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Under the High Patronage of the Ministry of Justice of Belgium
Conference theme: Prevention
Simultaneous translation in French, Dutch, English and German
Program for Thursday, September 9, 2021
8h30 : Conference song – Emma BALE
INTRODUCTION
8h40: Welcome from the Presidents of the conference
Olivier VANHAELEN and Marie-France CARLIER
8h50: Welcome from Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne
9h00: “The word of families” – Olga ODINETZ, France
I. SCOPE OF PREVENTION
9h25: “Parenting Commitment” – Ursula KODJOE , Germany
10h05: “Making history now” – Nick CHILD, Scotland
10h25: “Better than a Cure” – David CURL, Australia
10h45 -11h05 Coffee break
11h05: “Shared parenting: a golden way to prevent parental alienation?” – Jorge GUERRA GONZÁLEZ, Germany
11h25: “Family ties and children-adults health” – Vittorio VEZZETTI, Italy
11h45: “Maintaining the bond of attachment after separation – What guarantee?” – Gérard OSTERMANN, France
12h05: Question time – debate: Panel with the presenters in live
13h00 – 14h00 Lunch
II. A DIFFERENT VIEW OF SEPARATION
14h00: “The malseparation” – Jean VAN HEMELRIJCK, Belgium
14h20: “Children’s suffering during separation” – Bruno HUMBEECK, Belgium
14h40: “How to protect children from parental alienation and toxic stress for their mental and physical development.”
– Vanja SLIJEPCEVIC SAFTIC, Croatia
15h00: “On the informational physiology of the developing child” – Peter BEYERLEIN, Germany
15h20 – 15h40 Coffee break
15h40: Questions and answers to the four presenters
16h10: MOVIE: about post separation loss of family ties
Program for Friday September 10, 2021
8h30: Conference song – Emma BALE
8h40: Word of welcome WILLIAM BERNET, President of the Parental Alienation Study Group
8h50: Presentation of the program and the presenters of the day
III. OBSTACLES TO PREVENTION
9h00: “Necessary changes to the existing legal framework of rights – prevention of AP in the event of parental separation”
– Hans-Christian PRESTIEN, Germany
9h20: “The child’s right to speak in situations of parental alienation ” – Marc JUSTON, France
9h40: “Battle for truth ” – Jan JAMES, England
IV. PREVENTION IN PRACTICE
10h00: “Effective Teamed up Court Intervention” – Alexander ERBARTH & Silvia DANOWSKI-REETZ, Germany
10h30 Coffee break
10h50: “The decisive role of the judge in maintaining the parent-child bond after separation”
– Marie-France CARLIER, Belgium
11h10: “The lawyer and the mediator at the service of families ” – Bee MARIQUE, Belgium
11h30: “How early intervention and swift court action contribute to prevention: Israel’s achievement and challenges ”
– Philip MARCUS, Israel
11h50: Questions and answers and debate between the speakers:
“ Family courts about to disappear?”
12h30-13h30 Lunch break
13h30: “Preventing Mild and Moderate Parental Alienation from Progressing to Severe Alienation”
– Amy J.L. BAKER, United States
13h50: Round table: “Prevention and intervention in high conflict cases in Spain”
Ana Perez VALLEJO: “Legal aspects of high conflict separations, prevention and intervention mechanisms. “
Noemí Cristina CALVO: “Alternative methods of conflict resolution: Mediation and Parental Coordination”
Asunción Tejedor HUERTA:
“Intervention: Parental Coordination and Intervention program for victims of parental interference”.
Nuria Vázquez ORELLANA:
“Implementation of the Parental Coordination and qualitative approach to the results of the ASEMIP project”.
14h50: “Amending the legislation to those who practice parental alienation” – Simona Maria VLĂDICA: Roumania
15h10: “Parental Alienation in Ireland – Challenges and Solutions” – Bryan O’SULLIVAN, Ireland
15h30 – 15h50: Coffee break
V. WHAT HAS TO BE DONE NOW?
15h50: Question-answer and debate between the afternoon speakers
16h20: Debate between politics and practitioners :
“Which legislative changes in the short term?“
17h00: Conclusions by the President of the conference by Olivier VANHAELEN
17h15: Song of the conference to end