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Date
12 October 2024
Location
The University Club of Western AustraliaEntrance 1, Hackett Drive
Crawley, WA 6009
Organised by
RANZCP WA Faculty of AddictionDelivery
HybridNovel psychoactives and the new frontier in addiction. Presented by the RANZCP WA Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry
Program
09:00 - 09:15 Opening and Welcome by Adjunct Clinical A/Prof Mike Christmas and Dr Kelly Ridley
09:15 - 09:45 Keynote Address: Overview of the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia (EDNA) project
Dr Jessamine Soderstrom - Consultant Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist; Co-Deputy Head of Department Emergency Medicine Royal Perth Hospital
09:45 - 10:45 Opioids: Something old, something new and something blue
Dr Jessamine Soderstrom - Consultant Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist; Co-Deputy Head of Department Emergency Medicine Royal Perth Hospital
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:45 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate
Dr Craig Connelly - Consultant Addiction Medicine, North Metropolitan Community Alcohol and Drug Service
11:45 - 12:30 What do Queen Victoria and whippets (not Corgis) have in common?
Dr Jeremy Hayllar - Consultant Addiction Medicine; Clinical Director Alcohol and Drug Service, Metro North Health, Queensland
12:30 - 13:00 Phenylethylamines, dimethyltryptamine
Adjunct Clinical A/Prof Mike Christmass - Consultant Addiction Medicine, South Metropolitan Community Alcohol and Drug Service; Adjunct Clinical A/Prof Curtin University Medical School
13:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Cathinones
Dr Owen McWilliam - Consultant Emergency Physician; Clinical Toxicology Fellow, Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital
14:15 - 15:00 Fake pharma frontier - Harm reduction in the era of counterfeit prescription meds and novel benzodiazepines
Ms Grace Oh - Australian Drug Education & Consultancy
15:00 - 15:45 From fentanyls to nitazenes: the evolution of designer opioids
Prof Simon Elliott - Consultant Forensic Toxicologist independent Business Consultant; Director, Elliott Forensic Consulting Ltd and Toxicology UK Ltd; Visiting Professor, Forensic Toxicology, King's College London
15:45 - 16:15 Panel discussion
Prof Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam - President of the Asia-Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology
Ticket prices
Attendance in person:
Fellow / Affiliate ticket price $148.50
Trainee ticket price $126.50
Attendance online:
Fellow/ Affiliate ticket price $132
Trainee ticket price $121
Please note that the sessions will not be recorded, and you will only be able to watch the presenters live as they present.
Other information
Parking is free on a Saturday at The UWA Club.
A meeting link for online attendances will be sent out closer to the date of the meeting.
CPD certificates of attendance available upon request to angie.padoan@ranzcp.org
Contact
For more information, please contact the RANZCP WA Branch Coordinator on angie.padoan@ranzcp.org.
Terms and conditions
Cancellation policy
No refunds will be issued from Tuesday 1 October, for those attending in person, as catering will need to be confirmed by then. No refunds will be issues from Monday 7 October for those attending virtually.
COVID safety
The RANZCP is committed to the health and safety of all members, meeting participants and maintaining a safe system of work for staff. Whilst not mandatory, high-quality face masks and pre-arrival testing (Rapid Antigen Tests) are encouraged to ensure the health and wellbeing of colleagues and staff is maintained.
