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NDRI hosts regular free webinars and seminars featuring a diverse range of topics and speakers, including NDRI researchers, PhD scholars, and visiting national and international experts.

To be added to our seminar email list for information about upcoming events, please email ndri@curtin.edu.au. To RSVP to an event or access the recording of a past event, click on the links below.

Upcoming Events
Event Presenters Date Location Further information
NDRI webinar: Drug checking around Australia: A snapshot of services, findings, and insights for the festival season Steph Tzanetis (Pill Testing Australia), Cameron Francis (The Loop), Clancy Beckers (NSW Drug Checking Trial) and Jack Freestone (NCCRED) 26 October 2025 Online Register
Breaking the cycle: Supporting the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in prison and post-release - Joint NDRI-Justice Health Group seminar Michael Doyle (University of Sydney) and Emma Tufuga (NDRI and Justice Health Group - Curtin) 1 December 2025 Perth,WA (in-person only) More information and register
ISSDP 2026 conference: Connecting affected communities, drug policy and public health Various 30 June-2 July 2026 Perth,WA Submit an abstract
NDRI webinar: Criminalisation vs Care: Experiences ​and responses to methamphetamine use in Australia Shelley Walker, Michael Curtis (NDRI, Curtin) and Rebecca McKetin (NDARC, UNSW) 22 October 2025 Online Watch
NDRI webinar: Young people, alcohol and risk: understanding recent declines in youth drinking Michael Livingston (NDRI, Curtin), John Holmes (Sheffield University) and Amy Pennay (CAPR, La Trobe) 17 September 2025 Online Watch
Opioid overdose in Australia: Evidence, experience and emerging threats Michael Curtis and Simon Lenton (NDRI), Ele Morrison (AIVL) and Amanda Roxburgh (Burnet) 20 August 2025 Online Watch
Using Foresight methods to make policy and practice more resilient to a rapidly changing world: Insights from recent EU experiences in illicit drugs and communicable diseases Dr. Gerjon Ikink – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Klaudia Palczak – European Union Drugs Agency, and Brian Galvin - Health Research Board Ireland 02 July 2025 Online Watch
Trends in harms from alcohol: The National Alcohol Indicators Project William Gilmore, Michael Livingston and Nic Taylor (all NDRI) 25 June 2025 Online Watch
Past Events
Past Event Date Location Further information Video recording
WA Drug Trends Seminar 26/3/25 State Library Link  
2025 NDRI Symposium 4/3/254 Fremantle Link  
Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) 2024 Symposium 27-31/05/24 Fremantle Website  
International Alcohol Policy Forum: Global Perspectives on Reducing Harm 24/05/24 The Hub, Bentley Link  
Yarning About First Nations Research: NAIDOC Week 2023 Symposium 04/07/23 Curtin University Link  
2021 NDRI Symposium:
Working Together - Community Collaboration in Drug Policy and Practice Research		 06/10/21 Hybrid: Perth Convention Centre and Online Link  
NDRI Seminar: The social costs of cannabis use to Australia 27/08/20 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: If alcohol in moderation likely has no health benefits, is it time to modify national low-risk drinking guidelines? 11/12/19 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: Alcohol and the health and human rights of women and children 28/11/19 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: Practical advice for smoking cessation in drug and alcohol service settings 10/05/19 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: Harms to children from others’ drinking - Recent findings and policy impacts 09/04/19 Bentley, WA Link  
NDRI Seminar: Drug trends in WA - Findings from the 2018 IDRS and EDRS 28/02/19 Bentley, WA Link IDRS Link
EDRS Link
NDRI Seminar: Life in a kingdom of wowsers - Impact of NSW’s lockout laws 03/12/18 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: Peculiar differences in Australian and New Zealand beer markets 05/11/18 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: The evolution of synthetic cannabinoid new psychoactive substances 20/06/18 Bentley, WA Link  
