12. WAIMH Kongress - 29.Juni bis 3.Juli 2010 in Leipzig

Von 29. Juni bis zum 3. Juli 2010 findet in Leipzig der 12. WAIMH Weltkongress statt:

12th Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health
June 29 to July 3, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany
Online Registration is open (http://www.waimh-leipzig2010.org/)

Program Spotlight: Plenary Lectures
This year’s Congress features a terrific series of five plenary lectures.
1) Kai von Klitzing, M.D., University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
“Infancy in Times of Transition.”
2) Charles H. Zeanah, M.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
“Early Experience and Brain Development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project.”
3) Hiram Fitzgerald, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
“Etiology of Alcoholism: Early Organization and Key Transitional Periods from Birth to 25.”
4) Michael Tomasello, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
“Communication before Language.”
5) Louise Emanuel, MPsychPsych, Tavistock Clinic, London, UK
“Observation, Reflection and Containment: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Clinical Work with Parents, Infants and Young Children.”
More details at: http://www.waimh-leipzig2010.org/program.htm

Cultural Spotlight: The famous St. Thomas Church is situated in the midst of the Leipzig city center. The St. Thomas Church dates back to the 12th Century. It was here in 1409 that the University of Leipzig was founded. From 1492 to 1496, the church had the form of a late Gothic hall church. It was also here in 1539 that Martin Luther preached the implementation of the Reformation. It is also the last resting place of the famous St. Thomas Cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach. For the last 800 years, the St. Thomas Boys Choir has been singing here. Today, visitors from all over the world come to Leipzig to observe church services in the St. Thomas Church, hear a motet from the St. Thomas Boys Choir, or to take pleasure in concerts and organ music. On the evening of Wednesday June 30, 2010, the University Chorus Leipzig will give a special concert in the St. Thomas Church for the participants of the WAIMH Congress.

Reminder: Early bird discount for congress registration closes April 30, 2010