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
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 PMBiography
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)
Prof. Malcolm McLeod
Professor of Chemistry
ANU
Drug checking as monitor of local drug markets
11:05 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Ms Stephanie Tzanetis
Cantest Coordinator
Directions Health
Complementing Mobile and Fixed Site Drug Checking Services During Major Festivals
11:15 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
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 AMBiography
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 AMBiography
A/Prof Anna Olsen
Associate Professor
ANU
Symposium Discussant
11:45 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Chair
Christopher Gough
Executive Director
CAHMA