International Conference "Closer to Emotions IX"

Our keynote speaker who will open our conference in a wonderful way is prof. Margarida Maria Ferreira Diogo Dias Pocinho (University of Madeira). The title of her speech is: "Positive emotions impact on stress, trauma and anxiety". You can't miss it!

prof. Margarida Maria Ferreira Diogo Dias Pocinho (University of Madeira)

Professor at the University of Madeira, Faculty of Arts and Humanities; attended international advanced courses in music therapy at Université Paris V and U.S. culture and society as Fulbright Fellow at New York University, USA. She is a collaborator researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), evaluator of project fellowships - FCT; 3 books and a large number of papers in psychology and education; has supervised 57 M.A. and 15 Ph.D. dissertations. She is member of General Council of the University of Madeira.
She was Visiting Professor at University of Zielona Góra, Poland, and member of its Research Centre, the Connectivity Centre. Currently, she is conducting research in Psychology of Tourism with a Project funding by ARDITI "Madeira tourist wellbeing" with the partnership of CIEO - CinTurs (future Research Centre of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being of University of Algarve), where she is an integrated researcher. She is also conducting research in the field of Positive Psychology and Creativity.

The conference is fast approaching. It's high time to introduce the following guests.

Leading the panel "On emotions in the age of artificial intelligence" will be Paweł Fortuna, PhD, who is an author of the concept and an expert in the field of Positive Cyberpsychology.

DR PAWEŁ FORTUNA (pawelfortuna.pl)

Psychologist, Assistant Professor at the Department of Experimental Psychology of the Catholic University of Lublin, lecturer at the Kozminski University and the SWPS University. He conducts research at the interface of psychology and cognitive science, and develops his own concept of positive cyberpsychology. Author and co-author of twenty books, including co-editor of the academic textbook 'Psychology of Business'. His latest book: 'Optimum. The idea of positive cyberpsychology" (2021, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN) was awarded the main prize in the "POZYTYW 2022" competition Polish Society of Positive Psychology.

Our next great guest at the panel on artificial intelligence is Professor Bogdan Zawadzki.

Bogdan Zawadzki: a postdoctoral professor, full professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw. He has published nearly 180 scientific papers and given dozens of conference presentations on the psychology of individual differences, the psychology of traumatic stress, and the therapy and prevention of post-traumatic disorders. For his contribution to the development of psychotherapy in Poland, he became an honorary member of the Polish Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy in 2018. From 2013 to 2018 he was a member of the Central Commission for Degrees and Titles, from 2019 to the present he is a member of the Council for Scientific Excellence and from 2020 of the Psychology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

We are pleased to announce our next great panelist will be Dr Barbara Konat.

Dr Barbara Konat is an assistant professor at the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. In her work, she combines cognitive science with computational linguistics, exploring the emotional and dialogical aspects of argumentation. Her research on the relationship between emotion and argumentation draws on her experience from a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Argument Technology at the University of Dundee, as well as her previous work as R&D project manager at the startup 'Sentimenti.pl', specialising in sentiment and emotion analysis. She is currently leading the NCN's 'ComPathos' project, which aims to develop a new computational model of pathos in rhetoric. She collaborates with teams of psychologists, linguists and information technology specialists. Her publications, appearing in journals such as Informal Logic, Metaphor and the Social World, and Behavior Research Methods, focus on the development of linguistic models of emotion and on the application of linguistic analysis in the context of emotion and argumentation. Read more: bkonat.home.amu.edu.pl

We are pleased to announce that a panel discussion: "On Emotions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" hosted by dr Paweł Fortuna will feature distinguished guests.

In the following posts, we will introduce you to the profiles of our speakers.

Our first guest is dr hab. Paweł Atroszko.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychometrics and Statistics of the Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk. Manager of international and national research projects in the area of behavioural addictions, currently co-directing (with Prof. Edyta Charzyńska from the University of Silesia) the world's largest study of work addiction in over 80 countries on six continents. Author of more than 100 scientific publications, winner of national and international awards, prizes and scholarships. Supervisor of the Psychological Research Circle "Experior".

Associate Professor at the Department of Psychometrics and Statistics of the Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk. Leader of international and national research projects in the field of behavioural addictions, currently co-leading (with Prof. Edyta Charzyńska from the University of Silesia) the world's largest study of work addiction in over 80 countries on six continents. Author of over 100 scientific publications, recipient of national and international awards, distinctions and scholarships. Supervisor of the Student Research Group "Experior".

‼️ We would like to inform that deadline for speech submissions has been extended until March 15.‼️

🎉 Looking forward to our meeting in Lublin 🔥🔥🔥

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FORMULARZ ZGŁOSZENIOWY IX Konferencja Bliżej Emocji

FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME:

15 May 2024

Opening of the conference

Oral Sessions

Lecture: Prof Anise Wu from the University of Macau.

Panel discussion: "On emotions in the age of artificial intelligence" led by Pawel Fortuna.

16 May 2024

Oral Sessions

Lecture: Wojciech Cwalina, Ph.D., Professor UMCS

Poster session

Closing of the conference

The Closer to Emotions conference has been held periodically since 2006.
These conferences bring together people interested in the issue of emotions in different contexts.

The main goal of the Conference is to present research results, to contribute to scientific discussion and to learn about
current research trends concerning the psychology of emotions.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Closing of the speech submission system
15 February 2024
Notification of acceptance of registration
15 March 2024
Deadline for payment of conference fees
15 April 2024

Conference fee:
* reduced fee (students, PhD students) 350 zł
* regular fee 550 zł

The conference fee includes (conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches)

Additional charges made together with the conference fee:
banquet - 100 zł

CONTACT: [email protected]

More information: https://www.kul.pl/blizej-emocji-ix,art_95397.html

The Conference will be held on 15-16th of May 2024 at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

We invite you to register your participation in the Conference:

https://forms.gle/TAqwRmHzKV14huTg8

FORMULARZ ZGŁOSZENIOWY IX Konferencja Bliżej Emocji