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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

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• Kettil Bruun Society• Kettil Bruun (1924 – 1985):

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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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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• 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

international project

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Thank You

• http://www.kettilbruun.org/• http://www.kbs2010.ch/2.html• http://www.kettilbruun.org/Violence_Melb.htm• http://musph.com/kbsthematic2010/• http://www.silvergategroup.com/ap15/index.htm

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