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Conferences on Balint Group Leadership

Upcoming Leadership Conference :

September 17th - 19th, 2027 - Lisbon, Portugal -

8th International Balint Group Leadership Conference

Balint Group Leadership across Cultures and Settings

What should remain constant and what can change?

What are the essentials of Balint work and which aspects can legitimately vary?

Hosts :

  • International Balint Federation (IBF)
  • Associação Portuguesa de Grupos Balint (APGB)

More information about the application process in January 2027

 

2023 Belgrade, Serbia:
6th INTERNATIONAL BALINT GROUP LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Balint Leadership under Global Conditions of Uncertainty

Opening speeches:

Opening Presentations: Esti Rimmer, Philipp Herzog, Rosa Sapic, Martina Torppa, Jessica Leao, Isabelle Nouet Martinot
Balint Leadership under Global Conditions of Uncertainty

2020 Online:
Balint in Transition – Transititon in Balint
This conference was scheduled for Belgrade, Serbia, 2020 and had to be cancelled due of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was held as the
1st   IBF Online Leadership Conference.
5 Opening Presentations are still online on YouTube

2018 Helsinki, Finland:
Bridges and Boundaries in Balint Group Leadership
Presentations: Tove Mathiesen, Christian Linclau, Mary Wassink, Esti Rimmer

2016 Warsaw, Poland:
Containment, Conflict and Creativity in Balint Group Leadership
Opening Presentation Andrew Elder
Balint Group Leadership: conceptual foundations and a framework for leadership development?

The conference 2014 Tel Aviv, Israel: Group Dynamics in Balint Group Work had to be cancelled due to war situation.

2012 Charleroi, Belgium:
The Role of Theory in Balint Group Leadership
Presentation: Christian Linclau

Presentation: André Matalon
The question of the usefulness of theory in Balint group leadership

2011 Copenhagen, Denmark:
1st IBF Conference on Leadership
Opening Presentation: Jørgen Strøbech

Presentation: Tove Mathiesen
The role of the conductor in the group