Hello and welcome to the OLD European Council on
Eating Disorders (ECED) website. Our New website can now be accessed at: www.eced.co.uk Please go there for all the latest developments in ECED.
BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS
The ECED General Meeting taking place in London from September 11-13, 2009 will soon have a dedicated website set up by the conference organisers "In Any Event UK". When this is ready, all applications can be made through that website. There is also a specially dedicated telephone number for all information relating to the ECED meeting: +44 (0) 11 79 89 85 08
The ECED was formed in 1989 out of a desire for more dialogue and discussion pertaining to eating disorders. The ECED is an informal
multidisciplinary network of people throughout Europe who work with eating disorder sufferers in a variety of contexts. After the first meeting in London, subsequent biennial meetings attracted an ever-increasing audience with professionals from all over Europe (and beyond) expressing interest in the format of ECED meetings. We now have some 750 contacts around the world. If you would like to be on our list of ECED contacts or contribute to the ECED website, then contact - Gerard Butcher
Currently we meet every two years in a designated European city. Our next meeting will be in Londonin September 2009. We will meet from Friday evening, September 11th through to Sunday afternoon, September 13th and more details will be available soon.
The venue is the Athenaeum Club (www.athenaeumclub.co.uk)
Attendance is limited to some 160 delegates on a 'first-come, first-served' basis. The format of our two-day general meetings usually involves some challenging and rigorous debates on the ‘hot’ topics of the world of eating disorders. Two speakers are invited to present widely opposing views and the audience is then invited to join in, after which a vote is taken on whether to accept or defeat the motion.
Apart from this there are a number of parallel sessions held with short presentations, followed by a discussion of the issues raised. Although the subjects presented may be research papers, they can also include some new innovations in theory or therapy presenters may wish to discuss with colleagues from a variety of professions
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