Keynote speakers

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Denecke

Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

Kerstin Denecke (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland) received the Doctoral degree in computer sciences from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Since 2015 is full professor of medical informatics at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Her research interests include medical language processing, artificial intelligence, conversational agents and participatory health informatics and sentiment analysis. Among other things she considered the application of those technologies in the field of mental health. Currently, she is leading the development of a mobile app for suicide prevention.

Dr. E. Elisabet Lahti

Author, Founder of Sisu Lab, Finland

Elisabet Lahti is an educator and international presenter on topics related to the applied psychology of inner strength, conscious leadership, and high performance. In her PhD for the Finland-based Aalto University, she crafted the foundation for the research on the age-old Finnish construct of sisu, which denotes courage and determination in the face of extreme challenges. She is passionate about multi-disciplinary research that helps individuals increase their sense of agency and builds pathways toward collective healing. Her book _Gentle Power: A Revolution in How We Think, Lead, and Succeed Using the Finnish Art of Sisu_ is an invitation to intimately explore our relationship to power and make the pursuit of its constructive and wise expression our shared way forward. The title of her presentation is: The Science and Practice of Sisu: Navigating Together in a Time of Transformation

MD Ph.D. Maciej Pilecki

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Maciej Pilecki, MD Ph.D. is a specialist in psychiatry, specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy, head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, head of the Clinical Department of Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Hospital University in Krakow. He has authored dozens of publications, chapters in books, textbooks and monographs in the field of adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy.