Gambling And Social Responsibility Forum

This forum will provide a unique opportunity for policymakers, the industry, community representatives, regulators, support agencies and academics to exchange ideas, debate areas of contention and identify priorities that will inform future research and policy developments.

Forum format:

• Opening and closing sessions with speeches from leading figures from treatment and research.
• Morning and afternoon panels chaired by experts, with keynote speakers and group discussion.
• Lunchtime exhibition with contributions by support agencies, industry social responsibility sections and community groups.
• Networking opportunities and bookstalls.
• Feedback on panel priorities to be published online at http://www.rihsc.mmu.ac.uk/
• Conference papers available to delegates on CD
• Published collection of conference papers in refereed journal.

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• Keynote Speaker Biographies and Abstracts
• Professor Peter Collins
• Professor Gill Valentine & Dr Kahryn Hughes, University of Leeds, Leeds Social Sciences Institute
• Dr. Henrietta Bowden Jones, MRCPsych, BA(Hons), DOccMed. & Dr. Jonathan Parke, BSc (Hons), PhD
• Dr Nicholas Tosney, University of York
• Dr Mark D. Griffiths, Professor of Gambling Studies Director, International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University
• Peter Nicolson, Lecturer in Criminology, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Jennifer Reynolds, PhDc. University of Toronto & David Korn, MD CAS University of Toronto: The Public Health Gambling Project
• Emeritus Professor Jim Orford. Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling & Addiction Research Group,  University of Birmingham
• Marc Etches, University of Salford, Centre for the Study of Gambling Professor
• Roslyn Corney, University of Greenwich
• Gayle Munro, Research Manager, Salvation Army Research and Development Unit.
• Dr Carolyn Downs, Research Fellow, Research Institute for Health and Social Change,  Manchester Metropolitan University
• Ryan Woolrych, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University

• Keynote Speaker Powerpoint Presentations
• Gill Valentine & Kahryn Hughes - Problem Internet Gambling & the Role of the Family.ppt
• Dr. Henrietta Bowden Jones, & Dr. Jonathan Parke - Professional Development in Gambling
• Dr Mark D. Griffiths - Social responsibility in Internet gambling
• Jennifer Reynolds & David Korn - Understanding the Youth Connection
• Jim Orford - Poverty, Social Class and Gambling
• Marc Etches - The Politics of Casino Gambling
• Roslyn Corney - Female problem internet gambling
• Gayle Munro - Gambling legislative and policy frameworks and the transition to market economies
• Dr Carolyn Downs - Social Networking and Youth Gambling Behaviours

Why are traditional Bingo halls on the decline?

How popular is gambling amongst women and how are younger people being targeted by the leisure industries? Jenni Murray is joined by Dr Carolyn Downs from the Research Institute for Health & Social Change at Manchester Metropolitan University and Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) to look at some of the issues affecting Bingo.

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