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KBS – Kettil Bruun SocietyThe model for technical capacity building
and networking
Weranuch WongwatanakulCenter for Alcohol studies
International Health Policy Program (IHPP)Presentation for IHPP Journal club
9 July 2010
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Outline
• KBS - The Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium • KBS - Thematic meeting• About KBS
a pioneer of alcohol social research• At the time of Kettil Bruun’s death :– Tribute to his skills : Klaus
Makela and Robin Room worked as a facilitator
– Most unlikely combinations of research teams : to combine many age groups, scientific fields and cultures, and had an exceptional talent for eliciting collective scientific thinking
– Commitment to be a knowledge community : there were commitment for collegial work in a community of scholars and putting knowledge to use in the world
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KBS – The Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium
• KBS 2010 – the 36th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society,Lausanne, Switzerland, 31 May – 4 June 2010
• The KBS society is an international organization of scientists engaged in research on the social aspects of alcohol use and alcohol problems.
• Objective : – to provide a forum where researchers involved in studies on
alcohol can exchange ideas about their ongoing research– to promote social and epidemiological research on alcohol
and foster a comparative understanding of alcohol use and alcohol problems in a spirit of international cooperation
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KBS – The Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium • How the Conference run?
– Call for Abstract/Article : announcement, acceptance, registration– Format : focuses on the discussion of papers, pre-circulated – Plenary & Session : scheduled by highlighted topics and by theme– Guideline for speakers, Discussants, Chair Person : pre-circulated – Session Time Table : (45 minutes total)
• Presentation 1 10 minutes• Presentation 2 10 minutes• Discussants 10 minutes• Response from presenter 1 2-3 minutes• Response from presenter 2 2-3 minutes• General discussion time left
– Time limit rule : Chair of the session is about to remind• 3 minutes remaining• 1 minutes remaining • Time up
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KBS – The Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium
• How the Conference run?– Host : Addiction Info Switzerland – Financial management
• Financial support : The Swiss Alcohol Foundation, The Swiss National Science Foundation, The Swiss Federation of Public Health, The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
• Grant : travel assistant scholarship • Hand over to the next host
– Next meeting : KBS 2011 Melbourne – Annual meeting of the society : members to vote for Coordinating
Committee– Host : volunteer by members
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KBS : Thematic meeting
• 2010 – The KBS Alcohol & Violence Conference 2010, Melbourne,
Australia, 15-18 March 2010.– Alcohol Epidemiology and Evidence based Policy:
Translating Research into Effective Prevention, Treatment, and Policy, Kampala, Uganda 15-18 November 2010
– Policies for Reducing Problems Associated with Alcohol Availability, 5-7 December2010, Washington, USA
• Objective : – To push forward the study of alcohol of such theme– To fill the gap and set priority/direction within area of
research
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KBS : Thematic meeting
• How the Conference run? – Similar to KBS– Call for Abstract/Article :– Format : focuses on the discussion of papers, pre-circulated – Plenary & Session : scheduled by highlighted topics and by theme– Guideline for speakers, Discussants, Chair Person : pre-circulated – Session Time Table : (45 minutes total)– Time limit rule : Chair of the session is about to remind
• 3 minutes remaining• 1 minutes remaining • Time up
• Theme : set by KBS Committee• Financial Management : from KBS and co-host/financially
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About KBS
• Objective• Activities• Establishment• How KBS run?
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About KBS
Objective• To promote social and epidemiological research
which fosters a comparative understanding of the social aspects of alcohol use and alcohol problems
• To promote a spirit of international cooperation
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About KBS
Activities• Acting as a medium for comparative research
projects• Sponsoring international seminars on theoretical,
methodological or substantive topics.• Organizing regular meetings for the presentation
of research papers and discussion.
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About KBS
Establishment• formed in 1987 to bring together three existing
traditions of international work1. An Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium2. Thematic meetings3. Collaborative international research projects
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About KBS
• How KBS run?– Committee : Officers and a Coordinating Committee
are elected by members– Financial management : Individual membership
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Conclusion & Discussion
• KBS : the model for technical capacity building– The efficient discussion of energetic participants– Knowledge sharing and research priority/direction– The efficient conference organized
• KBS : the model for technical networking– The technical community to meet and share together
their knowledge, experiences, and lesson learned– To bring up a network or collaboration for