APSAD Canberra 2024

Wednesday 30th October - Saturday 2nd November 2024

National Convention Centre Canberra

Ngunnawal Country (Canberra)

Anke van der Sterren, Chris Gough, Amy Faden - APSAD 2024 Convenors

Thank you to everyone who attended APSAD Canberra 2024. A special thank you goes to our committee, reviewers, speakers, sponsors and supporters.


You can view the program including PowerPoint presentations and Keynote recordings here.

We were proud to host you in Australia’s most progressive jurisdiction, which provided an exciting, dynamic and informative program with the theme of Inclusion…Innovation…Progress.


The theme reflected the move towards greater inclusion of multiple and varied voices in alcohol, tobacco and other drug issues, including greater participation by people with lived and/or living experience of alcohol and other drugs in the processes of program development and delivery; research and evaluation; and policy reform. Similarly, it reflected the broad range of professional and practical expertise in our sector across a variety of settings.

Conference Committee 2024

Convenors:

  • Anke van der Sterren - Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA)
  • Chris Gough - Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA) and Australian Illicit and Injecting Drug Users League (AIVL)
  • Amy Faden - DANA; Australian College of Nursing (MACN) and ASCP


Organising Committee:

  • Katherine Senior - Drug and Alcohol Services SA (DASSA)
  • Craig Rodgers - St Vincent's Hospital
  • Robert Stirling - Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
  • Suzie Hudson - Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs at NSW Ministry if Health
  • Christina Marel - The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney


Scientific Advisory Committee:

  • Amy Peacock - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, and School of Medicine, University of Tasmania
  • Anna Olsen - School of Medical and Psychology, ANU
  • Cassandra Wright - Menzies School of Health Research
  • Chris Holmwood - University Of Adelaide
  • Christina Marel - The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
  • Craig Rodgers - St Vincent's Hospital
  • Dan Vautin - Policy & Impact and 2IC at the Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council Tasmania (ATDC)
  • David Newcombe - Centre for Addiction Research, at University of Auckland
  • Elisabeth Yar - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA)
  • Jacqueline Bowden - National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University
  • James Dunne - Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council
  • Jane Akhurst - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
  • Jane Sheridan - The University Of Auckland
  • Janni Leung - National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR), University of Queensland
  • Jeff Buckley - Insight
  • Jimmy Perry - Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol Council (ADAC)
  • Katherine Senior - Drug and Alcohol Services SA (DASSA)
  • Kylie Lee - La Trobe University
  • Lynette Bullen - Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment Unit
  • Michael White - South Australian Network of Drug and Alcohol Services (SANDAS)
  • Natasha Reid - Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland
  • Philip Hull - ACT Health
  • Robert Stirling - Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
  • Sarah Clifford - Menzies School of Health Research
  • Scott Wilson - Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council, South Australia (ADAC)
  • Tayla Degan - National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Keynote Speakers

  • Jane Dicka - Health Promotion and DOPE Coordinator, Harm reduction Victoria
  • Nadine Ezard - St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
  • Heather Gifford - Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development
  • Peter Higgs - Burnet Institute
  • Paul Liknaitzky - Dept of Psychiatry at Monash University
  • Garth Mullins - Host and Executive Producer, Crackdown Podcast
  • Jurgen Rehm - Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research & Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada
  • Stephanie Tzanetis - Directions Health Services
  • Timothy Piatkowski - Griffith University
  • Annie Madden - Harm Reduction Australia

Key Deadlines:

Super Early Bird Deadline: 19 April 2026

Abstract Deadline: 4 May 2026

Scholarship Application Deadline: 5 July 2026

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 31 August 2026

Accommodation Deadline: 28 September 2026

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APSAD acknowledges that the conference is being held on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. APSAD acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

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