Dear NACT Friends and Colleagues
The registration is now open! Just do it online by clicking on this site: register online
Preliminary program available here
For more detailed information, please contact our congress manager Per Karlsten (nactmeeting@gmail.com) or secretary Margus Lõokene (margusnact@gmail.com)
We look forward to welcoming you to Malmö!
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Kaija Järventausta
NACT Chairman
Dear NACT Friends and Colleagues,
The 17th Nordic Experience Meeting (ERFA 2023), organized by Nordic Association for Convulsive Therapy (NACT), will take place on 24-26 May 2023 in Malmö, Sweden.
This time the conference will highlight the safety issues of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). Several key specialists from all over the world will present their research and share their clinical experience.
In addition to scientific lectures, NACT will carry on the tradition of integrating different specialists together by reserving time for discussions before, after and between lectures as well as holding scientific dinners and other activities.
This time, NACT has decided to involve the participants even more than before. We encourage participants to bring their own poster presentations, both on scientific topics as well as introducing the practical aspects of their own ECT centers. These posters will be visible and available for discussions during the Poster Session. For more information, please contact Margus Lõokene (margusnact@gmail.com).
The scientific part and related activities take place in the heart of Malmö, in the hotel Scandic Triangeln. It is located close to just about everything. Airport shuttles, local buses and trains are just around the corner. Scandic Triangeln is just 18 minutes away from Copenhagen Airport by direct high-speed train.
We feel confident that the ERFA 2023 will serve as a place of learning where we can all share the latest experiences, approaches, and research, continuing with all the best traditions of the practice of ECT and representing for all participants a treasured personal and professional experience.
Visit our website nact.se to stay updated!
Preliminary program available at NACT website
We look forward to welcoming you to Malmö!
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Kaija Järventausta
NACT Chairman
Dear participants of the NACT 2022 conference,
The NACT Board sincerely thanks you for all your contributions to making the NACT 2022 Conference so successful and memorable. The contribution of all of you to the success of the conference was invaluable to us. In our opinion, it ended up being a very practical conference with memorable presentations and substantive and interesting discussions between them.
The presentations are available on our website in the section “Past Meetings”, so you can refresh your memory and check out some interesting details.
We are all waiting for you to meet again for the NACT 2023 conference, which will take place on May 24-26, 2023, location TBA, probably Malmö, Sweden. Next time, we will continue with practical topics and the focus will be on safety issues of the ECT.
Dear Colleagues,
The 16th Nordic Experience Meeting (ERFA 2022) “Achieving and Maintaining Remission”,
organized by Nordic Association for Convulsive Therapy (NACT), will take place on 25-
27 May 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia.
This time the conference will highlight the possibilities for maintaining the patient’s
stability after successful acute treatment. The main focus of the conference will continue
to be on ECT, but this time we are increasingly focusing on other brain stimulation and
neuromodulation methods as well. Several key specialists from all over the world will
present their research and share their clinical experience.
In addition to scientific lectures, NACT will carry on the tradition of integrating different
specialists together by reserving time for discussions before, after and between lectures
as well as holding scientific dinner and other activities.
The scientific part and related activities take place in Park Inn by Radisson Meriton
Conference & Spa Hotel Tallinn. Located in the heart of the capital, this modern Tallinn
hotel offers easy access to the Old Town and the Parliament of Estonia. Public
transportation to and from the hotel’s setting in Tallinn city center via trolley bus makes
it even easier to explore, and taxi service is available directly in front of the hotel. A taxi
ride from the airport takes about 15 minutes (6 km) and less than 10 minutes (~3,5 km)
from the Port of Tallinn. The main railway station, Balti Jaam, is within walking distance
of the hotel.
We feel confident that the ERFA 2022 will serve as a place of learning where we can all
share the latest experiences, approaches, and research, continuing with all the best
traditions of the practice of ECT and representing for all participants a treasured personal
and professional experience.
Visit our website nact.se to stay updated!
Preliminary program soon available at NACT website
We look forward to welcoming you to Estonia!
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Marco Nobis
NACT Chairman
Dear participants of the NACT 2021 conference,
The NACT Board sincerely thanks you for all your contributions to making the NACT 2021 Conference so successful and memorable. The contribution of all of you to the success of the conference was invaluable to us. In our opinion, it ended up being a very practical conference with memorable presentations and substantive and interesting discussions between them.
Most presentations will be soon available on our website in the section “Past Meetings”, so you can refresh your memory and check out some interesting details.
We are all waiting for you to meet again for the NACT 2022 conference, which will take place on May 25-27, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. Next time, we will continue with practical topics and the focus will be on maintaining the effectiveness of the ECT.
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
We are pleased to announce that NACT 2021 is taking place as a “real” conference!
Recall that Denmark is to lift all its remaining Covid-19 restrictions by 10 September after the health ministry declared the virus “no longer a critical threat to society” because of the country’s high level of vaccination. All citizens from EU-countries are allowed to enter Denmark with a EU Digital COVID Certificate: A documentation of either a negative test, vaccination or a former positive test.
The 15th Nordic Experience Meeting (ERFA 2021) “Who Benefits from ECT? Contemporary Use and Practice of ECT” will take place on 13-15 October 2021 in Snekkersten, Denmark.
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Dear Colleagues,
The 15th Nordic Experience Meeting (ERFA 2021) “Who Benefits from ECT? Contemporary Use and Practice of ECT”, organized by Nordic Association for Convulsive Therapy (NACT), will take place on 13-15 October 2021 in Snekkersten, Denmark.
