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Opening Session
Room #7 – 16:30 – 17:30
Host: Mukta Sharma
Mukta Sharma
Welcome on behalf of IHRA
Gerry Stimson
Welcome to the conference
Paul Hunt
Harm reduction and the right to
health: The 2008 Rolleston Oration
Gary Reid
Introduction to the 2008 Film
Festival
Opening Ceremony
Room #7 – 17:30–18:30
Host: Joan Colom
Joan Colom
Welcome to the Opening
Ceremony
Francesc David
Welcome from the Local Drug
Users and Patients Committee
Oriol Romani
Welcome from Grup IGIA
Monserrat Ballarin
Welcome from Provincial Council
of Barcelona
Sara Jaurrieta
Welcome from Barcelona City
Council
Marina Geli
Welcome from the Catalonian
Minister of Health
Bernat Soria
Welcome from the Spanish
Minister of Health
Revised line-up for Sunday 11 May
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Daily Update
– DAY ONE/TWO – Sunday 11 and Monday 12 May 2008
Please can all speakers bring their presentations to
the Speakers Room (on Level 2) as soon as possible.
If presentations are not handed in, we cannot guarantee that they will
be uploaded to the session computers on time. Delegates may not be
able to upload their presentations at the beginning of the session.
Additionally, if your presentation is scheduled for rooms 5, 6 or 7,
please provide print-outs of your presentation as soon as possible in
order to assist the translators. This can also be arranged in the
Speakers Room.
Important notice for speakers
PROGRAMME CHANGES
SUNDAY/MONDAY
Opening Session
Please note a change in line-up (see right)
Sessions
M3:
Abstract #991 will now be presented by
Allan Clear
C1-3:
The Chair is now Jeffrey V. Lazarus
C2-1:
Abstract #884 will now be presented by
Fabienne Hariga
C2-2:
Abstract #951 has been withdrawn
LIV2:
Abstract #414 has been withdrawn
6PM1:
The Chair is now Peter Higgs
Posters
Board 101: #1115 has been replaced with #548
New challenges for harm reduction in Latin
America – or how to avoid sleeping with the
enemy?: From health-related harms to social-
related harms, and from 'abuse' to
recreational use.
Silvia Inchaurraga
Board 122: #1297 has been replaced with #552
Harm reduction related to poverty; glue, free-
base, cocaine and alcohol in Argentina.
Silvia Inchaurraga
Board 128: #1316 has been replaced with #553
Facing the challenge of Vienna 2008: The
position and role of the Latin American Drug
Policy Reform Network (REFORMA).
Silvia Inchaurraga, Agustin Lapetina, Maria
Moreno, Gustavo de Greiff
Board 130: #1014 has now been added
Craving reduction alternatives or temporary
treatments for smokers who do not want to
quit.
Serrano Jordan, R Rodriguez, L Trevino,
M Melgarejo
‘GLOBAL ISSUES’ SESSIONS
A reminder to all delegates that the
conference programme starts at 08:30 on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with a
series of 30 minute ‘Global Issues’ sessions:
Monday 12 May:
Global Issues – UNAIDS
The first session will be a keynote speech
from a senior UNAIDS official on ‘Universal
Access, UNAIDS and the UNGASSes’.
Tuesday 13 May:
Global Issues – CND
Marcus Day (Caribbean Harm Reduction
Coalition) and Pascal Tanguay (Asian Harm
Reduction Network) reflect on the 2008
Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting (last
March). Please note that this is a change to the
printed programme.
… to be followed by the Opening Reception on Level 1.
Note to delegates
: Please remember to collect a
translation headset before going into this session.