Selected alcohol events and dates forthcoming in 2017:
Alcohol Policy in Practice 2017
The UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS) Alcohol Policy in Practice CPD course takes place on 18th - 21st September at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
This year’s course will feature new inputs from Professor Mike Daube from Curtin University in Australia, and Professor Karine Gallopel-Morvan from the E-HESP (School of Public Health) in Rennes, France. Returning highlights include advocacy training from the Institute of Alcohol Studies & Balance Northeast; Prof Jeff Collin (Edinburgh) and Dr John Holmes (Sheffield). An International Workshop “The Ubiquity of Alcohol” will also focus on marketing, availability and industry influence. A reduced rate applies until the 16th June - further details and registration here.
Alcohol Concern 2017: alcohol & sport?
Alcohol Concern's 2017 conference, Hitting the bar: How can we promote healthy drinking in sporting settings?, will take place in Cardiff, Wales on the 26th September. The one day event will ask whether it’s time to commit to a new game plan when it comes to alcohol, including talks from Dr Patrick Kenny from Dublin Institute of Technology and Dr Melanie Kingsland from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Read the agenda and book tickets here.
Medicine: Past, Present and Future: MCA symposiumOn 15 November 2017, on the 50th anniversary of the Medical Council on Alcohol (MCA), a symposium on 'Alcohol and Medicine; past present and future' takes place at BMA house in London. Speakers include MCA president Professor Sir Michael Marmot on public health and epidemiology, Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Nick Sheron and more - see here for the programme and booking information.
Women and Alcohol: What’s next?
The final SARN/SHAAP 'Occasional Seminars' on the theme of women and alcohol will take place on 15th September 2017 in London and explore:
- How will women be affected by alcohol in the future?
- How can alcohol-related harms to women be prevented and/or reduced?
- How do we strike a balance between individual responsibility and state intervention?
See the flyer here [pdf] for more details or register here.
Alcohol-related Liver Disease
SHAAP’s ‘Alcohol-related liver disease: Guidance for Good Practice’ will be launched at an event on 24 October in Edinburgh. The purpose of the guidance is to support improvement of the level of care delivered for individuals at risk of, and patients with, alcohol-related liver disease across Scotland. This conference is of interest to all clinicians treating patients with alcohol-related liver disease; researchers, voluntary sector, patients and advocates. Information and register here.
SARN/SHAAP 'Occasional Seminars: call for proposals
A call for proposals for the forthcoming series of SARN/SHAAP 'Occasional Seminars' has been made on the theme of ‘Alcohol and Social Justice’. The free lunchtime seminars are held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The closing date for proposals is 28 August - details here.
Other events
An Early Career Researcher Symposium is taking place from 14-15 September 2017 at London South Bank University (LSBU), organised by the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG). Places cost £25 and are open to early career researchers (including those studying for Masters and PhD) with an interest in alcohol (and other drug) use to develop their understanding of data collection and analysis methodologies. More info here.
The Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) national conference takes place from 9-10 November in Newcastle, preceded by a PhD symposium on the 8th November. Abstracts are welcome for the 2017 Conference. Online submission of delegates’ oral and poster abstracts are open here.
The 2018 Drinking Studies Network Conference, Changing Drinking Cultures takes place at the University of Leicester on 3rd & 4th February 2018. The focus of the conference is how and why do drinking cultures change - calls for abstracts are open. See here for further details.
International alcohol & addiction events
The Global Alcohol Policy Conference 2017 takes place in Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 October. GAPC is the leading meeting place for alcohol policy makers, advocates, researchers and practitioners from around the world. See more information at the conference website.
INEBRIA 2017 'Screening and Brief Intervention at the Intersection of Research, Policy and Practice: Advancing Knowledge and Meeting New Challenges', takes place from September 14-15, 2017 in New York. See here for further details.
Lisbon Addictions 2017 will take place from 24 to 26 October 2017, the second European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies. The conference is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across the addictions. More information here.
European Federation of Therapeutic Communities 2017 Conference takes place in Dublin, Ireland from the 20-22 September exploring recovery in the context of gender, women, prisons, mental health and more. See here for more details.
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