Conference Welcome and Introduction:

• Jeff Lee, Senior Consultant, ISSUP Global

• Livia Edegger, Deputy Director, ISSUP Global

Setting the Scene:

• Roger Weimann - President, ISSUP SA; Director, SANCA Eastern Cape

• Joanna Travis-Roberts - Chief Executive, ISSUP Global

• Brian Morales - Branch Chief Counternarcotics, Office of Global Programs and Policies (INL/GPP)

• Ambassador Adam Namm - Executive Secretary, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of the American States (OAS)

• Ms Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu - Deputy Minister, Republic of South Africa Department of Social Development (DSD)

• Her Excellency Amira Elfadil - Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union Commission (AUC)

Global Perspective – A Global Overview of Drug Use

• Chloé Carpentier - Chief, Drug Research Section, Research Branch, UNODC
• Giovanna Campello - Chief, Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Continental Perspective – An Overview of Drug Use in Africa

• Dr Jane Marie Ong’olo - Head of Social Welfare, Vulnerable Groups and Drug Control, African Union Commission

African Union Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (2019-2023)

• Dr Abel Basutu - Senior Drug Control Programme Officer, African Union Commission

Global Initiatives by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, US State Department

• William McGlynn - Senior Advisor, Office of Global Policy and Programs, Drug Demand Reduction, INL, U.S. Department of State

• Bruno Bui - Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Global Policy and Programs, Drug Demand Reduction, INL, U.S. Department of State

Regional Perspective – Latin America and the Caribbean

• Marya Hynes - Chief, Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, CICAD

Summary and Invitation to Send Comments and Questions Arising from Inputs

What Constitutes Evidence-Based Prevention?

• Jeff Lee - Senior Consultant, ISSUP

Global Prevention Standards

• Giovanna Campello - Chief, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC

Media-Based Prevention Programmes

• William D. Crano - Oskamp Professor of Social Psychology, Division of Behavioral and Organizational Science, Claremont Graduate University, USA

Alcohol Use Prevention (data on alcohol use, environmental prevention initiatives):

• Maristela Monteiro - Regional Advisor on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) *Focus on the Latin America & the Caribbean

• Professor Neo Morojele - Professor and Acting HOD, Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

• Professor Nazarius Tumwesigye - Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda

• René Adams - Programme Manager, Substance Abuse Prevention and Drug Control Rehabilitation Division, Social Welfare Services Directorate, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia

Question & Answer Session

Treatment Standards

• Anja Busse - Programme Officer, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, UNODC

Service Quality Measurements in Treatment Facilities

• Professor Bronwyn Myers - Chief Specialist Scientist, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council

Best Practices in Treatment and UTC training in Africa

• George Murimi - Training Coordinator for Africa, Colombo Plan DAP Credentialing and Certification
• Becky Vaughn - Director, Global Centre for Credentialing and Certification (GCCC), Colombo Plan DAP

Case Studies of Treatment Programmes in Latin America/Caribbean and Africa

• Bawo O. James - Consultant mental health physician and a certified addiction treatment specialist, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

• Yuri Cutipé - Executive Director of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peru Question & Answer Session

A Continental Overview of Drug Epidemiology in Africa

• Professor Isidore Obot - Director, Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse, Nigeria

Regional Perspectives

• Dr Olubusayo Akinola - Programme Officer, Drug Demand Reduction, ECOWAS Commission

• Nadine Harker Burnhams - Research Scientist, South African Medical Research Council, SENDU/SACENDU

Overview of Drug Epidemiology in Latin America & Caribbean

• Pernell Clarke - Research Specialist, Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, CICAD - Caribbean

• Roberto Canay - Co-President, ISSUP Argentina - Latin America

Synchronising Global Drug Epidemiology Data Collection

• Chloé Carpentier - Chief, Drug Research Section, Research Branch, UNODC

• Enrico Bisogno - Chief, Data Development and Dissemination Unit, UNODC

Question & Answer Session

Role of the Legislator in Drug Demand Reduction

• Senator Mattie Hunter - Illinois State Senator, USA

• Advocate Luyanda Mtshotshisa - State Prosecutor, South Africa (TBC)

• Senator Héctor Yépez Martínez – Ecuador

• Hon Seth Kwame Acheampong - Chairman, Defence and Interior Committee, Parliament of Ghana 

Role of Traditional Health Practitioners and Leaders in Drug Demand Reduction (Roundtable Discussion)

• Dr. Pelmos Mashabela- Deputy Chairperson of the Central Drug Authority, South Africa

• Dr Goodman Sibeko – Director of ITTC; Head, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, University

  of Cape Town

• Dr David Basangwa, Uganda

• Representatives from other African Countries (Mauritius, Kenya)

Q&A Session

A panel session to respond to questions and issues arising from the previous 5 plenaries.

Panel members:

• Republic of South Africa (Dr. Pelmos Mashabela, Deputy Chairperson, CDA)
• African Union Commission (Jane Marie Ong’olo, Head of Social Welfare, Vulnerable Groups and Drug Control)
• ISSUP South Africa (Roger Weimann, President
• South Africa Central Drug Authority (CDA) (David Bayever, Chairperson)
• ISSUP Global (Joanna Travis-Roberts, Chief Executive)
• ISSUP Global (Jeff Lee, Senior Consultant)
• ISSUP Global (Livia Edegger, Deputy Director)
• INL (William McGlynn, Senior Advisor)
• CICAD (Jimena Kalawski, Chief, Demand Reduction)
• Colombo Plan DAP (Thom Browne, CEO)
• GCCC (Becky Vaughn, Director)
• UNODC (Giovanna Campello, Chief, Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section)
• ICUDDR (Dr. Kim Johnson, Executive Director)
• ITTC (Dr. Goodman Sibeko, Director/Head, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, University of Cape Town)