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Monday 19 November 2007

14:00 Registration Commences
18:20 Sightseeing Tour / Transport to the Wales Millennium Centre
(Departing from both Holland House & Lodge Hotels)
19:00 Drinks Reception at the Wales Millennium Centre

Barbara Wilding CBE QPM CCMI, Chief Constable, South Wales Police
Tim Hollis QPM, Chief Constable, Humberside Police Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee

Clue 2 are pleased to be sponsoring the welcome drinks reception at this years ACPO Drugs Conference.

Tuesday 20 November 2007

09:05 Opening Address
Tim Hollis QPM, Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee, Chief Constable, Humberside Police
09:20 Ministerial Address
RT Hon Tony McNulty MP, Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
09:40 Law Enforcement and Progress in Afghanistan
John Coles QPM, Senior Manager, International Crime Department, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
10:00 Heroin Assisted Treatment of Opiate Addicts in Switzerland
Professor Ambros Uchtenhagen MD PhD,
Research Institute for Public Health and Addiction, Switzerland
10:20 Prescribing Heroin – a UK Perspective
Dr Thomas Carnwath, Clinical Director,
Substance Misuse Services, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
10:40 Cannabis and Young People: from Mellow to Mental Illness
Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatry, Head of Division of Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry, Kings College, London
11:20 Drugs – Facing Facts
Susie Harries, Project Director RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
11:40 Will There Be Enough E in the New Drugs Strategy?
Roger Howard, Chief Executive, UK Drug Policy Commission
12:00 'Mum Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?" - What Drugs Did To My Family
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips
14:00 Workshops
1) Heroin Assisted Treatment in Practice
2) Cannabis and Young People
3) Exploring New Ideas - Using Evidence
4) Tackling Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace
17:00 Additional Workshop:Cocaine Cutting Agents
Mark Baynham and Lawrence Gibbons, Serious Organised Crime Agency
20:00 Conference Dinner
Sponsored by The Forensic Science Service (FSS).
Pre Dinner Address
Gary Holcroft, Laboratory Manager, Chepstow Laboratory
21:30 Presentation of National Drugs Committee Awards
Tim Hollis QPM, Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee, Chief Constable, Humberside Police
Leighton Andrews AM, Deputy Minister for Regeneration, Welsh Assembly Government

Wednesday 21 November 2007

09:00 Drug Strategy – A Police Perspective
Howard Roberts, Vice Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee, Deputy Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Police.
09:20 Tarian+ - A Collaborate Approach
Giles York, Assistant Chief Constable (Crime and Operations), South Wales Police
The ‘All Wales’ example of tackling Class A Drugs from
09:50 Occupying the 'Demilitarised Zone' in the 'War' on Drugs
Martin Barnes, Chief Executive, DrugScope
10:10 Drugs, Crime and Treatment 2008/2011
Paul Hayes, Chief Executive, National Treatment Agency
10:30 Street Policing of Problem Drug Users
Dr Emma Wincup, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds
11:10 Developing the Next Drug Strategy
Ian Martin OBE, Head of Drug Strategy Unit, Home Office
11:30 Open Discussion on Future Drug Strategy
Facilitated by Simon Israel
12.10 Closing Address
Tim Hollis QPM, Chair, ACPO Drugs Committee, Chief Constable, Humberside Police
12:30 Conference Close