SNF Nostos

STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION

Researchers, practitioners, and activists from a wide range of fields came together for the 2023 SNF Nostos Conference to discuss the progress of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative and tackled topics such as loneliness and its effects on mental health; the role of arts, AI, and technology; the importance of support systems; and the mental health challenges faced by specific populations, including young people.

Conversations featuring speakers like Bring Change to Mind co-founder Glenn Close, Founder & CEO of The Goldie Hawn Foundation I MindUP Goldie Hawn, March For Our Lives co-founder David Hogg, New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, child psychiatrist and Child Mind Institute founding president Harold S. Koplewicz, and Columbia psychiatrist Sander Markx were held.

We were honored and delighted that President Barack Obama took part in this year’s SNF Nostos Conference. He is returned to the stage at the Greek National Opera’s Stavros Niarchos Hall, from which he spoke during his last international trip in office, for a conversation with SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos on how to strengthen our democratic culture and the importance of investing in the next generation of leaders.

The SNF Nostos Conference, organized in collaboration with the journalism nonprofit iMEdD (incubator for Media Education and Development), is a free, interactive experience, and everyone is welcome to participate. A global SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee helps make sure perspectives from all ages are represented.

A dedicated space for journalists and media professionals
A dynamic dialogue with and for young people
SNF Nostos Pop-Up Radio: The official radio voice of the SNF Nostos Conference

