Berzelius Symposium 87 - The Fifth European Alcohol Policy Conference
EUROPEAN DEBATE ON EVIDENCE-BASED ALCOHOL POLICY
18 – 19th October 2012
Stockholm - Sweden
The AMPHORA project and the Swedish Society of Medicine jointly organised a symposium, 17-19 October 2012, to support dialogue between alcohol science and policy and inform the future directions of European action.
This European conference was the final event of the AMPHORA Project, and as such aimed to share the outcomes of the project and discuss their value for national and local policies and practice, and future research. The event also succeeded in stimulating debate and creative thinking among the many and varied delegates from European countries and networks about the best opportunities and innovative strategies for tackling alcohol-related problems. The meeting further offered a major opportunity to share learning experiences and innovative ideas across countries about ways to enhance and promote evidence-based policies and practice.
Video of the AMPHORA Manifesto: for effective alcohol policy in Europe
Read the full AMPHORA manifesto document
Download the press release of the AMPHORA Final Conference
The rapporteur's report by Professor Ross McCormick
Evaluation report of the conference
View presentations from the conference in the programme below:
Thursday 18th October
- Working groups on key AMPHORA findings and implications for policy and practice.
Drinking environments - Dr. Karen Hughes, Liverpool John Moores University, England
Alcohol/policy legislation in drinking environments
Bar Smart - Where science meets practice
Brief interventions - Professor Colin Drummond, King’s College London, England
Monitoring European policy - Professor Jürgen Rehm, Dresden Technical University, Germany
Price and availability - Mr. Esa Osterberg, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Planned and unplanned determinats - Dr. Allaman Allamani, Tuscany Regional Health Agency, Italy
Advertising - Professor Peter Anderson, AMPHORA
Friday 19th October
- Alcohol in the European Union - Dr. Lars Møller, World Health Organization
- Reducing alcohol-related harm in a global context - Professor Tom Babor, University of Connecticut, USA
- Creative thinking sessions on innovative issues - Implications for science and for practice
Relocating dislocated spirits - Dr. Allaman Allamani, Tuscany Regional Health Agency, Italy
Psychoactive substance use and preventing alcohol problems - Professor Robin Room, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm, Sweden
Innovation in youth involvement in alcohol policy - Dr. Sofia Ribeiro, Vice President for Alcohol Policy and Advocacy, Alcohol Policy Youth Network
Getting the alcohol industry out of alcohol policy - Dr. Aurelijus Veryga, Lithuanian National Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
New ideas for alcohol policy. Widening the scope - Ms. Jillian Reynolds, Scientific Officer, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
New York, New York - Professor Peter Anderson, University of Maastricht, Netherlands and Newcastle University, England
- Challenges facing us - Professor Robin Room, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm, Sweden
- Future directions of European alcohol policy
Mr Lauri Beekmann, Chairman, Estonian Temperance Union, vice-president of Eurocare , board member of NordAN and BTACC
Krzysztof Brzozka, State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA)
Evelyn Gillian, Alcohol Focus Scotland
Maja Stojanovska, Active - youth organisation
Video: "Human Right Generation in Poland"
Human Rights Generation's videos in other countries
- Conference wrap up and closure - Professor Peter Freiberg, the Swedish Society of Medicine and Dr. Antoni Gual, AMPHORA
