Programme
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Programme in pdf form (175 kb)
Sunday 19th November
16.00-18.00 Registration
Monday 20th November
08.30-09.30 Registration
09.30-10.30 Opening session
chaired by Tiziana Codenotti, Vice Chairman,
Eurocare
Finnish Centre for Health Promotion:
Mika Pyykkö, Executive Director
(presentation)
Parliament of Finland: Speaker Paavo Lipponen
European Commission, DG SANCO: Wilfried Kamphausen
World Health Organization: Kari Paaso, Acting
Programme Manager for Alcohol Policy,
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Introduction to conference:
Ritva Varamäki, Development Manager, Finnish Centre
for Health Promotion
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.30 Plenary session
chaired by Juha Teperi, Head of Unit,
the National Research and Development Centre
for Welfare and Health, Finland
Alcohol, Finland and the European Union:
Ismo Tuominen, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health, Finland
(presentation)
Alcohol and Europe: How different are we?:
Dr Antoni Gual, Alcohol Unit, Clinic Hospital &
Program on Substance Abuse,
Health Department, Barcelona, Spain
(presentation)
Alcohol, Europe, and the World:
Where do we stand?: Dr Peter Anderson,
Public Health Consultant
(presentation)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Plenary session
chaired by Kari Paaso, Acting Programme Manager
for Alcohol Policy, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Alcohol policies and the economy of Europe:
Ben Baumberg, Institute of Alcohol Studies, UK
(presentation)
Reducing alcohol related harm:
Dr Ian Gilmore,
Royal College of Physicians, UK
(presentation)
A common approach to drink driving:
Eddy Greif, TISPOL, European Traffic Police Network
(presentation)
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-17.30 Seven parallel workshops
1. Alcohol Policy in the Regions of Europe (1)
2. Alcohol and Prisons - key issues
3. WHO Phase IV study on implementing brief interventions
4. Preventing alcohol problems in the workplace
5. Prevention in the Community (1)
6. Controlling age limits - Theory and Practice
7. Alcohol policy in non-EU Member States
17.30 Close of day
18.00-19.30 Reception hosted by the City of Helsinki
Tuesday 21st November
TUESDAY 21st November
09.00-10.30 Plenary session
chaired by Mikko Salaspuro, Professor,
University of Helsinki
Alcohol and the developing baby:
Dr Denis Lamblin, Centre d’Actions Medico
Sociales Precoces, France
(presentation)
Young people and binge drinking:
Dr Ann Hope, Research Associate, School of Social
Work and Social Policy, Trinity
College, Ireland
(presentation)
Alcohol and young drinkers, a UK approach:
Karen Hughes, Liverpool John Moores
University, UK
(presentation)
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.30 Seven parallel workshops
8. Alcohol Policy in the Regions of Europe (2)
9. Research challenges on widespread implementation of brief alcohol interventions
10. Children in families with alcohol problems
11. Effective drink driving policies in Europe
12. Prevention in the Community (2)
13. Mobilizing public sector stakeholders in alcohol policy
14. Reducing alcohol consumption amongst young people
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Plenary session
chaired by: Dr Vesna-Kerstin Petric,
Ministry of Health, Slovenia
Consumer protection, Labels and warnings:
Benoît Titran, Advocate, France
(presentation)
Reducing accidents and injuries:
Dr Dinesh Sethi, WHO European Centre for
Environment and Health
(presentation)
Alcohol and Health: the Italian scenario
options to curb alcohol related problems
Dr Emmanuele Scafato, Centro Nazionale di
Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e
Promozione della Salute, Italia
(presentation)
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-17.30 Six parallel workshops
16. Raising awareness: who is responsible?
17. PHEPA project on brief interventions
18. Health warnings and labeling of alcohol
19. Preventing alcohol related harm in pregnancy
20. Alcohol Policy Scales in Europe
21. Self-regulation of alcohol advertisements
17.30 Close of day
19.00-21.00 Social Program
Dinner at the White Hall
Wednesday 22nd November
09.00-10.30 Plenary session
chaired by Dr Jarkko Eskola, Finland
Three keynote presentations on the theme of
the alcohol policy environment
Dr Hermann Schulte-Sasse,
State Secretary for Health
and Consumer Protection, Germany
(presentation)
Dr Maria Joao Heitor dos Santos,
Director of Psychiatry and
Mental Health Department, Portugal
(presentation)
Dr Vesna-Kerstin Petric,
Ministry of Health, Slovenia
(presentation)
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.00 Challenges for European alcohol policy - Roundtable
discussion facilitated by Cees Goos
Rolf Hüllinghorst, Director, Deutsche Hauptstelle
für Suchtfragen (DHS), Germany
Tiziana Codenotti, Eurocare Italia
Ismo Tuominen, Ministerial Advicer, Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Sandra van Ginneken, Senior Policy Officer Alcohol,
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands
Peter Andersson, Public Health Consultant
Ann Hope, Research Associate, School of Social
Work and Social Policy, Trinity
College, Ireland
12.00 Closing remarks:
Liisa Hyssälä, Minister of Health and Social Services,
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
12.30 Close of conference
12.30 Lunch
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Workshops Tuesday 11-12.30 am
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Workshops Tuesday 16-17.30 pm
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