Chair of the Psychiatry Department, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary) and the founder of the regional memory clinic and neurocognitive ward. I am the elected president of the Hungarian Dementia Association. His main interest includes biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, gerontopsychiatry with special focus on Alzheimer’s and related neurocognitive disorders.

John M. Kane, MD. is the Senior Vice President for Behavioral Health Services at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York. He is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at The Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, New York. Additionally, he is Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Kane earned his medical degree from New York University in New York, New York, and completed his internship and residency in Psychiatry at The Zucker Hillside Hospital. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Kane is the recipient of many awards, including the Lieber Prize, The APA’s Kempf Award and Foundations Prize, the New York State Office of Mental Health Lifetime Achievement Award, The Dean Award from the American College of Psychiatrists. He has served as President of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, the Psychiatry Research Society and the Schizophrenia International Research Society. Dr. Kane has been the principal investigator for research projects focusing on schizophrenia, psychobiology and treatment, recovery, and improving the quality and cost of care. He is the author of over 800 peer-reviewed papers and serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals.

Dr Eleni Karayianni, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with the Cyprus Psychologist Registration Board. She works as Clinical Training Coordinator for the doctoral (PhD) program in Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus. Since, 2015, she is also the acting Director of the University of Cyprus Mental Health Center. In addition, she is the elected President of the Cyprus Psychologists’ Association since 2015 and has represented the Association from other positions on the Board previously, as well as an elected Executive Council Member of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) since 2015. Her research activity has received funding by national and international agencies. Her collaborations focusing on child sexual abuse include the Republic of Cyprus' Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports and the Social Welfare Services of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance; the UNCRC Policy Center "Hope for children" and the "Children's House" (after the Barnahus model); and the Council of Europe's Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development on issues relating to children, adolescents and young people’s rights.

GAMIAN-Europe President: Mrs Hilkka Kärkkäinen, Finland Hilkka is a social worker by profession and she has retired from her job as Social Ombudsman in Sosiaalitaito in 2014. She is also an expert by experience having suffered reactive depression in 2002. She has worked both for the City of Helsinki and the City of Espoo in Child Welfare several years. Hilkka was a Senior Social Worker in Probation and After Care Association in Helsinki for seven years. As an office manager in Espoo Social Services in 1980’s she was also in charge of a Horizon ECHO program for people with mental disorders. She was Executive Director of Finnish Central Association for Mental Health 1998-2002 and has been President and Vice President of Mieli Maasta, which is a patient association for those suffering from depression. She has worked for the City of Järvenpää as a Planner of Regional Mental Health Care. Hilkka was a Board Director of European Federation of Neurologigal Associations (EFNA) 2002-2004 and President of GAMIAN-Europe once before in 1999. She is a Board Director of European Brain Council (EBC), and European Psychiatric Association (EPA).