ART AND SCIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE POTENTIAL
5 – 8 October, 2023 – Čiovo / Trogir, Croatia
On the occasion of marking the 30th anniversary of the Activities of the Croatian Association for Psychosocial Oncology, Sophrology and Art Therapy (CAPOSART), and the 24th anniversary of these traditional international symposia, the Croatian Association for Psychosocial Oncology, Sophrology and Art Therapies in cooperation with university and other institutions from Croatia and the World, is preparing the eleventh International symposium “Art and Science in the Development of Life Potential” – which will be held in Croatia , in the convention halls of the four stars hotel “HOLY CROSS” / “SVETI KRIŽ”, on the island of Čiovo near Trogir.
International Co-Chair & Honorary Board of the Symposium 2023
Dr. Elysabeth van der Gulik (Netherlands), Prof. Dr. Cristina Diaz Alessandrini (Brazil) , Dr. Sylvia Ketelhohn Gron (Costa Rica), Dr Magdalena Braniuk-Baxter, Prof.Dr Vita Schulz (Poland), Prof.Dr Peter Mai (Switzerland), Prof.Dr Vesna Bratovčić , Prof.Dr Edina Šarić , Prof. Dr Edina Kuduzović, Dr Senad Mehmedinović , Dr Benjamin Avdic, Mr Marko-Antonio Brkić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) , Very Rev Father Rene Agnero Loes (Ivory Coast / France), Prof. Dr Masaki Tan (Japan) , Dr Melita Garvas (Slovenia) , Dr Elaleh Sadeghian (Iran), Prof. Dr Wang Mingyong (China), Prof. Dr. Hautala Paivi-Maria (Finland), Prof. Dr. Dan Dumitrascu (Romania), Prof. Dr. Eha Ruutel (Estonija), Busro Busro (Indonesia) , Dr Vehip Proda (Albania), Prof.Dr Ljudevit Pranić , Prof.Dr Luka Tomašević , Dr Vedrana Meštrović , Prof.Dr Mateo Perasović, Dr Aleksandra Kardum, Prof.Dr Duška Petranović, Prof.Dr Ira Pavlović-Ružić, Prof Dr Mateo Perasović , Prof.Dr Jasminka Stepan-Giljević, Prof.Dr Željko Marović (Croatia) .
Preliminary Symposium program
Art, Sophrology
and Communication
Reflections on Paul Gauguin’s messages; Anthropological features of imagination; Creative quantum, transformation and treatment; Art, education and personalized medicine; On the flow of life energies in artistic creativity; The influence of retinal eye diseases on perception and imaging; Aesthetic experience in the development of life potential; Dance, rituals and traditional healing in Ivory Coast and Nigeria; Cerebral palsy, Boccherini’s minuet and dance therapy; Art and life oeuvre of painter Rudina Proda; Research at the Academy of Arts, University of Split; Mission of EcARTE – the European Consortium of Universities for the application of the arts in education and therapy; Workshops; Poster presentations; Art exhibitions; Book promotions; …
Psychosocial Oncology, Rehabilitation and Complementary Supportive Therapies
Mission of the Croatian League Against Cancer; Mission of the International Psycho Oncology Society (IPOS); Rehabilitation medicine and Rehabilitation Education ( Applied didactics); Mission of the Croatian Senologic Society; Clubs treated for Malignant and other Diseases; Body and Soul in the Holistic Cancer Care; Palliative Care Supportive therapy and Child in the Oncology Department; Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture; Wellness Programs and Preventive Physiotherapy; Breast Cancer and Supportive Therapies; Sports and People with Disability; Dance Body Movement in Therapy; Mission of the Croatian Association for Cerebral Palsy and the International Cerebral Palsy Society – ICPS ; Workshops; Poster Presentations…
Bioethics, Gastronomy, Tourism and Recreation
Hotel management, Culture and Communication; Mission of University Studies at the Department of Tourism and Economics – at the University of Split; Landscapes , Psychosomatics and Gastronomy; Presentation of Autochthonous Wine Varieties in Croatia with Reference to Gastronomy and Health; Hydrotherapy and Thalassotherapy; Music , Nutrition and Eating Disorders; Religious tourism; Tourism and Recreation; Workshops; Poster Presentations …
QuodLibet
The Joy Of Living And Existential Anxiety; Eros , Culture And Psychoanalysis of Morality; Laughter and Life; Nato Mission – Peace and Security Programme; Self-Awareness and Fetish Symbolism; Brotherhood: A New Political-Social Paradigm; Guided (Active) Imagination, Hypnotic Trance and Katathym-Imaginative Approach; Anthroposophy and Other Alternative Approaches; Excerpts from Qur’an, Music and Spiritual Message in Therapy; Sanctuaries , Pilgrimages and Well Being
