WPA FLASHES

NEW SPONSOR

We are happy to inform that ANGELINI become Platinum Sponsor.

INVITATION TO YOUNG PSYCHIATRISTS PROGRAM

The Invitation to Young Psychiatrists Program for WPA IC 2012 you can find here.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS POSTPONED

We would like to inform you that the abstract submission deadline for the WPA International Congress 2012 is postponed. Now you can submit your abstract / symposium / workshop via this online abstract submission form till February 14, 2012! More details about abstracts please find here.

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONGRESS

We would like to inform you that you can register for the Congress via this online form now. You can book your accommodation, social events and tours there, too.

THE OFFICIAL PROMOTION OPENING CEREMONIAL

We would like to inform you about an official Promotion Opening Ceremonial of the WPA IC, Prague, 2012 on 19th of September 2011 in Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center during 15th World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires 18th–22nd September 2011.

The official ceremony was held by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, PhDr. Štěpán Zajac and WPA President 2011–2014 Prof. Pedro Ruiz, and Prof. Jiří Raboch, President of the Czech Psychiatric Association.

From left: S. Zajac, J. Raboch, P. Ruiz

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ONLINE FORM

We would like to inform you that the online abstract submission form was opened on 1 October 2011. For more details about the abstracts please visit the Call for Abstract page.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are pleased to announce three persons who were drawn from those who answered correctly the Competition test during 15th World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires 18th-22nd September 2011.

And the winners are:

1st  PRIZE: FREE REGISTRATION and The story of the Psychiatric Ward in Prague goes to NICOLETA TATARU from Romania

2nd PRIZE: related to Infant Jesus of Prague goes to CARLOS ANDRES ALEGRE from Argentina

3rd PRIZE: Bedrich Smetana's CD goes to MONIQUE G. da S. Scalco from Brazil

What were the questions?

Competition test
1. The charming statue of Infant Jesus (in Church of our Lady of Victory in Prague) comes originally from:
a) Spain
b) Portugal
c) Argentina

2. Which river is the inspiration and name of the best known Bedrich Smetana's composition?
a) Nile
b) Danube
c) Vltava (Moldau)

3. Sigmund Freud was born in the city of:
a) Vienna (Austria)
b) Berlin (Germany)
c) Pribor (Czech Republic)

What are the correct answers?

1. a) Spain
2. c) Vltava (Moldau)
3. c) Pribor (Czech Republic) 

We would like to thank all the participants of the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires who has visited our WPA International Congress 2012 booth.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are pleased to announce two persons who were drawn from those who

answered correctly the Competition test during mentioned congresses.



And the winners are:

• Jack Miller from USA (attended 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, 29th May-2nd June 2011, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Marek Paluch from Poland (attended WPA Thematic Conference: Rethinking Quality in Psychiatry - Education, Research, Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment, 9th-12th June 2011, Istanbul, Turkey)

A very interesting prize related to Czech Psychiatry will be prepared for the winners at the registration desk during the WPA 2012 Congress in Prague.

Success of WPA IC Prague, 2012 at 164th APA, Honolulu, Hawaii 

We would like to thank all the participants of the 164th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 14-18, 2011, in Honolulu, Hawaii who has visited our WPA International Congress 2012 booth and hope it inspired you to come to Prague.   

We are pleased to announce 3 winners who won a very interesting book related to Czech psychiatry.

Our CONGRATULATIONS go to:

• William Herz, USA
• Yushikazu Kuribayashi, JAPAN
• Harold Figueroa, USA

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are pleased to announce first three QUICKEST persons who sent us the correct answer and won a CD with Antonin Dvorak's music!

And the winners are:

• Vladan Starcevic from Australia
• Roberto P. Neuburger from Argentina
• Tatyana Butkova from Russia

What was the question?

Click on the Antonin Dvorak's portrait at our congress web page www.wpaic2012.org and you will hear one of his compositions. The first three persons who guess correctly the name of this Dvorak's composition will win a CD with his impressive music.
It is easy – go to our webpage www.wpaic2012.org, move the pointer to the picture of Antonin Dvorak, turn on the sound to listen the music and send the answer to wpaic2012@guarant.cz.

What is the correct answer?

Symphony Nr. 9, “From the New World”