Thursday 18 September 2008
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME FINALISED – EXCITING NEW SPEAKERS CONFIRMED!
There are still a few places available for the forthcoming Release Conference in London on Thursday 18 September. Book Now to avoid disappointment!
Release's annual conference returns this year with an exciting panel of speakers and a topic that is guaranteed to stimulate and motivate you. Hosted once again by the exquisite Hampstead Theatre, London, this unique event will focus on discrimination faced by drug users in our society and overseas. By highlighting the issues confronting people from an already marginalised background whose drug use leaves them open to further prejudice, this conference will tackle some of the most complex and interesting issues in drug policy today.
Chaired once again by Gill Norman-Bruce and joined by some excellent national and international speakers presenting original material, the Release Conference programme includes:
08:30 - Coffee & registration
Session 1 - Access to health - unlocking the truth
09:30 - How moral values get dressed up as 'science'
Dr Ben Goldacre, 'Bad Science' columnist - The Guardian
10:00 - Treatment prejudice - the road to discrimination
Dr Gordon Morse, Clinical Lead, Turning Point, Somerset
10:25 - Treatment for all with Hep C - including current users
Mandie Wilkinson, BBV Team Manager, East London NHS Trust
10:50 - Q&A
11:05 - Coffee
Session 2 - Today's kids - tomorrow's leaders
11:30 - A political perspective on drug policy reform
Chris Huhne MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
11:50 - Youth, drugs and discrimination
Professor Rod Morgan, Former Chair, Youth Justice Board
12:20 - Drugs, children and human rights
Damon Barrett, Human Rights Analyst
12:50 - Q&A
13:00 - Lunch
Session 3 - Drugs and discrimination - a transatlantic race?
14:00 - Racism in the war on drugs
Deborah Peterson Small, Executive Director, Break the Chains
14:30 - The racial impact of drug law enforcement
Alex Stevens PhD, Senior Researcher, University of Kent
15:00 - Disproportionate cannabis policing in the UK?
Tiggey May, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Criminal Policy Research
15:30 - The impact of disproportionate drugs policing
Professor Ben Bowling, Kings College London
16:00 - Panel discussion and Q&A
16:30 - Champagne reception
Only £195 (+VAT) including delicious lunch.
With only 200 places for this unique event you must BOOK EARLY to ensure you get a place.
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BOOK ONLINE
Alternatively contact Claudia Rubin on 020 7749 4037 or claudia@release.org.uk
Programme is subject to change.
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