Global Meetings
By holding meetings outside the U.S., ISTSS aims to:
- Disseminate and exchange evidence-based knowledge throughout the world
- Increase the global profile of ISTSS
- Develop strong global collaborations within the traumatic stress field
- Develop capacity to deliver evidence-based interventions practice across the world
- Facilitate the transformation of ISTSS into a truly global organization
Four different types of meeting have been identified:
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Preparatory Meetings
To be held in areas without a STSS or with a developing STSS. Preparatory meetings will usually involve one ISTSS speaker giving a lecture and/or a workshop within another meeting. They will be used to start building a relationship between ISTSS and those involved in the field of traumatic stress locally. They will aim to create awareness of ISTSS, explore a later ISTSS meeting and the development of a local STSS.
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Half-day or one-day ISTSS PMIs
To be held in collaboration with an affiliate society.
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One- or two-day ISTSS Meetings
To be held anywhere in the world as long as undertaken in close collaboration with local STSS if existent. A local organization committee with ISTSS co-chair and ISTSS speakers will primarily organize these meetings.
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Two- to three-day ISTSS Conferences
To be held in places not covered by well established regional STSS organizations. If a less established local STSS exists it should be closely collaborated with.
Upcoming ISTSS Global Meetings
Korean Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (KSTSS) Fall Conference
Mental Health During COVID-19: Status and Approach
November 26-27, 2021
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Learn about the mental health statuses and needs of people in Korea including the general population, vulnerable groups, COVID-19 responders, patients and families—and, most importantly, share valuable experiences and professional insights for more effective practice. The conference will be held in Daegu, Korea, where COVID-19 had spread massively initially but has been successfully dealth with, and live-streamed via YouTube.
Selected past ISTSS Global Meetings
- San Juan, Puerto Rico,
- Santiago, Chile; ACET VI Jornada Internacional de Trauma Psíquico; December 4-6, 2019
- Santiago, Chile; December 13-15, 2017
- Porto Alegre, Brazil; June 30 – July 1, 2017
- Odense, Denmark, ESTSS Conference; June 2-4, 2017
- Zurich, Switzerland; DeGPT annual meeting; February 9-11, 2017
- Talca, Chile; December 1-2, 2016
- Seoul, South Korea; November 2016
- Singapore; Joint meeting with TRaCS/CGH; June 22-25, 2016
- Toronto, Canada; May 9-10, 2016
- Seoul, South Korea; April 8, 2016
- Vilnius, Lithuania; STSS Annual Meeting; March 10, 2016
- Tbilisi, Georgia; October 2015
- Talca, Chile; October 20, 2015
- Nairobi, Kenya; August 25-27, 2015
- Hong Kong; July 30-31, 2015
- Kyoto, Japan; JSTSS Meeting; June 19-21, 2015
- Vilnius, Lithuania; ESTSS Meeting; June 10-13, 2015
- Innsbruck, Austria; February 26-28, 2015
- Istanbul, Turkey; December 5-7, 2014
- Hangzhou, China; October 17-19, 2014
- Nairobi, Kenya; August 7, 2014