Program Scientific Meeting Consortium

June 17 and 18, 2025

Confirmed keynote speakers

Keynote Prof. Toshiaki Furukawa will present the results of the RESILIENT trial, a very large master protocol trial involving four 2x2 factorial trials (total n= 5362), and examine the effects of different modules of an online preventive intervention for depression and propose AI-assisted personalized & optimized therapy (POT) goals. He will also present the protocol for the next BEATRICE platform, which will be a living SMART trial examining super-personalized & optimized therapies (SPOT) in response to individuals' courses of the depression.

Prof. Maree Teesson will give a keynote about Depression prevention and the land down under: results from two large scale Australian trials. These trials focus on online prevention programs targeting youth.

Prof. Pallab Maulik will give a keynote about The SMART Mental Health trial, a complex cRCT across 44 clusters covering 2 states and 3 districts of India. This trial evaluates a technology enabled mental health services delivery model to support care for those at high risk of depression, anxiety and suicide. In addition, he will share his work of the ARTEMIS trial on adolescents in urban slums of India.

Confirmed speakers

Prof. Tom Postmes: 'Health aspects of earthquake problems in the province of Groningen'

Prof. Hans Ormel: 'Conditions for effective prevention of common mental disorders when funding is limited and temporary'

Prof. Pim Cuijpers: 'Strategies to reduce the disease burden of depression at the population level: An overview'

Interactive panel discussion

‘Indicated versus universal prevention: should prevention be offered to everyone or to those with subthreshold depression?’, chaired by Claudia Buntrock with panelists Helen Christensen, Toshiaki Furukawa, Ricardo F. Munoz and Pim Cuijpers.

This panel discussion will include depressive disorder and differentiation from a subthreshold case, preventive interventions for the right individual at the right time and potential unintended consequences of early intervention.

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