What is PPNow?
The BPC are proud to host our flagship conference PPNow every two years. We consider the conference to be a core facet in our commitment to support our professional community and facilitate psychoanalytic thinking. We’ve been hosting the conference for almost two decades and continue to enjoy bringing together some of the country’s finest psychoanalytic thinkers.
PPNow brings together practitioners across the psychoanalytic field as well as those interested in the work, to consider the most relevant and pressing topics arising. The highlight of each event is often the discussion it sparks amongst attendees. Our thought-provoking speakers have covered contemporary and cutting-edge topics over the years such as ethics, race, the COVID pandemic, identity, relationships and more. Discussions encourage those at the conference to think about how psychoanalytic thinking can help us understand society.
PPNow has been hosted in many shapes and forms, as an online conference during the COVID pandemic, a hybrid conference and through the cost of living crisis that has put increasing pressure on hosting events such as this.
Despite ongoing challenges, PPNow always proves to be a stimulating and popular conference and the highlight of the BPC events calendar. The BPC value the opportunity as a staff team and a regulator to catch-up with our Registrants in-person and hear about their most recent work. Now more than ever it’s important to continue to explore how psychoanalytic thinking can support societal development through the exploration of various themes. We aim for our conference to be intellectually stimulating but also practically applicable for the practitioners that attend.
Take a look at PPNow through the years…
PPNow always proves to be a stimulating and popular conference and the highlight of the BPC events calendar.
Frequently asked questions
This has changed over the years due to different financial and logistical pressures but currently, we’re hosting PPNow every two years.
You don’t have to be a qualified Registrant to attend the conference, we encourage psychoanalytic practitioners of all stages to attend. If you are one of our trainee members, you’ll recieve a discounted rate for your ticket.
If you work outside of psychoanalysis but you’re interested in the topic and want to attend, you’re more than welcome. Our conference is open to the general public interested in learning more about our work and psychoanalytic thinking.
Each year, the conference runs under a different theme, these have spanned a wide variety over the years and have included topics like diversity, relationships in COVID, ethics, identity and more.
Depending on the theme, the conference will collate a programme of speakers who are experts in various aspects that interact with the theme.
We often try to get tickets available for an upcoming PPNow months in advance. If you’re subscribed to our eNewsletter you’ll get reminders straight to your inbox. You can also keep an eye on our Events webpage where we’ll post information.
Want to watch previous PPNow Recordings?
PPNow Recordings
