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Dear Rafa,
With less than three weeks left until Harm Reduction 2010: IHRA’s 21st International Conference opens on Sunday 25 April 2010, welcome to the fourth conference newsletter!
Please ensure that your delegate fee is paid in full before you arrive, and that your email address in the registration system is correct. This will enable you to check-in without delay. If you have money to pay you will need to go first to the registration desk and settle your account.
The conference website is regularly updated to contain all of the information you need – including online registration, travel, visas and accommodation– so please visit www.ihraconferences.net whenever you can.
Best Regards,
The Conference Team
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Michel Sidibé - Keynote Opening Address
We are pleased to announce that Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, will give the Keynote Opening Address and Rolleston Oration. The Opening Session starts at 4.20pm on Sunday 25 April 2010.
The Opening Session will be followed by the conference welcome reception at 6.45pm in the Exhibition area. All delegates are welcome and encouraged to attend. Drinks and canapés will be served.
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Conference Final Programme now available
We are pleased to present the Final Programme for Harm Reduction 2010. The programme is available online, at: http://ihraconferences.com/2010/sessions.php?presentations=show
There are over 60 sessions throughout the conference. In addition to the Plenary, Major and Concurrent sessions there will be a platform for discussion and debate of more specific issues during the Dialogue Space Meetings.
Simultaneous translation between English, French and Russian will be provided during around 70% of the sessions (translation will be provided in room 1, room 3, and room 11).
The exhibition of posters will form an integral part of the conference, which will run alongside the main programme. We would like to encourage delegates to visit the poster area to see the displays.
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Medical and Health Care Facilities Update
Harm Reduction 2010 will deliver an event that facilitates appropriate care for delegates with specific medical and health care needs, including delegates who use or have used drugs.
The importation of prescribed methadone and buprenorphine will be allowed. Other harm reduction services and supplies will be available from locations near the conference venue. Delegates wishing to import their medication or continue it whilst in the UK must contact Gil Bradbury as soon as possible.
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Speaker Information
We would like to provide speakers with important information that will help their preparations before the conference.
- Most sessions will have four speakers presenting for a maximum of 15 minutes each. We would like to ask that you bear in mind that the time available for your presentation can not exceed this limit.
- All of the rooms for Plenary Sessions, Major Sessions and Concurrent Sessions will have facilities for the use of PowerPoint, and it is recommended that you use this software to prepare your presentation.
- Powerpoint presentations must be uploaded in the Speaker Room and cannot be uploaded in conference rooms.
- Many presentations will be delivered during sessions with simultaneous translation.In order to allow the interpreters to prepare and to seek any clarification they may require, speakers are requested to send their presentations to us before the conference. Please send your presentation(s), or address any queries you may have about the process to speakers@ihraconferences.com.
- The audience for the sessions is very diverse and will include people from around 90 countries. This means that speakers must take considerable care to present ideas clearly and at a pace that takes account of the fact that many people do not speak English as a first language.
If you have any questions, please contact the Conference Secretariat.
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Call for Media Collaborations
If you or your organisation is planning on releasing any reports or sending out media releases, and/or doing any proactive media work at Harm Reduction 2010, please contact IHRA´s media relations consultant Michael Kessler to discuss timetabling and/or possible joint collaborations.
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Musical Evening at the Cavern Club in Liverpool
HIT is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring a musical evening at the Cavern Club in Liverpool on 27 April 2010 for any conference delegate who plays an instrument or sings.
If you would like to take part, please contact Jessica Harris, stating which instrument you play; if you are a solo singer; and whether you need us to provide an instrument or not. Harpists among you will have to bring their own. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
The evening is open to all conference delegates and is free of charge. The venue holds 350 people, so get there early.
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