Ron Borland
Chair, Scientific Committee APACT 2010
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The program will comprise 2.5 days of sessions, including plenary and keynote presentations, as well as a number of concurrent oral presentation sessions. In addition to the invited plenary and keynote speakers, a number of oral and poster presentations will be selected from a call for abstracts process.
Invited speakers are expected to be drawn from a variety of backgrounds as follows:
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Senior representatives from WHO
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Leading regional and global non-government organisations
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Health departments
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World Bank representatives
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Asian Development Bank
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ASEAN Secretariat
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Mainstream economists
Major conference topics include:
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Tobacco industry conduct
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Advertising, promotion and sponsorship
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Tobacco products and harm reduction
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Smoke-free places
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Warnings and public information
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Taxation and economics
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Cessation aids and services
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Preventing uptake
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Progress towards meeting FCTC commitments and aspirations
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Regional findings from recent research
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Bloomberg/Gates funding and national impacts
Authors will be invited to submit abstracts for consideration as oral or poster presentation during the conference from October 2009. Further details regarding abstract submission will be available soon. Please register your interest via here to keep up to date with information about abstract deadlines and the submission process.
To contact Ron Borland with regards to the Scientific Program, please email science@apact.org.au.
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