LAUNCH WEBINAR ISSUP GREECE

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12 March 2021, Online
Launch ISSUP Greece – Addictions during the pandemic and in the digital age: Prevention, Treatment and Training

The official announcement of ISSUP Greece took place online on March 12^th, 2021 (18:00 EET) via a webinar with the title “Launch ISSUP Greece – Addictions during the pandemic and in the digital age: Prevention, Treatment and Training”. 

Aim of this οnline event was to inform participants about ISSUP’s contribution worldwide, and its presence in Greece. Prominent professionals in the sector, both on a global and national level, will highlight the importance of prevention, treatment and training during the pandemic and the digital age.

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The programme of the webinar was the following:

18:00 (EET) Greetings

Joanna Travis-Roberts, Chief Executive International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP)
Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki
Vasileios Kikilias, Greek Minister of Health
Athanasios Theocharis, President of OKANA
Christos Kouimtsidis, National Coordinator for Drugs in Greece
Brian Morales, Chief Branch, Counternarcotics, Office of Global Programs and Policy, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law (NL), U.S. Department of State

18:30 (EET) Video Projection | International Chapters
18:45 (EET) Presentations | Speeches 

Moderator: Phaedon Kaloterakis, President of ISSUP Greece

• Giovanna Campello, Chief of Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• Alexis Goosdeel, Director of European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
• Igor Koutsenok, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego
• Charalampos Poulopoulos, Professor, President of the Department of Social Work, Democritus University of Thrace

20:15 Discussion

*with simultaneous translation in English