Dear WFSBP members,

2009 was a very important and successful year for our society.

The Paris world meeting was very well attended and the scientific level was excellent, thanks to all of you for your active participation.

During the Paris world meeting, a new executive committee has been elected to run the federation for the next 4 years. 
The new committees have now been established and I would like to thank all the national presidents for their active collaboration in this matter; you will find the list of committees on our web site.

We renegotiated our contract with the publisher in order to increase the number of volumes of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry to 8 per year and we appointed Prof Kasper as the new Editor in Chief of our journal.

The next step will be the reorganization of our task forces which are in charge of the guidelines, a crucial way of increasing the WSFBP notoriety.

Our next world meeting will be held in Prague from 29th May to 2nd June 2011. A website dedicated to this meeting was set up and the first announcement was already sent. We strongly encourage our members to submit proposals for symposia via the website before 25th January 2010.

I wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year 2010.

Prof Florence Thibaut
WFSBP President

WFSBP Congresses

10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic (May 29 – June 2, 2011)

Please visit the Congress website for further information: www.wfsbp-congress.org.

Other Events

We are delighed to call special attention to:

4th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
17-20 March 2010
Sao Paulo, Brazil
www.isbd2010.org

Do not hesitate to contact our headquarters if you wish to organize a regional or an endorsed meeting in cooperation with the WFSBP.