Athens, Greece
26 - 30 August 2026
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Programme Overview

19th International GASi Symposium

Programme Overview

Athens · 2026
Wednesday26.08
Thursday27.08
Friday28.08
Saturday29.08
Sunday30.08
09:30–09:45
Break
09:30–09:45
Break
09:30–09:45
Break
09:30–09:45
Break
09:45–11:15
Experiential Groups
09:45–11:15
Experiential Groups
09:45–11:15
Experiential Groups
09:45–11:15
Experiential Groups
11:15–11:45
Coffee Break
11:15–11:45
Coffee Break
11:15–11:45
Coffee Break
11:15–11:45
Coffee Break
11:45–13:15
Keynote Session
Dr Christopher Scanlon
Unhoused Minds and Inhospitable environments: Xenophilia/phobia and Agoraphobia/philia in the context of global warming
Responder: Dr Gila Ofer
From disappointment to dreaming: restoring the capacity to think together. Beyond sacrifice: thinking after disappointment.
11:45–13:15
Keynote Session
Prof. Dr Sotiris Livas
Giving birth to statues? Faith groups between Truth and Identity
Responder: Prof. Roberta Mineo
From Certainty to Shared Meaning. A group-analytic response to Sotiris Livas’ Giving Birth to Statues?
11:45–13:15
Keynote Session
Dr Franca Fubini
Binocular vision and the movement in between.
11:45–13:15
Scientific Programme Sessions
13:15–14:00
Lunch Break
13:15–14:00
Lunch Break
13:15–14:00
Lunch Break
13:15–13:30
Break
14:00–16:00
Long Break
14:00–16:00
Long Break
EGATIN Agora 14:15–15:45 · Hall 1 Orpheus
14:00–16:00
Long Break
AGM 14:15–15:45 · Hall 17 Apollo
13:30–14:00
Farewell
15:30–16:30
Registration
16:00–17:30
Scientific Programme Sessions
16:00–17:30
Scientific Programme Sessions
16:00–17:30
Scientific Programme Sessions
16:30–17:30
Welcome
17:30–17:45
Break
17:30–17:45
Break
17:30–17:45
Break
17:30–17:45
Break
17:45–19:15
Scientific Programme Sessions
17:45–19:15
Scientific Programme Sessions
17:45–19:15
Scientific Programme Sessions
17:45–19:15
Opening Lecture
Prof. Gerasimos Makris
The Price of Life is Death: Ritual Symbolism, Identity Construction, and Regenerative Violence
Responder: Dr Domenico Agresta
Violence and Ritual; Group and Thought. The Polyclitean Chiasmus in Group Analysis and the Concept of the Pharmakós
19:15–19:30
Break
19:15–19:30
Break
19:15–19:30
Break
19:30–21:00
Large Group
Conductors: Siri Johns, Michalis Athitakis
19:30–21:00
Large Group
Conductors: Siri Johns, Michalis Athitakis
19:30–21:00
Large Group
Conductors: Siri Johns, Michalis Athitakis
19:30–21:00
Large Group
Conductors: Siri Johns, Michalis Athitakis
21:00–22:00
Welcome Cocktail
21:00–23:45
Gala Dinner
Social Dreaming
Experiential Groups
Keynote
Scientific Programme
Large Group
Registration
Opening Lecture
Welcome · Cocktail · Gala · Farewell
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