Monday, October 5, 2026
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| 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM | INHSU 2026 Policy Day |
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| 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM | INHSU 2026 Policy Day |
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| 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM | INHSU 2026 Policy Day |
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Track 1
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| 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Prison Health in Action: Scaling Up Hepatitis C Prevention, Testing and Treatment in Carceral Settings |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | EMCR Workshop |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Community Day |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | EMCR & Nurses Workshop |
| 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM | EMCR, Community & Nurses Networking |
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Track 1
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| 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Prison Health in Action: Scaling Up Hepatitis C Prevention, Testing and Treatment in Carceral Settings |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | EMCR Workshop |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Community Day |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | EMCR & Nurses Workshop |
| 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM | EMCR, Community & Nurses Networking |
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Track 1
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| 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Prison Health in Action: Scaling Up Hepatitis C Prevention, Testing and Treatment in Carceral Settings |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | EMCR Workshop |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Community Day |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | EMCR & Nurses Workshop |
| 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM | EMCR, Community & Nurses Networking |
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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| 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Wednesday
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| 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Nurse's Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
| 10:50 AM - 11:15 AM | CATIE Canadian Meetup |
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Coffee Break - Wednesday
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| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary 2: ECR Awards |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Under Rising Populism |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Wednesday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Discussion Space 1E: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Reform in an era of Political populism and polarization |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
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| Latin America Meetup | |
| Posters - Wednesday | |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 03: Person-centred, culturally safe and ethical care |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Discussion Space 2E: Same Molecule, Different Worlds: Methadone Experiences Across Borders |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 5:40 PM - 6:40 PM | INHSU 2026 GAM |
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| 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Wednesday
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| 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Nurse's Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | First Timers to the Conference Meet Up |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
| 10:50 AM - 11:15 AM | CATIE Canadian Meetup |
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Coffee Break - Wednesday
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| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary 2: ECR Awards |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Under Rising Populism |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Wednesday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent Session 1A: Adapting Under Pressure: Harm Reduction Responses When Faced with Conflict, Repression, and Displacement |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
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| Latin America Meetup | |
| Posters - Wednesday | |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 01: Hepatitis C testing, treatment and access |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2A: Abstract Session. Progress Towards HCV Elimination |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 5:40 PM - 6:40 PM | INHSU 2026 GAM |
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| 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Wednesday
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| 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Nurse's Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | First Timers to the Conference Meet Up |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
| 10:50 AM - 11:15 AM | CATIE Canadian Meetup |
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Coffee Break - Wednesday
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| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary 2: ECR Awards |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Under Rising Populism |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Wednesday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent Session 1B: Strengthening Community Pharmacy Practice to Improve Engagement and Health Outcomes for people who use drugs |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
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| Latin America Meetup | |
| Posters - Wednesday | |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2B: Abstract Session. Harm Reduction & Safer Consumption Sites |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 5:40 PM - 6:40 PM | INHSU 2026 GAM |
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| 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Wednesday
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| 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Nurse's Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | Scholarship Recipients Meet Up |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
| 10:50 AM - 11:15 AM | CATIE Canadian Meetup |
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Coffee Break - Wednesday
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| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary 2: ECR Awards |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Under Rising Populism |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Wednesday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent Session 1C: Scaling Harm Reduction Interventions in Prisons: Opportunities, Trade-offs and Future Directions |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
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| Latin America Meetup | |
| Posters - Wednesday | |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 02: Safer consumption, overdose prevention and injecting-related harm |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2C: Abstract Session. Community Voices, Rights and Wellbeing |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 5:40 PM - 6:40 PM | INHSU 2026 GAM |
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| 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Wednesday
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| 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Nurse's Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | Scholarship Recipients Meet Up |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
| 10:50 AM - 11:15 AM | CATIE Canadian Meetup |
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Coffee Break - Wednesday
