49th Annual Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol

Thanks, and congratulations

A huge thank you to the more than 150 delegates who made KBS 2024 in Fremantle such a great success.

And congratulations to Annamae Burrows, from Glasgow Caledonian University, who won the Ole-Jørgen Skog Award for Early Career Scientists, which recognises the excellence of the papers presented by early career scientists and celebrates upcoming researchers.

Congratulations also to Kim Bloomfield, from Aarhus University, who received the annual KBS Award for Advancement of International Research Collaboration.

On a lighter note, congratulations to the team superbly led by MVP Yvette Mojica-Perez for winning the inaugual Kyp Kypri Trophy in a tightly-fought ‘football in the park’ contest, and to Kenya’s Rose Kiiru for receiving the first ever ‘KBS Best Satchel’ prize, with the elephant on Rose’s bag attracting the judges’ attention.

Finally, special recognition to Niamh Fitzgerald, who in 2025 will be defending the unofficial people’s choice crown in the annual KBS dinner ‘singalong’.

Note the 2024 symposium photos will be uploaded to the website in coming weeks.

Thanks again, and see you in 2025.

Collecting lanyards for next year

As we draw towards the end of a fantastic KBS 2024, a reminder to please return your lanyards so they can be re-used next year.

Please leave them in the collection box on the registration desk in the foyer.

Thank you.

Reminders and updates

We're less than two weeks away now, so some important reminders while you're preparing for your travel:

• We're not making up satchels this year, in an effort to reduce waste, so pack your favourite conference bag, either from a previous KBS or another conference, and be in the running for the inaugural KBS Best Satchel prize*.
• Upload your paper before the conference. If you haven't uploaded your paper yet please get in touch with your discussant so they're aware of the timeframes they're working towards. You can check the program here and upload the paper via this link.
• Check the speaker, chair and discussant guidelines. Remember to create your presentations in 16:9 screen configuration, bring your presentations on a USB for uploading, and include your declarations of interest.
• Pack a red or white t-shirt for the annual KBS football game on the Tuesday evening. The game will have extra significance this year, but remember we're aiming for fun not the World Cup.
• If you are in Western Australia on the Friday morning before the conference, a panel of KBS luminaries will be presenting at 'International Alcohol Policy Forum: Global Perspectives on Reducing Harm'. Click here for the details.

If you have any questions, please email kbs2024perth@gmail.com. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

 * Prize TBC, may actually just be glory...

Friday is registration and payment deadline

A final reminder that the deadline to sign up to attend KBS 2024 is this Friday, April 26.

So if you've submitted an abstract and haven't registered and paid yet, please do that using this link: 

https://www.kbs2024perth.org/registration_form.html. 

Remember to also book your Thursday afternoon social tours. Tours will not go ahead without sufficient people registered, so it's essential that you sign up if you're keen. 

Tour bookings here: 

https://payments.curtin.edu.au/SOCIALTOURS

And tour info here:

https://www.kbs2024perth.org/social-tours.html

If you have any queries about the above or anything else about KBS 2024, email kbs2024perth@gmail.com