Conference Programme

Keynote speakers, programme and guidance

The conference will take place from 9.30am - 5.00pm. You can download the speaker biographies and abstracts below.

Schedule	Speaker and Topic
09.30	Welcome Alan Thompson, Dean of UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences
09.40	Mind and Body interactions Professor Sarah Garfinkel, UCL, Mind and Body in mental health Professor Carmine Pariante, King's College London, What has the immune system got to do with depression?
10.40	Short break
11.10	Mini-symposium Professor Martin Knapp, London School of Economics, How to fund a National (mental) Health Service Dr Lade Smith CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Tim Kendall, National Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS England Isabel Hardman, The Spectator
12.25	Panel discussion
13.00	Lunch break & poster presentations
14.30	Suicide prevention and assisted suicide Prof Sir Louis Appleby, University of Manchester, Suicide Prevention: is it possible? Dr Scott Kim, National Institutes of Health, Assisted Suicide and mental disorder
15.30	Panel discussion Discussion chaired by Profe Sarah Edwards
15.45	Tea and coffee break
16.15	PhD and conference poster prize giving
16.30	Q&A
16.40	Professor Sophie Scott, Laughter is the best medicine
17.00	Finish
17.45	Drinks reception

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