Bruno Falissard
president of IACAPAP
China, France, South-Africa, Canada in the past, Singapore and Dubai in the future. The IACAPAP biannual Congress is moving all around the planet and stops this year in Prague, The Czech Republic.
IACAPAP has invested a lot in online tools and materials, with a worldwide success eTextbook, a massive open online course (MOOC) available in six languages, a repository of electronic preprints, a social network specifically dedicated to child and adolescent psychiatrists and allied professions and a video channel with YouTube live sessions. But we have still an essential need to see each other in face to face meetings. In “real life”, as we say now.
The IACAPAP Congress is a unique moment where we can meet together, from different cultures, from countries with different resources, but all much involved in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health. Unformal and free discussions are the necessary cement that put together the bricks that comes from evidence based medicine and biomedical research. This congress will be the occasion to find both: friends open for discussion, and up to date clinical and scientific knowledge presented in a clear and synthetic way.
Many people have worked hard to allow us to meet once again. We have to thank them warmly. In particular Michal Goetz, the IACAPAP 2018 Congress Chair. During the past few years an important part of his life has been dedicated to our community. Thank you Michal and have a wonderful meeting all!
See you soon, I am eager to meet you.
Kind regards,
Bruno Falissard
president of IACAPAP