Conference Program 2023

DAY 1
Friday 29th of September
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

DAY 2
Saturday 30th of September
10:00
Welcome to Day 2
10:05
Can we create a drug utopia?
10:30
Addressing regulatory dilemmas in cannabis policy
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
13:30
Debate: Should cocaine be regulated?
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
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
Conference Program 2023