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More than 400 colleagues and candidates participated in the XIV International Forum of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies, which took place in Rome between Wednesday May 23 and Saturday May 27, 2006 and was dedicated to the general theme “The interplay of internal and external world.” The forum was organized by our Italian member society SIPRe (Società Italiana di Psicoanalisi della Relazione - Italian Society of Relational Psychoanalysis) and took place outside of the historical center (in the EUR district), at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, whose air-conditioning and swimming pool made it easier for us to survive in the Roman heat (the temperature being above 30°C for the whole week!), and whose many work-rooms made possible the organization of a whole series of parallel sessions. Of the approximately 170 IFPS members in attendance, about 70 were Italian and about 100 came from all over the world; around 30 were the guests attending, and almost were 200 the candidates (of the two SIPRe training centers, Rome and Milan) and the students (of the Psychology Department of the University of Rome).
Before the inauguration of the forum by the secretary general of the IFPS, Sonia Gojman (Mexico), and the president of SIPRe, Michele Minolli, took place on Tuesday evening, a whole series of meetings had already taken place and much work had already been done. Tuesday saw a preforum for the whole day, centered not only around papers, but also around a visit to the Church of S. Pietro in Vincoli (in the historical center), where Michelangelo's Moses is located (see below). The day before that, Monday May 22, the assembly of delegates of the IFPS member societies (totalling more than 3000 members) had met all day, arriving at many important decisions. Even before that, on the Sunday afternoon, the Executive Commitee of the federation had held its business meeting (which was followed by a dinner in Trastevere).
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