Programme Committee

We are delighted that our Programme Committee will be made up of the following experts in the field

Conference Chairs

Eric van Furth
Clinical director
Rivierduinen Eating Disorders Ursula
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Nadia Micali
Head of Research
Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research (CEDaR) Psychiatric Center Ballerup
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Programme Committee

Karina Allen
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Katherine Schaumberg
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin
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Katrin Giel
Head of the Translational Psychotherapy Research Section
University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen
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Mima Simic
Child & Adolescent Consultant
Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders
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2026 Faculty

Billy Readman
ARFID Lived Experience Advocate and Committee Member
Cardiff University
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Dr. Ricarda Schmidt
Psychologist and Researcher
University of Leipzig Medical Center
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Kamryn T. Eddy
Cable-Rubenstein Professor of Psychology
Harvard Medical School
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Lee Hudson
Clinical Associate Professor
GOS UCL Institute of Child Health
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Martine de Vries
Pediatrician and professor
Bioethics and Health Law at the Leiden University
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Vanessa Longley
Chief Executive Officer
Beat
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