Alcohol Change UK Conference 2019

New insights into alcohol research, policy and practice

19 June 2019 - London

Conference Programme

10:00 - 10:30	Registration and coffee
10:30 - 10:45	Welcome: Chair, Alcohol Change UK Professor John Underwood
10:45 - 12:00	Anarchy in the UK? Why is England falling behind the UK's other nations in alcohol change? Keynote address Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Keynote panel discussion Chair: Dr Richard Piper, CEO, Alcohol Change UK Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Alison Douglas, CEO, Alcohol Focus Scotland Dr Wulf Livingston, Reader in Social Sciences, Glyndwr University Dr Helen McAvoy, Director of Research, Institute of Public Health in Ireland
12:00 - 12:15	Coffee break
12:15 - 13:15	Breakout sessions
	Parallel Workshop 1 Where next for alcohol marketing? Professor Isabelle Szmigin, Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham Andrew Misell, Director for Wales, Alcohol Change UK
	Parallel Workshop 2 Where next for public health and alcohol? Dr Will Haydock, Senior Health Programme Advisor, Public Health Dorset Julie Breslin, Head of Programme, Drink Wise, Age Well, Addaction
	Parallel Workshop 3 Where next for alcohol treatment? Pete Burkinshaw, Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery Lead, Public Health England Mike Ward, Consultant, Alcohol Change UK
13:15 - 14:15	Lunch and networking
14:15 - 15:00	Plenary sessions Chair: Janey Lee Grace, Presenter, Alcohol Free Life Podcast Changing human behaviour. Insights from behavioural science. Professor Dame Theresa Marteau, Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge
15:00 - 15:45	What changes social norms? Dr John Holmes, Reader in Alcohol Policy, Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, ScHARR, University of Sheffield
15:45 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15	Reflections and next steps Dr Richard Piper, CEO, Alcohol Change UK James Morris, Editor, Alcohol Policy UK
16:15 - 16:45	The Power of Choice Africa Brooke, Discovery Dive
17:00 - 18:00	Alcohol-free drinks reception Welcome by Laura Willoughby MBE, Co-Founder of Club Soda, The Mindful Drinking Movement

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