AGENDA: IOTOD 2023

Day 1 – Wednesday 17th May
Speaker Duration
09:00 IOTOD 2023 open and welcome Dr Hester Wilson 10 mins
SESSION 1 — OPIOID DEPENDENCY: TRENDS OVER TIME
09:10 Opioid use to opioid dependency: A journey Dr Hester Wilson 15 mins
09:25 Opioid users – how are they changing? Professor Catriona Matheson 15 mins
09:40 Evolution in healthcare: From stigma to shared decision-making Mr Dirk Schäffer 15 mins
09:55 Panel discussion and commitments to change 15 mins
SESSION 2 – HARM REDUCTION: PREVENTION AND PATIENT EMPOWERMENT
10:20 Harm reduction – psychosocial services Dr Luke Mitcheson 20 mins
10:40 Harm reduction, drug treatment and empowerment Mr Mat Southwell 20 mins
11:00 Case study on success of harm-reduction measures: example of take-home naloxone kits Dr Rebecca Silvia Mcdonald 15 mins
11:15 Panel discussion and commitments to change 10 mins
11:25 Exhibition, posters 35 mins
12:00 Industry-sponsored satellite symposium - Indivior 60 mins
13:00 Poster session and lunch 60 mins
SESSION 3 — VIRAL HEPATITIS
14:00 Viral hepatitis – transmission and treatments Professor Graham Foster 20 mins
14:20 Infection, re-infection, and changing behaviours Professor Ashley Brown 20 mins
14:40 Panel discussion and commitments to change 10 mins
14:50 Exhibition, posters 60 mins
SESSION 4 – COMPLEX CASES: PANEL DISCUSSION
16:00 Complex cases: panel discussion 30 mins
Day 2 – Thursday 18th May
Speaker Duration
10:00 IOTOD 2023 Day 2 welcome Mr Duncan Hill 10 mins
SESSION 5 — RELIEVING SYMPTOMS AND CHANGING PATIENT BEHAVIOURS AND HABITS
10:10 Relieving symptoms with OD treatments: Options to optimise Professor Nicholas Lintzeris 15 mins
10:25 DDIs – the confusion for the co-morbid Mr Duncan Hill 15 mins
10:40 Changing behaviours: Psychosocial Intervention – why, when, and how Professor John Marsden 15 mins
10:55 The road to recovery – who still needs a ride? Assoc. Professor Shalini Arunogiri 15 mins
11:10 Panel discussion and commitments to change 15 mins
11:40 Industry-sponsored satellite symposium - Camurus 50 mins
12:30 Exhibition, posters, lunch 60 mins
SESSION 6 — PAIN MANAGEMENT: A BALANCING ACT IN PATIENT WELLBEING
13:30 Chronic pain management and the risk of opioid dependence Professor Maurice Dematteis 15 mins
13:45 Managing pain/chronic pain in opioid dependent patients Professor Patrice Forget 15 mins
14:00 Pain management alternatives 15 mins
14:15 Panel discussion and commitments to change 15 mins
14:30 Exhibition, posters 60 mins
SESSION 7 — COMPLEX CASES: PANEL DISCUSSION
15:45 Complex cases: panel discussion 30 mins
16:15 Conference close and upcoming IOTOD 2023 activities 10 mins