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Friday October 23th 2009

10.00-12.00:
Registration
Registration and delevery of concerence material at the secreteria desk at Kalastajatorppa (also for open seminars)

12.00-12.10:
Welcome to all before we spilt up. Kalastajatorppa

12.10-16.00:
Open Seminars
The seminars are organized by member organizations and sections of NordAN in co-operation with organising commitee. The seminars are open to all conference participants and admission is included in the conference fee.

  1. Women seminar is held at Kalastajatorppa
    Programme, Contributors, chairs and presenters.
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  2. Drink driving seminar is held at Kalastajatorppa
    Programme, Contributors, chairs and presenters
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  3. School prevention seminar is held at Munkkiniemi High School. Programme, Contributors, chairs and presenters
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  4. Education of workforce seminar is held at Kalastajatorppa Programme, Contributors, chairs and presenters
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16.00-18.30
Break to eat and take the tram to the city:

18.30-19.30
Welcome reception by the City of Helsinki
Vanha Raatihuone
Aleksanterinkatu 20
Helsinki
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20.00:
The Man without a past
Movie by Aki Kaurismäki
Kino Engel
Sofiankatu 4
Helsinki
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Saturday October 24th 2009

08.00-09.00:
Registration and delevery of concerence material at the secreteria desk at Kalastajatorppa (also for open seminars)

09.00-10.00:

Opening Ceremony of conference

Gabriel Romanus
(Welcome by NordAN)

Janne Juvakka, Executive Manager, Finnish Centre for Health Promotion, Finland 

Kari Paaso, Director, Department for Promotion of Welfare and Health, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
(Introduction of main theme in finish and northern dimension perspective)

10.00 - 10.30:
Coffee break

10.30 - 12.00:

The symbolism of alcohol and drinking

Round table discussions
Chair: Gabriel Romanus, President, NordAN

Public Health, symbolism and marketing of alcohol
Heidi Hautala
, Member of European Parliament.

Alcohol and drugs in society – a cultural analytic perspective
Philip Lalander, Professor in social psychology, University of Växsjö dept. of Social Science & SORAD (Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs), Sweden

The Achilles' heel of the alcohol industry
Today the alcohol industry is primarily a marketing industry and thus alcohol marketing has become the Achilles' heel of the alcohol industry.
Wim van Dalen
, MSc, Managing Director, STAP (Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy)

The cultural learned effects of alcohol and drugs in the culture
Hans Olav Fekjær
, Actis, Norway

 

12.00-13.30:
Lunch. (Included in the conference fee.)

13.30 - 14.30:
Parallel session One
4 parallel sessions are held in Kalastajatorppa

1: Symbolism of alcohol and drinking

Prevention regarding both the negative consequences and the positive image and cultural symbols of alcohol enshrined in the minds of people most.

Chair: Hasse Schneiderman
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Symbolism of alcohol and drinking
Hans Olav Fekjær
, Actis, Norway

Images of addiction
Matilda Hellman,
Project coordinator, Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues (NVC)

2: Symbolism of using drugs

Prevention regarding both the negative consequences and the positive image and cultural symbols of drugs enshrined in the minds of many young people.

Chair:Anders Ulstein, Actis,Norway, General Secretary EURAD
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Youth culture, norms and drugs. Methods in preventive work   
Philip Lalander, Professor in social psychology, University of Växsjö dept. of Social Science & SORAD (Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs), Sweden 

What is the attraction of a life using drugs?
- From the perspective of drug users ordinary life sometimes seems a worse alternative the life as a drug addict.
Bengt Svensson, University of Malmø, Sweden

 

3: Symbolism of youth drinking and prevention

Prevention regarding both the negative consequences and the positive image and cultural symbols of alcohol enshrined in the minds of young people most.

Chair: Gabriel Romanus, Sweden
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Youth culture, norms and drinking - methods in preventive works.
Kjetil Vesteraas, Manager, Juvente, Norway

Images and reality of youth drinking
Kirsimarja Raitasalo, Researcher, PhD, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

4: Marketing: Should alcohol advertising be banned?
Marketing is the Achilles' heel of the alcohol industry.
Banning the alcohol marketing is considered to protect children. But as alcohol industry has primarily become a marketing industry, banning alcohol marketing will meet harsh resistance.

