The doors will open and registration begins at 10am. The opening address will take place at 10.30am. We are delighted to be joined by 8 compelling and thought provoking speakers, of which you will have the opportunity to ask them questions following their presentation. The conference will close at 16.15.

Professor Adam R Winstock

MD MRCP MRCPsych FAChAM

Adam is a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine specialist based in London. He works for a number of treatment providers across the UK. He is an active clinician, educator and researcher, having published over 180 papers on everything from opioid treatment and service delivery to dark net drug markets, health messaging, drug education, sex and drugs, drug policy, cannabis, novel drugs, ketamine, nitrous and psychedelics. He is also founder of the Global Drug Survey and creator of the Staying Safe Program – SSP (www.stayingsafe.university). SSP V3 launches in Sept 2024 along with a new programme for parents (www.stayingsafeparents.com). He’s run services in the community, hospitals and prisons. He is passionate about harm reduction and developing effective treatment structures that have patients needs at their core. He believes honest non-judgemental information delivered with humour and credibility is the foundation for people making informed decisions about their health and well being. If you deliver OST check out SODA at www.mydose.digital.

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Katy Porter

CEO, The Loop

Katy is a nurse and worked in HIV services (Mildmay Hospital), substance use treatment (South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, City Roads Crisis Intervention, Cranstoun Drug Services) and homelessness (Thames Reach), both as practitioner and in senior roles, as manager and director. Katy has also taken on voluntary roles related to mental health and homelessness as Governor for Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, and for the past 7 years, and continuing, as Trustee/Vice Chair for Depaul UK.

With extensive experience in working across health & social care services, collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders from voluntary sector partners, to Public Health, Local Authorities, and newly formed Integrated Care Systems, Katy is committed to developing and expanding the services and reach of The Loop to ensure our drug checking service and harm reduction advice and information is accessible and available nationally.

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Dean Acreman

Project Team Manager – Drugs, Threats, Harms and Trends – Public Health Wales

Dean’s role primarily involves the management of the WEDINOS project. WEDINOS provides for the collection and testing of psychoactive substances, the profiling of a substances chemical structure and the dissemination of pragmatic harm reduction advice.

Dean has extensive experience working within the Criminal Justice System and in the field of substance misuse, with specific interests in the trends in psychoactive substance and image and performance enhancing drug use on a regional, national and international level.

Dean has field research experience in relation to severe infections and pseudoaneurysm’s amongst injecting drug users; Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs; and in relation to individuals who have administered naloxone.

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Josh Torrance

Rave Aid Crew

With 8 years’ experience in the field, Josh works in both drug policy and frontline harm reduction. He is currently finishing up his PhD on drug diversion schemes and runs a grassroots organisation that provides welfare and harm reduction advice at illegal raves across the UK (but often in Wales). Among other things, he is particularly passionate about uplifting treatment engagement among club drug cohorts.

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Amanda Guzinska

PsyCare UK

Amanda is a trustee and member of the senior management team of the welfare and harm reduction charity, PsyCare UK. Amanda has been involved in PsyCare for over a decade and has a wealth of first hand experience supporting people through challenging psychedelic and other drug experiences. She has coordinated the welfare provision at dozens of UK festivals and has years of experience managing the charity’s response to a wide range of difficult presentations.

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Anna Lewis

Young Person’s Service Manager, CAVDAS

Anna has worked in the substance use field for 25 years in a variety of settings including in patient detox. Needle syringe provisions and criminal justice services.  For the last 15 years Anna has worked in children, Young persons and family and concerned other services.

Anna has worked in CAVDAS, Cardiff & Vale Drug and Alcohol services for the last two years where she has helped in the development of the CYP and FCO teams. These teams now have their own dedicated base, designed specifically for young people and family members.  Anna is helping to coordinate the team who will be delivering the work within the night time economy.

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Mike Lewis

Close Protection Officer & doorman

Mike Lewis has been a doorman in nightclubs across Cardiff City Centre for 20 years.  Mike is also a close protection officer and has had a variety of roles in different security settings.  Mike has previously volunteered in a CYP substance use service and has a keen interest in this field.  Mike currently works in one of the busiest venues in Cardiff where they see a high number of students as customers.  Mike is keen to be part of this joint working with CAVDAS and the Night time economy.

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Maggie Cee

Founder, Co-alc Alliance

Lived Experience in Suicide and Self Harm, Asist and Samaritan trained. I created the Co-alc Alliance in 2021 to represent bereaved parents in improving the research, awareness and lack of service provision for recreational users of (powder) cocaine and links to non-premeditated suicide during the comedown.

We would like to say a huge thank you to our conference sponsors. Without their support, it would be much harder to run events such as Street Drugs Wales. Their financial support helps us to bring some of the the leading figures in harm reduction to Wales, as well as fund the venue, refreshments and many more aspects related to the day.

Ethypharm

Ethypharm is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to providing products targeting the central nervous system (CNS) for patients who are suffering severe pain or opioid dependency as well as providing a wide range of high quality injectable medicines for use in hospital and emergency situations.

We use our considerable expertise and know-how to provide innovative solutions to healthcare providers and their patients.

In the UK we are recognised as a key partner of the NHS and the private hospital sector with a range of quality products.

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Accord Healthcare

Since Accord’s arrival in Europe in 2008, our primary focus has been to ensure that patients have access to high quality medicines at the point of need. As the international arm of Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Operating in over 45 countries, our award winning innovations and patient centred services continues our vision to Make it Better.

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Exchange Supplies

Exchange Supplies is a unique social enterprise working to improve the harm reduction response to drug use by developing products and information for injecting drug users, drug services, and needle exchanges.

They are committed to supplying high-quality, low cost injecting equipment to customers around the world, and to providing employment and training opportunities for drug users.

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Address
Tramshed
Clare Road
Cardiff
CF11 6QP

Parking

Unfortunately the venue does not have parking but there is street parking located right outside, these spaces are council operated and are pay and display. The nearest multi-story is the NCP on Wood Street, approx. a 10 minute walk. This is 643 meters from the venue.

Nearest public transport
We are 0.5 miles from Cardiff Central Train station and there is a bus stop located on Clare Road which is 276ft away from the venue.

For more information regarding The Tramshed, please visit: https://www.tramshedcardiff.com/venue-information/