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Committees


Advisory Committee
Dr. Jesus Cobo Spain
Prof. Elisabetta del Re USA
Prof. Marina Díaz Marsá Spain
Prof. Andrea Fiorillo Italy
Prof. Francina Fonseca Spain
Prof. Silvia Gaviria Colombia
Prof. Helen Herrman Australia
Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni Australia
Dr Lavinia Lumu South Africa
Prof. Marta Torrens Mèlich Spain
Prof. Anita Riecher Rossler Switzerland
Dr. Marta B. Rondon Peru
Prof. Dr. Iris Sommer Netherlands
Prof. Donna Stewart Canada
Prof. Florence Thibaut France
Dr. Astha Tomar Australia
Organising Committee
  • President
    Judith Usall i Rodié
  • President Elect and Chairperson, Conference Scientific Committee
    Gihan El Nahas
  • Immediate Past President
    Prabha Chandra
  • Treasurer
    Susan Kornstein
  • General Secretary
    Ruby Castilla
  • Executive  Director
    Debby Tucker
  • Past Presidents
    Florence Thibaut
    Jayashri Kulkarni
    Marta Rondon
    Helen Herrman
    Donna Stewart
    Anita Riecher-Rössler
    Susan Kornstein
  • Barcelona Core Organising Committee
    Susana Ochoa Güerre
    Regina Vila Badia
    Elena Rubio Abadal
    Júlia Rolduà Ros
    Marina Peniza
Scientific Committee
Prof.Gihan ELNahas IAWMH Pres-Elect & Sci Cmte Chair
Prof. Gisèle Apter France
Dra. Rosa Ayesa Arriola Spain
Dr. Pedro Bacchi Brazil
Prof. Cynthia L. Battle USA
Prof. Veerle Bergink USA
Dr. Amritha Bhat USA
Dr. Laura Bozicevic UK
Dr. Alessandra Bramante Italy
Dr.Valeria Brenna Italy
Prof. Anne Buist Australia
Dr. Genesis Chorwe-Sungani Malawi
Prof.Dunja Degmečić Croatia
Dr. Hervita Diatri Indonesia
Dr Manal El-Maraghy Egypt-UK
Dr. Hussien Elkholy Egypt
Dr. Vicky Fallon UK
Dr Gracia Fellmeth UK
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Fischer Austria
Prof. Jane Fisher Australia
Prof.Silvana Galderisi Italy
Dr. Frederico Garcia Brasil
Dra. Bruma Palacios Hernández Mexico
Prof. Emerita Louise M Howard UK
Dr. Claudia Klier Austria
Prof. Elena Levin Argentina
Dr. Josyan Madi-Skaff Lebanon
Prof. Inga Markiewicz Poland
Prof. Léa McQuaid Spain
Prof. Trine Munk-Olsen Denmark
Prof. Robert Stewart UK
National Committee
  • Ana Barajas Vélez
  • Jesús Cobo Gómez
  • Alícia Colomer Salvans
  • Roser Cirici Amell
  • Marta Coromina Sadurní
  • Luciana Díaz Cutraro
  • Victoria Espinosa Lorenzo
  • Francina Fonseca Casals
  • Gemma García Parés
  • Àlex González Rodríguez
  • Laia Miquel de Montagut
  • Marta Pardo Gallego
  • Gemma Parramon Puig

Important Dates


  • Call for abstracts
    15th February 2026
  • Deadline for submission of Symposia and Workshops
    31th August 30th September 2026
  • Author’s notification for Symposia and Workshops
    30th September 5th October 2026
  • Opening of Congress registration
    15th February 2026
  • Call for Orals, Posters submission
    15th February 2026
  • Deadline for submission of Oral communications and Posters
    30th October 2026
  • Oral/Posters author notification
    30th November 2026
  • Deadline for submission of Oral communications and Posters- Undergraduate student
    23th December 2027
  • Oral/Posters author notification- Undergraduate student
    8th January 2027