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Concurrent Session 3A - Fixed Site Drug Checking

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Track 1
Thursday, October 31, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Royal Theatre

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Chair: Chris Gough, Cahma


Speaker

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Mr Christopher Gough
Executive Director
CAHMA

SYMPOSIUM: Emerging aspects of Australian fixed site drug checking - CanTEST results, challenges, innovative approaches and future perspectives

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

Chris Gough is Executive Director of the (CAHMA). He has worked at the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) and the NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA). Chris has served on the Boards of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), NUAA, the ACT Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association (ATODA)
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Prof. Malcolm McLeod
Professor of Chemistry
ANU

Drug checking as monitor of local drug markets

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM

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Ms Stephanie Tzanetis
Cantest Coordinator
Directions Health

Complementing Mobile and Fixed Site Drug Checking Services During Major Festivals

11:15 AM - 11:25 AM

Biography

Stephanie Tzanetis, CanTEST Program Coordinator at Directions Health Services and Executive Officer for Pill Testing Australia, brings extensive harm reduction experience. As a consumer representative for NCCRED’s advisory group and prompt response network, she provides critical insights into challenges posed by emerging novel psychoactive substances.
Mr Mitch Lamb
Admin & Comms Manager
CAHMA

Community and Chemistry: Uncovering Real-Time Information on Emerging Novel Psychoactive Compounds

11:25 AM - 11:35 AM

Biography

Clinical Associate Professor David Caldicott
Clinical Associate Professor
Australian National University

The Diffusion of Innovation and Trojan Mice - What the next 25 years of Drug Checking in Australia might look like

11:35 AM - 11:45 AM

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A/Prof Anna Olsen
Associate Professor
ANU

Symposium Discussant

11:45 AM - 11:50 AM

Biography


Chair

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Christopher Gough
Executive Director
CAHMA

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