SCIENTIFIC
AND ORGANISING COMMITTEES
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Prof. Katrien Foubert
Chair of the scientific committee
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LUCA School of Arts, campus Lemmens, Belgium
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Head of Research department Music & Drama
Music therapist - UPC KU Leuven
Dra. Angelica Postu
National University of Music, Bucharest, Romania
Music Therapist Charite University Psychiatry Hospital Berlin
Prof. Susanne Metzner
University of Augsburg, Leopold-Mozart-College of Music, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences / Faculty of Medicine, Germany
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Scientific director of the department of Music Therapy Study and Research
Marinella Maggiori
President AIM (Italian Association of Music Therapy Professionals), Italia
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Music Therapist - Antoniano Insieme Rehabilitation Centre-Bologna-Italy
Prof. Simon Gilbertson
The Grieg Academy, Department for Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, Music and Design, University of Bergen, Norway
Prof. Laurien Hakvoort
ArtEZ Academy of Music, department of Music Therapy, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Music therapist - Muzis
Prof. Heidi Ahonen
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Co-ordinator of PhD Programme
Dr. Anke Coomans
LUCA School of Arts, campus Lemmens, Leuven, Belgium
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Music therapist - UPC KU Leuven
Prof. Monika Smetana
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Department of Music Therapy, Vienna, Austria
Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna, Austria
Prof. Jiri Kantor
University Olomouc, Center for evidence in education and arts therapies (EduArt), Faculty of Education, Palacky, Czech Republic
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Prof. Jos De Backer
Chair organising committee
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Prof. Katrien Foubert (LUCA)
Dr. Anke Coomans (LUCA)
Ine Clerckx (LUCA)
Martin Valcke (LUCA)
Guy Remmerie (LUCA)
Luk Vanwuytswinkel (LUCA)
Seppe Van Stee (UPC)
Marjolijn Wagemans (UPC)
Axelle Flamang (BMT)
Dra. Birgit Sebreghts (LUCA)
Drs. Andreas Nollet (LUCA)
Dra. Leen Adam (LUCA)