Acknowledgement

A number of committees and working groups were responsible for the scientific programme and all organisational matters for the IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion:

Among people involved in the organization of this conference were [in alphabetical order]:

Thomas Abel, Abdelmounaim Aboussad, Fiona Adshead, Adrian Alasino, Nilda Altamirano Calderón, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Víctor Aráoz Adrián, Monique Archambault, Francisco Armada, Oliver Arnoczky, Hiram Arroyo, Martina Balsiger, Martine Bantuelle, Margaret Barry, Bernard Basset, Benoît Bastard, Miges Baumann, George Bediang, Carolyn Bennett, Sara Bensaude De Castro Freire, Luc Berghmans, Jocelyne Bernier, Andy Biedermann, Franziska Bigler, Laurence Bittar, Claire Blanchard, Claudia Maria Bogus, Isabelle Bolon, Bettina Borisch, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Mathis Brauchbar, Eric Brenner, Marianne Brezing, Carmel Bouclaous, Ursel Broesskamp-Stone, Supakorn Buasai, Sophie Bucher, Anne Bunde-Birouste, Robin Bunton, Paul Burger, Scott Burris, Paulo Buss, Anne-Geneviève Bütikofer, Stefano Campostrini, Julio Carpio Cerna, Mima Cattan, Guylaine Chabot, Chastonay, Anne Chatton, Tourane Corbière, Hope Corbin, Isabel Peñarrieta Córdoba, Alan Cribb, Maggie Davies, Nihaya Dauod, Alejandro Dávila, Maria Divorne, Aurélie de Gournay, Calvin de los Reyes, Katia de Pinho Campos, Ligia de Salazar, Mark Dooris, Clara Yamile Duarte Cuervo, Murielle Duckstein, Sophie Duperé, Olivier Duperrex, Thierry Dutoit, Joachim Eder, Alexandre Epalle, Rosmarie Erben, Michael Eriksen, Marie-Luise Ernst, Zaida Espino Lao, Elizabeth Benites Estupiñan, Myriam Fantazi, Laurence Fehlmann-Rielle, Jackie Ferreira, Christina Fiorini Bernasconi, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Céline François, Jonas Frey, Hua Fu, Gauden Galea, Gloria Garay Ariza, Barbara Gassmann, Mairenì Gautreau, Eberhard Goepel, Luis Fernando Gómez, Rubén Darío Gómez, Bertha González Valcárcel, Julia Campos Guevara, Felix Gutzwiller, Karin Güntensperger, Patrick Haas, Martin Hafen, Mary Hall, René Haller, Marthe Hamel, Uzma Hamid, Trevor Hancock, Andrea Hartmann, Corinna Hawkes, Andreas Herren, Liz Ho, Christoph Hörhan, David Houeto, Severin Huber, Susana Catalina Iannello, Richard J. Jackson, Emilien Jeannot, Benjamaporn Jhantharapat, Catherine Jones, Florence Jusot, Dolors Juvinyà Canal, Markus Kaufmann, Kees de Keyzer, Ilona Kickbusch, Tord E. Kjellstrom, Chang-yup Kim, Andrew Kiyu, Max Klohn, Pierre Kohler, Petra Kolip, Peter Kopelman, Jeffrey P. Koplan, Wilfred Kreisel, Nino Kuenzli, Florian Kündig, Catherine Lalive d’Epinay, Marie-Claude Lamarre, Gabrielle Landry Chappuis, Rodolfo Lajad Avellaneda, Raúl Choque Larraui, Albert Lee, Diane Levin- Zamir, Vivian Lin, Bengt Lindström, Natascha Litzistorf, Eva Jane-Llopis, Haydee Lorusso, Ana Lourenço, Morag MacDonald, Venkatesh Mannar, Erma Manoncourt, Ewa Mariéthoz, Thomas Mattig, David McQueen, Rosilda Mendes, Carlos Mendoza Montano, Peter C. Meyer, Owen Metcalfe, Kaspar Meuli, Maurice B. Mittelmark, Amir Moayedoddin, Babak Moayedoddin, Angela Mota dos Santos, Christine Mueller, Alok Mukhopadhyay, Michael C. Murray, Toshitaka Nakahara, D. Narayana, Nader R. Nassif, Markus Nauser, Clive Needle, Denise Nick, Nadia Nouar, Michel O'Neill, Ahmed Osman, Fred Paccaud, Julie Page, Edwin Peñaherrera, Jürgen Pelikan, Carmen Gallardo Pino, Lara Poethig, Maria-Pia Politis-Mercier, Louise Potvin, Horacio Pracilio, Francisco Puig, François Pythoud, Mika Pyykkö, Ludovic Queuille, Simon Regard, Marilyn Rice, Viktorija Rion, Philippe Roch, Liliana Roldan, André Rougemont, Alfred Rütten, Hans Saan, Antonio Sáez, María Sainz, Judith Salinas, Giselda Sanabria, María del Carmen Santos-Ortiz, Merryl Schoepf, Allis Felipe Sellek Rodríguez, Sophie Sierro, Jean Simos, Rama Sivapragassen, Michael Sparks, Brenda Spencer, Sylvie Stachenko, Jorge Mandl Stangl, Barbara Starfield, Thomas Steffen, Ueli Steingruber, Donald Stewart, Lawry St. Leger, Beat Stoll, Thomas Streiff, Astrid Stuckelberger, Daniel Tarschys, Chiara Testera Borrelli, Erich Tschirky, Catherine Torriani, Raphaël Tremeaud, Colin Tukuitonga, John-Paul Vader, David Vlahov, Hans-Peter Vogel, Ursula Ulrich Vögtlin, Daniel Wachter, Florence Walker, Nina Wallerstein, Marc Weiss, Marcia Westphal, Simone Widler, Joanne Wiesner, Erica Wimbush, Barbara Wildi, Jay Wortman, Christine Wyler, Simon Zadek, Lyuba Zarsky, Karin Zurcher, Rudolf Zurkinden, Helena Zweifel.

Special gratitude goes to Health Promotion Foundation, IUHPE HQ staff, MCI and CICG staff, as well as all IUHPE members for their support during the last two and a half years.

The smooth conduct of the conference has been made possible due to the kind assistance of volunteers in almost all areas of the conference. They provide information, assist in the cloakroom, fix technical problems of different kinds, assist the speakers and give a hand
wherever an unforeseen problem emerges, to mention just a few of all volunteer tasks. They come from different parts of the world and various backgrounds and are all committed to supporting you and making the conference an enjoyable and successful event.
Last but not least, we would like to express our gratitude to all sponsors and partners who supported our ideas, gave advice and supported in all possible ways.

THANKS to everybody who made this World Conference possible and a great experience!