Programme

Wednesday 7 October

Theme: Implementing Effective Alcohol Policies

Welcome from co-hosts

Keynote address – Scottish Government

Plenary speakers:

Professor Sally Casswell, Director, Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE), College of Health, Massey University, New Zealand

Concurrent sessions

Lunch

Theme: Barriers to Implementing Effective Alcohol Policies

Plenary speakers:

Professor Jim McCambridge, Chair in Addictive Behaviours and Health, University of York, England
Professor Thomas F Babor, Professor and Chair in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA
Professor Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Concurrent sessions

Thursday 8 October

Theme: Building Support for Protecting Children’s Right to Grow Up Free from Alcohol Marketing

Plenary speakers:

Professor Gerard Hastings, UK Professor of Social Marketing and founder of the Institute for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research at Stirling and the Open University
Dr Thaksaphon (Mek) Thamarangsi, Director, Health Promotion Policy Research Center (HPR) and Manager, Thai NCD Network, International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Thailand

Concurrent sessions

Lunch

Plenary speakers

Professor David Jernigan, Director, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
Ismo Tuominen, Ministerial Counselor, Legal Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Sari Aalto-Matturi, Executive Director, EHYT – Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention, Helsinki, Finland

Friday 9 October

Theme: Building a Global Network

Regional Feedback

Conference Declaration

Closing Ceremony

Lunch