General Information
Date: September 13 – 15, 2021
Venue:Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
About the Conference
The CYPSY Conference began in 1996 and featured presentations dealing mainly with conceptual matters, ‘what ifs’ and the future possibilities of healthcare and technology. The conference largely focused on Virtual Reality, but has now grown to be more inclusive of other interactive technologies and to include presentations that demonstrate controlled clinical trials. It has also grown to include the investigation of social networking tools on individual behavior, society, and interpersonal relationships.
Site of the Conference
The conference will be hosted by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy (Online)
Language of the Conference
The official language is English as spoken in the United States. All presentations (unless advertised otherwise) will be in English.
Conference Chairs and Organizers
Professor Dr. Giuseppe Riva, Ph.D.
Conference Co-Chair & Organizer
Full Professor of General Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Professor Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold, Ph.D., MBA, BCB, BCN
Conference Co-Chair & Organizer
Interactive Media Institute
Virtual Reality Medical Institute
San Diego, CA, USA
Local Committee
Professor Dr. Pietro Cipresso, Ph.D. 
Local Conference Co-Chair
Research Professor of Psychometrics
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Professor Dr. Claudia Repetto, Ph.D.
Local Conference Co-Chair
Research Professor of General Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Professor Dr. Daniela Villani, Ph.D.
Local Conference Co-Chair
Associate Professor of General Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Professor Dr. Elisa Pedroli, Psy.D.
Local Conference Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Psychometrics
Università E-Campus
Via Isimbardi, 10, Novedrate, CO, Italy
Dr. Daniele Di Lernia, Ph.D.
Conference Session Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of General Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Dr. Alice Chirico, Ph.D.
Conference Session Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of General Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Scientific Committee
Professor Dr. Stéphane Bouchard, Ph.D.
Scientific Committee Co-Chair
Université du Québec en Outaouais
Chairholder of the Canada research Chair in Clinical Cyberpsychology
Professor Dr. Andrea Gaggioli, Ph.D.
Scientific Committee Co-Chair
Full Professor of General Psychology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy
Nathan Appel, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Christina Botella, PhD
Universitat Jaume, Castelló de la Plana, Castellón, Spain 
Willem-Paul Brinkman, PhD
Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands 
Andrew Campbell, PhD
The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 
Darlene Colson, PhD
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA 
Scott Debb, EdD
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Chris Fullwood, PhD
University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 
Luciano Gamberini, PhD
University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy
Pedro Gamito, PhD
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal 
Karen Holmes, PhD
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Hitoshi Kaneko, PhD
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 
José Gutierrez Maldonado, PhD
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Thomas Parsons, PhD
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
Susan Persky, PhD
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Wendy Powell, PhD
Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
Brad Ridout, PhD
The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Dan Romer, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Michael Roy, M.D., MPH, FACP COLONEL (Retired) MEDICAL CORPS, U.S. ARMY
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Anna Spagnolli, PhD
University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy
Stefan Stieger, PhD
Karl Landsteiner University, Krems an der Donau, Austria 
Dennis Patrick Wood, Ph.D., ABPP (CAPT, MSC, USN – Retired)
Virtual Reality Medical Institute, San Diego, CA, USA