• Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder and war veteran patient (historical and political perspectives, the present state of theory and research findings with emphases on the etiology, phenomenology and therapy of the disorder);
• Veterans and their families readjustment difficulties, (with highlights on motivational and behavioral impairments not definable as psychiatric illnesses);
• Aging war veteran;
• Premature death in war veterans populations (suicide, accidents, violent death, etc.);
• The long - term aftermath of traumatic stress (psychological effects of torture and war captivity);
• Community under stress (traumatized populations responses to war);
• Traumatized women (women as victims of war violence and secondary trauma);
• Traumatized children (children as victims of war with highlights on the trans-generational effects of trauma);
• The role of veterans organizations and other NGO's regarding war trauma consequences;
• Compensation and benefits issues (toward a better legislation for war veterans and victims of war);
• Soldiers for peace (traumatic stress reactions among the members of international humanitarian missions and UN personnel);
• Solving conflicts between groups (how to overcome ethnic and cultural differences in the light of recent conflicts);
• Justice and war (negative reactions to the lack of trial and sentencing of alleged perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity).

INVITED LECTURERS

• Robert Pynoos (USA): "Helping children to cope with stress during and after a war"
• Zahava Solomon (Israel): "The impact of a war stress on veterans families"
• Christian Chartier (France): "International tribunal and war victim"
• Tom Lundin (Sweden): "A new type of veteran: the UN soldier"
• Christine Doktare (Sweden): "Women and war"
• Matthew Friedman (USA): "Homecoming experience of a war veteran"
• Lars Weisaeth (Norway): "Financial compensation for war-induced injuries"
• Wybrand op den Velde (The Netherlands): "Long term reactions of the veterans to the war experience"
• Serge Wourgaft (France)
• Roderick Orner (UK): "Long-term stress reactions in British Falklands War veterans"
• Louis Crocq (France)

CONFERENCE FORMAT

In parallel with plenary sessions, paper sessions will be held in two formats.

Research Papers in Platform Presentations

Each day will start with plenary sessions which will include two introductory lectures (45 minutes) with discussion. The research papers will be presented in 10-minute presentations followed by 5-minutes discussions.

Contributors are asked to prepare an abstract for the abstract book, an oral presentation using slide or transparency projection, and optionally, a full paper to be considered for publication in Conference proceedings.

Descriptive Papers in Thematic Poster Sessions

These papers will be presented in "Thematic Poster Sessions". This format encourages an active role of the participants and more time for discussion. Contributors are asked to prepare an abstract for the abstract book, a poster (width x height 1.5 x1.0 m) summarizing the key issues to be displayed during the sessions, a highly condensed oral presentation not exceeding 3 minutes and optionally, a full paper to be considered for publication in Conference Proceedings. Contributors and participants will meet in theme - related two - hour sessions. These sessions include 30 minutes to inspect the posters, another 45 minutes for oral summaries and 45 minutes to discuss issues common to the posters presented. Each session will be chaired by a moderator who will direct the discussion by inviting the participants to bring forward their questions and to share experiences pertinent to the theme.