14th Annual Conference 5th October 2010

The IAS 14th Annual Conference will take place on 5th of October 2010 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo. The theme for this year's conference is Deliberate Self Harm.

There will be an address at the event by President of Ireland, MAry McAleese, Patron of the IAS.

The Michael Kelleher Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Keith Hawton, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Centre for Suicide Research atOxford University.

Other speaker include:

Rory O'Connor, Professor of Psychology at the University of Stirling and Special Professor, University of Nottingham

Dr Ella Arensman, Director ofResearch, NAtional Suicide Research Foundation, Cork.

Dr Paul Moran, Psychiatrist, Cluain Mhuire, St. John of Gods, Dublin

Further information and details on how to register to attend this year's conference will be available in the coming weeks. We look forward to seeing you in Sligo on October 5th.

The IAS is dedicated to disseminating information about suicide and suicide prevention so that public opinion can respond to the issue in an informed manner and assure that it is not ignored by the statutory authorities dealing with health, education and the environment. Suicide prevention is everybody's responsibility and the tide can only be turned by concerted coordinate action by all parts of our society. Through its conferences and publications, the association highlights various aspects of suicide and endeavours to influence public policy and insure that positive action is taken to provide adequate strategies to combat this tragic problem in our society.