Highlights

16:00 - 17:30
Alternative Stage GNO
Panel
SNF Dialogues on mental health: Reconnecting in a fractured political landscape
SNF Dialogues on mental health: Reconnecting in a fractured political landscape
09:00 - 09:10
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
Opening Remarks by SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos
Opening Remarks by SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos
09:10 - 09:20
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
The importance of early prevention and the global state of child and adolescent mental health
The importance of early prevention and the global state of child and adolescent mental health
09:20 - 09:50
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Panel
Listening to stakeholders to create sustainable change for children and adolescents: The CAMHI experience in Greece
Listening to stakeholders to create sustainable change for children and adolescents: The CAMHI experience in Greece
09:50 - 10:10
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Panel
Catalyzing change at a global scale: The SNF Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute
Catalyzing change at a global scale: The SNF Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute
10:10 - 10:40
Break
Break
10:40 - 11:30
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
Ιncreasing access to quality child and adolescent mental health services globally: Examples from around the world
Ιncreasing access to quality child and adolescent mental health services globally: Examples from around the world
11:30 - 12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 13:00
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Panel
Reshaping priorities: Addressing mental health in an age of crisis
Reshaping priorities: Addressing mental health in an age of crisis
13:00 - 14:30
Break
Lunch
13:50 - 14:20
Alternative Stage GNO
Experience
The mental health revolution: A two-part keynote to catalyze a global movement
The mental health revolution: A two-part keynote to catalyze a global movement
14:30 - 14:35
Lobby NLG
Talk Parallel sessions
I told ChatGPT I'm lonely: The role of technology in amplifying mental health access
I told ChatGPT I'm lonely: The role of technology in amplifying mental health access
14:30 - 14:45
Alternative Stage GNO
One-on-One Parallel sessions
Tasos Bakasetas: Mental health challenges at the top
Tasos Bakasetas: Mental health challenges at the top
14:35 - 15:15
Lobby NLG
Panel Parallel sessions
Bioethics and digital mental health: Can chatbots and telehealth safely improve access to care?
Bioethics and digital mental health: Can chatbots and telehealth safely improve access to care?
14:45 - 15:00
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
Game On: Addressing adolescent mental health through the power of sport
Game On: Addressing adolescent mental health through the power of sport
15:00 - 15:40
Alternative Stage GNO
Panel Parallel sessions
The role of the arts: Addressing trauma and mental health through creative expression
The role of the arts: Addressing trauma and mental health through creative expression
15:15 - 15:25
Lobby NLG
Talk Parallel sessions
Sensing the mind: The opportunities and challenges of wearable sensors for mental health
Sensing the mind: The opportunities and challenges of wearable sensors for mental health
15:25 - 15:40
Lobby NLG
Talk Parallel sessions
The invisibility of mental illness and mental wellness among children, adolescents, and young adults living with cancer
The invisibility of mental illness and mental wellness among children, adolescents, and young adults living with cancer
15:40 - 16:10
Break
Break
16:10 - 16:25
Lobby NLG
Talk Parallel sessions
Symptoms of a new era: Dysfunctional use of technology and worsening adolescent mental health
Symptoms of a new era: Dysfunctional use of technology and worsening adolescent mental health
16:10 - 16:25
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
A global challenge: Thoughts on mental health and substance use crises
A global challenge: Thoughts on mental health and substance use crises
16:25 - 16:40
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
Can we use AI and video games to diagnose mental illness?
Can we use AI and video games to diagnose mental illness?
16:25 - 16:40
Lobby NLG
Panel Parallel sessions
Community mental health services in Athens: EPAPSY's open dialogue project
Community mental health services in Athens: EPAPSY's open dialogue project
16:40 - 17:00
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk
Goldie Hawn: A framework for helping kids cultivate the mental fitness necessary to thrive in school and throughout their lives
Goldie Hawn: A framework for helping kids cultivate the mental fitness necessary to thrive in school and throughout their lives
17:00 - 17:30
Break
Break
17:30 - 18:15
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
One-on-One
President Barack Obama in conversation with SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos
President Barack Obama in conversation with SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos
09:00 - 09:10
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
SNF and Columbia University: Joining forces to enhance effectiveness and equity in mental health treatment
SNF and Columbia University: Joining forces to enhance effectiveness and equity in mental health treatment
09:10 - 09:40
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health at Columbia University: Transforming the landscape of therapeutic development for mental health
SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health at Columbia University: Transforming the landscape of therapeutic development for mental health
09:40 - 10:15
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Panel
The birth of Precision Psychiatry, and the future of mental and behavioral health
The birth of Precision Psychiatry, and the future of mental and behavioral health
10:15 - 10:45
Break
Break
10:45 - 11:05
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Panel
How to combat stigma and discrimination in mental health
How to combat stigma and discrimination in mental health
11:05 - 11:20
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom: Transforming youth mental health care and setting an example for the world
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom: Transforming youth mental health care and setting an example for the world
11:20 - 12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 13:00
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Panel
Suicide prevention: Safeguarding the emotional health of teens and young adults
Suicide prevention: Safeguarding the emotional health of teens and young adults
13:00 - 14:30
Break
Lunch
13:50 - 14:20
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk
The mental health revolution: A two-part keynote to catalyze a global movement
The mental health revolution: A two-part keynote to catalyze a global movement
14:30 - 15:30
Lobby NLG
Panel Parallel sessions
The normalization of violence: The impact of gun violence on children and adolescents
The normalization of violence: The impact of gun violence on children and adolescents
14:30 - 14:40
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
The loneliest people on earth
The loneliest people on earth
14:40 - 15:00
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
Loneliness in Tel Aviv: Cracking the innovation code
Loneliness in Tel Aviv: Cracking the innovation code
15:00 - 15:20
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
Aging-Plus: Addressing layers of complexity in an older person
Aging-Plus: Addressing layers of complexity in an older person
15:20 - 15:30
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
"Naked but not ashamed": Ubuntu as the resilience of well-being of life until the end.
"Naked but not ashamed": Ubuntu as the resilience of well-being of life until the end.
15:30 - 16:00
Break
Break
16:00 - 16:30
Lobby NLG
Panel Parallel sessions
Justice and mental health: When mental health enters the courts
Justice and mental health: When mental health enters the courts
16:00 - 16:30
Alternative Stage GNO
One-on-One Parallel sessions
The power of diagnostic labels: History, psychiatry, and the pathologization of sexual and gender minorities 
The power of diagnostic labels: History, psychiatry, and the pathologization of sexual and gender minorities 
16:30 - 16:50
Alternative Stage GNO
One-on-One Parallel sessions
Refugees and mental health: Family separation, detention, and prospects for reform
Refugees and mental health: Family separation, detention, and prospects for reform
16:30 - 16:50
Lobby NLG
One-on-One Parallel sessions
The way home: Rising crises in New York City—mental health, homelessness and housing- and the right paths forward
The way home: Rising crises in New York City—mental health, homelessness and housing- and the right paths forward
16:50 - 17:10
Lobby NLG
Talk Parallel sessions
Broken souls, healing hands: An overview of the mental health conditions of victims and survivors of sex trafficking
Broken souls, healing hands: An overview of the mental health conditions of victims and survivors of sex trafficking
16:50 - 17:10
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
Timothy Shriver: Can we teach inclusivity?
Timothy Shriver: Can we teach inclusivity?
17:10 - 17:50
Lobby NLG
Panel Parallel sessions
Religion, culture, and mental health
Religion, culture, and mental health
17:10 - 17:40
Alternative Stage GNO
Panel Parallel sessions
Learning with love: The lifesaving power of affirming adults for transgender young people
Learning with love: The lifesaving power of affirming adults for transgender young people
17:40 - 17:50
Alternative Stage GNO
Talk Parallel sessions
Find your focus: Motivation for world champions (and everyone else)
Find your focus: Motivation for world champions (and everyone else)
17:50 - 18:20
Break
Break
18:20 - 18:50
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
One-on-One
Valerie Biden Owens: Rebooting reason and civility
Valerie Biden Owens: Rebooting reason and civility
18:50 - 19:05
Stavros Niarchos Hall GNO
Talk
Closing Remarks by SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos
Closing Remarks by SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos

