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Nordic Reform Conference 2023 – 29 - 30 September – Røverstaden, Oslo, Norway

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Learn about evidence-based practices in the field of drug policy, harm reduction, and human rights.

Program NRC23
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We invite you to join us at the Nordic Reform Conference in Oslo, Norway on September 29-30, 2023. We can't wait to see you there!

NRC connects frontline health workers, researchers, policymakers, activists, and people with lived drug use experience in a unified forum to inspire the free exchange of innovative ideas and facilitate transformative discussions. Afterparty Saturday night at the same location: Røverstaden.

Welcome to NRC2023

Conference Program 2023
08:30
Registration
09:30
Welcome to Day 1
Welcome speech by Ina Roll Spinnangr and Dominic Munton
09:40
Status report from the Nordic countries
Tuukka Tammi, Finland
Jennie Gejel, Sverige
Kristina Ørris, Danmark
Jørn K. Mjelva, Norge
10:00
"Are we there yet?": development and changes in drug policy in Iceland
Helga Sif Friðjónsdóttir, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Health in Iceland
10:30
Evidence based prevention strategies: What works?
Ingrid Engene Gøranson, Generalsekretær Tryggere Ungdom
10:50
Q and A
11:00
Coffee Break
11:15
The Norwegian Police Scandal
Dag Wollebæk, Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo
11:40
Copaganda in Norway
Birgitte Ellefsen, Associate Professor at the Norwegian Police University College
12:00
Q and A
12:15
Lunch
13:15
Panel: The future of drug checking services in the Nordic countries.
Daniel Haga Hasselstrøm, Norway
Janne Nahkuri, Finland
13:45
Panel: How do we continue to reduce harms related to tobacco?
Karl Erik Lund, Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Andreas Wahl Blomkvist, MD, author and researcher at University Hospital of North Norway
Claud Guiron, Director Scientific Engagement Nordics at Philip Morris International
14:15
Break
14:30
Too Late but Still Great - Identifying the Lives Saved by Opioid Assisted Therapy (LAR) in Norway
Ole Røgeberg, Senior Research Fellow/Deputy Director at the Frisch Centre in Oslo
15:00
Heroin on prescription— how restrictive must heroin agonist treatment be?
Dr. med. Thilo Beck, MD, psychiatrist and Co-Head of Psychiatry at Arud Centre for Addiction Medicine.
15:30
Q&A
15:40
End of Day One
To the top
10:00
Welcome to Day 2
10:05
Can we create a drug utopia?
Ole Martin Moen
10:30
Addressing regulatory dilemmas in cannabis policy
Dagfinn Hessen Paust
11:00
Break
11:15
Speed Talks: Inspiration from Innovative Low Threshold Projects
Aura Roig, Director of Metzineres in Spain
Gunnar Simonsen Thingnes, Sykepleiere på Hjul, Norway
Ingrid Autran, Safe Space, Norway
James Dickson, Skeiv Kunnskap & Viktor Hjallar, ChemFriendly
11:40
Interview with Johan H. Andresen - industrialist, investor and philanthropist
with Ina Roll Spinnangr
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Updates from cannabis regulation in Malta
Karen Mamo
13:30
Debate: Should cocaine be regulated?
Steve Rolles vs. Dagfinn Hessen Paust
14:00
Nordic Reform Award 2023 Ceremony
The winner of the Nordic Reform Award 2023 will be announced
14:15
Break
14:30
Drug prohibition is destroying the planet
Neil Woods
15:00
Stand up
with comedian Jim Swann
15:20
Drug policy in the future project presentation
15:30
Closing Remarks
15:40
End of Day 2
20:00
Nordic Wave Afterparty
To the top
Are you a researcher, scientist, politician, medical professional, policy maker, therapist, community worker, drug addict or health personnel?
Join the drug policy reform community by becoming a member at rusreform.no
Join the community. Become a speaker.
Are you interested in giving a talk about your research, insights, experience, personal story?
Contact us – we are currently working on the program for the NRC2023.

Nordic Reform Conference 2023
Røverstaden, Oslo Konserthus
Munkedamsveien 15
0250 Oslo


Contact us
Association For Safer Drug Policies
Phone: +47 400 67 989
Email: ina.roll@rusreform.no