Milanese Days 2025
Winnicott & Bion. The Birth of the Mind
The conference is organised by the Milanese Centre of Psychoanalysis "Cesare Musatti"

Friday, September 12 – Sunday, September 14, 2025

The conference will take place in person in Milan. It will feature a range of distinguished speakers, including Jan Abram, Stefano Bolognini, Giuseppe Civitarese, who will be contributing to the event. While the presentations will be held in Italian, an English translation will be available online, allowing international colleagues to attend via live streaming.

Only ONLINE participation is available. In-person places are SOLD OUT.

From the organisers – Focus on the topic:

We do not want to limit ourselves to retracing the main elements of the theories of two of the most influential psychoanalysts of the twentieth century, often considered the promoters of a real paradigm shift in the history of psychoanalysis, what many have defined as the emergence of ontological psychoanalysis. The main aim of the conference is to generate a space of tension, comparison and dialogue between the two theories, in which new thoughts can be born.

We propose to explore the intersection between the conceptual worlds of Winnicott and Bion as a threshold to cross. Not a point of arrival, but a lively, open and transformative field of work. We think it could be an opportunity for all participants to experience, in theoretical reflection, in clinical practice and in sharing, that process of birth of the mind that both authors were so profoundly able to think.

The program is divided into three parts: a first historical-theoretical and introductory section, dedicated to the genesis of Winnicott and Bion's thought and their mutual influences; a second part focused on the contemporary developments of their theories and on some possible integrations; and finally a third clinical section, in which thought can be measured against practice and its challenges, giving space to the sharing and discussion of clinical material.

For more information on the programme, registration, and conference fees, click here