Dear Colleagues and Friends of WPA,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend the WPA Regional Congress “Embracing the complexity of mental health: neuroscientific foundations and novel interventions”, taking place in Alexandria, Egypt, from April 11th through to April 14th, 2025. The Congress will be held jointly with the annual meeting of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association.

While a Regional Congress is primarily meant to bring together colleagues from a specific geographic region, our venue, the Egyptian city of Alexandria, is ideally situated to welcome a truly global audience of clinical psychiatrists, psychotherapists, neuroscientists, and other mental health experts. In its two millennia of existence, Alexandria has risen from a major cradle of Hellenic civilization to a thriving metropolis at the crossroads of North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. A metropolis known for its rich blend of faiths and cultures, scholastic excellence, and open-mindedness welcoming the world to its gentle Mediterranean shores!

It is in this climate of humanity that we would like to discuss the challenges facing the mental well-being of people around the globe in this day and age. Join us in exploring the latest knowledge about mental health resilience, neuroscience-anchored mental health research, cutting-edge psychopharmacology, person-centered and creative psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions and much more.

Join us in April of next year in one of the most iconic cities on the Mediterranean Coast. Enjoy scientific excellence, state-of-the-art discussions with colleagues from around the globe, and consider making this Congress part of a truly memorable vacation with your beloved ones.

We look forward to welcoming you all to this congress. It will be the first time for WPA to hold a Regional Congress in this region after the Cairo WPA Regional Congress in 2011. And the first time ever to hold a WPA congress in Alexandria.

We encourage you all to mark your calendars – register and submit your proposals for symposia, talks, and posters at your earliest convenience. The World Psychiatric Association, the Egyptian Psychiatric Association and the Arab Federation of Psychiatrists are joining forces to make this an unforgettable event carved in the history of our associations and -more importantly- carved in our hearts and minds. It sounds like a good deal to have hands on the latest updates, state of the art, and work on your publications while reveling on seaside in Alexandria, the “Bride of the Mediterranean”.

Deadline for Symposia Proposals and Abstracts Submission (for Oral or Poster presentation)
January 31, 2025

Notification of Symposia Proposals and Abstracts acceptance
February 15, 2025

Early registration deadline
February 28, 2025

Deadline for accepted Symposia Abstracts submission & Presenting authors registration deadline
February 28, 2025

Symposia Proposals | Presenting speaker’s abstract submission
March 15, 2025