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Activities 2006
Iceland, Reykjavik - 29.09.2006
 During the year 2006 substantial changes were made in the board of SNSUS as two new member countries joined, Iceland and Finland. The board of SNSUS now represents one member for each of the five Nordic countries.
The new board met for the first time during the international conference on Gambling and Risk Taking at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Nevada. In that meeting it was decided to expand the services of SNSUS by offering seminars on gambling and Problem gambling in each of the five Nordic countries.
 The first seminar of this kind was held at the University of Iceland on the 29th of September 2006. The seminar was attended by 20 people from the gaming companies, the treatment centre, Ministry of Justice, the university and from self-help groups. The seminar was well received by the attendees and discussions were lively and informative. The program of the seminar is presented below.
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Program of the Reykjavik Seminar
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13.00
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Opening. Dr. Daníel Thor Olason assistant professor, psychology department, University of Iceland.
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13.10
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What is SNSUS? Michael Bay Jørsel, director of Center for Ludomani, Denmark.
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13.20
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Gambling and problem gambling in Sweden; Responsible gaming on the internet. Thomas Nilsson, psychologist, CEO, Spelinstitutet.
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14.00
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Gambling and problem gambling in Denmark: Treatment of gambling addiction in Denmark. Michael Bay Jørsel, director of Center for Ludomani, Denmark.
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14.30
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Gambling and problem gambling in Norway. Finn Gyllström, Østnorsk kompetansesenter, Norway.
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15.00
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Coffee
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15.30
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Gambling and problem gambling in Finland. The operation of the Peluuri helpline in Finland. Tapio Jaakkola, project manager, Peluuri.
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16.00
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Gambling and problem gambling among adults and adolescents in Iceland. Dr. Daníel Thor Olason assistant professor, psychology department, University of Iceland.
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17.00
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Final words. Introduction to the 6th conference of SNSUS 22. - 23. may 2007 in Copenhagen.
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Finland, Helsinki - 17.11.2006
 SNSUS held a day’s seminar about gambling treatment and research in Helsinki on 17th of October 2006 at the A-clinic Foundation "Gambling in the Nordic Countries. Trends, treatment and adolescence Gambling". In the seminar there were 22 people from Finnish gambling treatment facilities, gaming companies, government ministries, NGOs, universities and even two from the Institute for Problem Gambling & Treatment in Estonia, Tallinn.
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Program of the Helsinki Seminar
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10.30
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Opening. Tapio Jaakkola, project manager, Peluuri
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10.45
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What is SNSUS? Michael Bay Jørsel director, Centrum för Ludomani
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11.00
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Treatment of Problem Gamblers and gambling in Denmark Michael Bay Jørsel, director, Centrum för Ludomani
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12.00
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Lunch
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12.45
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Adolescence gambling Daniel Thor Ólason, assistant professor, Psychology Department, University of Iceland
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14.00
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Coffee
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14.30
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Gambling in Nordic countries. Trends and problems Thomas Nilsson, psychologist, CEO, Spelinstitutet
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15.30
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"GAMBLING WITHOUT BORDERS? - The changing landscape of gambling and the challenge of prevention." 6th Conference of SNSUS 22. - 23.5.2007, Copenhagen
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15.45
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Final words
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