World Congress Psychiatry 2026
Danuta Wasserman
Sweden
Chair
Jonas Eberhard
Sweden
Co-Chair
Scientific Committee
Danuta Wasserman
Sweden
Chair
Scientific Committee
Jonas Eberhard
Sweden
Co-Chair
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee, responsible for proposals to and evaluations of submissions to the scientific programme of WCP 2026, comprises the WPA Executive Committee, the WPA Council, the WPA Board, and representatives from the WPA Young Psychiatrists, the WPA Medical Students Special Interest Group, and the local Swedish Association:
WPA Executive Committee
Danuta Wasserman
Sweden
Thomas G. Schulze
USA & Germany
Norbert Skokauskas
Norway
Paul Summergrad
USA
Armen Soghoyan
Armenia
WPA Council (Former Presidents of the WPA)
Dinesh Bhugra
UK
(2014-2017)
Jorge Alberto Costa e Silva
Brazil
(1989-1993)
Helen Herrman
Australia
(2017-2020)
Afzal Javed
UK
(2020-2023)
Felice Lieh-Mak
China
(1993-1996)
Mario Maj
Italy
(2008-2011)
Juan E. Mezzich
USA
(2005-2008)
Ahmed Okasha
Egypt
(2002-2005)
Norman Sartorius
Switzerland
(1996-1999)
WPA Board of 18 Zonal Representatives (from Zone 1-18)
Gary Chaimowitz
Canada
(Zone 1 – Canada)
Bernardo Ng
USA
(Zone 2 – USA)
Thelma Sanchez
Mexico
(Zone 3 – Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean)
Rodrigo Nel Cordoba Rojas
Colombia
(Zone 4 – Northern South America)
Miguel Angel Cuellar Hoppe
Paraguay
(Zone 5 – Southern South America)
Johannes Wancata
Austria
(Zone 6 – Western Europe)
Ramune Mazaliauskienne
Lithuania
(Zone 7 – Northern Europe)
Konstantinos Fountoulakis
Greece
(Zone 8 – Southern Europe)
Igor Filipic
Croatia
(Zone 9 – Central Europe)
Nikolay Negay
Kazakhstan
(Zone 10 – Eastern Europe)
Armine Larnaout
Tunisia
(Zone 11 – Northern Africa)
Mahdi Abu Madini
Saudi Arabia
(Zone 12 – Middle East)
Aida Sylla
Senegal
(Zone 13 – Central & Western Africa)
Juliet Nakku
Uganda
(Zone 14 – Eastern & Southern Africa)
Vinay Kumar
India
(Zone 15 – South Asia)
Chawanun Charnsil
Thailand
(Zone 16 – South East Asia)
Yong Chon Park
Korea
(Zone 17 – Eastern Asia)
Valsamma Eapen
Australia
(Zone 18 – Australasia & the South Pacific)
WPA Young Psychiatrist Representative
Lamia Jouini
Tunisia
Equality, Development, Inclusion and Transcultural Perspectives (EDIT) Representative
Mariana Pinto da Costa
UK
WPA Medical Students Special Interest Group Representative
Muhammad Waqar Azeem
Qatar
Local Swedish Scientific Committee
Mats Adler
Denada Aiff
Vladimir Carli
Johan Franck
Tove Gunnarsson
Gergo Hadlaczki
Johan Nilsson
Tarmo Kariis
Maria H. Larsson
Karl-Axel Lundblad
Lina Martinsson
Tove Mogren
Matilda Naesström
Mia Ramklint
Cave Sinai
Steinn Steingrimsson
Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee is responsible for the organization of WCP 2026.
Danuta Wasserman
Sweden
Co-Chair
Thomas G. Schulze
USA & Germany
Co-Chair
Jonas Eberhard
Sweden
Co-Chair
Local Representative
Steinn Steingrimsson
Sweden
WPA Representative
Paul Summergrad
USA
