Workshop 1 “The Circle of the Couple Relationship and Parenthood in Stepfamily” Presenters Vuokko Malinen and Sinikka Kumpula A new working model “The Circle of the Couple Relationship” was created in The Family Federation of Finland (2005-2010) and further developed…
2014 Keynotes
Keynote 1: Professor Nuria Chinchilla, IESE Business School Professor of Managing People in Organisations and Director of the International Research Centre for Work and Family, IESE Business School. Professor Chinchilla is an economist and lawyer by training. She holds a…
2013 Workshops
WORKSHOP 1 HOW CAN GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE EARLY INTERVENTION? Maria Hildingsson will present different policies aimed at encouraging and supporting early intervention, drawing on concrete and recent examples from several European countries. She will focus on local, national…
2013 Keynotes
Keynote Presentation 1 ‘Early intervention: taking Britain beyond the social and economic failure of late intervention’ Speaker: Graham Allen MP Graham will be giving a presentation on the important role the Early Intervention Foundation can play in breaking the intergenerational…
2012 Workshops
WORKSHOP 1: ‘The challenge of change – why collaboration between the law and social sciences can help at-risk Australian children’ Presenters: Robin Purvis (Australia) & Steven Page (Australia) Robin Purvis is a clinical social worker, family therapist and mediator with 40…
2012 Keynotes
Keynote 1: How can we ask separating parents to collaborate in the interests of their children unless we are also prepared to collaborate? Presenters: Anne Hollonds, Mary Gleeson, Alan Hayes (Australia) Keynote 2: Personal development, law and welfare Presenter:…
Conferences 1953 – 2019
2019 Rome, Italy “Refugee and Migrant Children and Families: Preserving Family Life through Hard Challenges” 2018 Valletta, Malta “The Couple Relationship in the 21st Century: Evolving Contexts and Emergent Meanings” 2016 Trento, Italy “Strong Families, Strong Communities” 2015 Berlin, Germany…
Conference 2013 in London
ICCFR 60th Annual International Conference ‘Surviving the Crisis: Putting the Couple Relationship at the Heart of an Early Intervention Agenda for Families’ This conference examined how an inter-sectoral approach to early intervention can strengthen the couple relationship for the benefit…
Conference 2014 in Brussels
ICCFR 61st Annual International Conference | ‘THE FAMILY IN FOCUS: 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY’ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 12 – 15 May 2014 Among the 2014 sub-topics: The themes of the International Year of the Family+20: Balance…
Conference Archive
The annual international conferences held by ICCFR since 1953 cover topics reflecting the current activities and concerns of the members and those active in the field of couple and family relations. The conferences bring new initiatives and new thinking about…
Conference 2012 in Boston
ICCFR 59th Annual International Conference ‘Collaboration instead of Collision: Family Law, Social Policy and Joint Practice’ Family lawyers, social workers, mental health professionals and governmental social policy departments all have something critical in common: they work to protect and provide…