Keynote Speakers

Ms. Vivian Chan, BFA(Hons), MMT, MT-BC, MTA, FAMI is a board-certified music therapist in the United States and Canada. She specialises in music psychotherapy and trauma-informed care and has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. She offers music therapy and music psychotherapy services to individuals facing mental health challenges and other life-altering conditions. As a qualified Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music therapist, Vivian is passionate about helping clients explore their emotions, their inner self and the unconscious to develop coping mechanisms, and enhance their journey of personal development and overall well-being through the potential benefits music can bring. Vivian also teaches and supervises music therapy internship at Chulalongkorn University and has presented at various international conferences in Asia, North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. She also guest lectured at the University of Hong Kong and at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She served as the Regional Liaison for the Western Pacific Region of the World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) (2016-2020), as the Chair of the Education and Certification Commission of the WFMT (2020-2023), and is currently the President of the WFMT. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Hong Kong Music Therapy Association (HKMTA), and is the Director of Koru Music Psychotherapy and Wellness.

Dean of Studies and Professor of drama therapy at the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Johannes Junker has numerous publications and scientific initiatives, as well as projects. He was rector at the University for Art Therapy Nürtingen from 2011 to 2016. He previously, worked a total of 18 years part-time as a researcher, supervisor, and dean of studies for Art, Music, and Drama Therapy at the Arnhem and Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. He has also worked 21 years full- and part-time as head of department for arts therapies, as well as a drama therapist at the LVR psychiatric clinic in Bedburg-Hau, Germany. He was five years on the board of the German association of dramatherapy (DGfT), seven years on the board of the German association for art therapy (DFKGT). He is since 2015 the chairman of the scientific ethics committee for arts therapies in the Nürtingen-Geislingen University and he is since 2014 the president of the European Federation for Dramatherapy (EFD). He has studied theology, philosophy in Trier and Frankfurt am Main, Germany, drama therapy in Nijmegen and integrative psychology in Rossum, The Netherlands.