Concurrent Session 1E - Part 1: Data Informing Policy & Practice | Part 2: Advocacy Workshop
Tracks
Track 5
| Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Sutherland |
Details
Chair: Penny Hill, Harm Reduction Australia
Civil Society Informing International Drug Policy Workshop Details:
Join this interactive workshop where the Australian Civil Society Committee on UN Drug Policy will guide participants through a practical example of how civil society provides feedback on a UN draft resolution on harm reduction, utilising a working example from this years session. Attendees will learn how expert views and community perspectives can inform high-level government negotiations and influence global drug policy at the United Nations. Participants of this workshop will also be invited to attend the lunchtime session the following day, Thursday 31 October, from 12-1pm, co-lead by the Department of Health and Aged Care and the Australian Civil Society Committee on UN Drug Policy: International Drug Policy - Overview of Recent Developments.
The workshop presenter is Dr Penny Hill (Harm Reduction Australia/Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs). Penny leads the Australian Civil Society Committee on UN Drug Policy and will be joined by Committee Members Dr Annie Madden (Harm Reduction Australia), Ele Morrison (AIVL), Steph Tzanetis (Pill Testing Australia), Nick Kent (Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia) and Dr Erin Lalor (Alcohol and Drug Foundation) for this workshop.
Speaker
Dr Krista Siefried
Clinical Research Lead, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director
The National Centre For Clinical Research On Emerging Drugs (NCCRED)
GHB-related emergency department presentations, hospitalisations and police seizures in NSW
11:00 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Krista is a clinician researcher at the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED), St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC). Krista leads a program of research and knowledge translation, to improve clinical outcomes for people living with chronic illness.
Dr Michael Livingston
Associate Professor
National Drug Research Institute
Describing the alcohol harm paradox: twenty years of data from Victoria, Australia
11:10 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Michael Livingston is an alcohol policy researcher and epidemiologist, who has worked in the field for nearly 20 years
Dr Anne-Marie Laslett
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
La Trobe University
Costing harm from others’ drinking in Australia in 2021
11:20 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Anne-Marie Laslett, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at La Trobe University, directs the Range and Magnitude of Alcohol’s Harm to Others project at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. For twenty years she has undertaken alcohol and other drug research, focusing mostly on alcohol’s harms to children and families.
Mr Chris Killick-Moran
Head, Suicide And Self-harm Monitoring Unit
AIHW
Development and presentation of ambulance attendance data for timely national reporting on alcohol and other drugs, mental health, and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
11:30 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
Mr Chris Killick-Moran is the Head of the Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring Unit in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mr Killick-Moran has twenty-five years’ experience in the development of health policy and evidence in both the Commonwealth and ACT governments. His areas of specialisation include suicide prevention policy, mental health policy, alcohol and other drug policy and the use of data and evidence to inform government decision making. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the Australian National University.
Dr Louise Tierney
Head, Tobacco, Alcohol And Other Drugs Unit.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Development and presentation of ambulance attendance data for timely national reporting on alcohol and other drugs, mental health, and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
11:30 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
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Session Q&A
11:40 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Dr Penny Hill
Board Member
Harm Reduction Australia
Civil Society Informing International Drug Policy - 2023 ADVOCACY AWARDEE WORKSHOP
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Mr. Nicholas Kent
Policy Lead / Co-national Director
Harm Reduction Victoria / Students For Sensible Drug Policy Australia
Workshop Presenter
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Dr Erin Lalor
Chief Executive Officer
Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Workshop presenter
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Dr Erin Lalor, PhD was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Alcohol and Drug Foundation in 2017. Erin has over 20 years of leadership experience in the health sector, working in clinical, academic and executive roles, and was previously CEO of the National Stroke Foundation.
Dr Annie Madden
Executive Director
Harm Reduction Australia
Workshop Presenter
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Annie is the Executive Director of Harm Reduction Australia and a Project Lead with the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD). She has a PhD in drug policy and from 2000 – 2016 she was the CEO of the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL). She has living experience of injecting drug use, OAT and HCV and has spent over 3 decades advocating for the health, rights and dignity of people who use drugs globally.
Ms Ele Morrison
Deputy CEO
AIVL
Workshop Presenter
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Ele Morrison has worked in Harm Reduction and Drug User Organisations for more than 2 decades. Her work has involved supporting the voices of people who use drugs in Asia and Australia. She strongly believes in human rights, harm reduction, and equity for all people.
Ms Stephanie Tzanetis
Cantest Coordinator
Directions Health
Workshop Presenter
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
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.
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Introduction
11:45 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
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Participants review draft resolution paragraphs
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
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Discussion on participant's reviews, and presentation of final negotiated paragraphs
12:15 PM - 12:25 PMBiography
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Wrap up
12:25 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
Chair
Penny Hill
Board Member
Harm Reduction Australia
