2008 International Addiction Summit: A Climate for Change

‘A Climate for Change’ is a 2-day summit, with post-summit professional development workshops, that will inform, enliven and expand your understanding of addiction. Look back at the past. Look forward to new ideas. We have invited some of the world’s leading experts in the field -- who have brought cutting-edge theory, science, and practice to bear on advancing our thinking of addiction -- and gathered them together. The people that changed our understanding of addiction. Confirmed speakers include: Peter Adams, Steve Allsop, Alex Blaszczynski, Carlo DiClemente, Dennis Gray, Harold Kalant, Alan Marlatt, Ian MacEwan, Barbara McCrady, Thomas McLellan, William Miller, Theresa Moyers, Ann Roche, Doug Sellman, Constance Weisner, Ted Wilkes, and Allan Zuckoff. All in one place. For one seminal event. Plenary addresses, in-depth workshops, interactive presentations and panel discussions. With post-summit workshops featuring Carlo DiClemente David Hodgins. William Miller, Theresa Moyers, and Allan Zuckoff. Groundbreaking. Provocative. Unprecedented. . Counsellor, psychologist, psychiatrist, academic, social worker, mental health professional, policy maker, corrections worker...this is the event for you. For more information, see: http://www.addictionsummit.org/
Date: 
Thu, 07/10/2008 - 8:00am - Fri, 07/11/2008 - 5:50pm
Location: 
25 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Australia
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