The main focus of the conference is to discuss the key contemporary problems of law, medicine, and/or psychology as well as their historical conceptualizations.

Presentations may be of an interdisciplinary nature, combining various fields of knowledge (e.g., law and medicine, law and psychology, psychology and medicine) but we also welcome topics that touch upon only *one* of the aforementioned disciplines (e.g., only medicine or only law or only psychology).

Proposed (example) thematic areas of your conference presentation:

• The right to mental health – between patient protection and the limitation of personal freedom
• Forensic psychiatry in practice – insanity defense, involuntary treatment, and ethical dilemmas
• Burnout and stress among medical professionals and legal practitioners – psychological and systemic perspectives
• Trauma and PTSD in legal contexts – criminal responsibility of victims and perpetrators
• Mental disorders and legal capacity – psychology in the service of justice
• Ethics and law at the end of life – terminal care, patient decisions, and the physician's role
• Manipulation and memory in witness testimony – psychological pitfalls in legal proceedings
• The child in the healthcare and legal systems – rights of minor patients and legal representation
• Addiction from legal and therapeutic perspectives – compulsory treatment, therapy, reintegration
• Modern technologies in medicine and psychology – legal and ethical challenges (telemedicine, AI)
• The patient as a subject of law – autonomy, informed consent, and the right to information
• The psychology of violence victims – defense mechanisms, mental impact, legal response

The above-mentioned areas are to be treated merely as examples. Feel free to go well beyond this list.

We believe in academic freedom and do not censor speeches. Original presentations will always gain interest from the Conference Committee.

Presentations can be delivered in English or Polish.

• Students, Ph.D. students, experienced researchers, practitioners, and all others interested in the above-indicated fields of research can actively participate in the conference as speakers.
• Passive participants (audience) do not need to possess any prior academic knowledge or background.

• Prof. Christopher Kelley, LL.M. (University of Arkansas School of Law) – Chairman of the Conference Committee.
• Prof. Tomasz Brzozowski, M.D., Ph.D. (Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków) – Vice-Chairman of the Conference Committee.
• Miroslawa Dulczewska-Miller, M.D., Ph.D. (Pediatrics and Dermatology Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Attorney Valery Loumber, J.D. (Gavrilov & Brooks, Sacramento/Los Angeles) – Member of the Conference Committee.
• Prof. Monika Rejdak (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin) — Member of the Conference Committee.
• Lilya Kurii, Ph.D. (Center for American Studies Ukraine; formerly: Khmelnytskyi National University).
• Luke Darby Bartosik, LL.M. (President of the Center for American & European Studies) – Secretary of the Conference Committee.

➤ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS)

Steps necessary to register for the conference as an active participant (conference speaker):

1️⃣ Submit an abstract and fill in the Speaker Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/H6aPC9RcXWTK5ShK7

2️⃣ Register via the above-mentioned Speaker Registration Form by 23.59 on September 16, 2026 (we will not extend this deadline).

🔒 We reserve the right to select abstracts.

📣 The results of the abstract selection process will be announced by September 17, 2026.

3️⃣ Payment of the conference fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the qualified speakers in an e-mail – the fee must be paid by September 19, 2026 at the latest.

➤ PASSIVE PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE AUDIENCE)

Steps necessary to register for the conference as a passive participant (audience):

1️⃣ Fill out the Audience Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/PxQKuB8thw14MWr16

2️⃣ Submit the above-mentioned Audience Registration Form by 23.59 on September 19, 2026 (we will not extend this deadline).

Failure to fill in the form will result in the inability to passively participate in the conference (and thus the inability to receive a passive conference participant certificate).

3️⃣ Payment of the audience fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the audience via e-mail. The fee must be paid by September 21, 2026 at the latest.

Registered audience will receive the conference schedule with a full list of speakers and titles of their presentations via e-mail before paying.

➤ SPEAKERS – 2 options:

• 269 PLN / 75 EUR – participation as a speaker + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 299 PLN / 85 EUR – participation as a speaker + digital certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

➤ AUDIENCE – 2 options:

• 149 PLN / 45 EUR – audience participation + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 169 PLN / 55 EUR – audience participation + digital PDF certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

Important! Please use the following pattern when filling in the transfer title field when making the payment of your conference fee*:

" – fee for active / passive participation (select the appropriate one) – Conference on Law, Medicine and Psychology>

* Failure to do so may result in delays in posting the fee on the appropriate account and, consequently, even exclude your participation in the conference.

In the case of a co-authorship of a presentation by two or more speakers, please pay the fee for each of the co-speakers separately.

The organizers anticipate the possibility of publication in the form of a monograph. However, such possibility will depend on the number of authors willing to publish their text (chapter) in a monograph. The price for participation in the conference does not include the publication fee.

• It is possible to receive a VAT invoice (please request it in the registration form).
• If your participation in the conference is to be financed by the university (or other institution/company), we suggest that you pay for your participation from your personal funds and then obtain reimbursement from the university (institution/company) on the basis of an invoice issued by the Center to your university (institution/company).
• The fee is non-refundable (since it grants you the right of entry to the conference).
• The link to the online conference room will be made available to registered participants within 24 hours before the start of the conference.
• It is possible to deliver a conference presentation by two or more speakers (the fee should be multiplied by the number of speakers).
• The presentation time is 15-25 minutes (depending on the fact of giving a solo or duet presentation and the total number of presentations during the conference).
• Traditional paper certificates are usually sent via traditional post within 2 months after the conference.
• Digital certificates are sent to *all* participants within one week from the conference.
• All Participants will receive an affidavit confirming the composition of the Academic Conference Committee.
• All Participants will receive a certificate of the status of the Center for American Studies scientific society as an entity conducting primarily scientific activities in an independent and continuous manner, along with a full list of members of the Academic Council.
• Speakers must use their microphone and web camera during presenting (audio-video transmission).
• The Center for American Studies arranges the order of presentations. The exact time of speaking at the conference is pre-determined by CFAS (it will be not possible to change the time of your conference presentation set in the conference schedule).