Speakers

Maria Andrikopoulou

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee

Lilian Athanasopoulou

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Coordinator Director, N.H.S., GNG Papanikolaou

Yiming Bai

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee

Christopher Bailey

Arts & Health Lead
World Health Organization

Anastasios Bakasetas

Football (Soccer) Player
Greek National Team Captain 

Marie Barnett

Assistant Attending Psychologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Maria Basta

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University Hospital of Heraklion

Louisa Benton

VP & Executive Director, HDRF

Valerie Biden Owens

Chair
Biden Institute, University of Delaware

Sharon Blum-Melamed

Director, Tel Aviv-Yafo Social Services Administration

Anna - Kynthia Bousdoukou

iMEdD Managing Director, SNF Dialogues Executive Director, Journalist

Savvy Brar

Statistics Officer
UNICEF

Rusha Chatterjee

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee
Student, University of Delhi

Tommy Clark

Founder & CEO
Grassroot Soccer

Glenn Close

Actress & Co-Founder, Bring Change to Mind

Daniel Cordaro

Founder & CEO
The Contentment Foundation

Rui Costa

President & Chief Executive Officer
Allen Institute

Devine Cruz
Rana Dajani

Professor of Molecular Biology, The Hashemite University, Jordan


Celina de Sola

Co-founder & President
Glasswing International

Duane Dieter

Founder & President Hero Community Program & CQD

Peter Ditto

Professor of Psychological Science
University of California, Irvine



Andreas Dracopoulos

Co-President
Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) 

Constantine Dracopoulos

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee

Ruth R. Faden

Founder 
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

 

Joy Fan

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee

Mamady Fofana

Community Psychosocial Worker, EPAPSY

Sascha Freigang

ESA Research MD
Concordia Station Antarctica

Dimitris Galanis

Systemic Psychotherapist
President of the board of EPAPSY

Mark Ghaly

Secretary 
California Health & Human Services Agency

Tasha Golden

Director of Research, International Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Adrianos Golemis

Flight Surgeon for Astronaut Missions, MEDES

Jeremy Greene

William H. Welch Professor of Medicine & the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University 

Cornelia Griggs

Pediatric Surgeon, Critical Care Specialist & Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Fred Guttenberg

Activist & Author
Founder, Orange of Ribbons for Jaime

Hahrie Han

Director 
SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University

Nancy Harvey

Chief Executive Officer
Service Program for Older People (SPOP)

Goldie Hawn

Founder & CEO
The Goldie Hawn Foundation I MindUP

Becca Heller

Executive Director
International Refugee Assistance Project

Thibeaux Hirsh

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee

 

Nicole Hockley

Co-Founder & CEO
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation

David Hogg

Co-founder
March For Our Lives

Camila Huidobro Saenz

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee 

Valentina Ιemmi

Global Mental Health Policy Researcher

Inmaculada Insa Pineda

Child & Αdolescent Psychiatrist, Sant Joan de Deu Hospital, Spain 

Garry Kasparov

Former World Chess Champion
Chairman of Renewed Democracy Initiative (RDI)
Russian Opposition Leader

