On Tuesday 27th March 2012 Edinburgh Cyrenians, in association with INEBRIA and other institutions, will be holding a one day conference at Murrayfield Stadium: Can Brief Interventions change Scotland's relationship with alcohol? Developing the model for community settings. You can find the provisional schedule and booking form and visit the website for more information.

The conference will feature international speakers from INEBRIA as well as local academics and practitioners. It will be discussed the evidence base for brief interventions in non-healthcare settings and debate whether more evidence is required before introducing the model to diverse settings and client groups. Should the traditional model of ABI be adapted for community settings? What are the challenges of implementation with vulnerable groups and young people? And how can projects measure the impact of alcohol brief interventions and contribute to the evidence base?

Can Brief Interventions change Scotland's relationship with alcohol? Developing the model for community settings will offer practical support on introducing alcohol brief interventions to new settings and provide opportunities to discuss and share experiences in workshop sessions. It will be of particular interest to the public and voluntary sector, ADPs, policy makers, commissioners, researchers and anyone with an interest in innovative, robust approaches to brief intervention delivery, whether in Scotland or further afield.

For more information please contact jenny@cyrenians.org.uk 0131 475 2354

All the information related with the 9th INEBRIA Conference is alredy available in our website and the flyer. By mid of February you will also find all on registration and call for abstract.

The Inebria Bulletin nš6 is already available. It includes information on the next Conference in Boston, which will take place on the 22-23rd of September 2011, conclusions from a debate about appropriate EIBI terminology, a digest from 2010 conference on evidence and experience of delivering brief interventions in the pharmacy setting and some relevant announcements in the members sections. Please contact us at inebria@gencat.cat if you would like to contribute or volunteer to edit future editions. The bulletins are also available at the Inebria website.

Update of members' contact details (communication only for members)
The Secretariat has been facing some difficulties regarding the management of the members' database. Due to the frequent changes of some of the details (institution, e-mail addresses), communication has been a bit complicated. For this reason, we would like members to help us to update the data by giving us the new details, if they have changed, in this on-line form. Please also use this form if you would like us to remove your details from the INEBRIA website; please provide your name and last name and then tick the relevant box. Please do this before the end of June. If you do not provide any information during this period, we will assume that your details have not changed and that you give us permission to publish them (first and last name, institution, country and e-mail address) as they appear on the website.