Confirmed Speakers



•Keynote Speakers

        Frances Stillman (United States)
        Ron Borland (Australia)

•Panel Speakers


        Harry Lando (United States)
        Bungon Ritthiphakdee (Thailand)
        Prakash Gupta (India)
        Geoffrey Fong (Canada)
        Shoba John (India)
        Samarn Futrakul (Thailand)
        Anthony J. Hedley (Hong Kong)
        Chai Kritiyapichatkul (Thailand)
        Mark Travers (United States)
        Thomas Glynn (United States)
        Somkiat Wattanasirichaigoon (Thailand)
        Yumiko Mochizuki (Japan)
        Scott Leischow (United States)
        Chanchai Sitthipan (Thailand)
        Doreen McIntyre (United Kingdom)
        Hana Ross (United States)
        Sarah McGhee (Hong Kong)
        Isra Sarntisart (Thailand)

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Keynote


Dr. Frances Stillman is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA. She has worked extensively in Asia on research including through the Evidence Translation and Dissemination Center for Secondhand Smoke, the Global Tobacco Research Network, and the Reduce Smoking in Vietnam Partnership. She has published many papers on building research skills and infrastructure.

 


Dr. Ron Borland is the Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow in Cancer Prevention at the VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control in Australia. He has authored or co-authored over 150 papers on a wide range of tobacco control topics from cessation to international tobacco control policy. He is the principal investigator of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project in South East Asia. He is a primary contributor to the 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Handbook on Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation.

 


Speakers Title for SRNT-Bangkok 2008


Date/Time

Session

Topic

Speaker

Title
29 Oct.

13:00-13:45

Keynote 1
Infrastructure Development for Tobacco Control
Frances Stillman, USA
fstillma@jhsph.edu
 
Building the Capacity and Infrastructure for Successful Tobacco Control
29 Oct.

13:45-14:30

Keynote 2
Research for Policy Change
Ron Borland, Australia Ron.Borland@cancervic.org.au
Research for Policy Change
29 Oct.

14:45-15:45

Panel 1
Research Cooperation
1.Harry Lando, USA
lando001@umn.edu
Global Research Initiatives: Making Research Inclusive
2.Prakash Gupta, India
pcgupta@gmail.com
Lessons Learned through Confronting Diverse Tobacco Research Needs in India
3.Bungon Ritthiphakdee, Thailand
bungon@csloxinfo.com

seatca@truemail.co.th

SEATCA: Benefits from Regional Research Cooperation
29 Oct.

15:45-17:00

Panel 2
Packaging and Labeling
1.Geoffrey Fong, Canada
gfong@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Methods in Research on Labeling Depend on the Question You Want to Answer: Examples from the ITC Project
2.Shoba Johns, India
sjohn@healthbridge.in
The Politics of Pictorial Warnings
3.Prakit Vathesatogkit
prakit@ashthailand.or.th
Lessons Learned in Developing Health Warnings for Thailand
30 Oct.

8:00-9:00

Panel 3
SF Environment
1.A.J. Hedley, Hong Kong
hrmrajh@hkucc.hku.hk
The Impact of Vested Interests and Weak Legislation on the Cardiopulmonary Health of Catering Workers in Hong Kong
2.Chai Kritiyapichatkul, Thailand
chai@searo.who.int
Towards 100% Smokefree Environment Thailand:What and How
3.Mark Travers, USA
Mark.Travers@RoswellPark.org
What Providing Evidence of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Has Done to Establish Smoke-free Environments
30 Oct.

9:00-10:30

Panel 4
Education, Communication, Denormalization
1.Thomas Glynn,
tglynn1@cancer.org
Tobacco-Caused Harm:What Smokers Know and What They Need to Know
2.Somkiat Wattanasirichaigoon, Thailand
somkiatw2@hotmail.com
Moving Health Professionals to Provide Clear Messages Against Tobacco for Patients and Their Communities in Thailand
3.Yumiko Mochizuki-Kobayashi
mochizukiy@who.int
How the Tobacco Free Initiative Has Forwarded the Denormalization of Tobacco Use and Tobacco Industry Practices
30 Oct.
10:45-12:00
Panel 5
Cessation
1.Hana Ross
Hana.Ross@cancer.org
Tobacco Tax Policy in South East Asia
2.Isra Sarntisart
sisra@chula.ac.th
The Share of the Cigarette Retail Price That Is Tax: Is It Important for Tobacco Control
3.Sarah M. McGhee
smmcghee@hkucc.h\ku.hk
Tobacco Control Is Cost Efficient
31 Oct.
13:00-14:30
Panel 6
Tax / Economics
Hana Ross
Hana.Ross@cancer.org
Tobacco Tax Policy in South East Asia
Isra Sarntisart
sisra@chula.ac.th
The Share of the Cigarette Retail Price That Is Tax: Is It Important for Tobacco Control
Sarah M. McGhee
smmcghee@hkucc.h\ku.hk
Tobacco Control Is Cost Efficient

WORKSHOPS

Date/Time
Session
Topic
Contact Person
28 Oct. , All Day and 29 Oct 9:00- 12:00
WS I
IARC Policy Evaluation Handbook
Ron Borland, Australia Ron.Borland@cancervic.org.au
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Doreen McIntyre, UK
Doreen.mcintyre@ingcat.org
28 Oct. , All Day
WS III
Global Dialogue for Effective Stop Smoking
Karen Gutierrez
karen.gutierrez@comcast.net
29 Oct. , 9:00- 12:00
WS IV
SEATCA: Tobacco Industry Surveillance
Bungon Ritthiphakdee, Thailand bungon@csloxinfo.com
29 Oct. , 9:00- 12:00
WS V
Roswell Park Cancer Center Indoor Air Monitoring
Mark Travers,USA Mark.Travers@RoswellPark.org
29 Oct. , 9:00- 12:00
WS VI
China Seven City Symposium
Paula Palmer, USA
ppalmer@usc.edu

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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