On 4^th and 5^th September 2025, the Recovery Research Team will host the 7^th international Refocus on Recovery conference at the Crowne Plaza Nottingham, NG1.

In partnership with the Global Mental Health Peer Network, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Imroc, and the McPin Foundation.

Registration

Registration to attend the event is now closed.

Abstract submission

Abstract submission is now closed.

About the 2025 event

The conference will be organised around three themes, developed with the event partners:

• 1️⃣ – The role of lived experience in embedding and supporting recovery
• 2️⃣ – New perspectives around mental health and recovery
• 3️⃣ – Extending recovery beyond mental health

The team recognise that connecting with others is an important motivation for taking the time out to attend a conference. The conference will feature substantial time for networking and community building, with initiatives to help integrate delegates who are attending the conference for the first time. The tea, adopted this approach for their 2023 conference, and the feedback they received from delegates showed that time to talk with others was important.

Keynote Speakers:

• ➡️ Claudia Sartor (Deputy CEO of Global Mental Health Peer Network)
• ➡️ Ed Day (UK Government Drug Recovery Champion)
• ➡️ Brynmor Lloyd-Evans (Professor of Mental Health and Social Inclusion in the Division of Psychiatry, University College London)
• ➡️ Mike Slade (Professor of Mental Health Recovery & Social Inclusion, University of Nottingham)

Additional Event Speakers:

• ➡️ Stephanie Hess (Head of Oxfordshire Recovery College)
• ➡️ Bessie Tiyanjane Nkhwazi (SUCCEED project)
• ➡️ Katie Mottram (Co-Founder of The Elephant Collective)
• ➡️ Helene Speyer (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen)
• ➡️ Sam Robertson (Patient and Public Involvement Lead at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
• ➡️ Lucy Walsh (Patient Public and Involvement Coordinator at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust)
• ➡️ Stine Bjerrum Møller (Clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark)
• ➡️ Karina Stjernegaard (Ph.D. student with lived experiences & senior consultant)
• ➡️ Elza Berk (TherapyNow)
• ➡️ Adi Stern (Occupational therapist and mental health researcher)

Recovery Colleges Panel:

• ➡️ Yasu Kotera (Associate Professor of Cross-cultural Mental Health, University of Nottingham
• ➡️ Rebecca McNaughton (Patient Contributor, The Institute of Mental Health)
• ➡️ Nora Ambord (MSc in Health Sciences, Switzerland)
• ➡️ Sarah Trickett (Patient Contributor)
• ➡️ Mariam Namasaba (Research Associate at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London)
• ➡️ Jordana Rovet (Registered social worker)
• ➡️ Holly Harris (Research professional specializing in Recovery Colleges)
• ➡️ Sophie Soklaridis (Senior Scientist and Scientific Director at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
• ➡️ Tesnime Jebara (Study Coordinator of the NIHR-funded Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing 2)

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