Welcome words from Professor Zeljko Loparic, President of the IWA
Greetings to everyone!
The year 2021 is the 50th anniversary of British child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Donald
Winnicott’s death, on January 25, 1971. Also it is the 125th anniversary of his birth, on April 7, 1896. There
is no better tribute to a scientist and thinker than to highlight his legacy. Winnicott’s legacy is his work of
extraordinary originality and his request for the continuation of the revolution he started.
The International Winnicott Association (IWA) is a worldwide academic civil entity. The purpose of
the IWA is to promote the research and teaching of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis, as well as training
activities and the exchange of experiences among professionals working in this field. It works in
collaboration with universities, psychoanalytical groups, societies, centers, research and teaching
foundations, and other scientific and clinical institutions that develop activities in this field. The IWA also
aims at promoting and supporting activities related to social work, development, institutionalization, and
diffusion of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis in general.
In order to achieve the above aims, IWA holds an international biennial Congress, inviting
representatives of member groups from Argentina, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Italy,
Portugal, Greece, China etc. and other well-known experts in the field to make theme reports, exchange
research progress and clinical work experience, and plan further discipline development.
The Fourth International Winnicott Association Congress will be held online from November 3 to 7,
2021. This biennial Congress is sponsored and funded by the IWA; Beijing Winnicott Study and Research
Group, Beijing Winnicott Institute, and Beijing Mental Health Facilitating Center will organize the meeting;
Brazilian Institute of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis (IBPW) will co-organize with the local organizer.
The general topic of the 4th Congress is:
“Winnicott´s settings and therapeutic procedures
– with possible applications or suggestions to the recent pandemic”.
The main purpose of this Congress is to explore the new paradigm, new treatment settings, new treatment
techniques and procedures of the Winnicottian psychoanalysis under the framework of the Winnicott’s
theory of maturational processes, and their groping and applicability in the recent convid-19 pandemic
predicament. It not only covers Winnicott’s clinical theory as a whole, but also hopes to specifically
emphasize how Winnicott’s clinical theory can be applied in the context of fighting the pandemic.
On behalf of IWA, I take great pleasure to invite you to attend this Congress.
Sincerely hope that you could join us!
Organization of the Congress
Host and sponsored by:
International Winnicott Association (IWA)
Organizer:
Beijing Winnicott Study and Research Group
Beijing Winnicott Institute
Beijing Mental Health Facilitating Center
Co-organizer:
Brazilian Institute of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis (IBPW)
Congress Procedure
1. TIME: November 3 to 7, 2021
Pre-Congress, November 3 to 4, 7:30-11:50 (Brazilian time) or 18:30-22:50 (Beijing time)
Congress, November 5 to 7, 7:30-11:50 (Brazilian time) or 18:30-22:50 (Beijing time)
2. Modality: Online ZOOM broadcast
Each slot includes 20 minutes of presentation and 10-15 minutes of Q&A with the participants.
3. Language: Official language – English
The Chinese and English translation for presentations and Q&A will be provided.
4. Enrollment Fee:
IWA Members: 70 euros / 450 reais
Professionals: 100 Euros / 650 reais
Students and Unemployed: 30 euros / 200 reais
Open the link in your browser to fill in the form and click “提交/submit”. Please make sure your e-mail is
valid for you can receive the bank transference account for the payment and ZOOM ID for the Congress.
6. Contact Us: fourthiwacongress@gmail.com
Any of your concerns please contact with Chenxi Wei (IWA General Secretary) and Junhao Mei
(Organizer Assistant).
General Schedule of IV IWA Congress
Beijing, China
Pre-Congress Schedule – I
2021/11/3 – 11/4： Wednesday & Thursday,
BJ time:18:30 -22:50; BR time 7:30 – 11:50
[30-minute sessions: 20-min presentation + 10-min discussion]
Pre-Congress
The First day module: 2021/11/3 (Wed.)
