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In this blog, Early Career Forum (ECF) members give an overview of the ECF events at the 9th Conference and Members’ Meeting of the European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR). Read on if you would like to know more about what you have missed if you could not attend and get an idea the ECF events you could take advantage of at the 2019 EUSPR conference in Ghent, Belgium.The 9th EUSPR took place in Lisbon, Portugal between the 24th and the 26th October 2018. The conference celebrated multiple premieres: (1) the EUSPR conference received more submissions than ever before (2) the EUSPR sponsored a total of 20 early career bursaries (opposed to 15 bursaries in 2017) to attend the conference, as well as the pre-conference workshop and our networking event – many thanks!! (3) two pre-conference workshops were delivered (opposed to one in 2017). In sum, the EUSPR Early Careers Forum (ECF) was represented at the conference with at least one ECF event each day.As in 2017, we also offered members of the ECF the possibility to participate in the abstract review process, so as to help them develop their own abstract writing skills as well as to gain insights into what happens “behind the scenes” once an abstract is submitted.Below, we provide a brief overview of the conference; you can always find more information and additional pictures on our Facebook page, Twitter, or Instagram.Pre-Conference Workshop I: Promoting researchThe first pre-conference workshop dealt with scientific communication and was led by Ilaria Montagni, PhD (University of Bordeaux). Ilaria has a background in communication research and currently works in the field of health literacy and health communication. Initially, Ilaria presented a few theoretical aspects of health communication. Two Early Career Award winners at previous EUSPR conferences, Boris Chapoton and Alexandra Morales, explained their winning presentations and identified key elements connected to their success.Early Careers Pre-conference workshop “Promoting Research”. Credits @Elena GervillaThen, all 23 workshop attendees were asked to design a strategy to communicate scientific findings to a target audience of their choice (ideally, connected to their research focus). These strategies were then discussed, critically evaluated and optimized.Ilaria Montagni discussing the theory of communication with the participants of the Early Careers Pre-conference workshop. Credits @ Elena GervillaPre-Conference Workshop II: Research meets practiceAfter a sumptuous lunch break at the lovely Lisbon City Hall, the second pre-conference workshop (led by Rosaria Galanti and Samuel Tomczyk) tackled the challenging question of how prevention research and practice can inform each other during the research process. To begin, Rosaria Galanti (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) recited a rich example of several challenges and areas for practitioner-researcher exchange in a prevention project. The examples covered the development of the research questions and materials, the choice of target audiences and recruitment strategies, to the implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of the intervention and results. In the next phase, participants were grouped according to their main topic (which proved to be very hard to define) and asked to identify points of agreements and disagreements between researchers and practitioners that could inform future preventive work.Pre-conference workshop “Research meets practice“ at the Lisbon City Hall. Credits @Elena GervillaParticipants represented multiple disciplines with diverse roles within the prevention world, e.g., early career researchers, senior researchers, nurses, policy-makers and prevention practitioners, which resulted in an intense, but fruitful and very inspiring session.Early Careers Forum Networking EventOn the first day of the conference, Thursday, 25th October, early career participants were invited for a discussion with Prof. Laura G. Hill and Prof. Louise Parker (Washington State University) regarding the exchange opportunities for early career researchers. Fortunately for us, both came well prepared and presented several opportunities for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers in the field of prevention (separate blog post here). Unfortunately, this networking event shared its time slot with the lunch break and a poster session; therefore, attendance was not as high as desirable – there is always room for improvement in organizing the ECF events.&#160;Early Careers Forum Network Event with (left to right) Jeremy Segrott, Laura G. Hill, Samuel Tomczyk, Louise Parker. Credits @ Elena GervillaEarly-Career SessionsIn two special sessions, early career colleagues presented their interesting research on a variety of different topics, such as physical activity, drug prevention or mental health.Early Career Session IAdina Lang: Preconception health behaviours of reproductive aged womenAntje Kula: Problem solving skills in kindergarten children – preliminary results of the WALLY testings within the KOAKIK-projectSamuel Tomczyk: An application of the theory of planned behaviour to help-seeking in adults with currently untreated mental health problems — a longitudinal studyMaximilian von Heyden: Don‘t offend to peer: Raising problem awareness and building treatment motivation in users of child sexual abuse imagesAlexandra Morales: Effects of video-feedback and cognitive preparation for improving social performance and anxiety symptoms through Super Skills for Life programEarly Career Session IICharlotte De Kock: Presence of European and non-European migrants in services across the drug treatment spectrum in Belgium and Portugal: Implications for prevention and treatment initiativesGeorgie MacArthur: A qualitative exploration of the intersection between social influence and cultural norms in relation to the development of alcohol consumption practices during adolescenceAlexa Yakubovich: Is long-term exposure to neighbourhood-level deprivation associated with experiences of intimate partner violence among women in early adulthood? Findings from a UK birth-cohort studyJoella Anupol: Young adults’ alcohol-related experiences and their role in the friends groupRoux Lydie: Active breaks program at school: Development, set up and feasabilityIn addition to the parallel early career oral presentations, early career colleagues also presented posters in two poster sessions.Early Career AwardsIn the final plenary session, the EUSPR awarded two Early Career Awards:Outstanding Presentation to Samuel Tomczyk for the presentation “An application of the theory of planned behaviour to help-seeking in adults with currently untreated mental health problems — a longitudinal study”;Outstanding Poster Presentation to Giovanni Aresi for the poster: “Differences between youth drinking cultures in Italy and the U.S.A. What are the implications for practice?” (find out more in our next post). Congratulations to the winners!Jeremy Segrott, president of the EUSPR, awards Samuel Tomczyk for his Early Careers Outstanding presentation. Credits @Elena GervillaAbout the authors:Samuel Tomczyk the EUSPR ECF Lead was responsible for compiling the accounts of ECF members participating at the EUSPR 2018 conference.  Elena Gervilla took care to capture the events on camera, Boris Chapoton monitored the Early Career Awards and the poster presentations and Mieke Snijder shared her impressions of the pre-conference workshop. For further information, you can contact Samuel at samuel.tomczyk[at]uni-greifswald.de .