Eleventh World Congress
11th World Congress on Stress, Trauma & Coping
Mapping the Future of Crisis & Disaster Response |
February 23 - 27, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland
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The 11th World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping is the premier forum for multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and information among those who provide crisis and disaster mental health services.
Sessions during the 11th World Congress will be designed to
- provoke critical thinking
- challenge current convention
- offer innovative ideas and insights &
- fully explore the many applications of critical incident response in various industries, settings and situations .
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World Congress participants will identify the tools needed to solve current problems and explore the future direction of the crisis intervention field. The 5 day World Congress will include a variety of presentation formats ideally suited to exploring concepts, practical applications and results in sessions designed for professionals in all practice settings and experience levels.
World Congress Major Content Themes
Over 125 presenters will cover the spectrum of crisis intervention in these and other areas:
 Research / Innovations |
Emergency Services, Public Safety |
| Military |
Corporate / Industry / EAP |
| Disaster Response |
Schools, Children |
| Healthcare Settings |
Specialty Populations |
| Faith Based Applications |
Team Development and Care |
Who Should Attend
The ICISF 11th World Congress is a “must attend” experience for anyone working in the fields of crisis intervention, traumatic stress, emergency services & disaster mental health, including:
| Disaster response personnel |
Psychiatrists |
| Humanitarian aid workers |
Counselors |
| Law-enforcement officers |
Social workers |
| Firefighters |
Faith-based providers |
| EMTs / Paramedics |
Employee representative organizations & Unions |
| Military personnel |
First response support agencies |
| Homeland security personnel |
Media correspondents / journalists |
| Emergency service administrators |
Grief counselors |
| Emergency operations administrators & managers |
Employee assistance professionals |
| Corrections officials |
Commercial & industrial organization employees |
| Healthcare professionals & administrators |
Airline & other transportation industry personnel |
| Educators, school employees |
Communication officers & dispatch personnel |
| Crisis workers |
Security professionals |
| Suicidologists |
Victim's advocates |
| Psychologists |
Risk managers |
The Crisis Intervention field continues to grow, building on excellent proven
programs and strategies while incorporating innovations that meet the needs and
challenges of the diverse populations we serve. As crisis interventionists we
must learn from one another to continually improve the services provided to the
level of best practices. At the 11th World Congress, you are invited to contribute
to an exploration of how the practice of crisis intervention is evolving and
adapting to meet the needs and challenges of the future.
Be a part of the future of the crisis and disaster response field!
Submit a presentation proposal today for an opportunity to present your
topic at this premier event!
Deadline for submission/completion of all presentation proposals:
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time.
Click here to view and/or print a
Call for Presentations brochure.
Click here to review the checklist
of information you will need to complete your submission.
We strongly recommend that you view this link prior to beginning the submission
process.
Click here to review a list of Frequently
Asked Questions about submitting presentation proposals for the 11th World
Congress on Stress, Trauma & Coping. We encourage you to review
these questions, particularly if you have not attended and/or presented at the
ICISF World Congress in prior years.
Click here to submit your proposal on-line. Please note: Technical support is available via the call center Monday - Friday between 9am and 5pm EST until Tuesday, July 6, 2010.You may wish to time your submission with this in mind in the event that you have a technical question or encounter a problem with your submission. Technical support contact information is provided on the Call for Presentations website.
Please address any questions to:
Shelley Cohen
World Congress Program Manager
scohen@icisf.org
(410) 750-9600
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