Thursday, May 1, 2008

18:30-20:00
Registration and Cocktail Party

20:00-20:30
Opening Welcome Address:
Yoseph Mekori, Dean of Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Judith Mitrani, Chair FTMT
Michel Granek, Head of Program of Psychotherapy, Tel-Aviv University
Alina Schellekes, Conference Chairperson

20:30-20:45
Introduction
Yolanda Gampel: Recollections of Frances Tustin

20:45-22:15
Plenary Session
Chairperson: Alina Schellekes
Suzanne Maiello: The Survival Code: Autistic Barriers in an Adult Patient
Discussant: Judith Mitrani

Friday, May 2, 2008

9:30-11:00
Plenary Session
Chairperson: Ted Mitrani
Moshe Halevi Spero: A Neglected but Nontrivial Anticipation by Freud of the Concept of the Psychic Envelope
Discussant: Vincenzo Bonaminio

11:00-11:30
Coffee Break

11:30-13:00
Plenary Session
Chairperson: Ofra Eshel
Neville Symington: Not I
Discussant: Moshe Landau

13:00-14:30
Lunch - at Dan Panorama Hotel (included in registration fee)

14:30-17:00
Clinical Workshops in Parallel Groups.
Clinical Supervisors:
1. Judith Mitrani; JoAnn Culbert-Koehn
2. Ted Mitrani; Chiara Cattelan
3. Naama Keinan ; Jane Van Buren
4. Shirley Gooch; James Gooch
5. Hagit Aharoni; Avner Bergstein; (Hebrew)
6. Britta Blomberg; Celia Fix Korbivcher
7. Maria Pozzi; Tessa Zadok
8. Joshua Durban; Galit Gampel
9. Bianca Lechevalier-Haïm; Gerard Pulver (French)
10. Pam Platek-Yogev; Tami Pollak (Hebrew)

All groups will be conducted in English unless otherwise specified. In groups 1-5 an adult case will be presented. In groups 6-10 a child/adolescent case will be presented.

21:30-23:00
Cultural Evening at Suzanne Dellal Arts Centre, Neve-Tzedek: "Kef Kafim" - Dance Performance of The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (included in registration fee)

Saturday, May 3, 2008 - All lectures on Saturday will be held at Gesher Theater, Noga Hall, 9 Sderot Yerushalayim, Jaffa

9:30-11:00
Plenary Session
Chairperson: Naama Keinan
Maria Rhode: The Wellsprings of Memory: Moving on From Concreteness
Discussant: Bianca Lechevalier-Haïm

11:00-11:30
Coffee Break

11:30-13:00
Plenary Session
Chairperson: Yolanda Gampel
Joan Symington: Bristling and Raw, Tiny and Lost
Discussant: Chiara Cattelan

13:00-14:30
Lunch - at Gesher Theater, Noga Hall (included in registration fee)

14:30-16:30
Round Table Discussion: From the Black Hole of Nothingness to the Emergence of Meaning
The discussion will relate to the topic of the conference in the context of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
Chairperson: Vincenzo Bonaminio
Participants:
JoAnn Culbert-Koehn
Veronika Grueneisen
Beatriz Priel
Yechezkiel Cohen

For those who did not have a chance to view the film "The Lives of Others", the film will be shown on Thursday, May 1 at 13:00 at Dan Panorama Hotel.

Judith Mitrani: Closing Remarks

19:30
Tel Aviv by Night - Gala Dinner
Location and details will be further announced

Registration forms will be processed and accepted in order of arrival.

Pre-Conference Supervision Groups
In addition to the conference, on Thursday, May 1, 2008, there will be five pre-conference supervision groups, at the location of the conference, Dan Panorama Hotel. Case presentations will be selected ahead of time.
The groups will be led by the following:

Between 10:00 - 12:30:

1. Judith Mitrani
2. Ted Mitrani
3. Suzanne Maiello

Between 15:00 - 17:30:

4. Maria Rhode
5. Neville Symington

Touring possibilities
On Wednesday, April 30 and on Sunday, May 4, 2008 a number of touring possibilities are suggested:
Tour nr.1- Tel-Aviv and Caesarea
Tour nr.2- Jerusalem
Tour nr.3- Galilee
Tour nr.4- the Dead Sea.

Each tour will be accompanied by an authorized English speaking tour guide - see details on the registration forms.

Board of The Frances Tustin Memorial Trust
Judith Mitrani, Los Angeles, Chair FTMT
James Gooch, Los Angeles
Theodore Mitrani, Los Angeles
JoAnn Culbert-Koehn, Los Angeles
Naomi Thorpe, Brentwood
Leigh B. Tobias, Los Angeles

website: www.frances-tustin-autism.org

Conference Organization
Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, School of Continuing Medical Education, Program of Psychotherapy
and
The Frances Tustin Memorial Trust

Scientific Committee
Michel Granek
Shlomo Mendlovic
Yoel Miller
Tami Pollak
Alina Schellekes, Chair

For further information: shalin@smile.net.il

Conference Secretariat
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Conference Website:
www.frances-tustin-autism.org