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Note: program times are in AWST


Sunday, November 8, 2026

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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Hepatitis C Intervention Symposium: Real-world lessons for implementing and scaling HCV care delivered by INHSU
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Light Lunch and Networking
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Opportunities for Sexual Health in AOD Settings: A Whole-of-Service Response to Syphilis delivered by ASHM Health
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Smoking & Vaping Cessation Update Day
Spotlighting the launch of cytisine in Australia for smoking cessation
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Hepatitis C in AOD Settings: Practical Strategies and Service-Level Solutions delivered by ASHM Health
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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Light Lunch and Networking
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Opportunities for Sexual Health in AOD Settings: A Whole-of-Service Response to Syphilis delivered by ASHM Health
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Smoking & Vaping Cessation Update Day
Spotlighting the launch of cytisine in Australia for smoking cessation
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Hepatitis C in AOD Settings: Practical Strategies and Service-Level Solutions delivered by ASHM Health

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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Hepatitis C Intervention Symposium: Real-world lessons for implementing and scaling HCV care delivered by INHSU
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Light Lunch and Networking
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Smoking & Vaping Cessation Update Day
Spotlighting the launch of cytisine in Australia for smoking cessation
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Opportunities for Sexual Health in AOD Settings: A Whole-of-Service Response to Syphilis delivered by ASHM Health
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Hepatitis C in AOD Settings: Practical Strategies and Service-Level Solutions delivered by ASHM Health

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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Hepatitis C Intervention Symposium: Real-world lessons for implementing and scaling HCV care delivered by INHSU
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Monday, November 9, 2026

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM International Drug Policy: Recent Developments, Indigenous Perspectives and Preparing for CND70
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM Poster Tour 1: Young People, Vaping and Substance Use Prevention Poster Tour 2: Service Innovation and Integrated Models of Care Poster Tour 3: Cannabis, Ketamine and Psychedelic Research
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1A: Opioid Prescribing: Clinical Realities Concurrent Session 1Ba: Outcomes, Future Directions and Reflections on the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program National Consensus for Action: A Roundtable on Australian Opioid Dependence Treatment Concurrent Session 1C: Drug Checking and Surveillance: Evidence-led Harm Reduction Concurrent Session 1D: Clinical Innovation: Ketamine, MDMA & Beyond Concurrent Session 1Ea: Yarning Circle - Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (NWW) (Our Spirit Healing) – Healing Through the Five Domains
Concurrent Session 1Bb: Towards 21st Century Management of Opioid Dependence: Defining the Future of ODT Through Interdisciplinary Consensus, Lived Experience and Policy Dialogue Concurrent Session 1Eb: Yarning Circle - Narratives of Wairua, Sprit, and Wellbeing for Māori Through Times of Psychological Distress and Healing
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2A: Opioid Prescribing: Diversity and Access Concurrent Session 2B: Peer Leadership: Co-designing the Future Concurrent Session 2C: Inclusive Care: Diversity-Specific Interventions Concurrent Session 2Da: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Social and Environmental Contextual Factors on Alcohol Use Concurrent Session 2E: Yarning Circle - Yarning About Research: When Community Leads the Way
Concurrent Session 2Db: Raising Standards: The Quest for More Humane Alcohol and Other Drug Care in Custodial Environments
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event
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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM International Drug Policy: Recent Developments, Indigenous Perspectives and Preparing for CND70
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM Poster Tour 1: Young People, Vaping and Substance Use Prevention Poster Tour 2: Service Innovation and Integrated Models of Care
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1A: Opioid Prescribing: Clinical Realities Concurrent Session 1Ba: Outcomes, Future Directions and Reflections on the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program National Consensus for Action: A Roundtable on Australian Opioid Dependence Treatment
Concurrent Session 1Bb: Towards 21st Century Management of Opioid Dependence: Defining the Future of ODT Through Interdisciplinary Consensus, Lived Experience and Policy Dialogue
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2A: Opioid Prescribing: Diversity and Access Concurrent Session 2B: Peer Leadership: Co-designing the Future
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM Poster Tour 3: Cannabis, Ketamine and Psychedelic Research
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1C: Drug Checking and Surveillance: Evidence-led Harm Reduction Concurrent Session 1D: Clinical Innovation: Ketamine, MDMA & Beyond
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2C: Inclusive Care: Diversity-Specific Interventions Concurrent Session 2Da: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Social and Environmental Contextual Factors on Alcohol Use
Concurrent Session 2Db: Raising Standards: The Quest for More Humane Alcohol and Other Drug Care in Custodial Environments
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1Ea: Yarning Circle - Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (NWW) (Our Spirit Healing) – Healing Through the Five Domains
Concurrent Session 1Eb: Yarning Circle - Narratives of Wairua, Sprit, and Wellbeing for Māori Through Times of Psychological Distress and Healing
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2E: Yarning Circle - Yarning About Research: When Community Leads the Way
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM International Drug Policy: Recent Developments, Indigenous Perspectives and Preparing for CND70
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM Poster Tour 1: Young People, Vaping and Substance Use Prevention
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1A: Opioid Prescribing: Clinical Realities
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2A: Opioid Prescribing: Diversity and Access
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM Poster Tour 2: Service Innovation and Integrated Models of Care
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1Ba: Outcomes, Future Directions and Reflections on the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program National Consensus for Action: A Roundtable on Australian Opioid Dependence Treatment
Concurrent Session 1Bb: Towards 21st Century Management of Opioid Dependence: Defining the Future of ODT Through Interdisciplinary Consensus, Lived Experience and Policy Dialogue
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2B: Peer Leadership: Co-designing the Future
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM Poster Tour 3: Cannabis, Ketamine and Psychedelic Research
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1C: Drug Checking and Surveillance: Evidence-led Harm Reduction
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2C: Inclusive Care: Diversity-Specific Interventions
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1D: Clinical Innovation: Ketamine, MDMA & Beyond
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2Da: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Social and Environmental Contextual Factors on Alcohol Use
Concurrent Session 2Db: Raising Standards: The Quest for More Humane Alcohol and Other Drug Care in Custodial Environments
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

