Arthur Valenstein is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and at Harvard Medical School and maintains specialties in neurology and psychiatry.

Dr. Ellias Mallet de Rocha Barros is a Training Analyst and Supervisor of the Sao Paulo Pyscho-Analytical Society, member of the Faculty of the Institute of Sao Paulo Psycho-Analytical Society, and a full member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society.

Dr. Bernardi’s outstanding clinical research work focused on psychoanalytic technique in Latin America, included the development of new research methodologies and well-designed protocols.

Dr. Etchegoyan studied medicine at the National College of the Universidad Nacional de la Plata and began his psychoanalytic training in Argentina.

Dr. Lester was a professor of psychiatry on the faculty of medicine at McGill University, a training and supervising analyst with the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis, and editor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychoanalsis

Daniel Widlocher’s pioneering work contributed significantly to both clinical and theoretical knowledge through his unquenchable curiosity and willingness to reach beyond the psychoanalytic discipline.

Anne-Marie Sandler is an analyst in private practice and a training analyst in adult, adolescent and child analysis at the British Psychoanalytic Society.

The Menninger Clinic is an international facility for mental health treatment education, research, and prevention.

Jacqueline Amati Mehler has made an important contribution to psychoanalysis in the realm of language and symbolization.

This annual conference was instituted by the International Psychoanalytic Association in 1990.

Dr. Ilse Grubrich-Simities’ original and thought-provoking work created a broader and more nuanced understanding of Freud’s contributions. She meticulously analyzed the history of psychoanalytic thinking, particularly the early developments of Freud’s ideas.

The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research is a leader in psychoanalytic education, research, and training.

Dr. Bergmann’s original and prolific literary work spanned an unusually broad range of subjects — the psychology of love, child sacrifice, the Holocaust, the psychology of art, and the theory of symbols.

Dr. Luborsky focused his contribution on a single ambitious project: demonstrating that psychoanalytic concepts could be rigorously measured and scientifically validated.

Dr. Ostow’s groundbreaking impact was to forge a constructive and scientifically grounded relationship between psychoanalysis and psychopharmacology — a contribution whose importance has only grown with time.

Dr. Leonard Shengold's most enduring contribution to psychoanalysis was his formulation of "soul murder" — a concept that gave clinical and cultural language to the lasting devastation wrought by childhood abuse and neglect.

Dr. Albert Solnit's most consequential contribution was his insistence that the psychological needs of the child must be placed at the center of custody law.

Jorge L. Ahumada is a member of the Argentine Pyschoanalytic Association and an honorary member of the British Psychoanalytic Society.

Dr. Lussier’s most significant theoretical contribution was The Deviations of Desire (1988), a definitive treatment of fetishism that remains an authoritative statement on the psychoanalytic theory of perversion.