Archive for month: September, 2023

The Ghent group. annual meeting
Zagreb, Croatia, 14th-16th September 2023

Thursday, 14th of September 2023
11.15 bus transfer from the hotel to the hospital
12.00 lunch in the hospital
13.30 Welcome & introduction (Nadica & Goran)
14.00 History and current state of the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče (Brečić P)
14.30 History and current state of the Forensic Department of the UPHV (Buzina N)
15.00 Forensic psychiatry in Croatia (Arbanas G)
15.30 coffee break
16.00 Visit to the ward & the museum in three groups
17.30 bus to the hotel
19.30 dinner

Friday, 15th of September 2023
8.15 transfer from the hotel to the hospital
9.00 Artificial inteligence and forensic psychiatry (Slijepčević S)
9.45 Questions asked by the court in four European systems
10.30 coffee break
11.00 Case 1 (three groups)
12.00 A forensic psychiatrist talking to a ChatGPT (Arbanas G)
12.45 Case 2 (three groups)
13.30 lunch
14.30 Leaving the forensic setting in four European systems
15.15 Case 3 (three groups)
16.00 sightseeing of Zagreb
19.30 dinner

Saturday, 16th of September 2023
8.15 transfer from the hotel to the hospital
9.00 Assessment of competence and reliability of victim and witness evidence in court – is it a Croatian specificity? (Buzina N)
9.45 Case 1 (three groups)
10.30 coffee break
11.00 Cases 2 & 3 (three groups)
12.00 closing remarks

Registration fee is 300 euros.
The registration fee includes bus transfer from the hotel to the hospital, the programme, book with content related to the programme, two lunches (on Thursday and Friday), two dinners (on Thursday and Friday), coffee breaks, city sightseeing.
The hotel fee is 142 euros per night (this is not included in the registration fee). Each participant can book accommodation via the registration and accommodation form
Please register to the meeting online registration form – CLICK HERE

Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. The accommodation will be in a four-star hotel in the city centre: hotel Westin, Krsnjavoga 1, Zagreb (https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/zagwi-the-westin-zagreb/overview/). The hotel is situated in the very heart of the city.
The programme will be in the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče (Klinika za psihijatriju Vrapče), which is situated on the west outskirts of Zagreb (Bolnička cesta 32), 7 km to the west from the hotel, and bus transport will be organized for the participants.
Lunches will be in the hospital, and dinners will be organized in local restaurants (restoran Boban & restoran Vinodol). Lunches and dinners are included in the registration.
Zagreb sightseeing will be organized by walk with a guide.
We will publish a book with all the lectures and some additional information about the Ghent group and Croatian forensic psychiatry.