16th Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Symposium

Invitation

The Symposium Organising Committee comprising the Drug and Alcohol Office, the National Drug Research Institute, Murdoch University, Curtin University of Technology, University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University and the Western Australian Network for Alcohol and Drug Agencies (WANADA) are delighted to invite you to the pre-eminent 16th Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Symposium 2007 to be held on the 18 -19 September 2007.

Building on the success of fifteen previous symposiums held in Western Australia, this symposium will bring together a variety of speakers to present evidence based research in treatment, policy, prevention, harm reduction and law enforcement strategies.

This event will provide numerous opportunities for professional networking, collaboration, discussion and debate around “working out what works” in responding to alcohol and other drug-related harm across a diversity of settings.

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

  • Professor David Nutt, Psychopharmacotherapy Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol
  • Dr Dan Lubman, ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
  • Gningala Yarran-Clanton, former Indigenous Prosecutor, Department of Public Prosecutions and Project Officer, Aboriginal Corporate Development Team, Corporate and Community Development, Western Australian Police
  • Professor Robin Room, Director AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre and Professor of Social Alcohol Research, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne
  • Dr Don Weatherburn, Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science and Policy, University of New South Wales

The Symposium Organising Committee invites you to submit an abstract for consideration as an oral or poster presentation. Abstract guidelines and further information regarding the Call for Papers are available for download from here.

Alternatively please contact EventEdge on 08 9389 1488. To register your expression of interest as a delegate, presenter, sponsor or trade exhibitor please click on the button below and submit your details.

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