Saturday, October 15

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10.00
Welcome. Professor Peter Allebeck, NordAN president

Pål Isdahl Solberg, University College of Southeast Norway, Participation Agency

Keynote speech.

11.00
Seminar/plenary 1 
FINDINGS FROM ESPAD AND HBSC
Torbjørn Torsheim, University of Bergen (Psychometrics, Quantitative Psychology, Community Psychology). Norway HBSC team.
Håkan Leifman, Members of the ESPAD Steering Committee
DISCUSSION

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12.30
LUNCH

 

13.30
Seminar/plenary 2
REASONS AND DRIVERS
Moderated discussion. Moderator: Cees Goos (Netherlands)
Willy Pedersen, professor of Sociology at Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo

Maj-Inger Klingvall, President of KSAN, Sweden.
Hakan Fransson, Öckerö method, Sweden.
Maria Pedersen. RN. MPH. Ph.d.-student from Denmark.

Nijole Goštautaitė Midttun, psychiatrist and director of the nonprofit organization “Mental health initiative”, Lithuania.

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15.00
Coffee break

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15.30-17.00
WORKSHOPS
1) Womens section - 10 years of womens work in the NordAN network

2) UNGASS and new psychoactives

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17.30
NordAN General Assembly

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20.00
Conference dinner

Sunday, October 16

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9.00
Seminar/plenary 3
YOUTH PERSPECTIVE ON THE ISSUE

Reinforcing the trend. Kjetil Vesteraas, Executive Director, Juvente (Norway)

Why it sucks to be young. Hilde Thoresen, President, Active (Europe)

What young people need today. Gaute Brækken, Advisor, Prevention, Blue Cross Norway

Panel discussion: Following or leading the young? How should NGOs, government agencies and others relate to trends in youth substance use?
Moderator: Anne Babb, General Secretary, International Blue Cross.

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10.30
Coffee break

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11.00
Seminar/plenary 4
IMPLICATIONS TO ALCOHOL POLICY in the future
Birgitta Ander, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden – Focus on parents
Adolescent binge drinkers seem to have moved away from street and other outdoor drinking arenas to home environments, meaning that professional youth workers and police cannot enter party arenas and the only adults who can do so are the parents. This has implications for preventive alcohol strategies and outreach social work.
Patrick Lie Andersen, NOVA Norwegian Social Research at the Oslo and Akershus University College – Drinking and health/wealth inequalities in Oslo
Young people from disadvantaged families in the capital of Norway have poorer mental health than others. They also have lower educational ambitions, exercise less, participate less in organised leisure activities, and are more often bullied. 
Catrine Torbjørnsen Halås, Associate Professor at Nord University The Centre for Practical Knowledge - Social programs fail to aid at-risk youth
Different support services in Norway operate side by side, but lack of communication prevents youth from getting the help they need.

DISCUSSION

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12.30
Conclusion. Ending
Peter Allebeck, president of NordAN

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13.00
LUNCH

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