Resources | Past Events

Listed here are some of the papers from past seminars, workshops, conferences and other events. Also take a look through the ALAC Library collection or useful websites database.

International | National

Thinking Drinking – Action For Change Conference (5-7 August 2009)

Brisbane Hilton, 190 Elizabeth St, Brisbane QLD 4001
Brisbane, Australia

Thinking Drinking 3: Action for Change built on the outcomes of Thinking Drinking 1 (2005) and 2 (2007) and provided a valuable opportunity to review, examine and debate the current and best practice on addressing the drivers of drinking culture. The key outcome sought is an agreed Agenda for Action to unite, support and guide all our efforts to reduce alcohol–related harm.

Key Issues to be considered included:

Pricing and taxation
Safer drinking environments
Indigenous issues
Emerging evidence
Alcohol and the prevention agenda
Role of local government
Marketing and promotion
Community Engagement
Sport and alcohol

For highlights from the conference please go to www.adf.org.au

Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s Presentation - Thinking Drinking 3 Conference

4th Pacific Drug and Alcohol Research Network Meeting (7-10 July 2009)

Burnet Institute Center for International Health / Australian National Council on Drugs
Vanuatu
Iririki Resort

With funding from the Australian Federal Government this meeting is supported by the Australian National Council on Drugs and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It will provide an opportunity for participants to report on and discuss recent national and regional drug trends, review research activities, and assess opportunities for developing the role of the PDARN network.

Mind the Future: 2nd International Conference of Te Ao Maramatang, New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses (1-3 Apr 2009)

Wellington (International event)

The 2nd International Conference of Te Ao Maramatanga, New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc. (NCMHN) will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, the vibrant arts and cultural capital city of Aotearoa, New Zealand, from 1-3 April, 2009.

The aim of the conference is to support and strengthen the future of mental health and addictions nursing.

For further information go to: http://www.nzcmhn.org.nz/104542/html/page.html

IHRA’s 20th International Conference on Harm Reduction (19-23 Apr 2009)

Bangkok, Thailand (International event)

IHRA’s harm reduction conferences have been held around the world each year since 1990, and the next event in this highly successful series takes place in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme for this event will be Harm Reduction and Human Rights.

Over five days, this conference will be the main meeting point for all those interested in harm reduction, and an invaluable platform for advocacy, debate, and discussion. For nearly two decades, these events have been the key forum for the dissemination of harm reduction ideas and practice, and have helped to put harm reduction on the map.

For further information go to: http://www.ihra.net/Thailand/Home