18:30 – 18:35 | 07:30 – 07:35
Opening Ceremony – Welcoming speech : Dr. Zhao Chengzhi (China, Beijing group)
18:35 – 19:05 | 07:35 – 08:05
Subject：“Holding, handling and mirroring: disruptions to the good enough psychiatric ward during
the Covid19 epidemic in the UK – clinical observations”
Speaker：Dr. Micol Ascoli (Britain, outside of IWA)
19:05 – 19:35 | 08:05 – 08:35
Subject：The importance of family average expectable environment in children’s treatment
Speaker：Liu Yang (China, Bejing group)
19:35 – 19:40 | 08:35 – 08:40 Tea Break
19:40 – 20:10 | 08:40 – 09:10
Subject：Treating creatively in Winnicottian Settings when facing the world that impinges
Speaker：Wei Chenxi (China,Beijing group)
20:10 – 20:40 | 09:10 – 09:40
Subject：Journey of madness-Management and care of a deep regression
Speaker：Li YaoSuo (China, Beijing group)
20:40 – 20:45 | 09:40 – 09:45 Tea Break
20:45 – 21:15 | 09:45 – 10:15
Subject：To be alive—-Journey of humanity under Winnicott and Chinese culture scope
Speaker：Hao WeiJie (China,Beijing group)
21:15 – 21:45 | 10:15 – 10:45
Subject：The meaning of devotion. In one court idea. And it’s clinical use in China.
Speaker：Meng Fanlei (China,Beijing group)
21:45 – 21:50 | 10:45 – 10:50 Tea Break
21:50 – 22:20 | 10:50 – 11:20
Subject：The good enough mother and the supporting social environment—-The holding social environment
and the rebuild of social role after giving birth, under Winnicott’s point of view
Speaker：Peng Xiaoling (China,Beijing group invited, outside of IWA)
22:20 – 22:50 | 11:20 – 11:50
Subject：Some thoughts on the application of Winnicott-style environment in psychiatric wards.
Speaker：Zhao Zhizhong (China,Beijing group)
22:50 | 11:50 The end
Pre-Congress Schedule – II
2021/11/3 – 11/4： Wednesday & Thursday,
BJ time:18:30 -22:50; BR time 7:30 – 11:50
[30-minute sessions: 20-min presentation + 10-min discussion]
Pre-Congress
The Second day module: 2021/11/4 (Thu.)
18:35 – 19:05 | 07:35 – 08:05
Subject：The establishment and practice of the “Winnicott”-style daytime psychological development
center for children and adolescents
Speaker：Ye Minjie （China，Beijing group invited）
19:05 – 19:35 | 08:05 – 08:35
Subject：The Practice of “Winnicott Theory” in the construction of a promotional environment for
pregnant women
Speaker：Zheng Huan （China，Beijing group invited, outside of IWA）
19:35 – 19:40 | 08:35 – 08:40 Tea Break
19:40 – 20:10 | 08:40 – 09:10
Subject：The Application of Winnicott’s Theory in Kindergartens
Speaker：Xiu Yuling （China，Beijing group invited, outside of IWA）
20:10 – 20:40 | 09:10 – 09:40
Subject：The application of holding environment in families and institutions
Speaker：Gao Yuan ，Wu Jun （China, outside of IWA）
20:40 – 20:45 | 09:40 – 09:45 Tea Break
20:45 – 21:15 | 09:45 – 10:15
Subject：The analyst as a third dynamic between the environment and the subject
Speaker：Touria Mignotte （France group）
21:15 – 21:45 | 10:15 – 10:45
Subject：Time of reverence – meeting at the deepest place of the patient
Speaker：Zhao Qingju （China，Beijing group invited，outside of IWA）
21:45 | 10:45 The end of Pre-Congress
Congress Schedule – I
2021/11/5 – 11/7：Friday – Sunday，
BJ time：18:30-22:50；BR time：7:30 – 11:50
[35-minute sessions: 20-min presentation + 15-min discussion]
Congress
The First day module：2021/11/5（Fri.）
18:15 – 18:30 | 07:15 – 07:30
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming speech：Professor Zeljko.Loparic
18:30 – 19:05 | 07:30 -07:05
Subject：
IWA Presidency：Professor Zeljko.Loparic
19:05 – 19:40 | 07:05 –08:40
Subject：The Winicottian setting as a model for an ethics of care in times of pandemic.
Speaker：Leticia Minhot （Argentina group，Invited Speaker）
19:40 – 19:45 | 08:40 – 08:45 Tea Break
19:45 – 20:20 | 08:45 – 09:20
Subject：Setting, Reliability, and the World in Winnicott and Heidegger
Speaker：Julieta M. Bareiro, ( Argentina, Invited speaker，outside of IWA)
20:20 – 20:55 | 09:20 – 09:55
Subject：The space-time continuum and the Self : some thoughts on the quality of living during
lockdown
Speaker：Loris Notturni（Belgian Group，Invited Speaker）
20:55 – 21:00 | 09:55 – 10:00 Tea Break
21:00 – 21:35 | 10:00 – 10:35
Subject：Looking after caregivers in times of pandemic.
