Key Events

The conference theme is 3D: Development Diversity Direction for a new Decade.

The conference will raise the level of awareness of Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs (ATOD) sector issues at the local, state and national level, and aims to link the increasingly emergent preventative health perspectives with the now traditional notion of harm minimisation.  2010 presents an important opportunity to revisit the core goals that underwrite the ATOD service sector with an enhanced understanding in line with the Commonwealth’s National Preventative Health Strategy.

The 2010 Creating Synergy conference will provide a forum for government and non-government drug and alcohol researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across NSW to discuss the evidence and models for family inclusive approaches to drug and alcohol interventions.

The conference will showcase innovative programs, practical information and advice from Australia and overseas on involving parents, partners, children and other carers in drug and alcohol interventions.

Matua Raki staff plan and host — in collaboration with NCAT — three leadership days a year (in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch) in coordination with the the Ministry of Health. The leadership forums bring together addiction workforce leaders from different functions: policy, planning, funding, training and education, service management and delivery, consumers and cultural leaders. This day provides an opportunity to include leaders from allied fields to share information and to develop collaborative activity at strategic and service delivery levels.