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NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mauricio Hernández - Avila PhD General Director INSP Chair Martha Híjar PhD Co- Chair Dr. Gustavo Olaíz Fernández, Dr. Fernando Meneses González, Lic. Carlos Oropeza Abundez, Dr. Michael Reich, Dr. Roberto Tapia Conyer, Dr. Pablo Kuri Morales, Dr. Eduardo Vázquez-Vela, Dr. Diego González, Dr. Eduardo Lazcano Ponce, Dr. Martha Híjar Medina, Mtro. Juan E. Hernández Avila, Dr. Gladys Faba Beaumont, Lic. Juan Manuel Alvarez, Dr. Miguel Angel Lezana, Dr. Rafael Lozano Asencio, Dr. Luis Chías, Dr. Roberto Castro Pérez, Dr. Alfredo Celis de la Rosa,M.I. Bernardo Baranda Sepúlveda, Dr. Carlos Arreola Rissa, Dr. Mario Bronfman,Dr. Jacobo Finkelman. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr. Etienne Krug, Dr. Pierre Maurice, Prof. Leif Svantröm, Dr. Wim Rogmans, Dr. Richard Waxweiller, Prof. Dinesh Mohan. MARCH 15 – 18, MERIDA, MEXICO 2008

ACTIVITIES Organizing Committee on-site visit to conference location Feb 5-7 Organizing committee meeting to define timeline and intermediary objectives. March 15 Announcement and advertising of 2008 WCIPSP event location at the 2006 World Conference in South Africa. April 3-5 Compile ideas for the conference key themes for 2008 from participants at the 2006 World Conference. A survey was applied to Durban Conference participants April 3-5 Development and piloting of official websiteApril-May Compile ideas for the conference key themes for 2008 through the survey using the webpage April-June Launch first advertising series via internet and mail to potentially interested partiesJuly to December Active recruitment of sponsorship and grants Definition and establishment of the National and International Scientific Committees July 5-7 Scientific Committees propose key themes and tracks for the 2008 World Conference and compile a short list of ideal plenary speakers. Cuernavaca, México) First meeting of the International Scientific Committee Board (Genève) July 5-7 October 1st Call for abstracts and scholarships applications November 2006 to June 2007 Reception and abstracts evaluation. Results of Scholarship process. January to September 2007 IMPORTANT DATES

INJURY TOPICS Totally agreeAgreeDisagreeNR*Total n (%) Road traffic injury prevention285 (66.0)45 (10.4)0102 (23.6)432 Interpersonal violence231 (53.5)78 (18.05)4 (0.92)119 (27.5)432 Suicide prevention204 (47.2)88 (20.37)10 (2.31)130 (30.1)432 Occupational injuries208(48.14)94 (21.75)4 ( 0)126 (29.16)432 Home and leisure injuries215 (49.8)85 (19.67)7 (1.62)125 (28.9)432 Emergency services213 (49.3)80 (18.51)8 (1.85)131 (30.3)432 Cross cutting issues: Building capacity227 (52.5)69(16.0)3 (0)133 (31.5)432 Improving policy219 (50.7)68(15.7)7 (1.6)138(32)432 What works?210 (48.6)54 (12.5)9 (2.1)159(36.8)432 New methods for research231(53.5)63 (14.6)6 (1.4)132(30.5)432 Getting injury and violence prevention on the policy agenda 245 (56.7)56 (13)4 (0)127(29.3)432 Safe communities215 (49.8)87 (20.13)8 (1.85)122 (28.2)432 Injury prevention in a globalizing world: Urban sprawl166 (38.4)89 (20.6)9 (2.1)168 (38.9)432 Migration151 (34.9)105 (24.3)14 (3.2)162 (37.6)432 Learning across boundaries192 (44.4)90 (20.8)7 (1.7)143 (33.1)432 * Non Respondents ORIGINAL LIST OF TOPICS, CROSS CUTING ISSUES OF SURVEY RESULTS

1.Proven knowledge of injury control including research, program or policy applications and methods, and evaluation technology. 2. Commit to membership responsibilities 3. Ability to gather at last abstract reviewers 4. Ability to attend at least two meetings or Conference calls 5. Geographic representation 6. Discipline or employment representation 7. Organizational representation 8. Available to attend the 9th WCIPSP in Mérida, México, 2008 International Scientific Committee Selection Factors

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Jess Kraus PhD Chair of the International Scientific Committee María Isabel Gutiérrez PhD Co-chair of the International Scientific Committee Invited Board Members G Gururaj, M.D. Government Institute (India) Researcher Olive Kobusingie, PhD.WHO, Field Office (Africa) Program Devel. Lorann Stallones, PhD.Research Ctr. (SAVIR) (No. America)Research Director Franco Servadei, M.D.Regional Hospital (Italy) Clinical Director Joan Ozanne-Smith, Research (Australia) Capacity Building Yvette Holder, M.S. Surveillance (Caribbean)Surveillance Luciana Febo, PhD. Researcher (Brazil) NGO Researcher MARCH 15 – 18, MERIDA, MEXICO 2008

NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Martha Híjar PhD Chair of the National Scientific Committee Leticia Avila Burgos PhD Carlos Arreola Rissa PhD Gustavo Olaíz Fernández MPH Bernardo Baranda Sepúlveda MSc Alfredo Celis de la Rosa PhD Rosario Valdéz Santiago MSc Dr. Eduardo Vázquez-Vela

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