Program for the ICARA meeting, Lisbon, 29-30 September 2012
Venue: EMCDDA headquarters, Cais de Sodre, Lisbon, www.emcdda.europa.eu/contact
Meals listed below are free for attendants
NOTE: It is possible for attendees to take part in a dinner and Fado-evening together with ISAJE
members on Friday 28 September, but this will unfortunately not be supported by the organisers of
the ICARA-meeting. Please contact Molly Jarvis, molly@addictionjournal.org if you want to sign up!
Saturday 29 September
9.00 – 9.30
1. Introduction – Why ICARA?
Tom Babor (ISAJE)
Presentation of delegates
9.30-11.00
2. "How to keep a research society flourishing - or avoid
killing a society".
Discussion introduced by an international panel (see also
attached article). The following questions are preliminary
suggested to be discussed:
“How can members have a meaningful engagement with a
society? What are the most important functions of a
society for the members? Should societies’ strive for
consensus on certain issues across all members?”
How do you set conference registration fees such that the
society gains income without turning delegates off by
being too expensive?; What are the potential money
sources of a society?; Does a society need to have a journal
to survive ?”
Rebecca McKetin
(APSAD), Katariina
Warpenius (AHTS),
Ted Cicero (CPDD),
Isidore Obot (CRISA),
Alison Ritter (ISSDP),
Sungsoo Chun
(Korean Alcohol
Researchers)
It will conclude by
identifying crucial
threats and possible
ways forward
Chaired by JeanBernard Daeppen
(SFA)
11.00- 11.30
11.30 – 13.00
Refreshments
2.continued. Discussions to continue on specific topics
identified previously in smaller groups. The discussion
concludes with the election of a group (groups) that would
work with important themes until the next ICARA meeting
13.00 – 14.30
14.30- 15.30
Lunch
3. " "How to handle industry sponsorship of meetings"
Panel, with following discussion and appointment of
working group to continue work on agreed questions
“How do we distinguish between good and bad industries?
– the difference between the tobacco industry, alcohol
industry and pharmaceutical companies or should they all
be treated the same? Is there a difference between tied
Cont.
Franca Beccaria
(KBS), Bruce
Wheeler (SRNT),
Amador Calafat
(IREFREA) , Karl
Mann (ISBRA,
EUFAS)
and untied sponsorship? Should keynote speakers at
conferences be funded by industry (with the implication
that industry supports their statements)? What kinds of
industry sponsorship are regarded as acceptable and
unacceptable? Do members care about industry
sponsorship? How many journals accept industry
advertisements?
15.30 – 16.00
16.00 – 17.30
Refreshments
4. What could be done to strengthen ATOD research in
countries/regions with little resources/no associations?
What could be the role of ICARA?
Panel with representatives of research centers and
associations , followed by discussion
Chaired by Kerstin
Stenius
Maristela Monteiro
(PAHO),
David Ndetei,
(Kenya), Raul
Caetano (ABEAD),
Sanela Talic (UTRIP
and Eur. Ass. of
Prevention
Research) , Ralph
Hingson (NIAAA)
Chaired by Andrea
Mitchell (SALIS)
17.30 – 18.30
5. Presentation of mission statement and by-laws
19.30
Dinner
Tom Babor
Sunday 30 September
9.00-11.00
6. Discussion and acceptance of mission statement, by-laws
and home of ICARA
11.00- 11.30
11.30 -13.00
Refreshments
6. Discussion continued
7. Election of board and working groups
Membership fees .
Advertising of the meetings discussions/decisions
Feedback and discussion about next meeting
13.00
Chaired by Alison
Ritter (ISSDP)
Chaired by Isidore
Obot (CRISA)
Lunch and departures
The meetings has been sponsored by IOGT-NTO International (Sweden), The National Institute for
Health and Welfare (Finland) and the Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues, Finland.