Location: Riga, Latvia
Islande hotel – http://www.islandehotel.lv
Date: 11-12 October 2014
“Advocacy in action”
Programme (WITH PRESENTATIONS)
SATURDAY – October 11
10.00 Opening of the NordAN Conference
Peter Allebeck, President of NordAN
Alise Krumina, Latvian Ministry of Health
10.15 – 12.00 PLENARY I – Counteracting industry´s influence
Florence Berteletti, The Smoke Free Partnership (France) – Learning from tobacco experience
Nick Sheron, Head of Clinical Hepatology, University of Southampton (UK) – Alcohol: unhealthy behaviours, toxic environments and vested interests – Presentation available if asked.
David Miller, ALICE RAP project, Bath University – Alcohol industry mapping tool
Panel discussion with plenary speakers
12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH
13.00 – 14.30 PLENARY II – Action on the local level (10 minutes presentations)
Sweden – Kjell-Ove Oscarsson, IOGT-NTO – Alcohol and Society report
International – Irma Kilim, IOGT-NTO – United to expose
Denmark – Johan Damgaard Jensen, Alcohol and Society – Mobilizing civil society in alcohol prevention – a Danish development
Finland – Kristiina Hannula, EHYT – Alcohol Policy infographic
Faroe Island – Jóna Hansen, The Blue cross in the Faroe Islands – ”Everyone has the right to a good childhood”
Lithuania – Aurelijus Veryga, Lithuanian Coalition for Tobacco and Alcohol Control – 2008 Year of Sobriety in Lithuania
15.00 – 16.30 SECTIONS and workshops
Womens section
Sigríður Björnsdóttir – Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Helena Palojärvi and Sonja Laine – Preventive work among women: Internet services of Naistenkartano
Roadside Drug Testing and fast-moving automated ‘Alco Gates ’
Elisabeth Fjellvang Kristoffersen and Lars Olov Sjöström – Roadside Drug Testing and Fast Moving Automated “Alco Gates”
Cannabis: Harmless recreation or risk for mental problems?
Edison Manrique-Garcia – Brain Mechanisms, medical use and harmful effects of Cannabis
Alcohol marketing monitoring
17.00 – 19.00 General Assembly of NordAN
20.00 RECEPTION (Choir music)
SUNDAY – October 12
09.00 – 10.30 PLENARY III Alcohol related harm and alcohol policy in Latvia
Alise Krumina, Senior Expert on Addiction Surveillance, Ministry of Health – Developments in Alcohol Policy, Interventions, Alcohol Monitoring
Marcis Trapencieris – Alcohol Treatment in Latvia: unmet needs and setting area for advocacy
Aelita Vagale, Latvian Association of Addiction Psychologists – Web-based Drug Education in School Seetings: Latvian experience
COFFEE BREAK 11.00 – 12.00
PLENARY IV – Drug policy in Nordic countries
Stig-Erik Sørheim, president of EURAD – Drug Policy Futures platform
Susanne Lönnberg, vice-president of KSAN/WOCAD – New actions on Women´s right in Alcohol and Drug policy issues
Tim Colehan, International Air Transport Association – Alcohol and flying: IATA´s resolution regarding unruly air passenger behavior
Nijole Goštautaitė Midttun – Introducing Alcohol advertising position paper
13.00 – 13.30 Summary and conclusions
Peter Allebeck, President of NordAN
