This document provides an agenda for the "A perfect vision for Mental Health 2020" conference taking place on May 24th, 2013 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dublin Airport. The agenda includes opening addresses from EUFAMI and Irish officials, a plenary session on the European family/carer movement, a roundtable discussion, concurrent breakout sessions on topics like empowering families and communication/information, and a closing session with the release of the Dublin Declaration.
1. A perfect vision for Mental Health 2020
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport, Dublin - Friday 24th May 2013
08.30 09.30 Delegate Check in
09.30 10.15 Congress - Opening Addresses
Mr Bert Johnson, EUFAMI President
Ms Claire Keogh, Chairperson of the Council of Shine
Ms Kathleen Lynch, Irish Minister responsible for Mental Health
Dr Tonio Borg, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs
10.15 11.00 Plenary Session - The European Family/Carer Movement - Past, Present and Future
Dr Grainne Fadden, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of
Birmingham and Director of the of Birmingham and Director of the Meriden Family Programme
11.00 11.30 Coffee
11.30 13.30 Roundtable Discussion
Chairperson - to be announced
Discussants will be those persons leading the afternoon Breakout sessions
13.30 14.30 Lunch
14.30 16.00 Concurrent Breakout sessions
Topic Content
Session 1 Empowering families and Prospect - Mr Simon Gelsthorpe, (UK), Clinical Psychologist and member of
carers Prospect Development Centre
Advancing Recovery in Ireland - Mr Dominic Fannon, Consultant
Rehabilitation Psychiatrist, Mayo Mental Health Services,Ireland
Session 2 Partnership in Practice Eastern Lille community mental health services - Mr Laurent Defromont,
Lille Metropole Mental Health Trust, France
Partnership - an Irish perspective - Ms Catherine Bourke, Former
chairperson of Shine, Ireland
Session 3 Communication and Trialogue model of care - (Speaker to be confirmed)
Quality information
Eolas - Mr Pat Gibbons, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kildare Mental Health
Services, Ireland
Session 4 The impact of caring - Ms Connie Magro, Vice President of EUFAMI and Malta Mental Health
The effect on the Health Association
of families Dr Eddie Molloy, Chairman of Mental Health Reform, Ireland
16.00 16.30 Conference closing session
Release of the DUBLIN DECLARATION
19.00 22.30 Reception and Conference Dinner