Program
The Australian Psychosis Conference 2023 is the first face-to-face gathering we have been able to organise in 5 years. It is a time to re-group and bridge gaps in our field by bringing research, practice, and lived experience closer together.
Australian Psychosis Conference 2023 will include symposia partnered with the Australian Society of Bipolar and Depressive Disorder (ASBDD), Biological Psychiatry Australia (BPA), and the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (MIFA). Pre-Conference Workshops will be held on Sunday 10 September. The social program will encourage mentoring and personal development.
Program
**Workshops will be run parallel to each other on the same day
Lived Experience
Venue: Novotel, Brighton Beach
Presenter: Satu Beverley
Open Dialogue in the treatment of mental illness.
9.30am Registration opens
Clinicians
Venue: Novotel, Brighton Beach
Presenter: Professor Gin Malhi
Bipolar Disorder: Everything Everywhere All At Once.
9.30am Registration opens
Researchers
Venue: Neura
Chair: Professor Christos Pantelis
Multi-axial Profile Scores (MAPS): A Fingerprinting Framework for Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
Workshop leaders: Dr Warda Syeda & Dr Cassandra Wannan
Multiblock Partial Least Squares Correlations: Identifying brain-cognition patterns in schizophrenia
Workshop leader: Dr Warda Syeda, Workshop demonstrator: Dr Yoshito Saito (PhD candidate)
Dynamic Causal Modelling for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Workshop leader: Dr Alec Jamieson
9.30am Registration opens
8.00am Registration opens
9.00am Welcome & Acknowledgements
9.15am Hon. Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
9.20am Dr Brendan Nelson, AO
9.25am Opening Address, Professor Brian Burdekin, AO
10.00am Morning Tea
10.30am Plenary 1 – The Social Determinants of Mental Health and Illness – Key Note Speaker Prof Fran Baum Support Speaker Prof Vaughan Carr
Panel Discussion
12.10pm Lunch
1.10pm Plenary 2 – Neurodevelopment: Preclinical Studies – Key Note Speaker Dr Melissa Bauman , Support Speaker Dr Tertia Purves-Tyson
& Dr James Kesby
Panel Discussion
2.50pm Afternoon tea
3.20pm Plenary 3 – Neurodevelopment: Clinical Studies – Key Note Speaker – Prof Christos Pantelis Support Speakers Associate Professor Jess Nithianantharajah & Dr Cassandra Wannan
Panel Discussion
7.30am Partner Breakfast – Proudly sponsored by Sandoz
8.00am Registration desk opens
9.00am Plenary 4 – Management of Non-Affective Psychosis: Recent research developments – Key Note Speaker Assoc Prof Jose Rubio, Support Speaker Prof Henry Nasrallah, Prof Daniel Freeman
Panel Discussion
10.40am Morning Tea
11.10am Plenary 5 – Early Psychosis – Key Note Speaker Prof Alison Yung, Support Speakers Prof James Scott & Dr Peter Haddad
Panel Discussion
12.50pm Lunch
1.50pm Plenary 6 – First Nations: Exploring the Juxtaposition – Key Note Speaker Prof Maree Toombs
2.40pm Plenary 7 – Lived Experience: Living with Psychosis – Assoc Prof Michelle Banfield , Dr Richard Schweizer and Dr Nev Jones
3.30pm Afternoon tea
3.30pm Abstract Oral Presentations
6.00pm Sundowner- tickets available now!
Join the APC2023 Sundowner, for an informal way to gather and connect, all whilst enjoying some delicious food. This Sundowner is proudly sponsored by our partner Sandoz. Sandoz is a global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. It pioneer access to high-quality, affordable medicines to millions of patients around the world.
7.15am Partner Breakfast– Proudly sponsored by Seqirus.
7.45am Registration desk opens
8.45am Plenary 8 – Service Models: Innovations and Controversies – Key Note Speaker Prof Nicholas Goodwin and Support Speakers Prof Rosemary Calder, AM Dr Juan Carlos d’Abrera
Panel Discussion
10.25am Morning Tea
10.55am Plenary 9 – The Australian Society of Bipolar and Depressive Disorder (ASBDD) Symposium – Key Note speakers Prof Phil Mitchell and Prof Michael Berk & Prof Sue Cotton
Panel Discussion Phil Mitchell, Michael Berk, Sue Cotton, Susana Bluwol, Eileen McDonald.
12.35pm Lunch
1.35pm Plenary 10 – Cognition in Psychosis – Key Note Speaker Robert McCutcheon
This session is supported by an independent medical education sponsorship from Boehringer Ingelheim with content developed and delivered independently.
2.25pm Plenary 11 – Making Change; Visions of the future. Keynote Prof Jackie Curtis and Prof Michael Berk
3.25pm Afternoon tea
3.45pm The agenda for changing the status quo
4.45pm Closing