Day

Time

Program

Monday

June 30

16:00 – 20:00

Arrival and registration of the participants

18:00 – 20:00

Welcome Drink (Assoc. Prof. Ivana Nekvapilová, Ph.D.)

Tuesday

July 1

8:00 – 9:00

Registration of the participants

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome Speech by rector-commander BG Assoc. Prof. Ing. Jan Farlík, Ph.D., dean of Faculty of Military Leadership Col Ing. Jan Drozd, Ph.D., and the Chair of the IMTA Management Board Allister MacIntyre, Ph.D. .

9:30 – 10:30

Keynote lecture: Prof. Hubert Annen, Ph.D. Head of Military Psychology and Pedagogy Studies Military Academy at ETH Zurich: Leader’s selection and development in a conscript army

10:30 – 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 12:30

Psychological Aspects of Military Leadership (chair: Allister MacIntyre)

1)      Brichová Andrea: The importance of psychology for young leaders

2)    Rawat Samir: Attitude training as a precursor to psychological resilience in the military: A case study from India

3)    Pekař Radim: A thousand and one heroes: Psychological perspective in the study of heroism

12:30 – 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 – 15:00

Human Factors in Military Performance (chair: Damian O’Keefe)

1)      Richer Isabelle, Sowinski Carla: Risk and resilience factors as unique correlates with officer cadet’s health and well-being

2)     Uttenhalter Nicole: Psychological aptitude for drone pilots: A review of key traits and cognitive demands

3)     Kážmér Ladislav: Measuring what matters: Empirical insights into perceived work conditions in military settings

15:00 – 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

15:30 – 17:00

Screening of the film „What I Want You To Know“, followed by round table discussion (moderator: David William Mac Gillavry)

Wednesday

July 2

9:00 – 10:30

Socialization and Institutional Climate in the Military Context (chair: Markéta Seidlová)

1)      Hanuš Karel: Whom do people in the military trust? interpersonal and institutional trust in the military setting

2)     Hadvábová Petra: State of selected indicators of social atmosphere in the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic

3)     Loverre Mariateresa: Do you feel socialized? Bridging motivation and distal organizational outcomes in military and police

4)     Pavlíková Eva: Professional soldier’s identity: Service, unit cohesion and professional commitment

10:30 – 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 17:00

Visit to Slavkov/Austerlitz (The Cairn of Peace Memorial)

Thursday

July 3

9:00 – 10:00

Keynote lecture: Marek Nový – Military Medicine Division, Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic: The challenges of military psychology in the context of the ongoing conflict in Europe – now and beyond

10:00 – 10:30

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00

Veterans, Civilians, and the Social Consequences of Contemporary Warfare (chair: Ladislav Kažmér)

1)      Prykhodko Ihor: Manifestations of post-traumatic stress in military personnel after participating in hostilities in the Russian-Ukrainian war

2)     Seidlová Markéta, Macková Lucie:  Civilian heroes in a security crisis? Refugee assistance and moral alignment in the Czech Republic

3)     Laštovková Jitka: The hidden battle: Challenges and support needs of Czech modern war veterans and their families

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

Clinical Frontiers in Military Psychology (chair: Samir Rawat)

1)      Mac Gillavry David William: On the role of Opioid-Galanin Receptor Heteromer function in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: a potential target for treatment or a neuroendocrinological dead-end?

2)     Hucková Aneta, Dokulilová Denisa: The clinical psychologist’s role in military settings

3)     Hukovskyy Oleh: Grief – oriented interventions in operational setting

4)     Brand Serge: Associations between subjective sleep and mental toughness, resilience, organizational citizenship behavior and perceived stress among cadets of the west point united states military academy – a cross-sectional study

14:30 – 15:00

COFFEE BREAK

15:00 – 15:30

Introducing IAMPS 2026 in Canada (Damian O’Keefe)

15:30 – 16:30

Poster session and presentation of the company SCHUHFRIED (digital psychological assessment – Vienna Test System)

18:00 – 22:00

Conference Dinner in the premises of the Club of the University of Defence

Friday

July 4

10:00 – 11:00

Closing session and farewell remarks (Assoc. Prof. Ivana Nekvapilová, Ph.D.)