Emily Adamson is the Health Promotion Lead at the Burnet Institute. Emily works with community-based organisations across Australia. She focuses on translating research to inform program design and implementation, with a focus on codesign approaches.

Paul Dessauer is CEO of Peer Based Harm Reduction WA, the state’s only peer-based AOD service-delivery agency, and WA’s largest provider of Needle & Syringe programs and Take-Home Naloxone. Paul has >26 years’ experience delivering and coordinating outreach health and harm reduction services, overdose prevention, and peer education projects.

Julie is Peer Based Harm Reduction WA’s Nurse Practitioner Candidate; working across both the Perth & Bunbury fixed sites as well as conducting outreach in greater Metropolitan Perth and the beautiful South West. She is passionate about equitable access to healthcare and the peer-based team model.

Jesse is a Senior Harm Reduction Practitioner, passionate about healthy equity, BBV and harm reduction education and safer injecting practices. Jesse is also completing their fourth year in Psychology at Monash, with a particular interest in neuropsychology, psychedelic-assisted therapies and Tourette's syndrome education for clinicians.

Joël has over 15 years of experience in non-profit management and program delivery, focusing on peer-led services implementation and key populations policy and research. They lead initiatives to advance the AIVL policy, advocacy and representation strategy.