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7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration - Monday
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Plenary
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Monday
11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Plenary: Methamphetamine Now: Clinical Realities and Treatment Frontiers
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:30 PM - 1:05 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Session 1Ea: Yarning Circle - Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (NWW) (Our Spirit Healing) – Healing Through the Five Domains
Concurrent Session 1Eb: Yarning Circle - Narratives of Wairua, Sprit, and Wellbeing for Māori Through Times of Psychological Distress and Healing
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Monday
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session 2E: Yarning Circle - Yarning About Research: When Community Leads the Way
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sponsored Symposia "Stories That Shape Care: Prioritising Women with Opioid Dependence Delivered by Camurus"
Drinks and canapes from 5:00pm for a 5:30pm Symposium start.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM APSAD 2026 EMCR Networking Event

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3A: Nicotine: Vaping Trends, Dual Use & Policy Futures Concurrent Session 3Ba: Everything Everywhere AI at Once: A Conversation About the Rising Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Research and Clinical Care Concurrent Session 3C: Alcohol Policy: Exposing the Industry Concurrent Session 3D: Clinical Diversity: Older adults, Pain & Other Complex Needs Concurrent Session 3Ea: Yarning Circle - AOD Group Work In the Central Desert Region
Concurrent Session 3Bb: Scientific Publishing in the Alcohol and Other Drug Field: Working with First Nations Peoples, Consumers and Community Concurrent Session 3Eb: Yarning Circle - Sitting in the Friction: Navigating Harm Reduction and Abstinence Tensions in Indigenous Wellbeing
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Poster Tour 4: Workforce Development, Peer Practice and Stigma Reduction Poster Tour 5: Alcohol Harms, Prevention and Public Communication Poster Tour 6: Drug Surveillance, Harm Reduction and Priority Opulations
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3A: Nicotine: Vaping Trends, Dual Use & Policy Futures Concurrent Session 3Ba: Everything Everywhere AI at Once: A Conversation About the Rising Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Research and Clinical Care
Concurrent Session 3Bb: Scientific Publishing in the Alcohol and Other Drug Field: Working with First Nations Peoples, Consumers and Community
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Poster Tour 4: Workforce Development, Peer Practice and Stigma Reduction Poster Tour 5: Alcohol Harms, Prevention and Public Communication
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3C: Alcohol Policy: Exposing the Industry Concurrent Session 3D: Clinical Diversity: Older adults, Pain & Other Complex Needs
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Poster Tour 6: Drug Surveillance, Harm Reduction and Priority Opulations
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3Ea: Yarning Circle - AOD Group Work In the Central Desert Region
Concurrent Session 3Eb: Yarning Circle - Sitting in the Friction: Navigating Harm Reduction and Abstinence Tensions in Indigenous Wellbeing
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3A: Nicotine: Vaping Trends, Dual Use & Policy Futures
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Poster Tour 4: Workforce Development, Peer Practice and Stigma Reduction
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3Ba: Everything Everywhere AI at Once: A Conversation About the Rising Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Research and Clinical Care
Concurrent Session 3Bb: Scientific Publishing in the Alcohol and Other Drug Field: Working with First Nations Peoples, Consumers and Community
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Poster Tour 5: Alcohol Harms, Prevention and Public Communication
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3C: Alcohol Policy: Exposing the Industry
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Poster Tour 6: Drug Surveillance, Harm Reduction and Priority Opulations
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3D: Clinical Diversity: Older adults, Pain & Other Complex Needs
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Zumba in the park led by Caroline Salom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Tuesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Plenary Session: Opening the Gates: Contemporary OST Access for All: What does ‘good’ look like in community, remote and regional Western Australia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session 3Ea: Yarning Circle - AOD Group Work In the Central Desert Region
Concurrent Session 3Eb: Yarning Circle - Sitting in the Friction: Navigating Harm Reduction and Abstinence Tensions in Indigenous Wellbeing
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Tuesday
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM AChAM Fellows Update at APSAD 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Warm-up Plenary Trivia Competition! Feat. Jeff Buckley and Anke van der Sterren
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Afternoon Plenary Session: Emerging Policy and Population Health Challenges
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Tuesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Late Breakers Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM APSAD Annual General Meeting
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM APSAD 2026 Social Function

