Charles Livingstone

Talk - Reconstructing gambling research, and policy, for the 2030s: Preventing and reducing global gambling harm

Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia. He is head of the Gambling and Social Determinants unit within SPHPM and teaches health policy and health politics. He has research degrees in economics and social theory. His research priorities focus on critical gambling studies, including gambling policy reform and the politics, regulation and social impacts of gambling. He is a Commissioner for the Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling, and a member of the WHO expert advisory group on gambling.

Sophia Achab

Talk - Up to date evidence-based approaches for treatment of addictive behaviours

Psychiatrist, senior lecturer, lead researcher and head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Mental Health at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She has been part of several TAGs and panels on public health issues, policy-making, and capacity building regarding addictive behaviours. She is a member of the WHO EURO Mental Health Coalition, the WHO Global Clinical Practice Network and the Lancet Commission for Global Action on Problematic Internet Use. Her research focuses on "Population and clinical perspectives of addictive behaviors" and she contributed to the efforts leading to their inclusion in the ICD-11. She has been responsible for ReConnecte, a treatment center specialized in addictive behaviors at the University Hospitals of Geneva.

Daniel King

Talk - Gambling-gaming convergence: The public health dimensions of digital game monetisation

Associate Professor (Research) and clinical psychologist in the College of Education, Psychology, & Social Work at Flinders University, Australia. His expertise is the study of digital technology-based problems, with a focus on online gaming and simulated gambling. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications, including a book on gaming disorder ("Internet Gaming Disorder: Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention").