LaConference 2025 Registration / Program

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LaConference 2025 will explore and honor the work of two remarkable and prolific psychoanalytic thinkers who left us too early: Anne Dufourmantelle (1964 – 2017) and Mari Ruti (1964 – 2023).

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LaConference: Feminine Desire

Day 1 – Friday, October 17

8:30 – 9:00 AM                    

Registration & Morning Coffee

9:00 – 9:10 AM                    

Welcome: Hilda Fernandez

9:10 – 9:30 AM                    

Land Acknowledgement, Opening Remarks: Wayne Wapeemukwa

9:30 – 11:00 AM     Panel 1: Feminine Threats

• Alois Sieben

• Susanna Zhang (online) 

• Juan Luis de la Mora and Manuel Outón

Moderator: Clint Burnham

11:00 – 11:15 AM    Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45 PM    Panel 2: Risk

• Kenna Borland

• Jake Cowan

• Kamla Persaud

Moderator: Rachel Moxham

12:45 – 2:00 PM      Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:30 PM   Panel 3: Écriture Féminine

• Cindy Zeiher

• Mara Gonzalez

• Suhrida Yadavalli

• Désirée Jung (online)

Moderator: Mandana Mansouri

3:30 – 3:45 PM        Coffee Break

3:45 – 5:15 PM         Panel 4: Personal Encounters 

• Erin Soros

• Nicolette Noble

• Eddy Wang

• Hilda Fernandez 

Moderator: Am Johal

5:15 – 5:30 PM         Coffee Break / Transition to Keynote

5:30 – 7:00 PM    Keynote Address followed by Q&A: Noëlle McAfee.                  

7:00 – 8:00 PM         Dinner Break / Transit to Gallery Gachet

8:00 – 10:00 PM      Gallery Gachet / Curated by Dan Starling

Keynote by Carol Owens at 8:30 PM

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Day 2 – Saturday, October 18 

9:00 – 9:15 AM                    

Morning Announcements

9:15 – 10:45 AM      Panel 5: The Political

• Clint Burnham

• Fiona Fisher

• Calum Matheson

Moderator: Cindy Zeiher

10:45 – 11:00 AM    Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 PM    Panel 6: Theology 

• Ethan Yu

• Rayan Magon and Jaelyn Guardado

• Paria Rahimi

Moderator: Juan Luis de la Mora 

12:30 – 1:45 PM      Lunch Break

1:45 – 3:15 PM        Panel 7: Clinical  

• Ana Minozzo

• Colt Hutchinson

• Angie Voela (online)

Moderator: Hilda Fernandez 

3:15 – 3:30 PM         Coffee Break

3:30 – 5:00 PM         Panel 8: Queering Analysis

• Simone Atenea Medina Polo

• Rachel Moxham

• Nicole Monaco

Moderator: Nicolette Noble

5:00 – 5:15 PM   Coffee Break / Transition to Keynote

5:15 – 6:45 PM    Keynote Address followed by Q&A – Ana Hounie             

6:45 – 7:00 PM         

Closing Remarks & Farewell 

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When: October 17 and 18th, 2025

Where: 149 W Hastings St (Hybrid event – also on ZOOM)

Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4, Canada

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Sfu Location

Gallery Gatchet Location