Types of sessions

The types of sessions are described below. Together they form the scientific programme of the congress.

Keynote Session (KS)
The 25th ECNP Congress will be opened with a lecture on a topic of high interest to the all congress participants by a world renowned speaker. This year the keynote lecture will be presented by Prof. Dr Colin Blakemore, United Kingdom. In addition, the 2012 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award, the 2012 ECNP Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2012 ECNP Fellowship Awards will be presented.

Following the Keynote Session, participants will be invited to the welcome reception held at the Austria Center Vienna where they will have the opportunity to meet and interact with colleagues in a pleasant environment.

Brainstorming sessions (BS)
Small focused sessions organised by ECNP members on a topic of their choice.
The organiser of the session and a second expert in that specific field of interest will initiate the discussion.

Symposia (S)
Symposia are divided into five tracks: 
    -     Treatment track (ct): evidence-based treatment 
    -     Clinical research track (cr): clinical research issues 
    -     Interface track (pc): link between preclinical and clinical research 
    -     Preclinical track (p): preclinical research* 
    -     Educational track (e): containing the educational update sessions 

          * After preclinical track symposia, delegates can meet the speakers at the scientific café.

One symposium for each track is scheduled in parallel, from 09.00-10.40 and 14.30-16.10
(on Wednesday 09.00-11.05).

In each symposium, four speakers present on a specific topic. 

        Young Scientists symposia 
        Two fixed symposia, one scheduled in the preclinical track and one in the interface track. 
        In contrast to the other symposia, eight speakers per symposium are selected from the poster 
        presenters at the ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for Young Scientists in Europe that 
        is held every year in March in Nice, France. 

Educational update sessions (E)
Sessions focus on a continuous dialogue between the participants and the presenters. Different angles of a subject are discussed and state-of-the-art summaries are provided, with emphasis on new information relevant for clinical practice. A ‘key pad’ system is used to make the sessions more interactive

Plenary lectures (PL)
Plenary lectures are presented by well-known senior scientists. On the occasion of 25 years ECNP, six plenary lectures are scheduled, one of which is given by the winner of the ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award.

Poster sessions (P)
Poster sessions are held Sunday until Tuesday from 11.45-13.30. The posters are grouped in eight topics. Two or three topics are displayed every day. During the poster sessions lunch will be available. 
 

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