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This conference aims to bring together students, researchers and practitioners working within Global Mental Health to share knowledge and stimulate discussion. It is open to anyone who is interested in attending and tickets are free for all participants. We’ll be thinking about priorities for post-COVID recovery, with a particular focus on marginalised populations and under researched areas that remain ‘hidden narratives’ in our field. We hope to address some of the following questions:

• How do we ensure that Global Mental Health is truly ‘global’?

• What innovations are needed to address some of the field’s key challenges?

• How can we continue to work towards inclusion, equity and decolonisation?

Programme

10:00 – Welcome and opening remarks (Akerke Makhmud and Sarah Derveeuw)

10:05 – Keynote #1. Dr Fatima Akilu (interviewed by Professor Melanie Abas)

10:30 – 11:30 – Panel: Is Global Mental Health truly global?

• Speakers: Dr Julia Rozanova, Dr Abhijit Nadkarni, Dr Georgina Miguel Esponda, Dr Dixon Chibanda
• Chair: Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft

11:30 – Break (15 mins)

11:45 – 12:30 - Innovation showcase

• Speakers: Dr Kethakie Lamahewa, Professor Crick Lund, Dr Victor Ugo
• Chair: Dr Ritz Kakuma

12:30 – Keynote #2. Professor Ricardo Araya Baltra

13:00 – Lunch (45 mins)

13:45 – 14:20 - Paper discussions

• Speakers: Dr Petra Gronholm, Susan Mathew, Clement Nhunzvi, Dr Sara Zarti
• Chair: Dr Barbara Barrett

14:20– 15:05

Session A: Knowledge and power in Global Mental Health.

• Speakers: Dr Ayesha Ahmad, Dr Annahita Ehsan, Anna Kydd
• Chair: Sohail Jannesari

Session B: Hidden narratives, inclusion and equity.

• Speakers: Srishti Sardana, Sam Swidzinski, Lizzi McGuinness, Dr Juliana Onwumere.
• Chair: Dr Dixon Chibanda

15:05 – Break (15 mins)

15:20 – 15:50 - Networking and discussion. Chair: Professor Melanie Abas

15:50 – 16:00 – Closing remarks (Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft and Dr Ritz Kakuma)

Committee members

Scientific Committee Co-Chairs: Jo Brown, Akerke Makhmud, and Susan Mathew.

Organising Committee members: Dr Barbara Barrett, Dr Julia Rozanova, Dr Ritsuko Kakuma, Dr Liam Morton, Suzanne Dodd, Anna Ozerova, and Mauricio Moreno.