8.15 – 8.45am |
REGISTRATION |
8.45 – 9.00am |
Welcome to Country |
9.00 – 9.05am |
Welcome
Professor Simon Lenton – Outgoing NDRI Director |
9.05 – 9.10am |
Curtin University Address
Professor Carol Marra – Pro-Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences |
9.10 – 9.50am |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ALCOHOL – A GLOBAL PROBLEM NEEDING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Sir Professor Ian Gilmore – University of Liverpool and Chair, Alcohol Health Alliance UK |
9.50 – 10.05am |
Shame, stigma and stereotyping
Dr Sam Colledge-Frisby – NDRI Research Fellow |
10.05 – 10.20am |
Experiences of Aboriginal women accessing post-release supports in Perth
Emma Tufuga – NDRI |
10.20 – 10.50am |
MORNING TEA |
10.50 – 11.05am |
People who smoke methamphetamine and interactions with police
Dr Shelley Walker – NDRI Research Fellow |
11.05 – 11.20am |
Imprisonment among people who use drugs
Dr Michael Curtis – NDRI Research Associate |
11.20 – 11.35am |
Domestic violence against women who are pregnant
Dr Nyanda McBride – NDRI Associate Professor and Prevention and Early Intervention Program Leader |
11.35 – 11.50am |
Trends and gender differences in young people’s drinking in Australia
Emma Vieira – NDRI Research Officer |
11.50 – 12.05pm |
Growing alcohol affordability in Australia and how this can be addressed through minimum unit pricing
Dr Nic Taylor – NDRI Research Fellow |
12.05 – 12.20pm |
Vested interests in alcohol policy
Julia Stafford – NDRI PhD Scholar |
12.20 – 1.10pm |
LUNCH |
1.10 – 1.50pm |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NEW SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS AND OTHER EMERGING DRUGS - THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND LOCAL IMPLICATIONS
Paul Griffiths – Incoming NDRI Director and Outgoing European Union Drugs Agency Scientific Director |
1.50 – 2.05pm |
Methamphetamine use, injecting drug use and treatment, and criminal justice outcomes
Shady Abdelsalam – NDRI PhD Scholar |
2.05 – 2.25pm |
Nitrous oxide: Update on survey trends, clinical presentations, and regulatory responses in WA
Dr Jodie Grigg – NDRI Research Fellow, Dr Jessamine Soderstrom – Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist, Royal Perth Hospital and Neil Keen – Director of the Public Health Regulation Directorate |
2.25 – 2.45pm |
Nicotine vapes: harm minimisation at work or gateway?
Leen Blackburn – NDRI |
2.45 – 3.15pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
3.15 – 4.45pm |
EXPERT PANEL: WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE AOD POLICY AND PRACTICE IN 2025 AND BEYOND
The AOD community works well together to inform, influence and improve AOD policy and practice. Panellists will consider what they see as the coming challenges and opportunities in AOD and reflect on what have we learned, and what can we improve, to best respond. The format will be 5 mins opening statements by each panellist followed by discussion and Q & A.
Panel members:
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4.45 – 4.50pm |
Panel facilitator summary
Professor Steve Allsop – Panel Chair |
4.50 – 4.55pm |
Closing remarks
Professor Simon Lenton – Outgoing NDRI Director and Paul Griffiths – Incoming NDRI Director |
5 – 6.30pm |
SYMPOSIUM NETWORKING EVENT (IN-PERSON) |