IMPORTANT MESSAGE: POSTPONEMENT NOTICE
concerning EFAT’s conference in Riga in times of the COVID-19 pandemic
Over the last few weeks EFAT’s Steering Board has closely monitored the risk assessments and especially the travel recommendations issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC), the WHO (World Health Organisation) and by different national authorities, concerning the developing COVID-19 outbreak in Europe and in Latvia, in order to determine the eventual necessity of cancelling or rescheduling EFAT’s conference in Riga from 30th April to 2nd May, 2020.
On 12th March, 2020, the Latvian government preempted our impending decision by declaring all schools and universities closed and banning conferences with more than 200 participants until 30th April, 2020. This means that per official decree we cannot maintain the conference at the Latvian Academy of Art in Riga on the planned dates.
In light of these developments, EFAT’s Steering Board, together with the Conference Committee chair and the representative of the local organising team has decided to POSTPONE THE CONFERENCE AND EFAT’s GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO AUTUMN 2020, maintaining as best we can the programme as currently planned. We are looking into alternative dates and hope to be able to communicate these before the end of March.
Please be patient while we prepare to communicate further details! Registered contacts please also make sure to check your spam or junk folders for updates from EFAT that may have been directed there by your inbox filters.
We hope to emerge safe and strengthened from this crisis and will the more so enjoy coming together for an inspiring event later in 2020.
Be well, take care and stay healthy!
The Members of the Steering Board of EFAT
The Conference Committee
The Latvian Local Organisers
Over the last few weeks EFAT’s Steering Board has closely monitored the risk assessments and especially the travel recommendations issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC), the WHO (World Health Organisation) and by different national authorities, concerning the developing COVID-19 outbreak in Europe and in Latvia, in order to determine the eventual necessity of cancelling or rescheduling EFAT’s conference in Riga from 30th April to 2nd May, 2020.
On 12th March, 2020, the Latvian government preempted our impending decision by declaring all schools and universities closed and banning conferences with more than 200 participants until 30th April, 2020. This means that per official decree we cannot maintain the conference at the Latvian Academy of Art in Riga on the planned dates.
In light of these developments, EFAT’s Steering Board, together with the Conference Committee chair and the representative of the local organising team has decided to POSTPONE THE CONFERENCE AND EFAT’s GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO AUTUMN 2020, maintaining as best we can the programme as currently planned. We are looking into alternative dates and hope to be able to communicate these before the end of March.
Please be patient while we prepare to communicate further details! Registered contacts please also make sure to check your spam or junk folders for updates from EFAT that may have been directed there by your inbox filters.
We hope to emerge safe and strengthened from this crisis and will the more so enjoy coming together for an inspiring event later in 2020.
Be well, take care and stay healthy!
The Members of the Steering Board of EFAT
The Conference Committee
The Latvian Local Organisers
1st EFAT Conference
Places, Spaces and Time - Shaping the European Art Therapy Landscape
EFAT's 1st conference takes place from Thursday 30th April to Saturday 2nd May, 2020 at the
Art Academy of Latvia
Kalpaka boulevard 13,
Riga, LV-1050
Registration form
See our list of recommended accommodations: link
Map can be found on: https://www.lma.lv/en/kontakti
EFAT's 1st conference takes place from Thursday 30th April to Saturday 2nd May, 2020 at the
Art Academy of Latvia
Kalpaka boulevard 13,
Riga, LV-1050
Registration form
See our list of recommended accommodations: link
Map can be found on: https://www.lma.lv/en/kontakti
The fees for EFAT’s 2020 conference in Riga are out! Check them out.
Apply for membership NOW in order to benefit from a discount.
Useful links:
Conference schedule (timetable): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wol-6dbyP3xRrRffmQrYf46roAroQWJd6wTVrHToTd4/edit?usp=sharing
Conference track programme: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HE_3hkNqhpfDAAPkQeGorTmMwqHaeQ0zBD7qT70Ecao/edit?usp=sharing
Conference Abstracts Book: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wKaFpNVqZu38dr_YQHYHQq4pD3IN4C9eUNzsF7myaBk/edit?usp=sharing
Apply for membership NOW in order to benefit from a discount.
Useful links:
Conference schedule (timetable): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wol-6dbyP3xRrRffmQrYf46roAroQWJd6wTVrHToTd4/edit?usp=sharing
Conference track programme: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HE_3hkNqhpfDAAPkQeGorTmMwqHaeQ0zBD7qT70Ecao/edit?usp=sharing
Conference Abstracts Book: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wKaFpNVqZu38dr_YQHYHQq4pD3IN4C9eUNzsF7myaBk/edit?usp=sharing
