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Each year, AIVL hosts a three-day summit. The first day is for members and invited guests, and on the second and third we open our doors to all partners, allies, and anyone interested in being part of the conversation. Tickets include a full two days of presentations and workshops, plus entry to the AIVL Awards Ceremony and Celebration. Tickets are free for all people who use drugs.
This year’s summit will focus on the the health and human rights of all people who use drugs, and will be held in Coolangatta, QLD, the home of our member organisations, QuIHN and QuIVAA.
The full program and schedule will be announced soon, and nominations for the AIVL Awards are open now.
Ruth Birgin
WHRIN, Women and Harm Reduction International Network
Director
Ruth has been working in drug user organising and harm reduction since the late 1980s and is Director of WHRIN.
Sonya Weith
QuIVAA
Peer Steroid Educator
Sonya is the Peer Steroid Educator at QuIVAA, a role dedicated to supporting persons who use Performance Image Enhancing Drugs. She connects lived experience with service delivery, while also contributing to drug...
Sonya Weith
QuIVAA
Peer Steroid Educator
Sonya is the Peer Steroid Educator at QuIVAA, a role dedicated to supporting persons who use Performance Image Enhancing Drugs. She connects lived experience with service delivery, while also contributing to drug-policy and peer-support frameworks. Offering support to the community and educating health providers, Sonya aims to champion harm reduction for the PIED community.
Dr Annie Madden AO
Project Lead at the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Executive Officer of Harm Reduction Australia.
Project Lead at the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Executive Officer of Harm Reduction Australia. Annie is the Executive Director of Harm Reduction Australia and Project Lead at the In...
Dr Annie Madden AO
Project Lead at the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Executive Officer of Harm Reduction Australia.
Project Lead at the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Executive Officer of Harm Reduction Australia.
Annie is the Executive Director of Harm Reduction Australia and Project Lead at the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD). She is also a principal of 2SqPegs Consulting – a health & social policy consulting business.
Prior to these appointments, Annie was CEO of the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) for 16 years until April 2016 and EO of the NSW Users & AIDS Association (NUAA) from 1994 to 2000. She is a founding member of Harm Reduction Australia, is well-published in relation to people who inject drugs, OST and BBVs and has held numerous high-level appointments.
Annie has dedicated her entire professional career to promoting the health and human rights of people who inject drugs.
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