Earlier this month (July, 2026), I attended a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The ISPS had been founded there, in 1956, by two young Swiss psychoanalysts, Gaetano Benedetti and Christian Muller, who were dissatisfied with reductionist, biological understandings and treatments of “schizophrenia.” Today, ISPS has branches in more than 20 countries. Nearly 500 members and supporters came to Lausanne for our 24th international congress, entitled “Back to the Future; Inspired by Pioneers.” Thank you Dag Söderström and Phillipe Conus for organizing this wonderful event. Although I only joined in 2000, it seems I have been actively involved long enough to qualify as a pioneer, as I was invited to give the opening keynote address to the conference—a real honour. In those 26 years of membership, including 10 years on the International Board and six as chair of the New Zealand branch, I have seen ISPS grow and change in leaps and bounds. I have seen us transform from a purely professional …