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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Room C2.2 & C2.3
Room C2.5 & C2.6
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM The Perinatal Substance Exposures Special Interest Group
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NCCRED Symposium Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM NCCRED Symposium: Innovations and Evidence in Methamphetamine Use Disorder: From Pilots to Practice
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EMCR & Student Practice Session A EMCR & Student Practice Session B
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM NCCRED Networking Event

Room C2.1
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation Update Day​
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Room C2.2 & C2.3
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NCCRED Symposium Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM NCCRED Symposium: Innovations and Evidence in Methamphetamine Use Disorder: From Pilots to Practice
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EMCR & Student Practice Session A
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM NCCRED Networking Event

Room C2.5 & C2.6
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM The Perinatal Substance Exposures Special Interest Group
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EMCR & Student Practice Session B
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Room C2.1
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation Update Day​
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM


Monday, November 10, 2025



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8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 1E | Every Moment Matters
12:00 PM - 2:05 PM
Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 2:15 PM
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Afternoon Plenary
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Late Afternoon Plenary
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM Session 3E | Supporting dignity
5:35 PM - 7:00 PM EMCR Networking Event
5:35 PM - 7:30 PM Optimising the patient journey - People with opioid dependence transitioning to palliative care - Camurus Sponsored Symposium
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Friends of DAR Event



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8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 1C | Making Space: Identity, Experience and Innovation in AOD Practice
12:00 PM - 2:05 PM
Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 2:15 PM
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM Poster Tour 3
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Afternoon Plenary
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Late Afternoon Plenary
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM Session 3C | Beyond the Status Quo: Peer-Led Innovation and Policy Change in Harm Reduction
5:35 PM - 7:00 PM EMCR Networking Event
5:35 PM - 7:30 PM Optimising the patient journey - People with opioid dependence transitioning to palliative care - Camurus Sponsored Symposium
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Friends of DAR Event

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8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 1D | From Insight to Impact: Strengthening AOD Systems Through Equity and Innovation
12:00 PM - 2:05 PM
Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 2:15 PM
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM Poster Tour 4
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Afternoon Plenary
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Late Afternoon Plenary
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM Session 3D | Collaborative approaches to operationalising implementation studies
5:35 PM - 7:00 PM EMCR Networking Event
5:35 PM - 7:30 PM Optimising the patient journey - People with opioid dependence transitioning to palliative care - Camurus Sponsored Symposium
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Friends of DAR Event

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8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 1E | Every Moment Matters
12:00 PM - 2:05 PM
Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 2:15 PM
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM Afternoon Plenary
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Late Afternoon Plenary
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM Session 3E | Supporting dignity
5:35 PM - 7:00 PM EMCR Networking Event
5:35 PM - 7:30 PM Optimising the patient journey - People with opioid dependence transitioning to palliative care - Camurus Sponsored Symposium
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Friends of DAR Event


Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4A | Building Better Systems: Cultural Safety, Youth Insight, and Public Health Innovation Session 4B | Service Innovation and Systemic Risk: Reforming AOD Treatment From the Ground Up Session 4C | Preventing the Next Wave: Vaping, Tobacco and Cross-Cultural Harm Reduction Session 4D | Evidence at the Edges: Risk, Technology and Complexity in AOD Populations Session 4E | Storytelling
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting Government and Civil Society Session - International Indigenous Drug Policy RACP AChAM Fellows Update APSAD ODTP Symposium Meeting
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Poster Tour 5 Poster Tour 6 Poster Tour 7 Poster Tour 8
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Warm-up Plenary Drug Trivia Competition!
feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren Kicks off at 1:30pm
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6A | Culture, Co-Design and Connection: Reimagining AOD Services Through Community Voices Session 6B | Listening and Legitimacy: Systems, Stigma and Support in AOD Policy and Practice Session 6C | New Tools, New Voices: Reimagining Alcohol and Drug Engagement Across Generations and Communities Session 6D | Expanding Access: Equity, Innovation and Capacity in AOD Care Session 6E | The Cost of Compassion | Twenty years on from the National Comorbidity Initiative
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner


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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4E | Storytelling
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM APSAD ODTP Symposium Meeting
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Poster Tour 8
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6E | The Cost of Compassion | Twenty years on from the National Comorbidity Initiative
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4A | Building Better Systems: Cultural Safety, Youth Insight, and Public Health Innovation
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Warm-up Plenary Drug Trivia Competition!
feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren Kicks off at 1:30pm
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6A | Culture, Co-Design and Connection: Reimagining AOD Services Through Community Voices
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4B | Service Innovation and Systemic Risk: Reforming AOD Treatment From the Ground Up
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Poster Tour 5
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6B | Listening and Legitimacy: Systems, Stigma and Support in AOD Policy and Practice
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4C | Preventing the Next Wave: Vaping, Tobacco and Cross-Cultural Harm Reduction
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM Government and Civil Society Session - International Indigenous Drug Policy
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Poster Tour 6
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6C | New Tools, New Voices: Reimagining Alcohol and Drug Engagement Across Generations and Communities
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4D | Evidence at the Edges: Risk, Technology and Complexity in AOD Populations
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM RACP AChAM Fellows Update
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Poster Tour 7
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6D | Expanding Access: Equity, Innovation and Capacity in AOD Care
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday Morning Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Session 4E | Storytelling
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Tuesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM APSAD ODTP Symposium Meeting
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Poster Tour 8
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:50 PM - 3:00 PM Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM Late Breakers Session 1
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session 6E | The Cost of Compassion | Twenty years on from the National Comorbidity Initiative
5:40 PM - 6:30 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner


Wednesday, November 12, 2025



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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Session 7E | Harm Reductionists in Australia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday Morning Plenary
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Wednesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 1:10 PM Lunch Session 8E | Workshop: Improving palliative care for people who use alcohol and other drugs
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM Wednesday Afternoon Plenary
2:25 PM - 3:00 PM Late Breakers Session 2
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Closing Plenary

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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Session 7A | Voices from the Margins: Creative, Cultural and Compassionate Approaches in AOD Services
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday Morning Plenary
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Wednesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 1:10 PM Lunch Session 8A | Symposium: Drug Checking at NSW Music Festivals: Key Learnings So Far
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM Wednesday Afternoon Plenary
2:25 PM - 3:00 PM Late Breakers Session 2
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Closing Plenary

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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Session 7B | Harm Reduction with Nitazenes
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday Morning Plenary
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Wednesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 1:10 PM Lunch Session 8B | Symposium: Beyond the Likes: Youth, Alcohol, and the Power of User-Generated Content
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM Wednesday Afternoon Plenary
2:25 PM - 3:00 PM Late Breakers Session 2
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Closing Plenary

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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Session 7C | Prevention, Participation and Power: Shaping the Future of Harm Reduction
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday Morning Plenary
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Wednesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 1:10 PM Lunch Session 8C | Panel Symposium: Introducing Collaborative Lived-Living Experience Exchanges in Alcohol and Other Drug Research
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM Wednesday Afternoon Plenary
2:25 PM - 3:00 PM Late Breakers Session 2
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Closing Plenary


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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Session 7E | Harm Reductionists in Australia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday Morning Plenary
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Wednesday Lunch, Exhibition & Cultural Space
12:25 PM - 1:10 PM Lunch Session 8E | Workshop: Improving palliative care for people who use alcohol and other drugs
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM Wednesday Afternoon Plenary
2:25 PM - 3:00 PM Late Breakers Session 2
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Closing Plenary


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