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Monday, October 13, 2025
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12:30 PM - 5:00 PM | INHSU Policy Day 2025: Expanding Harm Reduction in Africa |
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12:30 PM - 5:00 PM | INHSU Policy Day 2025: Expanding Harm Reduction in Africa |
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12:30 PM - 5:00 PM | INHSU Policy Day 2025: Expanding Harm Reduction in Africa |
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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10:30 AM - 4:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Community Day | |
11:00 AM - 3:45 PM | EMCR Workshop | |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Early-Mid Career Researchers (EMCR) & Community Networking Event | |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Prisons Networking and Panel |
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10:30 AM - 4:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Community Day | |
11:00 AM - 3:45 PM | EMCR Workshop | |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Early-Mid Career Researchers (EMCR) & Community Networking Event | |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Prisons Networking and Panel |
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10:30 AM - 4:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Community Day |
11:00 AM - 3:45 PM | |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Early-Mid Career Researchers (EMCR) & Community Networking Event |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Prisons Networking and Panel |
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10:30 AM - 4:00 PM | |
11:00 AM - 3:45 PM | EMCR Workshop |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Early-Mid Career Researchers (EMCR) & Community Networking Event |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Prisons Networking and Panel |
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast | |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony | |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 | |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
First Timers & New Members Meet Up
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1A: Abstract Session - Hepatitis C Elimination and Harm Reduction in Prisons | Concurrent 1B: Abstract Session - Peer-Led Models of Care and Community Engagement |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 01: From Fingerstick to Frontline: Testing and Diagnosis Innovations | |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2A: Insights into Harm Reduction Implementation in Africa | Concurrent 2B: Prison Health for People Who Use Drugs |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | INHSU 2025 GAM | |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast | |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony | |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Scholarships Meetup
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 | |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1E: Practical Strategies for Collaborating with People Who Use Meth | Concurrent 1F: From Evidence to Access: Laying the Foundation for Long-Acting Depot Buprenorphine (LADB) in LMICs |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 03: Tools of Care: Harm Reduction in Action | Poster Viewing Session & Digital Posters |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2E: Worker Wellness During Times of Crisis | |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | ||
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
INHSU 2025 Welcome Reception
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Track 1
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
First Timers & New Members Meet Up
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1A: Abstract Session - Hepatitis C Elimination and Harm Reduction in Prisons |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 01: From Fingerstick to Frontline: Testing and Diagnosis Innovations |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2A: Insights into Harm Reduction Implementation in Africa |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | INHSU 2025 GAM |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
First Timers & New Members Meet Up
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1B: Abstract Session - Peer-Led Models of Care and Community Engagement |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2B: Prison Health for People Who Use Drugs |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | INHSU 2025 GAM |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Track 3
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
First Timers & New Members Meet Up
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1C: Abstract Session - Trends and Prevention of Drug Related Deaths |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 02: Pathways to Cure: Advancing Therapeutic Access and Outcomes |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2C: “It’s the first time anyone’s asked me what I want”: optimising NSP coverage by focusing on the values and preferences of people who inject drugs |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | INHSU 2025 GAM |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Track 4
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Scholarships Meetup
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1D: Advancing Policy Reform for People Who Use Drugs: Strategies and Opportunities in the Global South |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2D: Bringing Care to the Margins: How Nurses are Revolutionizing Healthcare for People Who Use Drugs |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
INHSU 2025 Welcome Reception
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Track 5
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Scholarships Meetup
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1E: Practical Strategies for Collaborating with People Who Use Meth |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 03: Tools of Care: Harm Reduction in Action |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 2E: Worker Wellness During Times of Crisis |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
INHSU 2025 Welcome Reception
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6:30 AM - 6:30 AM |
Registration Opens
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7:15 AM - 8:50 AM | INHSU 2025 Nurses Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Scholarships Meetup
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary 2 |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch
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1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent 1F: From Evidence to Access: Laying the Foundation for Long-Acting Depot Buprenorphine (LADB) in LMICs |
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Viewing Session & Digital Posters |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
INHSU 2025 Welcome Reception
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 | |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
AbbVie Discussion Space Session
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3C: Inside & Out: Nurse-Led Healthcare in Prisons and Post-Release | Concurrent 3D: The State of the Art in Stigma: Key Concepts, Measurement Issues and Evidence-Based Approaches to Reducing Stigma |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Sponsored Symposium
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4C: Abstract Session - Opioid Agonist Therapy and Safer Supply: Experiences, Outcomes, and Models | Concurrent 4D: Workshop |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5C: Implementation Science to Improve Harm Reduction and HCV/HIV Models of Care for People Who Use Drugs | Concurrent 5D: Ethical storytelling: A co-created blueprint |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
AbbVie Discussion Space Session
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3E: Integrating Mental Health, Harm Reduction and Hepatitis Care to Improve Outcomes |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Sponsored Symposium
