HSE National Addiction Training Programme Announce Sponsorship of the 2011 National Drugs Conference

20^th May 2011

The HSE’s National Addiction Training Programme (NATP) is pleased to announce sponsorship of this year’s National Drugs Conference of Ireland “Drug Interventions: What Works?”

The conference will take place in Dublin on the 3^rd and 4^th November 2011 in the  Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Golden Lane, Dublin. It will build on the success of the 2010 conference, bringing together a range of national and international speakers from across the spectrum of addiction research, service provision and policy. Sponsorship of the conference is part of the ongoing commitment of the HSE to work in collaboration with partners in the community, voluntary and statutory sectors addressing drug and alcohol issues.

Rory Keane, Chair of the NATP and HSE Regional Drug Co-Ordinator says, “The HSE welcomes this joint working with the Conference Steering Group, (representatives from the Irish Needle Exchange Forum, Ana Liffey Drug Project, Coolmine Therapeutic Community and the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors). This is an opportunity to speak directly on the many challenges facing Irish workers in this area and for statutory and voluntary organisations to work in partnership.”

“The conference is a vital opportunity for practitioners in a range of settings to reflect not only on developments in the evidence-base for responding to addiction problems; but to also to bring this learning back to their work place and their communities.”

Highlights in this year’s conference will include the following speakers:

• Dr. Thomas McLellan, former Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Obama administration
• Dr Andrew Tatarsky, Founding Executive Board Member, of the Association for Harm Reduction Therapy and member of the editorial boards for both Harm Reduction, an on-line journal and the International Journal of Drug Policy
• Mr João Goulão, Portuguese drug coordinator Director of the Instituto da Droga e da Toxicodependência (IDT) and Chair of the EMCDDA Management Board

  The HSE’s National Addiction Training Programme (NATP) is pleased to announce sponsorship of this year’s National Drugs Conference of Ireland “Drug Interventions: What Works?”

  The conference will take place in Dublin on the 3^rd and 4^th November 2011 in the  Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Golden Lane, Dublin It will build on the success of the 2010 conference, bringing together a range of national and international speakers from across the spectrum of addiction research, service provision and policy. Sponsorship of the conference is part of the ongoing commitment of the HSE to work in collaboration with partners in the community, voluntary and statutory sectors addressing drug and alcohol issues.

  Rory Keane, Chair of the NATP and HSE Regional Drug Co-Ordinator says, “The HSE welcomes this joint working with the Conference Steering Group, (representatives from the Irish Needle Exchange Forum, Ana Liffey Drug Project, Coolmine Therapeutic Community and the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors).  This is an opportunity to speak directly on the many challenges facing Irish workers in this area and for statutory and voluntary organisations to work in partnership.”

  “The conference is a vital opportunity for practitioners in a range of settings to reflect not only on developments in the evidence-base for responding to addiction problems; but to also to bring this learning back to their work place and their communities.”

  Highlights in this year’s conference will include the following speakers:

• Dr. Thomas McLellan, former Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Obama administration
• Dr Andrew Tatarsky, Founding Executive Board Member, of the Association for Harm Reduction Therapy and member of the editorial boards for both Harm Reduction, an on-line journal and the International Journal of Drug Policy
• Mr João Goulão, Portuguese drug coordinator Director of the Instituto da Droga e da Toxicodependência (IDT) and Chair of the EMCDDA Management Board

Links

Abstract submission document

Delegate Booking form

Further conference information

Source: HSE National Addiction Training Programme Press Release, 20/05/2011