On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Gambling Awareness Trust, mental health, public health, and frontline addiction service providers are cordially invited to attend the inaugural Irish Harmful Gambling Forum 2023: Trends and Treatments taking place in Portlaoise, on November 9th, 2023.
Irish Harmful Gambling Forum is the first Irish conference which will bring together mental health, public health, and frontline addiction services to meet, learn, network, share best practices and ultimately collaborate in the vital treatment of harmful gambling and gambling addiction in Ireland.
We have a full and informative day’s itinerary, featuring many of our frontline service providers and an international specialist in the field of gambling addiction. See below for more details.
Sessions will include:
- Harmful Gambling: Controversies, Debates and Issues
Presented by the highly esteemed, award-winning Professor Mark Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University, who has published over 760 referenced papers, five books, 150+ book chapters, and over 1,200 other articles in the area of behavioural and gambling addiction - The ESRI Report: Measures of Problem Gambling, Gambling Behaviours and Perceptions of Gambling in Ireland
Presented by Diarmaid O’ Ceallaigh, ESRI - Backing Up the Frontlines: The Gambling Awareness Network
Presented by Pam Bergin, CEO Gambling Awareness Trust - Service Provision: The Gambling Awareness Trust Provider Network
Presented Frances Campbell, S3 Solutions - Harmful Gambling Treatments and Recovery: Strategies to Support Those Needing Help
A panel discussion, chaired by Munster Technological University, featuring four of Gambling Awareness Trust frontline service providers
Details:
This is a FREE event for frontline service providers in the provision of mental health, public health, and addiction services to meet, learn, network, share best practices and ultimately collaborate in the vital treatment of harmful gambling and gambling addiction in Ireland.- Date: November 9, 2023
- Time: 9.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. (Local Irish Time)
- Venue: Midlands Park Hotel, Jessop St, Maryborough, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 KV20
- Refreshments and Lunch will be served.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Gambling Awareness Trust
- Chair of Gambling Awareness Trust, Tom Hayes, Former Fine Gael Minister of State for Agriculture
- Kathleen Lynch, Former Minister of State at the Department of Health
- Willie Collins, One of Ireland’s foremost and experienced addiction experts.
- John Forde, Former Garda Superintendent and Private Secretary to the Garda Commissioner.
- Noel Waters, Former Director General at Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Ireland.
- Michael Culhane,
- Also pictured, Pam Bergin, CEO Gambling Awareness Trust
