Plenary Speakers
Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., Columbia University
Anne Marie Albano is a professor of medical psychology, a clinical psychologist and board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. She also serves as the Director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.
Dr. Albano will be giving the following presentation: Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: The Role of Context, Development, and Process-based Treatment.
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Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D., Linköping University
Professor Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D. is full professor of Clinical Psychology at Linköping University, in the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, and the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences.
Dr. Andersson will be giving the following presentation: Internet interventions in the era of a pandemic.
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Joseph Ciarrochi, Ph.D., Australian Catholic University
Joseph Ciarrochi is professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University.
Dr. Ciarrochi will be giving the following presentation: Nonattachment: Letting go, becoming free.
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Lisa W. Coyne, Ph.D., McLean/Harvard Medical School
Dr. Coyne is the current President of ACBS, and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is a Research Coordinator on the Coalition of Behavioral Science Climate Change Task Force.
Dr. Coyne will be giving the presentation: Using CBS to Nurture a Just and Sustainable World.
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Jo Lloyd, Ph.D., Goldsmiths, University of London
Jo Lloyd is a senior lecturer and researcher in psychology and management at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Dr. Lloyd will be giving the follwing presentation: Charting a path towards a just and caring future for transgender people: A CBS approach to addressing discrimination on interpersonal, institutional, and systemic levels.
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Linda Steg, University of Groningen
Linda Steg is a professor of environmental psychology at the University of Groningen. She studies factors influencing sustainable behaviour, the effects and acceptability of strategies aimed at promoting sustainable behaviour, and public perceptions of technology and system changes.
Linda will be giving the following presentation: Changing behaviour to solve environmental problems.
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Invited Speakers
Joanna Arch, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Joanna Arch is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, Member in Cancer Prevention and Control at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, and a licensed clinical psychologist.
Dr. Arch will be giving the following presentation: ACT in the Context of Anxiety and Serious Disease.
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Andrew Christensen, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Andrew Christensen is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Christensen will be giving the following workshop: The Challenge of Change in Couples: How Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy brings about change and acceptance.
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Kenneth Fung, M.D. FRCPC MSc, University of Toronto
Dr. Kenneth Fung is Staff Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Asian Initiative in Mental Health Program at the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network and Associate Professor with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.
Dr. Fung will be giving the following presentation: Sociocultural, Diversity, and Equity Issues and ACT/CBS.
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James Kirby, Ph.D., The University of Queensland
James is a Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at School of Psychology at The University of Queensland.
Dr. Kirby will be giving the following presentation: The complexities of compassion: What inhibits it and how we can help facilitate it.
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Dominika Kwasnicka, MA, MSc, Ph.D., University of Melbourne
Dominika is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne; she is a behavioural scientist who has diverse interests in health psychology, digital health and research methods focusing on individuals.
Dr. Kwasnicka will be giving the following presentation: Personalizing digital health interventions applying N-of-1 methods.
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Takashi Muto, Ph.D., Doshisha University
Takashi Muto, Ph.D. is a full professor and the Dean of the Department of Psychology at Doshisha University.
Dr. Muto will be giving the following presentaiton: How to enjoy old age in super-aged society: A perspective of Contextual Behavioral Science. （超高齢化社会で老年期を楽しむ方法：文脈的行動科学からの観点）
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Júlio De Rose, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Professor of Psychology at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil, and Research Director of the National Institute for Science and Technology on Behavior, Cognition, and Teaching. Associate Editor of The Psychological Record.
Dr. De Rose will be giving the following presentation: How symbols control behavior: Implications for a contextual conception of culture.
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Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University at Mississippi.
Dr. Wilson will be giving the following workshop: Linking Values to Other ACT Processes.
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