Program

Concurrent Session 1D: Symposiums: Future-Proofing Opioid Treatment

Tracks

Monday, November 9, 2026

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker

Ms Anke van der Sterren

Deputy CEO

Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT

Outcomes, future directions and reflections on the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program National Consensus for Action: A roundtable on Australian opioid dependence treatment

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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Biography

Biographies for the Chair and the five panelists will be provided

Ms Zanzi Hocknell

HCP Program Lead

United Clinical

Towards 21st Century Management of Opioid Dependence: Defining the Future of ODT Through Interdisciplinary Consensus, Lived Experience and Policy Dialogue

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

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Biography

Professor Nicholas Lintzeris is a renowned addiction medicine specialist and clinical researcher with over 35 years of experience. He is internationally recognised as an expert in the treatment of opioid dependence and has led pioneering research into cannabis, benzodiazepines and psychostimulant treatments.