(Limited seats: 40 per workshop; for registered attendees only)
| Time | Session | Session Details | Speaker(s) / Lead | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.00 AM | Registration | |||
| 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention | Dr. Arya Thirumeni, N-SPRITE, NIMHANS | Workshop Hall 1 |
| 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | Setting Up Self-Harm Registry & Risk Assessment | Dr Anish V Cherian, Lead, N-SPRITE, NIMHANS Dr Vikas Menon, JIPMER, Puducherry Dr Rakhi Dandona, PHFI, Delhi |
Workshop Hall 2 |
| 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | Media Guidelines in Practice: Talking About Suicide Online | Dr. Greg Armstrong, University of Melbourne, Australia | Workshop Hall 3 |
| 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM | Break | Lunch | ||
| 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Evidence-Based Interventions | Dr Thomas Kishore,Professor of Psychology, NIMHANS | Workshop Hall 1 |
| 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | Implementation Science in action: Tackling Suicide Prevention Challenges | Dr Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, University of Melbourne Dr Greg Armstrong, University of Melbourne |
Workshop Hall 2 |
| 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | Occupational Wellbeing and Suicide Risk: Building Organizational Resilience | N-SPRITE Team, NIMHANS | Workshop Hall 3 |
| 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM | Parallel Workshops | The Day After Suicide: An Experiential Workshop in Suicide Postvention, Grief and Healing | Dr. Nandini Murali, Lead-SPEAK Project, MS Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation, Madurai | Workshop Hall 4 |
| 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM | Networking | Networking, Informal Discussions & Stakeholder Exhibition Walkthrough | Common Area |
Support Desk & Quiet Room available throughout the conference - Level 1 Foyer / Stakeholder & NGO Exhibition open throughout - Main Foyer
| Time | Session | Session Details | Speaker(s) / Lead | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.30 AM - 8.30 AM | Breakfast | Dining Area | ||
| 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM | Registration | Registration & Welcome | Main Hall | |
| 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 1 | Plenary: Bridging Worlds: Integrating Clinical, Psychological, Cultural and Public Health Research and Approaches to Suicide Prevention 1) The Biology of Suicide: From Brain to Genes 2)Psychology and Suicidal Behaviour 3) One Size Doesn't Fit All- The Need for Personalized and Culturally informed assessments and interventions |
Chair: To Be Announced (TBA) Speakers: Dr. Gil Zalsman, Tel Aviv University, Israel Dr. Diana Clarke, President, International Academy of Suicide Research, USA Dr. Rory O Connor, University of Glasgow, Scotland |
Main Hall |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Break | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM | Panel 1 | Homecoming: Lived Experience as Knowledge Session | Dr. Kavita Arora, Founding Cohort, India Mental Health Alliance Co-Founder, Children First Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Poornima Vishwanathan, OP Jindal Global University, Haryana Neha Kirpal, Co-founder, Amaha Health; Co-founder, IMHA |
Main Hall |
| 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM | Break | Lunch & Poster Presentations | ||
| 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM | Parallel Sessions | Session 1A:Indian Database for Understanding Suicide | Dr. Chitharanjan Behera, AIIMS, Delhi | Hall B |
| 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM | Parallel Sessions | Session 1B: Psychosocial Indicators of Suicidality | Dr. Vikas Arya, University of Melbourne | Hall C |
| 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM | Parallel Sessions | Session 1C: Suicide Crisis Syndrome : Overview of Validity and Utility of a Suicide-Specific Diagnostic Construct Overview of NSSI in South Asia |
Dr. Vikas Menon, JIPMER, Puducherry Dr. Sujit Sarkhel, IOP, Kolkata |
Hall D |
| 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Break | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
| 3.30 PM- 4.15 PM | Special Session: 1 | The Karnataka Model of Suicide Prevention: Lessons from Community and Hospitals | Dr. Anish V Cherian, NIMHANS | Main Hall |
| 4.30 PM- 5.30 PM | Panel 2 | Panel 2: Role of Policymakers in Public Health and Suicide Prevention | Chair: To Be Announced (TBA) Speakers: Dr Anish V Cherian, Lead, N-SPRITE Panchayat Raj, Karnataka Police Department, Karnataka |
Main Hall |
| 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM | Inauguration | Inaugural Ceremony & Cultural Program | Dr. YC Janardhana Reddy, Director, NIMHANS | Main Hall |
| 7.30 PM- 9.00 PM | DINNER | DINING AREA |
Support Desk & Quiet Room available throughout the conference - Level 1 Foyer / Stakeholder & NGO Exhibition open throughout - Main Foyer
| Time | Session | Session Details | Speaker(s) / Lead | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.30 AM - 8.30 AM | Breakfast | Dining Area | ||
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM | Presentations | Oral Presentations 1-3 (Parallel) | 8 Minutes (7+1) - presentation time (7 presentations Per Hall) | Halls B/C/D |
| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Plenary 2 | Plenary 2: Suicide Burden and Public Health Urgency a) Burden of Suicide and Need for Gendered Approach in LMICs b) Where LMICs Stand in Suicide Prevention c) Economic Burden of Suicide |
Chair: To Be Announced (TBA) Dr Rakhi Dandona, PHFI, Delhi Dr Lakshmi Vijaykumar, Founder, SNEHA Dr. David McDaid, The London School Economics and Political Science, UK |
Main Hall |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Break | Coffee Break | ||
| 11.00 AM- 12.00 PM | Special Session: 2 | Role of Media in Suicide Prevention | Dr. Greg Armstrong, University of Melbourne Dr. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Medical University of Veinna, Austria |
Main Hall |
| 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | Plenary 3 | Plenary 3: Specific Approches to Risk Assessment and Interventions a) A standardized method of suicide risk detection b) Evidence based clinical intervention for suicidal individuals c) Suicide intervention for adults with childhood trauma |
Chair: To Be Announced (TBA) Dr. Kelly Posner, Colombia University, Columbia Dr. Vladimir Carli,NASP, Karolinka Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Dr. Sakina Razvi, University of Toronto, Canada |
Main Hall |
| 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM | Break | Lunch & Poster Presentations | ||
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Lecture Series | Session 2A: Neurobiological, Molecular and Genetic Indicators of Suicidality and Pharmacological Interventions for Suicidal Behavior | Dr. Biju Viswanath, Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS Dr. Sameer Jauhar, Imperial College London |
Hall B/C/D |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Lecture Series | Session 2B: Psychosocial Interventions for Suicidal Behaviours | Dr. Grego Hadlaczky, Karolinka Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Dr. Thomas Kishore, Professor of Psychology, NIMHANS Dr. John Vijay Sagar Kommu, Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS |
Hall B/C/D |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Lecture Series | Session 2C: Tele-Based Interventions in Suicide Prevention | Tele-MANAS Team | Hall B/C/D |
| 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | Panel 3 | Panel 3: Suicide Prevention in Vulnerable population: Women, Students, LGBTQI, PWDs, Elderly | Chair: To Be Announced (TBA) Speakers: Dr. Aqsa Shaikh, Professor of Community Medicine, Hamdrad Institute of Medical Sciences Speakers for Women and Elderly To Be Announced |
Main Hall |
| 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM | Break | Coffee Break | ||
| 4.30 PM- 5.30 PM | Oral Presentations | Parallel 4-7 | 8 Minutes (7+1) - presentation time (7 presentations Per Hall) | Hall A/C/D |
| 4.30 PM- 5.30 PM | Special Session | Social Work Consortium | IFSW, IPSW, INPSW | Hall B |
| 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM | Special | Pecha Kucha Presentations | Chair: Dr. Sanderson Onie, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia | Main Hall |
| 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM | Special | Suicide Prevention Short Film Festival Screenings | Hall D | |
| 7.30 PM- 9.00 PM | DINNER | DINING AREA | ||
| 7.30 PM- 9.00 PM | FACULTY DINNER | GRAND MERCURE |
Support Desk & Quiet Room available throughout the conference - Level 1 Foyer / Stakeholder & NGO Exhibition open throughout - Main Foyer
| Time | Session | Session Details | Speaker(s) / Lead | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.30 AM - 8.30 AM | Breakfast | Dining Area | ||
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM | Networking | ECR Breakfast & Mentoring | Networking Breakfast | Closed Dining Area |
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM | Networking | NGO, Helpline & Grassroots Organisations Roundtable: Bridging Research and Ground Implementation | Networking Roundatable (India Suicide Prevention Collective) | Closed Dining Area |
| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Plenary | Plenary 4: The Future of Suicide Prevention a) AI and Machine Learning In Suicide Prevention and Research b) Building Climate Resilient Suicide Prevention Systems c) Suicide Prevention: Will we get there, why or why not? |
TANUH Project- IISC, Bangalore To Be Announced (TBA) Dr. Vinay Lakra, University of Melbourne, Australia |
Main Hall |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Break | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Oral Presentations | Oral Presentations (Parallel 8-12) | 8 Minutes (7+1) - presentation time (7 presentations Per Hall) | A/B/C/D |
| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | Panel Discussion | Suicide Prevention at Workplace | Dr. Anil Kumar, IISC Himalaya Wellness Company TVS Motor Company |
Main Hall |
| 01:15 PM - 02:30 PM | Break | Lunch & Poster Presentations | ||
| 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM | Closing | Closing Panel: A Collaborative Roadmap for Suicide Prevention | Dr Pratima Murthy, Former Director, NIMHANS Dr. Darez Ahmed, Secretary Health, Government of Tamil Nadu |
Main Hall |
| 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM | Valedictory | Valedictory Ceremony and Awards | Main Hall |
Support Desk & Quiet Room available throughout the conference - Level 1 Foyer / Stakeholder & NGO Exhibition open throughout - Main Foyer
Watch this space for final programme schedule.