Amy L. Kennedy

Co-founder
The Kennedy Forum

Patrick J. Kennedy

Former U.S. Representative
Co-founder, The Kennedy Forum 

Naia Kete

Song Healer & Transformational Breath Coach
Founder, Undenaiable Sisterhood & Song Healing Trauma

Michael Kimmelman

Architecture Critic
The New York Times

Harold S. Koplewicz

MD Founding President and Medical Director
Child Mind Institute

Konstantinos Kotsis

Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Ioannina

Anastasia Koumoula – Zafeiropoulou

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Sofia Kouvelaki

Founder & CEO
The HOME Project

Sunitha Krishnan

Founder
Prajwala, India

Marvin Krislov

President
Pace University

Steven A. Kushner

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University

David Lowenthal

Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center

John MacPhee

CEO
The Jed Foundation (JED)

Bronwen Maddox

Director & CEO
Chatham House

M. Elizabeth Magill

President
University of Pennsylvania 

Sander Markx

Director of Precision Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Lilliana Mason

Associate Professor of Political Science
SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University

 

Gerald Mballe

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee

Michael Milham

Vice President & Director of Research
Child Mind Institute

John Miller

Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst
CNN

Michelle Miller

Director of Mental Health Programs
National Children’s Alliance

Emilia Molimpakis

CEO & Co-founder
Thymia

Marjorie Morrison

Co-founder
Psych Hub

George Moschos

Director of Youth Engagement
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI)

Fred Muench

President
The Partnership to End Addiction

Rene Nassen

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Nicoletta Nerangis

Founder and Executive Director
Run4Fun

Mike Niconchuk

Program Lead
Wend Collective


 

Mary-Ann Nobele

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee



Christian Ntizimira

Founder & Executive Director, ACREOL

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

Beatrice Okech

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee 

 

Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

Frank C. Doble Professor of Engineering, Director, Silklab, Tufts University

Olayinka Omigbodun

Professor of Psychiatry & Provost
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

Hila Oren

CEO
Tel Aviv Foundation

Marisol Orihuela

Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Flora Papitsi

Psychologist
Regeneration and Progress

Rhonda Robinson Beale

SVP & Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Mental Health Services, UnitedHealth Group

Luis Augusto Rohde

President
IACAPAP

Amanda Ryan-Smith

Chief Development Officer
The Trevor Project

Giovanni Abrahão Salum

Director
SNF-CMI Child and Youth Mental Health Initiative

 

Shekhar Saxena

Professor of Global Mental Health, Global Health and Population Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health

Aspasia Serdari

Assoc Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Democritus University of Thrace

Chiara Servili

Technical Officer - Child and Adolescent Brain and Mental Health
World Health Organization
Department of Mental Health and Substance Use



Timothy Shriver

Chairman 
Special Olympics

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

First Partner of California

Madeline Singas

Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Ketil Slagstad

MD, PhD-Institute of the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine Charité Berlin

Kaiden Slaughter

Student

Kristen Slaughter

K-12 School Counselor

April Smith

Student & Youth Mental Health Advocate
Bring Change to Mind

Jeremy Sugarman

Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine


Constantina Theofanopoulou

Associate Research Professor
City University of New York

Sangeetha Thomas

Director of Mental Health Ministries
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America

Jennifer Uchendu

Founder
SustyVibes

Nia Vardalos

Filmmaker

Fotis Vasilopoulos

Coordinator of intensive home-based treatment team, EPAPSY 

Giannis Vassilopoulos

Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee 
Lyricist & Philosophy student at Georgia State University

Effy Vayena

Ph.D. – Professor of Bioethics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)

 

Anastasia Vlachogeorgaki

Sociologist & Psychotherapist

Saima Wazed

Chairperson, Shuchona Foundation & Commissioner, Commission for Universal Health

Michael Wishnie

William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law and Deputy Dean for Experiential Education
Yale Law School

 

George D. Yancopoulos

President & Chief Scientific Officer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Paul Yip

Director
HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention

Van Yu

Chief Medical Officer, CUCS, Janian Medical Care

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