Bigger and better, the exciting two-day program boasts more than 30 speakers across nine streams, promising something for everyone with a vast array of topics and themes to be explored.

International keynote This year our program features international keynote speaker Dr Adam Winstock. Dr Winstock is a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London. He is also the driving force behind the Global Drug Survey.

At the conference, he will discuss the internet and how it poses the greatest challenge to drug distribution and marketing. He will suggest we embrace the internet as a solution to old problems. He will also present a pre-conference workshop on Prescription medications, pathology, pain and patient problems. Read more

Nine streams

This year, we are offering nine streams, ensuring there’s something for everyone. What stream interests you? Check them out

Workshops Gain some hands-on knowledge and extend your professional development by attending one of the pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, 23 July.

These settings allow for more intense group and pair work, leading to problem solving, robust discussions and solutions to be developed under expert guidance.

Starting from $165, they offer great value

Prescription medications, pathology, pain and patient problems

Making the impossible possible – integrating medical, psychological, social and mutual-aid programs understanding of addiction and treatment into a single framework

1. 3. Effective methods for reducing substance misuse – The Community Reinforcement Approach in the Australian practice context
2. 4. Community prevention of alcohol Harms: What is doable and useful with limited resourceses