Carolyn Stubley is Nurse Manager for the We Help Ourselves organisation, and has worked across NGO and Public Health AOD services for over 25 years. A harm reductionist and consumer advocate, Carolyn is the NSW OTP Managers Group Chair, NADA Practice Leadership Group member and a NUAA Board Member.

Jeff is a Social Worker with over 20 years' experience working in alcohol and drug practice, festival safety, youth homelessness and community development across government and non-government settings. He is currently the Director of Insight, an alcohol and drug training and workforce development program based within Queensland Health.

Matt is the Workforce Planning Project Officer at the Western Australian Network for Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA). He is a Behavioural Science practitioner who is currently studying Master of Human Rights. Matt is an advocate for reducing harm, stigma and discrimination linked to alcohol and other drug use.

Dr Tejaswini Patil is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Monash University. She has research and teaching interests in the areas of alcohol and drug dependence in regional/rural contexts, pedagogies of diversity and decolonizing practices in social work education and cultural identity and regional migration.

I currently work at the Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs within NSW Health. I am an experienced Policy Officer and have worked in various areas of public health. I have a Master of Public Health and have previously also worked in academic research.

Mark is a registered nurse and early career researcher with 30 years of experience working with marginalised people. Mark is involved in co-design and participatory action research projects that aim to reduce stigma and empower disenfranchised people.