Major past events held and/or attended by NCETA staff :
“Creating a Healthy Work Culture”
A SANDAS & NCETA Collaborative Forum for the AOD NGO Sector
Thursday 7th February 2008
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The Combined APSAD and Cutting Edge Addiction Conference
Two nations, ten cultures?
4-7 November 2007
Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
The Combined APSAD and Cutting Edge Addiction Conference (“The Combined Conference”) came about through the vision of Professor Ann Roche in Australia and Dr Murray Hunt in New Zealand. It represented the coming together of the main treatment-orientated addiction conferences in the two countries; a special one-off trans-Tasman cooperative event for 2007.
Every country can be considered a natural experiment on how to best cope with modern human problems, such as addiction. Combined national meetings, such as The Combined Conference, present a unique opportunity for comparing and contrasting national understandings and solutions to these problems.
Professor Ann Roche delivered a plenary at this conference, and various NCETA staff will presented during oral and/or poster sessions.
For further information:
Website:
http://www.twonationstencultures.co.nz/index.html
Lindsay Stringer
lindsay.stringer@chmeds.ac.nz
Lisa Andrews
lisa.andrews@chmeds.ac.nz
Robert Steenhuisen
Robert.Steenhuisen@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Professor Doug Sellman
doug.sellman@chmeds.ac.nz
PO Box 4345
Christchurch Mail Centre
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Telephone: +64 (3) 364 0480
Fax: +64 (3) 364 1225
4th Australasian Drug Strategy Conference
Meeting the Future - Innovative and Effective Policy and Practice
22 - 25 October 2007
Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
The conference was an information sharing forum to develop strategies aimed at reducing the negative effects of alcohol and other drug use.
Professor Ann Roche delivered a plenary presentation at this conference.
For further information:
Phone: +61 (0)7 3364 4605
Fax: +61 (0)7 3364 6931
Email: ADSC2007@police.qld.gov.au
Website: www.police.qld.gov.au/ADSC2007
Thinking Drinking II: From Problems to Solutions?
Hosted by the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) and the Community Alcohol Action Network (CAAN)
Following the success of the 'Thinking Drinking' conference held February 2005, the ADF and CAAN held a subsequent conference in Melbourne in February 2007. Thinking Drinking II: From Problems to Solutions was the conference for those wanting to develop solutions to the risky drinking culture in Australasia. It focussed on how to change attitudes, customs and policies in order to create sustainable change.
Professor Ann Roche gave the conference opening address outlining the key findings from the 2005 meeting and setting the scene for the 2007 meeting; and Dr Ken Pidd presented on the potential of the workplace for achieving cultural change in relation to drinking.
For further information please contact:
Conference Secretariat
Australian Drug Foundation
Ph: +61 3 9278 8137
Email: thinking.drinking@adf.org.au
Website: www.adf.org.au
A Fair Go For All: Policy Responses to Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Issues
18 - 19 September 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
Work-Related Alcohol & Drug Use: A National Forum
29 - 30 June 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
Thinking Drinking: Achieving cultural change by 2020
Hosted by the Australian Drug Foundation
21 - 23 February 2005
Melbourne, Australia
Thinking Drinking: Achieving Cultural Change by 2020 (Thinking Drinking 2020) was a unique 3-day international conference which challenged professionals, policy makers and workers to decide on the cultural changes needed to reduce the enormous burden of alcohol problems.
Thinking Drinking 2020 bought together expert generalists and futurists with alcohol experts to analyse social trends that will shape our future and to explore the implications for alcohol policy and practice. Conference participants joined invited speakers to develop the strategies we need to produce a healthier Australia and New Zealand by 2020.
Thinking Drinking 2020 was designed for all human service workers in public health, alcohol and other drugs, prevention, youth, welfare, health promotion and education.
Professor Ann Roche was contracted by the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) to lead a rapporteur team including NCETA Research Assistant Belinda Lunnay to produce a written report emanating from ‘Thinking Drinking: Achieving Cultural Change by 2020’. The conference report may be accessed from the ADF website (see below).
For further information please contact:
Conference Secretariat
Australian Drug Foundation
Ph: +61 3 9278 8137
Email: thinking.drinking@adf.org.au
Website: www.adf.org.au
1st International Summer School on Inequalities and Addictions
Adelaide, South Australia, 25 - 27 February 2004.
In conjunction with the South Australian Department of Human Services, NCETA ran a 3-day Summer School addressing the relationships between inequalitites and addiction.
Speakers Presentation Papers Available:
- John Lynch (1.2MB)
- Fran Baum (1.8MB)
- Catherine Spooner (545KB)
- Robin Room (211KB)
- Jake Najman (424KB)
The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conferences
Hosted by The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
2006 APSAD National Conference
5-8 November 2006, Cairns, Australia
The annual APSAD Drug and Alcohol Conference plays an important role in the life of the Society, providing an important avenue for APSAD to promote the use of best practice approaches in the prevention, early intervention and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems.
Further information:
Email: apsad2006@icms.com.au
Website: http://www.apsadconference.com.au/
2004 APSAD National Conference - Beyond the Drug
Fremantle, Western Australia, 14 - 17 November 2004
The annual APSAD Drug and Alcohol Conference plays an important role in the life of the Society, providing an important avenue for APSAD to promote the use of best practice approaches in the prevention, early intervention and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems.
NCETA Presentation Papers Available
Dr Ken Pidd - PPT Presentations:
Dr Natalie Skinner - PPT Presentations:
Community Pharmacists' Management of Alcohol-Related Problems: Uncharted Waters. (123KB)
Preditors of frequency and difficulty of AOD screening and brief intervention. (119KB)
Photos Available
