Programme
The AFSP Conference 2026 will be packed with informative and relevant content from renowned and up and coming speakers. This is a draft programme and sessions and timings and subject to change.
All times are listed in United Kingdom time (British Summer Time - BST) (UTC +1).
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07:00
CONFERENCE DAY 1: Registration & Coffee
Welcome to Day 1 of the AFSP Conference
08:00
30 mins
Welcome to the Conference - Day 1
Parveen Kaur | AFSP Chair
AFSP Board
08:30
90 mins
Plenary 1: Darren McGarvey (session title to be confirmed soon)
Darren McGarvey
Author, Columnist, Broadcaster, and Rapper
10:00
30 mins
Coffee Break
Time for a coffee... and while you are taking a break, why not visit the Virtual Art Gallery.
10:30
60 mins
Workshop - Session A
A selection of seven fantastic workshops for you to choose from. Click the 'More Info' button to see whats on.
11:30
75 mins
Lunch
Enjoy Lunch... and when you have finished your sandwich, why not take a look at the Virtual Art Gallery.
12:45
60 mins
Plenary 2: Identity & Belonging - the importance of faith and race in the 'therapy room'
Rabbi Charley Baginsky
The UK's most Senior female Rabbi
Dr Rachel Abedi
Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, The Reflection Project
Other pannelists will be added soon...
13:45
60 mins
Plenary 3: Empty promises or paradigm shifting? Learning and dilemmas from 20 years of user involvement and engagement
Professor Liz Forbat, Manager & Psychotherapist at Marie Curie UK and Professor in Dementia & Ageing at the University of Stirling
Dr Ramón Karamat Ali, Couple & Family Therapist, Systemic Supervisor, Trainer, and Researcher
Professor Forbat and Dr Karamat Ali will be joined by additional panels members to be announced soon.
14:45
30 mins
Coffee Break
Time for a coffee... and while you are taking a break, why not visit the Virtual Art Gallery.
15:15
60 mins
Workshop - Session B
A selection of seven fantastic workshops for you to choose from. Click the 'More Info' button to see whats on.
16:15
45 mins
Plenary 4: Poetry, Dualchas and Making your own villages
Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay)
The Makar (National Poet for Scotland)
17:00
Day 1 Close
18:30
90 mins
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner (dinner ticket required)
20:00
After Dinner Entertainment
After dinner entertainment to be confirmed. After dinner entertainment is open to everybody (you do not need to have purchased a dinner ticket).
07:00
CONFERENCE DAY 2: Registration & Coffee
Welcome to Day 2 of the AFT Conference
07:45
15 mins
Welcome to Day 2
Parveen Kaur | AFSP Chair
The AFSP Board
08:00
60 mins
Plenary 5: Panel Discussion with Satinder Panesar
Satinder Panesar
Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, Trainer & Coach
Dr Ged Smith
Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
Shakira Nkanang
Systemic Psychotherapist & Tutor
09:00
15 mins
Comfort Break
A quick comfort break before the next session... but still time to visit the Virtual Art Gallery.
09:15
60 mins
Plenary 6: The Emotionally Responsive Therapist in Family Therapy Practice
Prof Peter Rober
Professor in Clinical Psychology
Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium
10:15
30 mins
Coffee Break
Time for a coffee... and while you are taking a break, why not visit the Virtual Art Gallery.
10:45
60 mins
Workshop - Session C
A selection of seven fantastic workshops for you to choose from. Click the 'More Info' button to see whats on.
11:45
75 mins
Lunch
Enjoy Lunch... and when you have finished your sandwich, why not take a look at the Virtual Art Gallery.
13:00
90 mins
Plenary 7: Question everything you thought you knew about mental health and neurodiversity
Dr Sami Timimi
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
14:30
30 mins
Coffee Break
Time for a coffee... and while you are taking a break, why not visit the Virtual Art Gallery.
15:00
60 mins
Workshop - Session D
A selection of seven fantastic workshops for you to choose from. Click the 'More Info' button to see whats on.
16:10
30 mins
Coming Together
16:40
Day 2 Close