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4E: Rewriting the Narrative: Language, Storytelling and Gender-Transformative Advocacy for Harm Reduction Programmes |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5E: Pins, Pipes and Paraphernalia: Community Preferences in the Selection of Low Dead Space Syringes and Needles and Other Harm Reduction Commodities |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3A: Surviving and thriving in a crisis: the impact of community advisory boards in peer-led responses, sharing experiences and interventions |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunchtime Workshop: Research Collaboration and Engagement: A Solutions-Focused Workshop to Identify and Overcome Challenges in Research Implementation and Participation |
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4A: Abstract Session - Innovations in HCV Prevention, Case Finding and Testing |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5A: Making the Case: Financing and Sustaining Harm Reduction in a Changing Landscape |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3B: Addressing hepatitis B in the African region: “Learning by doing” to generate evidence and scale-up access to care |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunchtime Workshop: Research Collaboration and Engagement: A Solutions-Focused Workshop to Identify and Overcome Challenges in Research Implementation and Participation |
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4B: Abstract Session |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5B: Stimulant use disorders – new treatments and future directions |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
Track 3
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
AbbVie Discussion Space Session
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3C: Inside & Out: Nurse-Led Healthcare in Prisons and Post-Release |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Sponsored Symposium
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4C: Abstract Session - Opioid Agonist Therapy and Safer Supply: Experiences, Outcomes, and Models |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5C: Implementation Science to Improve Harm Reduction and HCV/HIV Models of Care for People Who Use Drugs |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
Track 4
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
AbbVie Discussion Space Session
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3D: The State of the Art in Stigma: Key Concepts, Measurement Issues and Evidence-Based Approaches to Reducing Stigma |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Sponsored Symposium
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4D: Workshop |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5D: Ethical storytelling: A co-created blueprint |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
Track 5
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7:30 AM - 7:30 AM |
Registration Open
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM |
AbbVie Sponsored Symposium
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9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3 |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
AbbVie Discussion Space Session
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent 3E: Integrating Mental Health, Harm Reduction and Hepatitis Care to Improve Outcomes |
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Sponsored Symposium
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 4E: Rewriting the Narrative: Language, Storytelling and Gender-Transformative Advocacy for Harm Reduction Programmes |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent 5E: Pins, Pipes and Paraphernalia: Community Preferences in the Selection of Low Dead Space Syringes and Needles and Other Harm Reduction Commodities |
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | INHSU 2025 Conference Dinner |
Friday, October 17, 2025
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 | |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 04: Under the Surface: Social Determinants and Stigma | |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent 6A: Abstract Session - Scaling Up Hepatitis C Treatment: What Works, What's Next | Concurrent 6B: Abstract Session - Integrated Care: From the Hospital to the Community |
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7A: Understanding and Responding to Synthetic Opioids | Concurrent 7B: Harm reduction in South Africa: getting to know our epidemic and ways to improve our responses |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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Track 4
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 | |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 05: Bridging the Gaps: Increasing Access and Continuity of Care | |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent 6C: Abstract Session - Policy and Partnerships | Concurrent 6D: Applying Implementation Science to Improve Care for People Who Use Drugs: Practical Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies |
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7C: Monitoring WHO HCV elimination targets – UK progress & implications for other settings | Concurrent 7D: The Foundations of Qualitative Research: A Workshop to Build Researcher and Community Capacity |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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Track 5
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 06: Emerging Risks, Evolving Responses: Enhancing Health Across Communities and Borders |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM |
Concurrent 6E: Discussion Space
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1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7E: Connections to culture, wellness, social justice, hope and healing; Why framing matters |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 04: Under the Surface: Social Determinants and Stigma |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent 6A: Abstract Session - Scaling Up Hepatitis C Treatment: What Works, What's Next |
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7A: Understanding and Responding to Synthetic Opioids |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent 6B: Abstract Session - Integrated Care: From the Hospital to the Community |
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7B: Harm reduction in South Africa: getting to know our epidemic and ways to improve our responses |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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Track 3
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 05: Bridging the Gaps: Increasing Access and Continuity of Care |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent 6C: Abstract Session - Policy and Partnerships |
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7C: Monitoring WHO HCV elimination targets – UK progress & implications for other settings |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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Track 4
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent 6D: Applying Implementation Science to Improve Care for People Who Use Drugs: Practical Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies |
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7D: The Foundations of Qualitative Research: A Workshop to Build Researcher and Community Capacity |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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Track 5
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8:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Registration Open
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4 |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tours
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11:10 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 06: Emerging Risks, Evolving Responses: Enhancing Health Across Communities and Borders |
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM |
Concurrent 6E: Discussion Space
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1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent 7E: Connections to culture, wellness, social justice, hope and healing; Why framing matters |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5: Conference Closing
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