Webinar: Alcohol Marketing and Young People – Causes for Concern

Alcohol Marketing and Young People: Causes for Concern

Join this webinar for insight, understanding and strategies for action to address the impact that alcohol advertising is having on children and young people.

The digital event will be of interest to parents, teachers, coaches, youth workers, Drug and Alcohol Task Forces and those working in the area of public health.

Registration

Click here to sign up for the digital event.

Speakers

ICAAN are delighted to announce an amazing line up of speakers for this 90 minute webinar.

Dr Pat Kenny from the School of Marketing in DIT will provide an understanding of the negative impact that alcohol marketing has on children and young people and will talk about the importance of the Public Health Alcohol Act in limiting children’s exposure to alcohol advertising.

Dr Grainne Ketelaar from the Letterkenny Institute of Technology will focus on the ways in which young people’s data is mined and extracted by the alcohol and advertising industries for the purposes of hooking the next generation of drinkers.

Maik Dünnbier is the Director of Strategy and Advocacy at Movendi International, the largest global social movement for development through alcohol prevention and control and Maik will talk about “Acting Locally, Thinking Globally – strategies to prevent risk to young people from the alcohol norm”.

There’ll be time for discussion and a Q&A.