NACT has organized ECT-related conferences since 2001 and annually since 2016. All previous conferences have focused on different aspects of ECT-related research and up-to-date clinical experience. This time the conference will emphasize clinical indications of ECT, perhaps the most important topic to all clinicians. Much attention is devoted to new, exciting and not-so-common indications of ECT. In addition, we cannot bypass the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 and will discuss in detail the situation of ECT during COVID-19 era. Several key specialists from all over the world will present their research and share their clinical experience. Among those Charles Kellner and Georgios Petrides from USA, Chittaranjan Andrade from India, Pascal Sienaert and Harm-Pieter Spaans from Belgium, Poul Videbech and Martin B Jörgensen from Denmark, Anne-Liis von Knorring and Pouya Movahed from Sweden.
In addition to scientific lectures, NACT will carry on the tradition of integrating different specialists together by reserving time for discussions before, after and between lectures as well as holding scientific dinner and other activities.
The scientific part and related activities take place in Hotel Comwell Borupgaard. It is located in central North Zealand close to beach, forest and Helsingør, with a beautiful view over scenic surroundings. Snekkersten is easily accessible by public transport, the direct train from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) departs in every 20 minutes and the nice comfortable journey with plenty of scenic views on his way lasts for 40 minutes.
We feel confident that the ERFA 2021 will serve as a place of learning where we can all share the latest experiences, approaches, and research, continuing with all the best traditions of the practice of ECT and representing for all participants a treasured personal and professional experience.
Visit our website nact.se to stay updated!
Preliminary program available at NACT website
We look forward to welcoming you to Denmark!
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Marco Nobis
NACT Chairman
Dear Colleagues
The escalation of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, world-wide has led to restrictions regarding travels and the hosting of events and congresses by governments and health authorities. NACT Board takes these regulations very seriously and believe that the safety and health of everyone, including all those planning to attend our conference, is our main concern.
Therefore, NACT Board have decided to postpone the 15th Nordic Experience Meeting „Who Benefits from ECT? Contemporary Use and Practice of ECT“, scheduled to take place in Snekkersten, Denmark from 27-29 May, 2020.
We have been monitoring the situation very closely and have been discussing thoroughly several scenarios concerning whether to cancel or postpone the conference. We decided that we will postpone the conference and keep the program largely unchanged if possible. While considering several prognosis and its probable influence on public health as well as global economic situation we see it would be very difficult to hold the meeting later this year.
NACT Board has decided to postpone the 15th Nordic Experience Meeting to 26-28 May 2021 and by current plan it will be held at the same place, Snekkersten, Denmark.
NACT Board would like to thank all of our members, participants and partners for their cooperation and understanding during this difficult time.
We will keep you all updated via e-mails and for the latest information please check NACT website nact.se.
Please, stay safe!
With kind regards and on behalf of the NACT Board,
Margus Lõokene – Secretary of NACT
Marco Nobis – Chairman of NACT
Dear Colleagues,
The latest news on COVID-19 situation have kept NACT Board alert.
We would like to inform that according to current information 15th Nordic Experience Meeting „Who Benefits from ECT? Contemporary Use and Practice of ECT“ will be held at May 27-29, 2020 in Comwell Borupgaard, Snekkersten, Denmark as planned.
Though, as organizers of the conference, NACT Board believe that the safety and health of all those attending is our main concern and we are monitoring the situation very closely. We are following the recommendations of the World Health Organization as well as those of the local health authorities in Nordic countries. We will continue to closely monitor the information and recommendations and will update the congress website as the situation develops.
Please note that the registration is open, but we will not send out invoices until it is 100 % clear that the conference is safe to be held.
On Behalf of NACT Board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Marco Nobis
Chairman of NACT
Dear Colleagues,
The 15th Nordic Experience Meeting (ERFA 2020) “Who Benefits from ECT? Contemporary Use and Practice of ECT”, organized by Nordic Association for Convulsive Therapy (NACT), will take place on 27-29 May 2020 in Snekkersten, Denmark. The scientific part and related activities will be held in Hotel Comwell Borupgaard. It is located in central North Zealand close to beach, forest and Helsingør. The hotel is established in modern manor houses and has a beautiful view over scenic surroundings. Snekkersten is easily accessible by public transport, the direct train from Kastrup Airport departs in every 20 minutes and the nice comfortable journey with plenty of scenic views on his way lasts for 40 minutes.
NACT has been organizing ECT-related conferences since 2001 and from 2016 the conferences have been held annually. Each conference has been focused on different aspects of ECT-related research and up-to-date clinical experience. This time the conference is focused on clinical indications of ECT, perhaps the most important topic to all clinicians. Much attention is devoted to new, exciting and not-so-common indications of ECT, its use in neurological disorders and in special populations. Several key specialists from all over the world will present their research and share their clinical experience. Among those Charles Kellner and Georgios Petrides from USA, Chittaranjan Andrade from India, Harm-Pieter Spaans from Belgium Poul Videbech, Martin B Jörgensen and Tom Bolwig from Denmark, Anne-Liis von Knorring from Sweden and Lauri Hurri from Finland.
In addition to scientific lectures NACT will carry on the tradition of integrating different specialists together by reserving time for discussions before, after and between lectures as well as holding scientific dinner and other activities.
We feel confident that the ERFA 2020 will serve as a place of learning where we can all share the latest experiences, approaches, and research, continuing with all the best traditions of the practice of ECT and representing for all participants a treasured personal and professional experience.
We look forward to welcoming you to Denmark!
On behalf of NACT board,
Margus Lõokene
Secretary of NACT
Marco Nobis
Chairman of NACT