Program Committee

World Conference 2027 Program Co-Chairs

Dr Connie Chong is an Associate Professor at The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a registered nurse with substantial clinical experience in medicine and paediatrics. Her research centres on Contextual Behavioural Science, with a particular focus on the application and evaluation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for family caregivers of children with specialised needs or chronic conditions. She serves as Editor of the Journal of Clinical Nursing and Associate Editor of the British Journal of Health Psychology and the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. Since her PhD journey, Dr Chong has maintained a close and meaningful connection with the ACBS community through her research leadership and professional service. She was the inaugural recipient of the ACBS Early Career Paper Award in 2018, serves as a Strategic Scientific Council Member of ACBS, and is a former Chair of the ACBS Awards Committee. Recognised as one of the leading CBS and ACT scholars in Asia, Dr Chong brings a distinctive nursing perspective to the CBS field. She also founded ACTuWISE Limited, the first nurse-led technology start-up in Hong Kong integrating ACT and artificial intelligence to advance mental health services, training and impactful research.

Dr Eric Morris is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University and Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Northern Health, Melbourne, Australia. As co-director of ACTUALISE Lab at La Trobe University, Eric researches Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for recovery from psychosis, insomnia, and for workplace resilience training. Eric is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, the British Journal of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. Eric is a former Chair of the BABCP ACT Special Interest Group (UK) and President of the Australia & New Zealand Chapter of the Association of Contextual Behavioural Science. He is a Fellow of the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science.  He is a co-editor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis and Psychological Interventions for Psychosis: Towards a Paradigm Shift and co-author of the group treatment manual, ACT for Psychosis Recovery. Eric is a co-author of the self-help guide, ACTivate Your Life: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook for Building a Life that is Rich, Fulfilling and Fun.