AIVL’s Staff regularly speak at conferences around Australia and Internationally on topics affecting drug users. A selection of these documents can be found below:

• Doubling up: influencing innovation in hepatitis C care and treatment - report on Workshop 34 of The consortium for Social and Policy Research on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Research, attended on 24th November 2009 by Tiia Harrison and Fiona Poeder (PDF, 60 Kb)
• Drugs Discourse In Denial - Can We Talk About Pleasure Yet? presented at the Drug & Alcohol Nurses of Australiasia 2009 Conference and Workshops, 24 June 2009 by Dayle Stubbs (PPT, 1471 Kb)
• The Role of Consumers in Treatments Advocacy presented at the Suboxone Satellite Workshop, 19 April 2009 at the International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Bangkok, Thailand (PPT, 988 Kb)
• Promoting and Protecting Drug Users Rights: AIVL’s Current & Future Programs presented at the NSW NSP Workers Meeting held in Sydney on 5 September 2008 (PPT, 453 Kb)
• Engaging at Risk Populations in Hepatitis C Vaccine Preparedness Research presentation to the Hepatitis C Vaccine Initiative Workshop held in Sydney on 15 October 2008 by Annie Madden (PDF, 72 Kb)
• Human Rights for Drugs Users Presentation Notes and Power Point from the ASHM Conference held in Perth on 18 September 2008 by Annie Madden  (PDF, 66 Kb - PDF 873 Kb)
• Promoting & Protecting Drug Users Rights – presentation to the 2008 NSW NSP Workers Meeting on the work of AIVL by Annie Madden on 4 September 2008 in Sydney  (PDF, 140 Kb)
• NSP Work & Outcomes – Reducing Harm from Injecting Drug Use: presentation to NSW Health Telehealth Training Session by Annie Madden on 24 July 2008 in Sydney  (PDF, 89 Kb)
• Junky Mythbusters - presented to the ACE National Disability Employment Network Conference in Canberra by Dayle Stubbs on 5th June 2008 (PPT, 949 Kb)
  
• Hepatitis C - Silent Epidemic presentation given at the Response Beyond Borders: 1st Asian Consultation on the Prevention of HIV Related Drug Use held in Goa in late January 2008 by Annie Madden  (PDF, 2,552 Kb)
• Hepatitis C IDU Skills Building Workshop at the Response Beyond Borders: 1st Asian Consultation on the Prevention of HIV Related Drug Use held in Goa in late January 2008 by Annie Madden  (PDF, 2,170 Kb)
• It’s My Life, by Annie Madden - keynote address on research ethics from the consumer perspective at the APSAD Conference in Melbourne in November 2005.  The paper (PDF, 55 Kb) now available.
• Consuming Pharmacy Services, by Annie Madden - presentation at the Addiction and Harm Minimisation Symposium of the Pharmacy Congress in Melbourne in October 2005  The paper (PDF, 45 Kb) now available.
• The Place of Education in NSPs: Being Realistic about Our Goals, by Annie Madden - plenary address to the NSW NSP Workers Meeting in Sydney in September 2005.  The paper (PDF, 37 Kb) is now available.
• National Snapshot on Hepatitis C Transmission Risks Amongst Injecting Psychostimulant Users, by Jude Byrne - presented at The HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C & Related Diseases (HHARD) Social Research Conference and The AFAO/NAPWA HIV Educators’ Conference, 17-21 May 2004, Sydney. The presentation (PDF, 1,492 Kb) now available.
• Testing and Diagnosis: Injecting Drug User Experience Compared to National Policy, by Skye Jewell - presented at the 4th Australasian Hepatitis C Conference, Canberra, September 2004.  The presentation (PDF, 28 kb) now available.
• Engaging Young Women in Peer Education: A Personal Perspective, by Skye Jewell - presented at the 15th International Harm Reducation Conference, Melbourne, April 2004. The paper (PDF, 42 kb) and the overheads (PDF, 100 kb) are now available.
• New Approaches to Hepatitis C Prevention. by Nicky Bath - National Hepatitis C Health Promotion Workshop Adelaide – February 2004.  The presentation (PDF, 218 Kb) now available.
• From Rhetoric to Reality: A comparison between UK and Australian Drugs policy and practice, by Nicky Bath - presented at APSAD 2004, Fremantle.  The presentation (PDF, 194 Kb) now available.
• What to do for yourself and your friends, by Nicky Bath - presented at the ACON Women’s Community Forum.  The presentation (PDF, 167 Kb) now available.
• Friends and Family, by Nicky Bath - presented at the ACON Community Forum. The presentation (PDF, 1,366 Kb) now available.
• Reflecting on the Implementation of Illicit Drug Strategies and Approaches at the State/Territory Level, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Consortium Workshop - "The Tough on Drugs Policy – What are the Research and Policy Issues", Thursday 11 November 2004.  Not available online - for further information regarding this paper contact the national office on 02 6279 1600.
• The Role of People Who Inject Drugs in the Hepatitis C Response, by Annie Madden, Opening Plenary, 4th Australasian Hepatitis C Conference, Canberra, September 2004 - Now available online (PDF, 35kb)
• Ethical Issues in Research Involving Injecting Drug Users, Australian Hepatitis Council Research Forum, Canberra  held on Canberra, August 2004 - Now available online (PDF, 62 kb)
• Changing Scenes, Changing Trends: An overview of the impact of the overt commercialisation of dance drugs culture, by Nicky Bath - Presented at Club Health - The 3rd International Conference on Nightlife Substance Use and Related Health Issues, Melbourne, April 2004 - Now available online (PDF, 209 kb)
• Private Lives, Public Policy by Annie Madden, July 2002 - Presented at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain - Now available online (PDF, 24 kb).
• Health Rights are Human Rights: The Development of a proposal and model for a trial of Needle and Syringe Programs in Australia’s Prisons, by Annie Madden – A Presentation for the Public Health Association of Australia Conference Human Rights, Human Wrongs, Human Cost - Now available online (PDF, 56 kb)
• Dances with Demons, by Nicky Bath, 11 April 2002 - A presentation to the The Australian Medical Association – Party Drugs: A New Public Health Challenge Conference on the status quo for dance drug users in Australia.
• Law Reform – Moving Beyond The Rhetoric, by Annie Madden - A presentation to the 12th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm held in New Delhi, 1-5 April 2001 - Now available online (PDF, 40 kb)
• I’m not a feminist but... by Annie Madden, 3-7 March 2002 - A presentation to the 13th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm in Slovenia on the views of a woman drug user with regard to drugs policy and its effects on women as well as suggestions for ways to move forward. Now available online (PDF, 25 kb)
• Postcards From The Edge - Inclusion, Exclusion And Women Drug Users by Annie Madden, 3-7 March 2002 to the 13th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm in Slovenia on the inclusion and exclusion of women drug users. Now available online (PDF, 36 kb)