<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Joám Evans Pim</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jevans@nonkilling.org">jevans@nonkilling.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 4:25 PM<br>Subject: Violence Prevention Conference<br>To: <br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Call
for Proposals – Meeting to bring together academics and
implementers</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The
Center for Global Nonkilling is happy to announce that this year, the
World Health Organization Violence Prevention Alliance
(<a href="http://www.who.int/violenceprevention" target="_blank">http://www.who.int/violenceprevention</a>) will be holding its first
Annual Academic Meeting alongside the Global Campaign for Violence
Prevention 7th Milestones Meeting in Geneva. The side
event will be held on the day before the two-day Meeting, on Monday,
September 21, 2015, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Participants will also be
able to register to attend the Milestones Meeting after the event.
<br><br>The theme – “Merging Evidence and Implementation” –
invites proposals from academics, practitioners, and policymakers
alike, in the spirit of the VPA and the Milestones Meeting, bringing
together different sectors invested in violence prevention. The
academic framework will allow for these different sectors to come
into conversation, in a series of roundtables and townhall
meetings. We hope that the unique setting will allow for
fruitful exchange: implementers can hear about research in plain
language, and academics can find ways to better meet the needs of
practice.<br><br>Eventually, the goal of this event is to establish a
dialogue among academics, implementers, researchers, and
practitioners, in order to encourage more collaborative projects,
such as partnerships to help disseminate knowledge or to document
work in the field.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Submission
deadline – a 200- to 300-word proposal is requested by Wednesday,
April 15, 2015, and should be submitted via email:
<a href="mailto:bandy.lee@yale.edu" target="_blank">bandy.lee@yale.edu</a>. The
format is either: (a) roundtables, with a selection of 3-4 presenters
to speak for 10 minutes, after which a general discussion will ensue;
or (b) poster presentations. Themes of the roundtables will be
determined by the accepted proposals, although all topics related to
violence prevention are welcome (e.g., description of a problem or
intervention, areas of research, recent policy initiatives, etc.).</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Notification
– All presenters will be notified via email of their proposal
status by Friday, May 15, 2015.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Registration
and Membership – You do not have to be a Violence Prevention
Alliance member to submit a proposal or to attend as a
delegate. Non-academics and scholars/practitioners from
the Global South are especially welcome and will be given priority.
Registration is free, but spaces are limited, and all attendees are
asked to register via email: <a href="mailto:bandy.lee@yale.edu" target="_blank">bandy.lee@yale.edu</a>.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a name="14bf8b4900c1791b__GoBack"></a><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Article
Writing Workshop – </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">This
will be held at the end of the day, at 6 - 9 p.m., after the
conference and in the same venue. It is open to all, but
especially to low- and middle-income country scholars who are looking
to publish their work. This event requires a separate
registration, by email: </font></font></font><a href="mailto:bandy.lee@yale.edu" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">bandy.lee@yale.edu</font></font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">
Please note that there will be a preparatory assignment.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Milestones
Meeting – Participants who are also interested in attending the
Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Milestones Meeting on
September 22-23, 2015, are invited to register at:
<a href="http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/7th_milestones_meeting/en/" target="_blank">http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/7th_milestones_meeting/en/</a></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Scholarships
– While we are still waiting on some funding sources, scholarships
are unfortunately not likely to be available in time for this
year. If you have your own potential funding sources,
however, we would gladly write letters of acceptance or of support
that would help you to procure the funds. If you would like to make
a donation, please contact us.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Thank
you for your attention, and we look forward to seeing you in Geneva!</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><br>Bandy
Lee (Yale University)<br>Maria Valenti (IPPNW)<br>Joám Evans Pim
(Center for Global Nonkilling)</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font><br></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">On
behalf of the VPA Academic Collaborations Project Group</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Organizing
Committee:</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Mary
Davoren</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Andrew
Day</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Jorja
Leap</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Bandy
Lee</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Gordon
Phaneuf</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Joám
Evans Pim</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Patrizia
Romito</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Cassandra
Simmel</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Sherry
Sykes</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Maria
Valenti</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Catherine
Ward</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Advisers:</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Alexander
Butchart</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Berit
Kieselbach</font></font></p></div>
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