National Alcohol Summit
National Alcohol Summit - 28 and 29 October 2014. National Convention Centre, Canberra. Register Now.
Event Details
Join us for this important forum.
Register now! Email president@ama.com.au or phone the AMA on 02 6270 5460
The AMA’s National Alcohol Summit will look at the impact of excessive alcohol use across several different domains including alcohol-related violence and the social costs of alcohol; culture, advertising and sport; the harmful use of alcohol in Indigenous communities; and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
The Summit will bring together representatives from all tiers of government, community leaders, medical and health experts, police, families of victims, and other stakeholders to develop practical measures and enduring solutions.
The AMA has been a consistent public voice raising awareness of alcohol-related harms and the need for a comprehensive national response. As doctors, we are often at the frontline in dealing with the effects of drinking. The devastating effects of excess alcohol use are comprehensive, and their prevalence is far reaching. The AMA believes that the solutions must be equally comprehensive and far reaching.
The National Alcohol Summit will culminate in a recommended plan of action for the Australian Government to implement real and tangible solutions.
Sessions
AMA National Summit on Alcohol - Session 1 (Violence and the social costs of alcohol)
Speakers:
- Mr Ralph Kelly, Thomas Kelly Foundation (Download presentation, pptx 94.3MB)
- Mr Vince Kelly, President, Police Federation of Australia
- Dr Diana Egerton-Warburton, Director of EM Research, Monash Medical Centre
- Chair, Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Public Health Committee (Download presentation, pptx 1.3MB)
- Ms Kate O'Connor, Manager City Business and Safety, City of Sydney (Download presentation, pptx 525KB)
- Mr Michael Thorn, CEO, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Download presentation, pptx 963KB)
AMA National Summit on Alcohol - Session 2 (Domestic Violence)
Speakers:
- Ms Mirjana Wilson, Executive Director, ACT Domestic Violence Crisis Service (Download presentation, pptx 183KB)
- Dr Howard Bath, NT Children's Commissioner (Download presentation, pptx 814KB)
- Prof Angela Taft, Director, Judith Lumley Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University (Download presentation, ppt 528KB)
- A/Prof Peter Miller, Co Director of the Violence Prevention Program, and Principal Research Fellow, Deakin University (Download presentation, pptx 1.7MB)
AMA National Summit on Alcohol - Session 3 (Culture, sport and alcohol)
Speakers:
- Prof Sandra Jones, Centre for Health and Social Research, Australian Catholic University Health Institute (Download presentation, pptx 18.3MB)
- Dr Nicholas Carah, School of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland (Download presentation, pptx 13.7MB)
- A/Prof Kerry O'Brien, Behavioural Studies, School of Social Sciences, Monash University (Download presentation, pptx 1.1MB)
- Prof Mike Daube, AO Director, McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth
Director of Public Health Advocacy Institute
Health Sciences Research and Graduate Studies, Curtin University (Download presentation, pptx 23.1MB)
AMA National Summit on Alcohol - Session 4 (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)
Speakers:
- Prof Elizabeth Elliott AM, Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
NHMRC Practitioner Fellow
Paediatrics and Child Health, Children’s Hospital, Westmead - Ms Sue Miers AM, Chairperson, National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Download presentation, pptx 1.27MB)
- Mr Graham Perrett MP, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Attorney General
- Dr Richard Kidd, Deputy Chair, AMA Council of General Practice
AMA Federal Councillor (Download presentation, pptx 1.1MB)
AMA National Summit on Alcohol - Session 5 (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - cont.) (Live)
Speaker:
- Prof Paul Haber
Addiction Medicine Specialist, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Downlaod presentation, pptx 2.5 MB)
AMA National Summit on Alcohol - Session 6 (Alcohol harm and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people)
Speakers:
- Mr Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Co-Chair of Close the Gap Steering Committee - Dr Pat Anderson, Chair Lowitja Institute
A/Prof Ted Wilkes AO, Aboriginal Research Programs, National Drug Research Institute
Curtin University (Download presentation, pptx 174.71 KB) - Dr John Boffa, Chief Medical Officer, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC)
A/Prof National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Speaking on behalf of the Peoples Alcohol Action Coalition
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