International Online Sociodrama Pre-Conference
A 2-Day Online Event – Saturday & Sunday, January 17–18, 2026

Co-Organizers:
ANKA Association of Group Psychotherapies and Psychodrama
Tele’Drama® International

This special online pre-conference is organized in connection with the International Sociodrama Conference, “Becoming Wings for Peace,” to be held 1–5 July 2026 in Çanakkale, Türkiye.Our intention is for this pre-conference to serve as a warm-up and an important sociometric event, bringing people from around the world together a few months before the in-person Congress in Türkiye. Through sociometry and sociodrama, we hope to support participants in getting to know one another, building connections, and exploring the important collective matters that affect us all across cultures and contexts.The online pre-conference program will consist of two days, with six experiential sessions (one hour each). We have invited a select group of highly respected colleagues in the field of sociodrama from different regions of the world, and we are very pleased to include you among them.

SOCIODRAMA PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAM

DAY 1: SATURDAY, January 17, 2026
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE SOCIODRAMA PRE-CONFERENCE
All sessions are Online Real-Time Experiences.
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Session 1: Opening
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | Online Real-Time Experience
Time:

• 6:00 a.m.–7:00 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenters: Tele’Drama Team Members and Leaders, Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP (United States), Hande Karakılıç Üçer, MD (Türkiye), Samuel Yie, CP, CTT (South Korea), Gülşen Büyükşahin, CTP-3 (Türkiye / United States), Pembegül İlter, Certified, CTP-3 (Türkiye), Müjdegül Z. Karaca, MD, PhD, CTP-2 (Türkiye)
Title: Opening Session: Sociometry, Sociodrama, and Collective Intention
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Session 2
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Michael Wieser — Austria
Title: The Art of Living in Peace
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Session 3
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Manuela Maciel — Portugal
Title: How collective trauma gets created, passed through generations and re-triggered in times of stress
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Session 4
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenters: Ron Wiener, PhD — United Kingdom; Diane Adderley — United Kingdom
Title: Five Words and a Poem to Save the World
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Session 5
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Central Time (United States)
• 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Judith Teszary — Sweden / Hungary
Title: What can we learn from our ancestors to survive adverse times?
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Session 6
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Central Time (United States)
• 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenters: Fernán Cetrán — Argentina; Débora Moguilevsky de Penna — Argentina
Title: Sociopsicodrama
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DAY 2: SUNDAY, January 18, 2026
All sessions are Online Real-Time Experiences.
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Session 7
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 6:00 a.m.–7:00 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Carlos Raimundo, MD — Australia
Title: The Power Is Between Us – A Digital Sociometry
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Session 8
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Magdalene Jeyarathnam, PhD — India
Title: Voices of India – A Sociodramatic Exploration
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Session 9
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Mona Rakhawy — Egypt; Eva Fahlström Borg — Sweden 
Title: Fields of Cultural Encounters
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Session 10
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Central Time (United States)
• 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenters: Margarida Belchior, PhD — Portugal; Mariolina Werner — Sweden; Monica Westberg — Sweden; Luzia Lima-Rodrigues — Portugal
Title: “Wings and Roots: How Can We Contribute to Peace Building?” (Sociopsychodrama perspective)
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Session 11
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Central Time (United States)
• 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenter: Antonina Garcia, PhD, TEP — United States
Title: “Loving Kindness in a World Where Hate is Present. Come and share messages the Buddha has for us today.”
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Session 12: Closing
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Online Real-Time ExperienceTime:

• 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Central Time (United States)
• 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET)
• 9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Türkiye Time

Presenters: ANKA Association of Group Psychotherapies and Psychodrama, with Hande Karakılıç Üçer, MD (Türkiye)
Title: Carrying the Collective Forward: Sociodramatic Reflections and Looking Ahead to the Sociodrama Conference in Çanakkale, Türkiye