Who should attend?

APACT 2010 will attract public health and tobacco control policy, programs and implementation personnel from within the Asia Pacific region. Public health issues will predominate though there will be coverage of cessation and treatment issues in the program.

Who should attend:

• Tobacco control  advocates and program personnel

• Policy and decision makers  in public health, hospitals, tax and economics in health care, education and development

• Government (including Ministers, Minders, Department Heads)

• Scientists (Environment, Epidemiology and Population Health Research)

• Doctors (Oncology, lung, ENT, Heart, COPD)

• Public health leaders (Health Promotion, Public Policy, Drug and Alcohol, Strategic Policy)

• Health managers (State, National and Community Levels)

• Counsellors (QuitLines, Community Health)

• Pharmaceutical and other drug control fields

• Youth and education leaders

• Pragmatists and opinion leaders

• Mainstream economists with interest in cost burdens

• Environment and ethics

Important dates

October 2009	Abstract submissions open
24 March 2010	Abstract submission closes
March 2010	APACT 2010 registration opens
April 2010	Abstract authors notified of abstract acceptance or otherwise
4 June 2010	Earlybird registration closes
6 – 9 October 2010	APACT 2010

Please note that dates may be subject to minor change – visit the conference website regularly for the latest news. Better still, register your interest in attending the event and you will receive conference updates directly to your inbox: www.apact2010.org.