The T2013 preliminary scientific program has just been released.
You will find the program to have an increasing focus on designer drugs, new detection methods, impaired driving in low and middle income countries and the continued issue of prevention and behaviour change, the conference program contains a variety of sessions presenting the most current and up-to-date research in this field.
To view the program, please click here.
The early-bird deadline has been extended to Friday May 31, 2013. Use this extra time to ensure that you secure the early-bird discount.
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Designer drugs are not captured in most current workplace screening programs, yet present the new face of drug abuse and an increasing workplace safety issue.
Many organisations already have alcohol and other drug screening programs that test employees’ urine and oral fluid to evaluate whether they can safely perform at work. Yet new designer drugs are arriving at an unprecedented rate, and are much more difficult to detect, presenting a constant challenge for drug monitoring programs. Being a step ahead in the detection of impairing drugs is crucial for workplace health and safety programs and will be the topic of a special session at the T2013 international conference in August.
A special session at the conference will profile synthetic cannabinoids as the new face of drug abuse, investigate the epidemiological background on the latest new drugs in Europe, present case studies on driver intoxication, and unveil new ways for screening and confirmation of the presence of these new drugs in drugged drivers.
For more information, please click here to see the latest media release.
The International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) is pleased to invite you to their 20th international conference, to be hosted by the Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q). The Conference will be a global forum at which all those involved in road safety research, policy, education, enforcement and injury prevention, particularly from the fields of drugs and alcohol, can meet with researchers, academics and professionals to discuss and present on the latest work being undertaken in these areas.
T2013 Conference Chair and CARRS-Q Director Professor Barry Watson has said “despite illegal blood alcohol concentration limits being in place for over 25 years, and the dangers of drug driving becoming increasingly recognised, impaired driving remains one of the major causes of death and injury on our roads”.
2011 saw the commencement of the UN Decade of Action, a worldwide initiative bringing together over 70 countries in a united effort to reduce traffic crashes and the global road toll. T2013 will bring the Decade of Action to Brisbane in a very dynamic way, with over 400 leading alcohol, drugs and traffic safety experts meeting to discuss the latest in international programs, policy and development in impaired driving.
An update on world-wide developments, key geographic regions of emerging issue and at risk populations will be provided by international keynote speakers including:
“More than 90 per cent of traffic crash deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world’s vehicles, thus they will be a major focus of conference talks,” Professor Watson said.
The conference’s recent call for abstracts attracted high numbers of abstracts for oral and poster presentation with interest particularly demonstrated in the areas of: epidemiology; legislation and enforcement; prevention and rehabilitation; detection, measurement, testing and forensics; prescription medications and illicit drugs; and challenges for low and middle income countries. The full conference program will be released on the conference website in May and will include presentations, workshops, symposia and discussion, as well as dedicated programs for young scientists, early career researchers, students and those from low and middle income countries. Please click here for a conference overview.
The following organisations have confirmed their sponsorship of T2013:
T2013 is expected to attract over 400 delegates to Brisbane from around Australia and overseas, drawn from the areas of traffic and transport psychology, public health, law, medicine, economics, law enforcement, public policy, education, pharmacology, toxicology, forensic science, human factors, and alcohol intervention and rehabilitation.
The Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (www.rsrpe2013.com.au), one of the most important road safety conferences in Australasia, will immediately follow T2013 in the same Brisbane venue from 28-30 August 2013.
Professor Watson has said “the consecutive forums will be critical activities of the UN Decade of Action and present exciting professional development opportunities for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers”.
Online registration is now open, for further information please visit the registration page.
