International Society of Addiction Journal Editors Annual Meeting
11 - 14 September 2011
Inn at Harbour Town at the Sea Pines Resort
Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
Sunday 11 September
Arrivals
15.00 – 16.30
Meeting of ISAJE Board of Directors
19.00 – 21.00
Opening reception at Sea Pines Resort
Monday 12 September
7.30 – 9.00
Breakfast and registrations
9.00 – 9.15
Welcome and introductions
Peter M. Miller
9.15 – 9.45
Citation metrics in addiction science: Use, Abuse, and
Dependence
Cooperation between ISAJE and universities: Czech
experiences
Paul Candon
9.45 – 10.15
Michal Miovsky
10.15 – 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 – 11.15
Presentation of two member journals:
1. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
(Kate Graham and John Clapp)
2. Korean Public Health Research (Sungsoo Chun)
These are provisional suggestions, these journal editors
haven’t been approached about presenting yet
Chaired by Peter M.
Miller
11.15 – 12.30
Group discussion: What is the prime issue for my journal?
 What do editors want and need from ISAJE
 How should ISAJE work together as a society?
Chaired by Jeffrey Roth
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.00
Report from the Ethics Committee
Tom McGovern
14.00 – 14.30
Update on journal conflict of interest project
Tom Babor
14.30 – 15.00
Update on guidelines for editor/publisher/society
agreements
Gerhard Buehringer
15.00 – 15.30
Coffee break
15.30 – 16.30
Annual General Meeting
President’s report
Treasurer’s report
Peter M. Miller
Michael Soyka
16.30 – 17.00
Short presentation on next year’s meeting venue; call for
topics. Discussion of venue for 2013 meeting
Peter M. Miller and
Margareta Nilson
19.00
Dinner at Sea Pines Beach Club
Tuesday 13 September (Day open for both ISAJE and ICARA* participants)
7.30 – 9.00
Breakfast
9.00 – 9.30
Update on the ISAJE-PARINT mentoring scheme
Peter M. Miller
9.30 – 10.00
Report on the Addictionary Project and Prewipedia
10.00 – 10.30
Update on digisation project
Michal Miovsky
Kerstin Stenius
Margareta Nilsson
Andrea Mitchell
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee
11.00 – 11.30
E-technologies and scientific publishing
Dan Morgan
11.30 -12.00
General discussion of e-technologies
Chaired by?
12.00 – 12.30
Peter M. Miller
Kerstin Stenius
12.30 – 13.30
ISAJE association with the ALICE-RAP project (Addictions
and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe—Reframing
Addictions Project)
Lunch
13.30 – 13.45
Introduction to the addiction research confederation idea
Tom Babor
13.45 – 14.30
Keynote speech:
Why global cooperation between research associations? –
perspectives from the World Federation of Public Health
Associations
Mike Daube, WFPHA
14.30 – 14.45
WHO on the importance of international cooperation
with/between research societies
Vladimir Poznyak? Tbc
14:45 – 15.00
NIDA and NIAAA on the idea of a confederation
Steve Gust, Ralf
Hingson
15.00-15.30
Coffee
15.30 – 16.00
Benefits and challenges with research cooperation and
exchange across substances
A discussion introduced
by Linda Bosma,
ATOD-section of APHA
16.00 – 16.30
International international/regional addiction research
federations/associations and their views on the benefits of
broader international cooperation
Panel with Alison Ritter (ISSDP), Kate Graham (KBS),
Rosana Camarini (LASBRA), Ronald Ziegler (Healthy Latin
American Coalition) , Joseph Spillane (Alcohol and Drugs
History Society), ? EUFAS, Lee ? (ISBRA)
Chaired by ?
16.30 – 17.00
Activities in national organizations and their needs/perceived
benefits from international cooperation
Comments from Mark Goldman (RSA), Sungsoo Chun
(Corea), (South Corea), Linda Porrini (CPDD), Kent O
Johansson (Sweden), Tuukka Tammi (Finland), Alison Ritter
(APSAD), Isidor Obot (CRISA)
Chaired by ?
17.00-17.15
Closing remarks
Peter Miller
19.00 – 21.00
Optional boat sunset cruise and dinner – boat departs
19.00, boarding from 18.00
*International Confederation of Addiction Research Associations
Wednesday 14 September (ICARA particpants only – this part of the agenda will not be distributed to
ISAJE members)
7.30 – 9.00
Breakfast
9.00-9.45
International Confederation of Addiction Research
Associations (ICARA): is it a feasible idea? If so, what
should be its mission (statement)
Discussion chaired by
Tom Babor
(pre-circulated draft
mission statement)
9.45-10.30
Membership criteria and core activities of CORA?
Discussion chaired by
Tom Babor
Selection of working group for next meeting and for
preparations of by-laws/
Alt.: Discussion about future specific networks or common
projects/activities, for instance ad hoc international
conferences
10.30-11.00
Coffee
11.00-11.30
How to communicate the results of the meeting?
Discussion chaired by
Kerstin Stenius
11.30-12.00
Closing remarks
Gerhard Buehringer