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4A: Harm Reduction, Overdose & Drug Use Practices Concurrent Session 4B: People & Practice: Stigma, Capability & Workforce Reform Concurrent Session 4C: Psychosocial Recovery: Mechanisms of Action Concurrent Session 4Da: Radical Hope: Working as a Movement to Win
Concurrent Session 4Db: Avoiding Paradigm Drift – The Value of Human Rights for Grounding and Guiding Drug Policy
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5A: Alcohol Policy: Reducing Harms Concurrent Session 5Ba: Falling Through the Cracks: Managing Concurrent Pain and Substance Use Concurrent Session 5C: First Nations Practice: Story Telling, Healing, Treatment Outcomes Concurrent Session 5Da: Priority Populations: Enabling Equity & Access
Concurrent Session 5Bb: From Insight to Impact: Lived Experience Perspectives on How Health Behaviour Change is Reshaping Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Western Australia Concurrent Session 5Db: Policy, Systems & Workforce
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4A: Harm Reduction, Overdose & Drug Use Practices Concurrent Session 4B: People & Practice: Stigma, Capability & Workforce Reform
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5A: Alcohol Policy: Reducing Harms Concurrent Session 5Ba: Falling Through the Cracks: Managing Concurrent Pain and Substance Use
Concurrent Session 5Bb: From Insight to Impact: Lived Experience Perspectives on How Health Behaviour Change is Reshaping Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Western Australia
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4C: Psychosocial Recovery: Mechanisms of Action Concurrent Session 4Da: Radical Hope: Working as a Movement to Win
Concurrent Session 4Db: Avoiding Paradigm Drift – The Value of Human Rights for Grounding and Guiding Drug Policy
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5C: First Nations Practice: Story Telling, Healing, Treatment Outcomes Concurrent Session 5Da: Priority Populations: Enabling Equity & Access
Concurrent Session 5Db: Policy, Systems & Workforce
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4A: Harm Reduction, Overdose & Drug Use Practices
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5A: Alcohol Policy: Reducing Harms
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4B: People & Practice: Stigma, Capability & Workforce Reform
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5Ba: Falling Through the Cracks: Managing Concurrent Pain and Substance Use
Concurrent Session 5Bb: From Insight to Impact: Lived Experience Perspectives on How Health Behaviour Change is Reshaping Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Western Australia
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4C: Psychosocial Recovery: Mechanisms of Action
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5C: First Nations Practice: Story Telling, Healing, Treatment Outcomes
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration - Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Concurrent Session 4Da: Radical Hope: Working as a Movement to Win
Concurrent Session 4Db: Avoiding Paradigm Drift – The Value of Human Rights for Grounding and Guiding Drug Policy
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Morning Plenary Session
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibition - Wednesday
12:50 PM - 1:20 PM National Prison Addiction Medicine Network Annual Meeting
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session 5Da: Priority Populations: Enabling Equity & Access
Concurrent Session 5Db: Policy, Systems & Workforce
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary Session

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