Chair:Kari Paaso, Director, Department for Promotion of Welfare and Health, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Wim van Dalen, MSc, Managing Director, STAP (Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy)

Satu Räsänen, Valvira, Finland

 

 

14.30-15.00
Coffee brake


15.00 - 16.00:

1: Symbolism of alcohol and drinking

Prevention regarding both the negative consequences and the positive image and cultural symbols of alcohol enshrined in the minds of people most.

Chair: Hasse Schneiderman
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Symbolism of alcohol and drinking
Hans Olav Fekjær
, Actis, Norway

Images of adicition
Matilda Hellman,
Project coordinator, Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues (NVC)


2: Symbolism of using drugs

Prevention regarding both the negative consequences and the positive image and cultural symbols of drugs enshrined in the minds of many young people.

Chair:Anders Ulstein, Actis,Norway, General Secretary EURAD
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Youth culture, norms and drugs. Methods in preventive work   
Philip Lalander, Professor in social psychology, University of Växsjö dept. of Social Science & SOARD (Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs), Sweden 

What is the attraction of a life using drugs?
- From the perspective of drug users ordinary life sometimes seems a worse alternative the life as a drug addict.
Bengt Svensson, University of Malmø, Sweden

3: Symbolism of youth drinking and prevention

Prevention regarding both the negative consequences and the positive image and cultural symbols of alcohol enshrined in the minds of young people most.

Chair: Gabriel Romanus, Sweden
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Youth culture, norms and drinking - methods in preventive works.
Kjetil Vesteraas, Manager, Juvente, Norway

Images and reality of youth drinking
Kirsimarja Raitasalo, Researcher, PhD, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

4: Marketing: Should alcohol advertising be banned?
Marketing is the Achilles' heel of the alcohol industry.
Banning the alcohol marketing is considered to protect children. But as alcohol industry has primarily become a marketing industry, banning alcohol marketing will meet harsh resistance.

Chair:Kari Paaso, Director, Department for Promotion of Welfare and Health, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

Wim van Dalen, MSc, Managing Director, STAP (Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy)

Satu Räsänen, Valira, Finland

 

 

16.30-18.00


NordAN’s Annual Assembly of Representatives

Hotel Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa
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19.30

Bus leaves from Kalastajatorpa to Design Museum

20.00:
Conference Dinner at Design Museum
Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki

The dinner is included in the conference fee, and you can invite your own companion to the dinner. If the person you invite is not registered for the conference you will be asked to pay 25 Euros/person. You can pay for the extra person as you register to the conference on Friday or Saturday.
Please inform the conference secretary Suvi Tella, if you want to invite someone to accompany you at the conference dinner: suvi.tella@health.fi

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23.00
Bus leaves to Kalastajatorppa

 

Sunday October 25th 2009

9.00 – 11.00:
Plenary session:                                                                             

The future of international alcohol and drug policy
.....- what happened in 2009 and what is ahead of us?

Round table discussion

Chair: Gabriel Romanus, Sweden

Speakers:            

WHO: Global strategy on alcohol - a European perspective
Lars Møller
, Regional Adviser a.i. Alcohol and Drugs, Division of Health Programmes, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe

EU: Status of european alcohol policy after the swedish presidency
Maria Renström, Director, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Division for public health

UN: New declaration and action plan on global drug problems
Timo Jetsu
, Administrator European Commision, DG Justice, freedom and security

Comments by:

Anders Ulstein, Actis, General Secretary Europe Against Drugs (EURAD)

Øystein Bakke, General Secretary, Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA)

Mariann Skar, General Secretary, European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare)


11.00 - 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 12.00:
Closing ceremoni of conference

4 rapporteurs
Feed back reports from the parallel sessions Saturday

Ritva Varamäki, Development Manager, Finnish Centre for Health Promotion
(closing by host organisation)

Gabriel Romanus

(Closing and sum up by NordAN)