Organizing Committee
The 2020 IPA Virtual Congress theme is “Mental health for people of Old Age in a rapidly changing world”. This theme reflects the impact that the modern world can have on the mental health of people of old age. This has been demonstrated by the effects of social distancing during the Coronavirus restrictions on older people.
On behalf of IPA and Congress Organizing Committee Co-Chairs, Raimundo Mateos, Luiz Cortez Pinto and Lia Fernandes, we are excited to welcome you to the 2020 IPA Virtual International Congress.
2020 Organizing Committee
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| Raimundo Mateos (Spain) Co-Chair |
Luiz Cortez Pinto (Portugal) Co-Chair |
Lia Fernandes (Portugal) Co-Chair |
William Reichman (Canada) IPA President |
Maria Lapid (United States) IPA Director |
2020 Scientific Committee
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| Frans Verhey (The Netherlands) Co-Chair |
Myrra Vernooij-Dassen (The Netherlands) Co-Chair |
2020 Scientific Committee Members
| Henry Brodaty, Australia | Wendy Moyle, Australia | Carmelle Peisah, Australia |
| Jerson Laks, Brazil | Kiran Rabheru, Canada | Huali Wang, China |
| Daisy Acosta, Dominican Republic | Sebastian Koehler, The Netherlands | Richard Oude Voshaar, The Netherlands |
| Hilde Verbeek, The Netherlands | Olusegun Baiyewu, Nigeria | Catarina Alvarez, Portugal |
| Horácio Firmino, Portugal | Manuel Gonçalves Pereira, Portugal | Maria João Quintela, Portugal |
| Constança Paúl, Portugal | Mário Simões, Portugal | Karin Sparring Björkstén, Sweden |
| Tzung-Jeng Hwang, Taiwan | Sujoy Mukherjee, United Kingdom | Gwenn Smith, United States |
2020 Scientific Advisory Committee Members
| Brian Draper, Australia | Johannes Wancata, Austria | Gregory Swanwick, Ireland |
| Guk-Hee Suh, Republic of Korea | Rose-Marie Dröes, The Netherlands | Raymond Koopmans, The Netherlands |
| Manuel Franco, Spain | Carlos de Mendonça Lima, Switzerland | Nahathai Wongpakaran, Thailand |
| George Grossberg, United States | Jay Luxenberg, United States |
