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International Congress Organising Committee
The International Congress Organising Committee is responsible for overseeing the organisation of the College's International Congress.
The Committee is broken down into two groups, the Executive Committee and the Advisory Board. The Committee work closely with the College's events team to engage the wider membership and partner organisations in advocating for the International Congress.
The full committee meets twice a each year and reviews all the submitted programme proposals to ensure the programme is of a high quality and representative of the specialty and those that work within it.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee has overall responsibility for planning and delivering a high quality and balanced scientific programme, proposing and inviting keynote speakers and commissioning sessions if necessary.
| Name | Position | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rohit Shankar | Professor of Neuropsychiatry | Congress Co-Chair |
| Dr Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa | Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | Congress Co-Chair |
| Dr Abdul Raoof | Consultant Psychiatrist | Associate Dean for Advanced Learning |
| Professor Allan Young | Chair of Academic Psychiatry | Chair of the RCPsych Academic Faculty |
| Dr Alex Thomson | Liaison Faculty Chair, Clinical Lead for Liaison Psychiatry and Urgent and Emergency Care | Appointed role |
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board are in place to advise and steer the Executive Committee, suggesting innovations to keep the Congress relevant, proposing sessions to be commissioned and nominating keynote speakers.
| Name | Position | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Ian Hall | RCPsych Treasurer | Co-Opted |
| Dr Nermeen Ahmed | Immediate Past Chair of PTC | Co-Opted |
| Dr Mike Groves | Vice Chair of SAS Committee/ Specialist in Rehab Psychiatry | Co-Opted |
| Ms Em McAllister | RCPsych Learn Patient Representative | Co-Opted |
| Mr Mark Farmer | RCPsych Learn Patient and Carer Representative | Co-Opted |
| Dr Jane Morris | Vice-President Scotland | Co-Opted |
| Professor Alka Ahuja | Vice-President Wales (Co-Opted) | Co-Opted |
| Dr Julie Anderson | Vice-President Northern Ireland (Co-Opted) | Co-Opted |
| Professor Mohammed Al-Uzri | College Lead for Global Mental Health | Co-Opted |
| Professor Naomi Fineberg | BAP representative | Co-Opted |
| Vice Chair Academic Faculty | Co-Opted | |
| Dr Salim Al-Huseini | Consultant psychiatrist in rehabilitation and general adult psychiatry and head of rehabilitation department | Appointed |
| Dr Calin Cavaropol | SAS Doctor and SAS Tutor | Appointed |
| Dr Sanjukta Das | Associate Medical Director (Urgent Care and Community) | Appointed |
| Dr Jana de Villiers | Vice Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability and Consultant Psychiatrist for the High Secure Intellectual Disability Service for Scotland and N Ireland | Appointed |
Dr Dina Elgabry | Professor of Psychiatry | Appointed |
| Professor Saeed Farooq | Global Health Research Professor, National Institute of Health and Care Research, Professor of Psychiatry and Public Mental Health, School of Medicine, Keele University, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | Appointed |
| Dr Jonathan Gibb | Clinical PhD Fellow and Honorary Specialty Registrar | Appointed |
| Dr Rachel Gibbons | Consultant in adult psychiatry and adult psychotherapy | Appointed |
| Dr Sundar Gnanavel | Consultant Psychiatrist | Appointed |
| Dr Sumeet Gupta | Consultant Psychiatrist ( TEWV NHS Foundation Trust), Honorary Senior Lecturer ( York University) | Appointed |
| Dr Cyrus Su Hui Ho | Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor | Appointed |
| Dr Declan Hyland | Chair of the RCPsych North West Division and Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry | Appointed |
| Professor Kenneth Kaufman | Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; EIC, BJPsych Open; Vice-Chair, Pan American Division | Appointed |
| Professor Helen Killaspy | Professor of Rehabilitation Psychiatry | Appointed |
| Professor Ania Korszun | Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Education, Queen Mary University of London | Appointed |
| Dr Fergus Lewis | Resident in Higher Training in Psychiatry of Learning Disability | Appointed |
| Dr Pallab Majumder | Clinical Associate Professor | Appointed |
| Dr Jo O'Reilly | Consultant Psychiatrist in Medical Psychotherapy | Appointed |
| Dr Lokapriya Premalatha | Consultant psychiatrist | Appointed |
| Professor Rajashree Ray | Chair South Asian Division | Appointed |
| Dr Thomas Rourke | NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow | Appointed |
| Dr Amrit Sachar | Cosultant Liaison Psychiatrist,Co-opted Member of Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry Executive Committeee | Appointed |
| Dr Mostafa Shalaby | Consultant liaison psychiatrist | Appointed |
| Dr Ovais Wadoo | Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist | Appointed |