Speaker：Christophe Janssen & Nathalie Riez ，(Belgium, invited speaker，outside of IWA)
21:35 – 22:10 | 10:35 – 11:10
Subject：Winnicottian Settings: different and the same
Speaker：Elsa Oliveira Dias （Brazil, IBPW，invited speaker）
22:10 – 22:15 | 11:10 – 11:15 Tea Break
22:15 – 22:50 | 11:15 – 11:50
Subject：Audio and video: Winnicottian psychoanalysis in pandemic times
Speaker：Alfredo Naffah Neto， (Brazil, IBPW, Invited speaker）
22:50 | 11:50 The end
Congress Schedule – II
2021/11/5 – 11/7：Friday – Sunday，
BJ time：18:30-22:50；BR time：7:30 – 11:50
[35-minute sessions: 20-min presentation + 15-min discussion]
Congress
The Second day module: 2011/11/6（Sat.）
18:30 – 19:05 | 07:30 – 08:05
Subject：The perpetual dialogue between psyche and soma in the winnicottian clinic
Speaker: Vera Regina Ferraz de Laurentiis (Brazil,SBPW, Invited Speaker）
19:05 – 19:40 | 08:05 – 08:40
Subject：From intra-psychic to inter-personal:the m any faces of intimacy
Speaker：David Kitron，(Israel，IWC, Invited Speaker）
19:40 – 19:45 | 08:40 – 08:45 Tea Break
19:45 – 20:20 | 08:45 – 09:20
Subject：Trauma and its ‘Ghost’ Side: Kleinsche Flasche as the shape of ‘Non-Self’
Speaker：Shyh-Heng Wong，(Taiwan，Invited Speaker, Outside of IWA)
20:20 – 20:55 | 09:20 – 09:55
Subject：The father in the environment and the father as the environment
Speaker: Zhang Yizhe (China，ShangHai group, Invited Speaker )
20:55 – 21:00 | 09:55 – 10:00 Tea Break
21:00 – 21:35 | 10:00 – 10:35
Subject：The Unseat Psychoanalyst
Speaker：Laura Dethiville (France group, Invited Speaker)
Subject：Julia « on the wire »
Speaker：Nicole FARGES，（France Group, Invited Speaker）
21:35 – 22:10 | 10:35 – 11:10
Subject：Safe to attack the Object
Speaker：Patrick Blauwart (France group，Invited Speaker)
Subject：“Anna confined”
Speaker：Marie Agnès Topuz （France Group, Invited Speaker）
22:10 – 22:20 | 11:10 – 11:20 Tea Break
22:20 – 00:20 | 11:20 – 13:20
IWA members Assembly
Participants：all the leaders of Winnicott groups.
The end
Congress Schedule – III
2021/11/5 – 11/7：Friday – Sunday，
BJ time：18:30-22:50；BR time：7:30 – 11:50
[35-minute sessions: 20-min presentation + 15-min discussion]
Congress
The third day module, 2011/11/7（Sun.）
4 18:30 – 19:05 | 07:30 – 08:05
Subject：From Ferenczi to Winnicott: an insightful legacy
Speaker：Elisa Nicolopoulou，(Greece，Hellenic Group, Invited Speaker）
19:05 – 19:40 | 08:05 – 08:40
Subject：Therapeutic setting and Relaxation
Speaker：Zhao Chengzhi，(China, Beijing group，Invited Speaker)
19:40 – 19:45 | 08:40 – 08:45 Tea Break
19:45 – 20:20 | 08:45 – 09:20
Subject：Winnicott’s fundamental revolution: Early breakdown, unrepressed unconscious, and hope
of new opportunity through the setting
Speaker：Ofra Eshel，(Israel，IP-RB Group, Invited Speaker）
20:20 – 20:55 | 09:20 – 09:55
Subject：At the roots of the Winnicottian setting: the recovery of the going-on-being through the
environment-mother
Speaker：Susanna Guida，(Italy, Rome Group，Invited Speaker）
20:55 – 21:00 | 09:55 – 10:00 Tea Break
21:00 – 21:35 | 10:00 – 10:35
Subject：Social and Cultural Conditions as an Extension of the Analytical Setting: An Hypothesis
Considered in the Light of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis and of the Recent Pandemic”
Speaker：Moisés Ferreira （Portugal, Invited speaker）
21:40 | 10:40 The end of Congress