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| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary 2: ECR Awards |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Under Rising Populism |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Wednesday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Workshop 1D: Gender-responsive community-led monitoring of opioid agonist treatment in Central and Eastern Europe |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
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| Latin America Meetup | |
| Posters - Wednesday | |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Workshop 2D: Practical Management of SSTIs, STIs, and HIV in People Who Use Drugs |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 5:40 PM - 6:40 PM | INHSU 2026 GAM |
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| 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Wednesday
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| 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Nurse's Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary 1: Opening Ceremony |
| 10:50 AM - 11:15 AM | CATIE Canadian Meetup |
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Coffee Break - Wednesday
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| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary 2: ECR Awards |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Panel Discussion: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Under Rising Populism |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Wednesday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Discussion Space 1E: Advancing Harm Reduction and Rational Drug Policy Reform in an era of Political populism and polarization |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
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| Latin America Meetup | |
| Posters - Wednesday | |
| 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | Poster Tour 03: Person-centred, culturally safe and ethical care |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Discussion Space 2E: Same Molecule, Different Worlds: Methadone Experiences Across Borders |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 5:40 PM - 6:40 PM | INHSU 2026 GAM |
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration - Thursday
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| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | AbbVie Sponsored Symposium: Practical Pathways to HCV Elimination: From Diagnosis to Cure in Community and Harm Reduction Settings |
| 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Plenary 3: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Care for People Who Use Drugs |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | AbbVie Discussion Space Session |
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Coffee Break - Thursday Morning
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| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Concurrent Session 3A: From Evidence to Early Adoption: What will it take to deliver LADB access in LMICs |
| 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Thursday
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| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Gilead Sponsored Symposium: Choose your elimination plan: Equity, innovation and community-led BBV care |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 4A: Improving Health Outcomes for People Who Use Drugs |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break - Thursday Afternoon
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| Posters - Thursday | |
| Women Who Use Drugs Meet Up | |
| 4:00 PM - 5:35 PM | Concurrent Session 5A: Abstract Session. HCV Testing, Diagnosis & Linkage to Care |
| 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | The INHSU Social |
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Track 1
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Track 2
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system | |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | ||
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 04: HIV/HCV epidemiology, prevention and integrated care | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent Session 6A: Abstract Session. HCV Innovations | Concurrent Session 6B: Abstract Session. Integrated Health Responses |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 7A: Overdose Trends and Responses | Concurrent Session 7B: Beyond Standard Dosing: Improving Methadone and Buprenorphine Treatment for Pregnant Patients with OUD and co-occurring HCV |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing | |
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Track 5
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 06: Structural contexts, marginalisation and community responses |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Discussion Space 6E: Conversations on Culture: Context, Relevance and Respectful Approaches |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Discussion Space 7E: Ethics, harm reduction, and children under 12: rethinking models of care for early substance use |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing |
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Track 1
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 04: HIV/HCV epidemiology, prevention and integrated care |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent Session 6A: Abstract Session. HCV Innovations |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 7A: Overdose Trends and Responses |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing |
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Track 2
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent Session 6B: Abstract Session. Integrated Health Responses |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 7B: Beyond Standard Dosing: Improving Methadone and Buprenorphine Treatment for Pregnant Patients with OUD and co-occurring HCV |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing |
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Track 3
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 05: Opioid treatment across pregnancy, corrections and community care |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Concurrent Session 6C: Abstract Session. Addressing Opioid Related Harm |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 7C: Low dead-space needle and syringe scale-up and peer-led harm reduction: building prevention synergies in low- and middle-income countries |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing |
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Track 4
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Workshop 6D: Breaking Stigma: Delivering a Lived Experience Hepatitis C Peer Programme in Women’s Prisons |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Workshop 7D: From risk groups to risk environments: reframing hepatitis C for effective elimination |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing |
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Track 5
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Registration
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| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Camurus Sponsored Symposium: Improving access to drug dependence treatment: Demonstrating value and building an inclusive system |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Plenary 4: Using Data to Inform Care Models for Harm Reduction, HIV and HCV |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Tour
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| Posters - Friday | |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | Poster Tour 06: Structural contexts, marginalisation and community responses |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Discussion Space 6E: Conversations on Culture: Context, Relevance and Respectful Approaches |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Discussion Space 7E: Ethics, harm reduction, and children under 12: rethinking models of care for early substance use |
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Coffee Break - Friday
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| 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Plenary 5: Rapporteurs & Conference Closing |
