Program & Abstract Book - EPFL Latsis Symposium 2009

EPFL Latsis Symposium 2009: Understanding Violence
Speakers, Discussants and Round Table Panelists
Gregoire Rubovszky
Head of Emergency Psychiatry Service, HCUGE, Geneva
Dr Gregoire Rubovszky is leading the emergency psychiatry unit
in Geneva. He was consultant in the Interdisciplinary Consultation
of Medicine and Prevention of Violence. He is in charge of
the PTSD consultation team inside the consultation liaison and
he is also contributing for the Consultation for Victims of Tortures
and War.
Christopher Mikton
Technical Officer, Prevention of Violence Unit, WHO,
Switzerland
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/about/whos_who/mikton/
en/index.html
Dr Mikton’s work at WHO focuses on promoting the integration
of violence prevention activities in Official Development
Assistance agency programmes; the prevention of child maltreatment;
maintaining the Violence Prevention Alliance secretariat;
and evaluating the effectiveness of violence prevention
interventions. Before joining WHO’s Violence Prevention Team,
he worked as Clinical Scientist for the UK Ministry of Justice
and Department of Health’s Dangerous and Severe Personality
Disorder Programme, primarily conducting research on the effectiveness
of the programme.
Jakob Lund
Director of the SMART programs in Scandinavia.
http://www.artofliving.org/
Jacob Lund teaches breathing techniques (SMART) as a deep
therapy for releasing anger and negative emotions. Jacob is
instructor in marshal art and conducts courses inside and outside
prison for persons who have problems with drugs, crime
and violent behaviour; and for prison staff, psychologist, social
workers and other persons involved in this area. The first
SMART course was taught in Denmark, in the beginning of the
year 2000. The affectivity of the courses is now being recognized
by the Danish Department of Justice and the municipality
(local authority).
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