8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Registration and refreshments

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome and introduction by Chairs


Professor Eric van Furth, Professor of Eating Disorders, Leiden Universiy, Netherlands

Professor Nadia Micali, Professor & NIHR Clinician Scientist, Switzerland & UK

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Keynote Session

  • Keynote Address: How has Covid-19 affected mental health?
    Professor Richard Bentall     Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Panel Discussion: Eating disorders and Covid-19: Past, present and future 
    Chaired by Emma Woolf     Writer, Broadcaster and Journalist, UK

    Professor Tim Kendall NHS National Clinical Director for Mental Health, UK

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Plenary Session 1

The Sooner the Better? Optimising Detection and Treatment of Eating Disorders
Chair: Stephan Zipfel Professor in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Germany 

  • Ulrike Schmidt Professor of Eating Disorders, King’s College London, UK
  • Eva Trujillo Clinical Professor of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Monterrey Medical School, Mexico
  • Stephanie Bauer Psychotherapy Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch, posters and exhibition viewing

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

CONCURRENT SESSION 1

Practical, interactive workshop sessions on clinical issues

Workshop topics coming soon

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

CONCURRENT SESSION 2

Practical, interactive workshop sessions on clinical issues

Workshop topics coming soon

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Poster viewing and drinks reception

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Registration and refreshments

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Plenary Session 2

Easing the transition from adolescence to adulthood

Chair: Ulrike Schmidt Professor of Eating Disorders, King’s College London, UK
  • Ashok Malla Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Beate Herpertz Dahlmann Director and Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Aachen University, Germany
  • Tracey Wade Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Flinder University, Adelaide, Australia

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

SHORT PAPER SESSIONS

Short 10 minute presentations on current and recent research studies

Session topics coming soon

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch, posters and exhibition viewing

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

CONCURRENT SESSION 3

Practical, interactive workshop sessions on clinical issues

Workshop topics coming soon

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

CONCURRENT SESSION 4

Practical, interactive workshop sessions on clinical issues

Workshop topics coming soon

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Poster viewing and drinks reception

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

CONCURRENT SESSION 5

Practical, interactive workshop sessions on clinical issues

Workshop topics coming soon

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

CONCURRENT SESSION 6

Practical, interactive workshop sessions on clinical issues

Workshop topics coming soon

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch, posters and exhibition viewing

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Plenary Session 3

Thinking about the gut feeling: linking neuroscience and nutrition

Speaker details coming soon!

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Closing comments and take-away messages