Concurrent Workshop 6C: Using Experience and Peer Leadership to Elevate Human Rights for PWID Beyond 2030
Tracks
Track 3
| Friday, August 14, 2026 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Details
As we look toward 2030, the experiences and leadership of people who inject drugs (PWID) remain vital to the global hepatitis response. Peer insights continue to drive progress in hepatitis C elimination, stigma reduction, harm reduction practices, workforce development, and the protection of PWID human rights. This panel brings together researchers and peer leaders to reflect on decades of viral hepatitis work and discuss how these lessons should shape future policy and practice.
Speaker
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Opening & Acknowledgement
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMBiography
Mr Charles Henderson
Community/ Student
Burnet Intitute
Panellist 1
1:35 PM - 1:45 PMBiography
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Q&A
1:45 PM - 1:50 PMBiography
Mr Paul Dessauer
Chief Executive Officer
Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
Panellist 2
1:50 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
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Q&A
2:00 PM - 2:05 PMBiography
Dr Elena Jeffreys
Advocacy Manager
Scarlet Alliance, Sex Workers Association
Panellist 3
2:05 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
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Q&A
2:15 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Mx Joël Murray
Policy And Evaluation Specialist
AIVL—Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug User League
Panellist 4
2:20 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
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Q&A
2:30 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
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Audience Q&A
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
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Wrap-up and Close
2:55 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
