Program
Day 1 | Thursday February 13
Registration, Tea & Coffee
Welcome to Country by Wurundjeri Elder Tony Garvey
Opening message by the Hon. Ingrid Stitt, Minister for Mental Health
From Malaysia to Australia: influencing harm reduction in Southeast Asia
Professor Dato' Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Morning Tea
Savoy 1
Family Violence
AOD & FV practice integration: the best of both worlds
Tony Johannsen, Family Life
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Savoy 1
Family Violence
Substance use coercion in a family violence context
Janica Boord, SCHS
Rachel Daniel, BCHC
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Savoy 1
Family Violence
Integrating harm reduction in family violence services: a collaborative initiative
Alannah Cavalieri, Odyssey Victoria
Jess Moretti, Uniting
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Savoy 3
Models of Care
The future is bright. AOD nurse-led models of care
Maddy Harradence, ANMFV
Megan McKechnie, Alfred Health/Access Health
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Savoy 3
Models of Care
Achieving the vision of truly integrated care with a multi-disciplinary team
Patrick Lawrence, First Step
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Savoy 3
Models of Care
Connecting carers: New approaches to delivering family/carer-led services
Katherine Cameron, Connect
Anna Guthrie, Connect
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Mayfair 1
Multiple & Complex Needs
Expanding the toolbox for an ongoing challenge: the Comorbidity Project
Alexandra Azzi, USYD
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Mayfair 1
Multiple & Complex Needs
(Re)imagining integrated care: Exploring barriers and opportunities through co-design
Shalini, Arunogiri, Turning Point
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Mayfair 1
Multiple & Complex Needs
Enhancing Clarity in Case Management: The Windana Case Management Manual
Mel Thomson, Windana
Mark Graham, Windana
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Mayfair 2
Rural & Regional
Exploring the need for an Academic Regional and Rural Addictions Network (ARRAN)
Robert Lumdin, MBPH
Craig Harvey, Barwon Health
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Mayfair 2
Rural & Regional
The Hub: A Walk-In Solution for Timely Intervention and Harm Minimisation in AOD Services
Darren Stevens, LCHS
Tess Watt, LCHS
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Mayfair 2
Rural & Regional
Implementing an integrated model for mental health and AOD treatment
Rachael Krepp, WVPHN
Jo Harris, WVPHN
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Mayfair 3
Treatment or Program Innovation
The other side of the mountain: elevating the carer voice
Karen McKnight, Connect
Wendy Trewin, Connect
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Mayfair 3
Treatment or Program Innovation
Upskilling and collaboration in AOD services across Victoria: pilot program outcomes
Adam Engel, RecX
Henrique Salles, RecX
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Mayfair 3
Treatment or Program Innovation
Alternative approach to goal setting: Chronos Approach
Petra Staiger, CEDAAR
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Bristol
Access & Equity
A dual diagnosis partnership - filling a gap in Psychiatric Units
Stephanie Bortignon, Anglicare
Gavin Foster, Eastern Health
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Bristol
Access & Equity
Nurse Practitioners advancing decentralised Hepatitis C care in opioid treatment
Lucy Hanrahan, Gateway Health
Sam Blake, Gateway Health
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Bristol
Access & Equity
Pre and post-natal care experiences of women who inject drugs
Bek Petrovic, Burnet
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Verandah
New & Emerging
Beyond 'train and hope' Achieving program sustainability with implementation science
Nick Kerswell, LLW
Jessica Lien
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Verandah
New & Emerging
Strengthening Integrated Care: Using CCISC to improve outcomes for consumers
Tamsin Short, Accde
Cathy Keenan, Access Health
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Verandah
New & Emerging
RCT of an Alcohol Approach Bias Modification App among outpatients
Victoria Manning, Turning Point
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Lunch
Black market economics: enforcement, adaptation, and the paradox of prohibition
Dr James Martin SFHEA, Senior Lecturer, Criminology Course Director School of Humanities and Social Sciences Deakin University
Savoy 1
Lived & Living Experience
Peer navigation and recovery planning for people on addiction treatment waiting lists
Annette Peart Senior Research Fellow, Turning Point, Monash University
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Session 2 continues following Afternoon Tea
Savoy 3
Priority Populations
Beyond the Binary: Revolutionising AOD Services for Trans-Inclusive Care
