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Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and About ESSUS Epidemiology – BIPS Achterstr. 30 The 1st European Symposium on Substance Use D-28359 Bremen among Students was organised and hosted by the Tel.: +49 (0)421 / 218-56-609 University of Antwerp/ Belgium in 2008, the 2nd Fax: +49 (0)421 / 218-56-941 conference was held at Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice/ Slovak Republic in 2010 and the 3rd at the Directions University of Bradford/ UK in 2012.

From Bremen airport: Take tram number 6 direction "Universität" to the stop Organising and Scientific Committee ESSUS 2014 "Berufsbildungswerk/Technologiepark" (takes about 30 minutes). From there walk back about 260 m in the  Prof. Dr. Guido Van Hal, University of Antwerp, opposite direction the tram is travelling and cross the Belgium (Chair) th bridge over the stream the "Kleine Wümme". Just after  Dr. John McAlaney, University of Bradford, UK 4 European Symposium on Substance Use & the bridge you cross the rails to your right and arrive at  Dr. Christiane Stock, Syddansk Universitet, Abuse among University Students the BIPS. Denmark Other airports with a good connection to Bremen are  Dr. Bridgette Bewick, University of Leeds, UK Hannover and Hamburg Airports (each approx. 1.5  Dr. Ferdinand Salonna, Palacky Univesity hours by train to Bremen). Olomouc, Czech Republic  Claudia van der Heijde, University of Amsterdam, From the Bremen central railway station: The Netherlands From the forecourt of the central train station (track E)  Prof. Dr. Rafael Mikolajczyk, Helmholtz Centre for Bremen, 26 - 27th June 2014 take tram number 6 direction "Universität" to the stop Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany "Berufsbildungswerk/Technologiepark" (takes about  Prof. Dr. Hajo Zeeb, Dr. Claudia Pischke, Stefanie 10 minutes). From there walk back about 260 m in the Helmer, Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research opposite direction the tram is travelling and cross the and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany bridge over the stream the "Kleine Wümme". Just after the bridge you cross the rails to your right and arrive at the BIPS.

By taxi

From the Bremen central railway station: ~ 10 minutes From the airport: ~ 20-30 minutes

ESSUS Call for abstracts Welcome to Bremen!

ESSUS is a symposium series that brings together Abstract submissions are now being accepted for researchers, educators, health professionals and presentation at the 4th European Symposium on policy makers with an interest in issues of substance Substance Use & Abuse among University Students use in university students. Alcohol and drug 2014. consumption in young adulthood may have a number For submitting the abstract please send an e-mail of negative consequences and could contribute to containing the title, authors, institutions, and the later life trajectories of harmful substance use. abstract as a word document attached to: However whilst there are challenges there are also [email protected]. unique opportunities for interventions in this population Bremen is a wonderful place to visit! We would like to th and, as highlighted in the most recent symposium, Submission deadline: 18 May, 2014 welcome you here for the 4th European Symposium possibilities to engage with students in a positive and on Substance Use & Abuse among University productive way. Abstracts are limited to 300 words, including introduction, Students in June 2014. methods, results, conclusions. Methodological abstracts can The symposium will include talks from speakers from be composed of introduction, methods approach, critical Bremen is a beautiful city with maritime charm and around the world and will cover a wide range of discussion and conclusion. The submitting author is open minded people. The lovely historic town centre topics related to substance use of students. automatically listed as the contact author. with the city hall and Roland statue was declared UNESCO world heritage in 2004. The Roland Statue This year’s session topics will be: Conference fee: 100 € is the symbol for freedom and independence of the Reduced conference fee for students: 50 € city of Bremen since 1404. Other famous sights * New psychoactive drugs and medication to improve include the Bremen Town Musicians, the academic achievement The conference fee covers admission to all sessions, USB Böttcherstraße, the riverside boulevard Schlachte and * E-Health intervention targeting students’ substance stick with abstracts of all presentations, refreshments during the Schnoor, the oldest district in Bremen. use breaks and lunches on all conference days. The fee does * Assessment & Intervention methods in substance not cover accommodation or travel costs. Seven public and private universities numerous use research research institutes are located in Bremen. One of * Open session Number of participants is limited. them, the University of Bremen, was nominated

“excellent” by the excellence initiative of the German Keynote Speakers: Please visit our website for further instructions: Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the H. Wesley Perkins, PhD. Professor of Sociology, http://www.essus.org/ German Research Foundation in 2012. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Hobart As of Jan 1st, 2013, the BIPS was granted full and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, USA. membership of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific We hope that you will sign up for this year’s ESSUS Association, a union of 86 German non-university David Foxcroft, PhD. Professor of Community symposium. We are very much looking forward to research institutes from various branches of study, Psychology and Public Health, Department of exchanging information on the latest research, on and it is now officially called Leibniz-Institute for Psychology, Social Work and Public Health, Oxford substance use, and abuse among university students Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS. Brookes University, UK. with you!