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WFSBP 2019
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Provisional Format Descriptions of the Scientific Sessions
OPENING LECTURE
The Opening Lecture will be held during the Opening
Ceremony on Sunday, 2 June 2019.
PLENARY LECTURES
Plenary Lectures are 45-minute sessions held by renowned
experts. The speakers are chosen among the most promi-
nent researchers in the respective field.
DEBATES
Debates are intended to offer a platform for a lively, yet
balanced discussion on controversial issues. A moderator
(chairperson) and two speakers (one proponent and one
opponent) will state their opinions on different subjects.
WFSBP TASK FORCE SYMPOSIA
WFSBP Task Forces will submit symposia organised by
their key members on issues related to their field of spe-
cial expertise. Those symposia will be included in the sci-
entific programme and pertain to Treatment Guidelines,
Consensus Statements and other hot topics in their re-
spective thematic areas.
WFSBP TASK FORCE WORKSHOPS
WFSBP Task Forces will submit workshops organised by
their key members on issues related to their field of spe-
cial expertise. Those workshops will be included in the
scientific programme and pertain to Treatment Guide-
lines, Consensus Statements and other hot topics in their
respective thematic areas.
SYMPOSIA
Symposia are selected, covering basic, clinical, interface,
and conceptual topics of Biological Psychiatry. Symposia
are 90-minute sessions and will be organised and chaired
by the experts whose proposals are accepted by the Inter-
national Scientific Programme Committee.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops are 90-minute highly interactive sessions with
an educational focus. This format is designed to give spe-
cific regions a platform for presentation and networking.
FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Authors are invited to submit abstracts on their latest
research findings. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed
and the best will be selected and allocated to Free Com-
munication Sessions.
GUIDED POSTER TOURS
Abstracts on new research findings and/or major research
efforts are expected to be submitted for the poster cate-
gory. For those abstracts which will be submitted by young
investigators for the poster category, the Local Organising
Committee will arrange Guided Poster Tours to give the
authors the opportunity to present these findings and dis-
cuss them with the audience.
EDUCATIONAL GRANT SESSIONS
(Young Scientists Award Sessions)
These sessions are dedicated to young researchers up to
40 years of age which will be pre-selected via an applica-
tion process. Herewith the WFSBP is promoting education
for talented young researchers. Interactional and practical
learning is in the focus of these sessions. The educational
grant sessions are open to all congress delegates.
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SYMPOSIA
These 60- to 90-minute sessions are fully integrated into
the congress. The sessions are organised and executed by
the pharmaceutical industry by unrestricted educational
grants.
CME CREDITS
The 14th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Van-
couver is seeking approval from the European Accredita-
tion Committee in CNS (EACIC) to provide CME credits
for the scientific programme of the congress. More infor-
mation will become available prior to the congress on the
congress website