Nic Robinson-Griffith , THH
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Mayfair 1
New Technologies
The Reflective Team Process: Empowering Families in AOD Treatment
Marijana Dujmovic, Uniting
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Mayfair 2
Collaborative Partnerships
Single Session Family Consultation for the Youth AOD workforce
Associate Professor Brendan O'Hanlon, Bouverie
Horace Wansbrough, YSAS
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Mayfair 3
Other Addictions
Food Addiction & AOD
Emeritus Professor Doug Sellman, OU
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Bristol
The Power of Data
VAADABase – A data-driven collaboration empowering Victorian AOD Treatment Services
Esther Toomey, VAADA
Dale Renner, Latitiude Network
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Verandah
Advocacy & Action
Interactions between commonly prescribed mental health medications & recreational drugs
Cameron Reid, QNADA
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Afternoon Tea
Savoy 1
Lived & Living Experience
Peer-Led Interventions in Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Support: Enhancing Engagement and Outcomes for Trans and Queer Communities
Atlas Bailey, THH
James Houghton, THH
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Savoy 1
Lived & Living Experience
Education as a Catalyst for Change: Building Bridges to Citizenship
Naomi Carter, WARCA
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Savoy 3
Priority Populations
Engaging and retaining young people in AOD services: consumer perspectives
Emily Deans, Youth Solutions
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Savoy 3
Priority Populations
AOD use and treatment among CALD communities in NSW
David Kelly, Odyssey, NSW
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Mayfair 1
New Technologies
Engaging Families and significan others in the treatment continuum: challenges and opportunities
Mark Powell, WRAD
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Mayfair 1
New Technologies
Framing and understanding what will address harms from others' drinking
Anne-Marie Laslett, CAPR
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Mayfair 2
Collaborative Partnerships
2 Kool 4 Skool, The BRACE report card
René De Sant'anna, Odyssey
Petra Straiger, Deakin
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Mayfair 2
Collaborative Partnerships
Lived and Living Experience Network initiating Cross-Sector Collaboration
Lachlan Preece, Nexus
Mirella Rao, Nexus
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Mayfair 3
WORKSHOP 3:30 - 5:00PM
Crossing the River: Supporting times of transition
Greg Smith, Private Practice
Tye Hammersley, Galliamble
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(Continued) Mayfair 3
WORKSHOP 3:30 - 5:00PM
Crossing the River: Supporting times of transition
Bristol
The Power of Data
Using data to change culture
Lisa Walklate, BCHS
Jo Rasmussen, BCHS
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Bristol
The Power of Data
Power to change: incorporating digital tehcnology into AOD treatment programs
Sophie Aitken, Caraniche
Nicholas Nicola, Caraniche
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Verandah
Advocacy & Action
Remembering the past to shape the future: Australian vaping regulation
James Dunne, AADC
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Verandah
Advocacy & Action
Designing public outputs from drug checking services: Lessons for Victoria
Monica Barratt, RMIT
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Day 2 | Friday February 14
Registration, Tea & Coffee
Everything, everywhere, all at once - the expectations for the 10 year Victorian AOD strategy
Dr Paul MacCartney, Chief Addiction Medicine Advisor, Clinical and Professional Leadership Unit, Victorian Department of Health
I never thought I'd end up in Court: reflecting on the challenges of alcohol reform advocacy
Emeritus Prof. Doug Sellman, Otago University, NZ
Morning Tea
Savoy 1
Panel Discussion
Vaping in focus: health, policy and regulation
Moderator: Dr Kate Seear, La Trobe University
Dr David Hayward, RMIT
Dr Mary Walker, La Trobe University
Dr Hester Wilson, RACGP
Emeritus Prof. Wayne Hall, Queensland University
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(Continued) Savoy 1
Vaping in focus: health, policy and regulation
(Continued) Savoy 1
Vaping in focus: health, policy and regulation
Savoy 3
Social Media & Other Tech
SMS Drug Alerts
Craig Harvey, Barwon Health
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Savoy 3
Social Media & Other Tech
Peer Survey Data and Social Media for Harm Reduction Messaging
Linda Cowan, THH
Ben Yonson, BHN
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Savoy 3
Social Media & Other Tech
Social Media Impact - and how it informs every other medium
Shara Scott, PCC
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Mayfair 1
New & Emerging
How does climate change impact people who use substances?
