Welcome – Dr. Rainer Funk
Dr. Rainer Funk, lecturer at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin and organizer of the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 welcomed the 50 Fromm scholars from around the world.

Erich Fromm’s Legacy – Dr. Rainer Funk
Dr. Rainer Funk, Director of the Erich Fromm Institute in Tübingen, about the legacy of Erich Fromm at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference at the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin in June 2014 .

Welcome – Prof. Dr. Martin Teising
Prof. Dr. Martin Teising, President of the hosting International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) Berlin welcomed the 50 Fromm scholars from around the world at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at IPU in Berlin.

The reception of Erich Fromm’s writings and ideas – Dr. Rainer Funk
Dr. Rainer Funk, Director of the Erich Fromm Institute in Tübingen, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Welcome – Prof. Dr. Karl Schlecht
Prof. Dr. Karl Schlecht, President of the Karl Schlecht Foundation and sponsor of the Erich Fromm Institute Tübingen and the Erich Fromm Study Center at the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) Berlin welcomed the 50 Fromm scholars from around the world at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at IPU in Berlin.

Understanding social motivation for encouraging children’s development. Social character studies in Mexico – Dr. Sonia Gojman de Millán
Dr. Sonia Gojman de Millán, training and supervising analyst at the Seminario de Sociopsicoanálisis A.C. in Mexico at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Fromm, Marx, and Humanism – Kevin Anderson
Dr. Kevin Anderson, Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Feminist Studies at University of California in Santa Barbara, speaking at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Facts and fictions about the life and work of Erich Fromm – Jürgen Hardeck
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hardeck, specialist in Science of Religion, Philosophy and Sinology, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Erich Fromm´s impact on Humanistic Psychology – Helmut Johach
Dr. Helmut Johach, scholar in Humanistic Psychology, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Social character and it’s significance for the art of living – Rainer Otte
Dr. Rainer Otte, German philosopher, writer and author of two films devoted to Erich Fromm, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Erich Fromm: „To be“ instead of „to have“ as a model for the justice of distribution - Dietmar Mieth
Dr. Dietmar Mieth, Prof. emer. of Theological Ethics and Social Ethics at the University of Tübingen and a scholar in Meister Eckhart, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Erich Fromm and Critical Theory in post-war Japanese social theory: Its past, present, and future – Takeshi Deguchi
Dr. Takeshi Deguchi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Tokyo, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Erich Fromm’s critique of consumerism and its impact for education – Burkhard Bierhoff
Dr. Burkhard Bierhoff, Professor of Sociology of Education at Brandenburg University Cottbus-Senftenberg, Department of Social Work, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Erich Fromm in Hebrew Bible research – Jan Dietrich
Dr. Jan Dietrich, Professor for Old Testament, History of Literature and Religion at the University of Bonn, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Applying Erich Fromm’s thinking to treatment and training: A perspective from the USA
Dr. Sandra Buechler, Training and Supervising Analyst and graduate of the William Alanson White Institute in New York, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Erich Fromm’s view of the Human Condition in light of new evolutionary and developmental science
Dr. Mauricio Cortina, Director of the Attachment and Human Development Center at Washington School of Psychiatry in Washington D.C., at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.

Building on Erich Fromm’s scientific contributions – Michael Maccoby
Dr. Michael Maccoby, collaborator of Erich Fromm and co-author of Fromm’s empirical study about Mexican villagers, is a globally recognized expert on leadership. In his opening lecture at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin, he introduced in Fromm’s scientific contributions, particularly in his concept of social character.

Social character and social unconscious: Erich Fromm’s discovery and the problems of today
Dr. Tatiana Panfilova, Professor of Philosophy at the Moscow State University’s Institute of International Relations, at the First International Erich Fromm Research Conference in June 2014 at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin.