THE WORLD FAMILY CONFERENCE PRAGUE 2007

held May 16 –19, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LORD MAYOR OF PRAGUE, MUDR. PAVEL BÉM, AND THE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY THERAPY ASSOCIATION (IFTA) WITH TOBY SIGRUN HERMAN, PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OF THE SESSION OF FAMILY THERAPY OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICAL SOCIETY OF THE CZECH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION J. E. PURKYNĚ ON THE OCCASION OF THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF VIRGINIA SATIR AND THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST WORLD CONGRESS ON FAMILY THERAPY IN PRAGUE.

The conference will also include an annual meeting of Avanta members and institutes.

Avanta Network is a non-profit educational organization with a global reach founded by V. Satir.

Theme of the Conference:

FAMILY IN A GLOBAL WORLD

„Healing the family we heal the world“ (VIRGINIA SATIR)

Honorary President of the Conference: DR. JOHN BANMEN, PSYCH., R.M.F.T., Professor of the University of British Columbia, Canada, Training Director of the Satir Institute of the Pacific

Plenaries:

1. Sameness and Diversity in Families of the Five Continents

universal family resources, mutual differences, possibilities for growth and learning.

2. Multidisciplinary Care of the Family

helping families within social welfare, justice, healthcare, psychology and education, workplace and organizational leadership etc. and their mutual linkage.

3.Therapeutic Work with the Family

common features of the family therapists’ work with the family, theoretical principles, attitudes and vehicles used by various approaches of family therapy, their differences and possibilities of their connections and mutual enrichment.

4.The Personality and Work of Virginia Satir and her Global Legacy

Celebration of the 90th birthday of Virginia Satir.

The IFTA Board of Directors will hold its meeting in the hotel Pyramida on Friday, May 18, 2007 from 11.00 till 17.00

Organizational Committee of the Conference:

JEAN MCLENDON, L.C.S.W., L.M.F.T., President of Avanta, The Virginia Satir Network, U.S.A. PHDR. ILONA KOŤÁTKOVÁ, Chairman of the Organizational Committee of the Conference MUDR. ALEXANDRA BERÁNKOVÁ, President of the Virginia Satir Institute, Czech Republic PHDR. HANA ŠČIBRANYOVÁ, President of the Virginia Satir Institute in Slovak Republic Mgr. Ladislava Doležalová, PhDr. Naďa Feketeová, PhDr. Renata Koláčková, Mgr. Magda Krolová, Mgr. Lubica Lichorobiecová, PhDr. Oľga Němcová, MUDr. Milada Radosová, Chairman of the Programme Committee, Mgr. Iva Rainerová, Mgr. Petra Smékalová, Mgr. Petr Štěpaník, Mgr. Rebeka Trepačová.