First Day

G. Moran: Welcome to this Eleventh International Scientific Colloquium at which we will be discussing ‘The Impact of Developmental Considerations on the Aims of Child and Adult Psychoanalysis’. We have decided on a slightly revised format this year. Professor Wallerstein, who will be chairing the last plenary session, has taken it upon himself to meet with the Chairs of the workshop groups at lunch on Saturday in an attempt to summarize each group's deliberations. This will leave our panellists free to bring more of their own ideas on the topic, which they have developed both before and during the Colloquium. In addition, following Anna Freud's idea, I should like to suggest that we try to formulate questions in the opening session which might be addressed over the two days of the Colloquium, to see if we can arrive at some answers or tentative answers in the final session.

I will now hand over the meeting to the Chairman of the first session, Dr Peter Neubauer.

P. Neubauer: I feel very honoured to chair this morning's session. As you can see from the provisional programme there is a very special statement under my name, that the opening remarks by the Chairman should last twenty minutes. So I will take advantage of that demand and will follow George Moran's suggestion that we raise questions and issues about our topic for further discussion.

The topic of developmental considerations is such an essential part of Anna Freud's legacy that in these introductory remarks I can only outline a frame of reference, state some issues and raise questions.