Abstract reminder - Cyclone Junkie

Posted for the Territory Users Forum...

Cyclone Junkie - Banging up in the Tropics

The 2005 TUF Harm Reduction Symposium
Darwin, Australia: September 6, 2005

Please note that abstract submission closes on June
20, 2005. Please submit your abstracts to
darwin (at) tuf.org.au or by snail mail to TUF, PO Box 835,
Parap, NT 0804, Australia.

In 2004 the Northern Territory-based drug-user
organisation TUF, the Territory Users Forum,
facilitated the first Harm Reduction Symposium in
Australia’s Top End. The Symposium was TUF’s
contribution to the 2004 Syringe Festival, a
week-long event organised by the second NT drug-user
group, the Network Against Prohibition (NAP).

The event was a success and was the first time that
the NT drug user movement had endured such a large
scale training event for service providers in the
Territory.

Tropical topics

The theme of this year’s Symposium, “Cyclone Junkie -
Banging up in the Tropics”, will ensure the day has a
Top End flavour.

There are four topic areas that will be covered on the
day:

* Issues faced by injectors (and potential
injectors);

* Issues faced by injectors (and potential
injectors) from an Indigenous and/or Non
English-speaking background;

* Mental health and injecting/illicit drug use;
and

* Reducing the harm – the role of the law.

Abstract submission

We are calling for abstracts from anyone who would
like to facilitate a workshop or make a presentation
at the event.

You can download the abstract form and instructions in
pdf format here here.

There is a Microsoft Word version here.

We are more than happy to assist people with abstract
submission so please don’t be shy.

The deadline for abstract submission is close of
business, Monday the 20th of June.

Registration

Registration details will be available on the TUF
website soon.

More information

For more information, see the the TUF website:
http://www.tuf.org.au/cyclonejunkie.html

This event is part of the 4th Darwin International
Syringe Festival, being held in Darwin from the 5th to
the 11th of September 2005. For more information about
the SyringeFest email syringe (at) napnt.org.