NDRI Seminar: ‘Alcohol and substance related problems among young adults: a four-year longitudinal study’ & ‘Talking with your emerging adult student about alcohol’ 08/05/18 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Seminar: Why the AOD field should be interested in the psychedelic science renaissance 22/02/18 Bentley, WA Link Link
NDRI Forum: Fit for purpose - The legal, medical and social barriers and enablers to safer PIED injecting 16/02/18 Melbourne, Vic Link  
NDRI 30th Anniversary Symposium: Working with communities - AOD intervention and policy research 30/11/17 Bentley, WA Link  
2017 Contemporary Drug Problems conference: ‘Making alcohol and other drug realities’ 23/08/17 Helsinki, Finland Link Link
Past Webinars
Past Webinar Presenter Organiser Date Link
Young people and vaping: The pervasiveness of social media marketing and prevention efforts Various NDRI Webinar Series 30/4/25 Watch
The intersection of violence and drug use among women: NDRI April Webinar Various NDRI Webinar Series 16/4/25 Watch
Drug checking around Australia: A snapshot of services, recent findings, and insights for the festival season Various NDRI Webinar Series 27/11/24 Watch
Challenges regulating, reducing, and measuring alcohol-related harm in the NT Nic Taylor, Sarah Clifford and Stephanie Holmes NDRI Webinar Series 16/10/24 Watch
Injecting-related bacterial infections among people who inject drugs Various NDRI Webinar Series 11/09/24 Watch
Researching lived experience, values and drug policy Dr Rebecca Askew, Manchester University NDRI Webinar Series 21/11/23 Info
Answering key questions on naloxone Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby & Dr Seraina Agramunt, NDRI NDRI Webinar Series 27/09/23 Webinar
NDRI webinar: Alcohol harm, addiction and impacts of trauma Professor Peter Miller, Deakin University NDRI Webinar Series 27/10/22 Webinar
What's New: Current Research Updates on FASD – A Disability Rights Lens Professor Dorothy Badry, University of Calgary NDRI Webinar Series 24/8/22 Webinar
The impact of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby, NDRI Melbourne NDRI Webinar Series 13/7/22 Webinar
Inclusion of Self-Determination by First Nations Australians in Alcohol-Related Policy in the NT Annalee Stearne NDRI Webinar Series 1/6/22 Webinar
The $67 billion cost of one of our favourite drugs Allsop, Gilmore, Tait and Chikritzhs NDRI Webinar Series 4/4/22 Webinar
Understanding and preventing opioid overdose - From the global to the local Professor Paul Dietze, NDRI NDRI Webinar Series 07/07/21 Webinar
'Behind their curtains' - Empowering young Aboriginal women, informing service providers Dr Mandy Wilson, NDRI NDRI Webinar Series 02/06/21 Webinar
Swimming with crocodiles - lessons learned from 40 years of trying to influence policy Steve Allsop, NDRI NDARC Webinar Series 10/09/20 Webinar
Aboriginal leadership in research and policy Annalee Stearne, NDRI CRE Indigenous Health + Alcohol 2020 Symposium Series 20/08/20 Info
Webinar
What do we know about the impacts of cannabis use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities? Dr Julia Butt, NDRI Australian Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre 21/05/20 Webinar
Kava use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Dr Julia Butt, NDRI Australian Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre 25/06/19 Webinar
Psychosis and other mental health effects of ice Associate Professor Rebecca McKetin, NDRI Cracks in the Ice 09/07/18 Webinar
Females ‘behaving badly’: Violence, substance use and involvement with the criminal justice system Dr Mandy Wilson and Ms Ngaire Pigram, NDRI Australian Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre 20/06/18 Webinar
Effects of ice on the brain and body, and implications for responding Adjunct Professor Nicole Lee, NDRI Cracks in the Ice 16/11/17 Webinar
How to talk with teenagers about alcohol use Professor Steve Allsop, NDRI Positive Choices 21/09/17 Webinar
Harnessing good intentions: Addressing harmful AOD use among Aboriginal Australians Associate Professor Ted Wilkes & Professor Dennis Gray, NDRI Australian Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre 11/05/17 Webinar