The University 1 Decembrie 1918 Alba-Iulia

The National Museum of Unification Alba-Iulia

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Real Support Association Alba-Iulia
The 9th Edition of the International Conference

Alcoholism and Other Addictions; Psychosocial, Historical

and Therapeutical Issues
Alba Iulia, Romania, on the 8th - 9th of December 2017

Call for papers

Dear Sir/Madame,

We would like to invite you to the Ninth Edition of the International Conference Alcoholism and Other
Addictions: Psychosocial, Historical and Therapeutical Issues. The conference will take place in Alba-Iulia,
Romania, on the 8th - 9th of December 2017

The conference is organized by The University 1 Decembrie 1918 Alba Iulia and The National Museum of
Unification Alba Iulia, in partnership with Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and Real Support
Association.

Scientific committee:
Christian Stark (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria)
Wilfried Koehler (Addiction Centre at the Brgerhospital in Frankfurt, Germany)
Eniko Albert-Lorincz (Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Claude Riviere (LAssociation Nationale de Prvention en Alcoologie et Addictologie, France, Eurocare -
European Alcohol Policy Alliance),
Toader Nicoar (Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Mihai Pascaru (1 Decembrie 1918 University, Alba Iulia, Romania)
Lucian Marina (1 Decembrie 1918 University, Alba Iulia, Romania)
Ioana Todor , (1 Decembrie 1918 University, Alba Iulia, Romania)
Gabriel Brbule (1 Decembrie 1918, University, Alba Iulia, Romania)
Nicoleta Neamu (Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

The aim of the conference

The overall aim of this multi-disciplinary conference is to bring together specialists from different branches of
science in order to promote an interdisciplinary dialog about topics related to the issue of addiction, alcoholism
and all other addictions, psychosocial, historical and therapeutical aspects, to stimulate addiction studies and to
inspire and encourage new public policies and more effective practice in the field.

Format and content of the conference

The conference will run over two days. The program will feature a plenary section and specific sections.
Presentations will run for 15 minutes to be followed by 10 minutes of questions and discussions.
We welcome original research papers, presentations on topics including, but not limited to, the following areas:
1. History of alcohol and other drugs/other addictions, concerning their production/ practice, using and
addiction;

2. Sociological, psychological and medical patterns in the addictive behavior;

3. Cultural and spiritual issues of addiction; the multicultural and transcultural perspectives;

5. Social control and public policy concerning alcohol and other drugs, in regards to their production, trade,
consumption and recovery from their effects;

6. Good practice models in the addiction approaching, old and new challenges;

7. Prevention, therapy and rehabilitation in addiction.

8. New drugs and new other addictions in the contemporary world.

Publishing: All submissions are subjected to a double peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published
in the journal Social Research Reports. The Journal is indexed in EBSCO, Index Copernicus, SCIPIO, WZB,
NHS, Central and Eastern European Online Library, DOAJ, SSRN. Social Research Reports is accredited B+
by CNCSIS. (www.researchreports.ro)
All the papers presented at the conference will be published in a volume at the Accent Publishing House, Cluj-
Napoca.

Keynote speakers:

Claude Riviere, PhD, ANPA (French National Organization of Prevention on Alcohology and Addictology,
Paris), Special Adviser of the Board of EUROCARE, (European Alcohol Policy Alliance), Head of European
and International Affairs of ANPAA; Prevention of addictions in Europe and France;

Ioana Todor, 1 Decembrie 1918, University, Alba Iulia, Romania

What to Send

200 word abstracts should be submitted to the claudiupian@yahoo.com. Abstracts may be in Word,
WordPerfect, following this order:

a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords.

E-mails should be entitled: Abstract Submission

The language of the conference is English.

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using any special formatting, characters or emphasis
(such as bold, italics or underline). We will acknowledge receipt and will answer to all paper proposals
submitted.

Please send your abstract proposal to: claudiupian@yahoo.com.

Important deadlines:

Abstract submission 24 th of November 2017

- Notification of acceptance 30 th of November 2017

Organizing Chairs and Contact Person:

Claudiu Stefani, Ph.D, 1 Decembrie 1918 University, Alba-Iuia, claudiupian@yahoo.com

Tudor Rosu Ph.D. The National Museum of Unification Alba Iulia, tudor.rosu@yahoo.com

The organizers will provide and will cover the costs of hotel accommodation for two nights, meals and
transportation between hotel and the conference place, also the publication costs. The organizers are not
covering the travel expenses of the participants.

Participants are required to pay a fee of 70 EUR for each participant/accepted paper; if there are two authors
and two participants the fee is 100 EUR, if there are three or more authors and participants -50 EUR each one.
-Registration fee transfer deadline: until 24th of November 2017
The fee has to be transferred to the bank account of The Ninth Edition of the International Conference
Alcoholism and Other Addictions: Psychosocial, Historical and Therapeutical Issues, at Alba Iulia
University, in EUR or LEI (the transfer day rate, equivalent in EUR).
EUR transfer:
-Beneficiary: Universitatea 1 Decembrie 1918 Alba Iulia
-Bank: Romanian Commercial Bank, branch Alba Iulia
-IBAN: RO96RNCB0003037783550004. SWIFT-BICCode: NCBROBU
-Specify as object of transferre: The 9th Conf.on Addiction fee.
LEI transfer:
-Beneficiary: Universitatea 1 Decembrie 1918 Alba Iulia
-Bank: Banca Nationala a Romaniei- Trezorerii
-IBAN: RO47TREZ002504601X000270.
Cod de identificare fiscal: 5665935.
-Specify a object of transferre: The 9th Int. Conf. on Addiction fee.
-Final confirmation of inclusion in the conference program deadline: until the 30th of November 2017.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Alba Iulia!

Best regards,
Claudiu Stefani