Announcement
of the 2nd Conference of INEBRIA
International Network on Brief Interventions
for Alcohol Problems.
Call for Papers
15-16th of September 2005
Muenster, Germany
The
2nd Annual Conference will take place in Muenster, Germany. It will provide
a unique opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the field
of brief interventions for alcohol problems. The program will include
presentations by invited experts, scientific contributions related to
the objectives of INEBRIA, and workshops dealing with practical matters
of implementation.
See
the preliminary program.
Conference venue: Muenster is situated in the region of Westfalia
in the middle of Germany. It is a charming university town and received
the 2004 gold award of LivCom for its quality of life. The conference
will be held in a comfortable congress facility associated with the University
of Muenster
Registration
fee: A fee of 80 Euros will be charged.
All participants, including presenters, are expected to pay for their
own travel, lodging and registration fees.
Organisation: The conference will be organized with the support
of the Department
of Health, Government of Catalonia.
It will be hosted by Fred Rist
and Ralf Demmel, University
of Muenster, Department of Clinical Psychology.
Call
for Papers
INEBRIA
will be accepting abstract submissions for the 2nd Annual Conference through
the Call for Papers. All abstract submissions are peer reviewed and may
be accepted for either an oral presentation or a poster presentation.
Individuals are now invited to submit contributions for presentation at
the 2nd Annual Conference through this Call for Papers. Contributions
should be related to the objectives of INEBRIA:
- To
share information, experience, research findings and expertise in the
area of alcohol brief interventions.
- To
facilitate training on brief interventions and provide assistance to
countries and institutions to adapt and implement brief interventions,
particularly with regard to the transfer of knowledge and technology
from high income to low income countries.
- To
promote best practice and develop guidelines for the wide dissemination
and implementation of brief interventions.
- To
identify gaps and needs for research in the field of alcohol brief interventions,
promote international research co-operation and set standards for research
in this field.
- To
integrate the study of brief interventions with the wider context of
measures to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm.
- To
pay particular attention to the needs of young people in relation to
alcohol brief interventions.
All
abstracts will be published in the bilingual journal SUCHT. Abstracts
must be submitted in English by email
no later than midnight (CET) on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 and following
the excel forms provided below.
| Attention: Abstract submission deadline for the 2nd Annual Conference has been extended until 31st of March. |
Formats
of contributions: Each of the following is a presentation format for
the INEBRIA conference.
- Oral Presentations (format xls)
- Posters (format
xls)
- Symposia (format xls)
- Small group meetings (format xls)
- Workshops (format xls)
If
you have any problem to download the excel forms or to send them as attachment
in the e-mail, please contact us at inebria@gencat.net
And
in case you don't find the form helpful, please consider you can also
send the proposal in a Word Document.
Final program: Invited lectures by renowned experts as well as a PHEPA workshop on clinical guidelines for brief interventions are already scheduled. The final programme will be available in March, 2005. Program decisions will be made by the scientific committee:
Peter
Anderson
Public Health Consultant
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Ralf
Demmel
Department of Clinical Psychology
University of Münster
Muenster, Germany
Antoni
Gual
Alcohology Unit, Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain
Nick
Heather
Emeritus Professor of Alcohol & Other Drug Studies
Newcastle, England
Fred
Rist
Department of Clinical Psychology
University of Münster
Muenster,
Germany
For additional information please contact:
Scientific office:
Fred
Rist, PhD
Department of Clinical Psychology
University of Münster
Fliednerstr. 21, D - 48149 Muenster, Germany
E-mail: rist@psy.uni-muenster.de
Phone: +49 251 83-3 41 11
Fax: +49 251 83-3 13 31
Inebria Secretariat:
Lidia
Segura
Program
on Substance Abuse
Health Department of the Government of Catalonia
Travessera de les Corts 131-159
Ave Maria Pavillon
08028- Barcelona
E-mail : inebria@gencat.net
Phone : +34 93 556 6401
Fax : + 34 93 227 2974