Sarah MacLean, La Trobe University
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Mayfair 1
New & Emerging
Provision of a remote telehealth opioid substitution therapy clinic
Sarah Garry, cohealth
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Mayfair 1
New & Emerging
Understanding emerging high potency opioids: effects and naloxone dosing
Suzanne Nielsen, MARC
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Mayfair 2
Harm Reduction
The role of podiatrists in identifying and addressing drug harms
Rebecca Wegener, cohealth
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Mayfair 2
Harm Reduction
The Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX)
Ashleigh Stewart, Burnett
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Mayfair 2
Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction Strategies for Benzodiazepine Use: A Systematic Review
Robert Lundin, BH DAS
Tiggy Branchflower, BH DAS
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Mayfair 3
Workforce Sustainability
An enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) for the Victorian AOD sector?
Moderator: Scott Drummond, VAADA
Stephanie Theusen, HACSU
Paul Healey, HACSU
Patrick Stephenson, HACSU
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(Continued) Mayfair 3
An enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) for the Victorian AOD sector?
(Continued) Mayfair 3
An enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) for the Victorian AOD sector?
Bristol
AOD & Peer Workforces
Lived and living experience workforce development project
Agnieszka Kleparska BCH
Anna Guthrie, Access Health
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Bristol
AOD & Peer Workforces
Exploring the individual multidisciplinary team roles in AOD
Xuan Ye, Monash
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Bristol
AOD & Peer Workforces
Lived & living experience at heart - sustaining the LLE workforce
Matthew Corbett, SHARC
Emma Cadogen, DH
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Verandah
Family Violence
Improving capability to respond to FDV in MH AOD settings
Alysha Bleney, QNADA
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Verandah
Gambling & AOD
Rethinking Gambling in the Justice System
Judy Avisar, SHARC
Elena Campbell, RMIT
Carolyn Crawford, SHARC
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Lunch
Savoy 1
Forensic
The Forest: a partnership to end reincarceration
Amy Kirwan, Burnet
Jade Lane, Burnet
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Savoy 1
Forensic
Examining tensions between person-centred and carceral care in residential rehabilitation
Ramez Bathish
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Savoy 1
Forensic
Evolving AOD support in corrections: a stage -matched approach
Elizabeth D'Silve
Lana Ngyen, Uniting
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Savoy 3
Priority Populations
LBQ women’s help seeking regarding their alcohol, smoking and vaping
Ruth McNair, Melbourne University
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Savoy 3
Priority Populations
The more I learn the less I know for sure
Joseph Coyote, Ngaimpe
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Savoy 3
Priority Populations
Culturally centred care: empowering African youth and families
Nyachan Nyak, Nas Recovery Centre
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Mayfair 1
Multiple & Complex Needs
Examining the association between pain and opioid agonist treatment status
Jie Yang, MARC
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Mayfair 1
Multiple & Complex Needs
Neurodivergence and addictions – a co-designed client responsive support group
Staumn Hunder, SCCH
Lynsey Ward< SCCH
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Mayfair 1
Multiple & Complex Needs
Severing dysfunctional ties: An MDT approach to treatment-resistant clients
Stephanie Tabner, GVADS
Timothy Ridgeway GVADS
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Mayfair 2
Pregnancy, FASD, Post-Partum
The critical role of lived experience in FASD prevention
Angelene Bruce, FARE
Sophie Harrington, NOFASD
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Mayfair 2
Pregnancy, FASD, Post-Partum
Addressing GHB use during pregnancy: barriers and solutions
Alex Johnson, Uniting
Rose McCrohan, Uniting
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Mayfair 2
Pregnancy, FASD, Post-Partum
Responding to changing drug use patterns in pregnancy
Kerri Felemonow, WADS
Violetta Solarte, the Women's
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Bristol
Access & Equity
Reaching across the rainbow with wearable devices: bringing non-residential withdrawal services to the LGBTIQA+ community
Leone Knight, THH
Hayley King
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Bristol
Access & Equity
Age-relevant drug and alcohol recovery support for older people
Clare Davies , SHARC
Jo Niven, SHARC
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Bristol
Access & Equity
Social Isolation, loneliness and substance use in older adults
Rose Laing, MARC
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Verandah
Treatment Innovation
Nurse practitioner-led rapid OAT access within the MSIR
Temika Mu, NRCH
Dellie McKenzie, NRCH
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Verandah
Treatment Innovation
Addressing benzodiazepine dependence: The Better Sleep Program
Erin Oldenhof, Reconnexion
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Verandah
Treatment Innovation
Building connections beyond recovery: supporting long-term wellbeing for individuals with dual diagnosis
Anna Brockman,BCHS
Clare Woods, BCHS
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Afternoon Tea
The rise of novel psychoactive substances in Australia: challenges for drug surveillance and public health
Dr Jenn Schumann | Head of the Drug Intelligence Unit Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University