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| 1st European Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion, 25-27 June 2006, Vienna |
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Opening session; left to right
G. Rider, J. Mason, H.Kloppenburg, B. Buhmann, R. Gainsford | Commissioner Kyprianou
& Maria Rauch-Kallat,
Minister of Health, Austria | John Mason, Horst Kloppenburg, Wim Rogmans & Rupert Kisser relaxing at
the dinner party |
Austrian Government officially adopts conclusions and recommendations from 1st European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
EuroSafe is honoured with the news that the Austrian Government, in its capacity as President of the European Union from January to June 2006, has officially adopted the conclusions and recommendations from the 1st European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. The conclusions and recommendations were presented to the European Council in a meeting on 8 September (see EU news) and add a welcome boost to the growing momentum of political awareness of injury prevention in Europe.
Conclusions and Recommendations
Presentations
| SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2006 |
Opening session: 'The challenge' (15:00-16:30)
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• | Welcome address on behalf of the Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV)
Rupert Kisser, Chairman, EuroSafe
For a safer Europe: the EC vision on injury prevention
Markos Kyprianou, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection in the EU
Welcome address on behalf of the Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board (AUVA)
Helmut Klomfar
Opening speech by Maria Rauch-Kallat
Minister of Health in Austria and current President in the EU-Health Council
The role of Public Health in injury prevention
Roberto Bertollini, Director Special Programme on Health and Environment, WHO European Regional Office, Rome
Road Crash Victims’ perspectives
Brigitte Chaudhry, European Federation of Road Traffic Victims, London
Media advocacy for policy change and empowerment of people
Franklin Apfel, World Health Communication Associates, Axbridge, Somerset |
Break-out sessions: Priority issues (16:30-18:00)
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Joanne Vincenten, EuroSafe – European Child Safety Alliance, Amsterdam
Rosa Gofin, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem
Prevention of youth violence
Mark Bellis, Liverpool John Moores University
Jan Brown, Bootle Street Police Station, Manchester
Inge Baumgarten, WHO – Regional Office Europe, Copenhagen
Consumer product safety
Ron Gainsford, Trading Standards Institute, London
Antoni Brack, Twente University, Enschede
Jürgen Vogelgesang, European Commission DG SANCO, Brussels
Vulnerable road users
Martin Winkelbauer, Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV), Vienna
Frazer Goodwin, European Transport Safety Council, Brussels
Ulrich Cronenberg, Civil Protection and First Aid of the German Red Cross on behalf of the Red Cross / EU Office, Brussels |
MONDAY 26 JUNE 2006
Break-out sessions: Priority issues 2 (09:00-10:30)
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Anne Lounamaa, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki
Cees Meijer, Consumer Safety Institute, Amsterdam
Michal Molcho, National University of Ireland, Galway
Suicide prevention
Ella Arensman, National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork
Mette Ystgaard, Centre for Children and Adolescent Mental Health (presented by E. Arensman)
Ulrich Hegerl, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität, Munich
Sport injuries
Brigitte Buhmann, Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (BFU), Bern
Claudio Detogni, Regional Public Health Agency – ULSS 20 Verona
Saskia Kloet, Consumer Safety Institute, Amsterdam
Safety for seniors
Hannelore Schouten, Consumer Safety Institute, Amsterdam
Chris Todd, University of Manchester |
Plenary session: 'Solutions that work' (11:00-12:00)
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John Mason, Intertek RAM Ltd, London
What makes a good practice good?
Morag Mackay, EuroSafe – European Child Safety Alliance, Amsterdam
Transfer and up take challenges
Dragoslav Popovic, UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS, Geneva
The Safe Communities’ model: evidence and research needs
Yousif Rahim, European Safe Community Network, Oslo |
Plenary session: 'Cross-cutting issues' (14:00-15:30)
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Addressing alcohol consumption as a common risk factor for violence and injuries
Gunnel Hensing, the Sahlgrenska Academy, Götenborg
Essential trauma care: achievable standards for trauma services at low cost
Raed Arafat, Mures County Emergency Hospital, Targu, Romania
Developing national injury prevention programmes and sustainable infrastructures
Etienne Krug, World Health Organization, Geneva |
Break-out sessions: 'Action on injuries' (16:00-17:30)
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Kevin Browne, University of Birmingham
Dinesh Sethi, WHO-European Regional Office, Rome
Marius Råkil, Alternative of Violence (ATV), Oslo
Creating national action plans for child safety
Morag Mackay, EuroSafe Child Safety Alliance, Amsterdam
Elizabeth Lumsden, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Edinburgh
Elsa Rocha, APSI-Portuguese Association for Child Safety and Injury Control, Lisbon
Safety of consumer services
Florence Weill, Commission de la Sécurité des Consommateurs, Paris
Tomi Lounema, Finnish Consumer Agency, Helsinki
Nina Klemola, ANEC The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation, Brussels
Workplace safety
Claudio Detogni, Regional Public Health Agency – ULSS 20 Verona
Christian Schenk, co-chair on behalf of AUVA, Vienna
Beate Mayer, Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board (AUVA), Vienna
Wolfgang Bödeker, European Network Workplace Health Promotion, Essen |
TUESDAY 27 JUNE 2006
Break-out sessions: 'Cross-cutting issues' (09:00-10:30)
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Rupert Kisser, Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV), Vienna
Eileen Williamson, National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork
Olga Kalakouta, Ministry of Health, Nicosia
Capacity building
Dimitrios Efthymiadis, National Center for Emergency Health Care, Athens
Francesca Racioppi, WHO-European Regional Office, Rome
Leif Svanström, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Communication and empowerment
Franklin Apfel, World Health Communication Associates, Axbridge Somerset
Joanne Vincenten, EuroSafe – European Child Safety Alliance, Amsterdam
John Mason, Intertek RAM Ltd. London
Injury surveillance and monitoring
Robert Bauer, Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV), Vienna
Nadia Minicusi, CNR - Istituto di Neuroscienze, Padova
Renzo Pace Asciak, Department of Health Information, G'Mangia |
Plenary session: 'Stakeholders involvement' (11:00-12:30)
Closing session: 'The way ahead' (14:00-15:15)
Lifetime achievement and poster awards
On behalf of EuroSafe, Prof. Leif Svanström of the Karolinksa Institute, Sweden and Rémy Heitz (award accepted by Jean Panhaleux), of the Ministry of Transport, Road Safety and Traffic Department, Paris were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for their outstanding contribution and prominent roles in the development of safety promotion.
The well deserved winners of the poster awards were: M. Engel (Switzerland), B. Strukcinskiene (Lithuania) and T. Sergentanis, (Greece) who presented the poster on behalf of of his colleague, N. Nikolakopoulos.
Jean Panhaleux, Leif Svanström, B. Strukcinskiene M. Engel & T. Sergentanis
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