegre Society)

Eating Disorders, Simonetta Diena (Italian Society)

Working with Groups, Alf Gerlach (German Assn. DPV)

Working with Couples and Families, David Scharff (APsaA)

Working with Trauma, Sverre Varvin (Norwegian Society)

Working with Children, Frances Salo (Australian Society)

Personality Disorders, Mary Target (British Society)



A Cultural Program will take place from 18th to 21st October.



The cultural program is organized and conducted by Alf Gerlach (German Assn.) and will focus on Chinese history and culture and on the encounter with psychoanalytic thinking.



Early-Bird prices start from $350 (IPA Members) and $220 (IPA Candidates)

More details:
www.ipaasia.cn
mthooke@bigpond.net.au