As hosts of what will be the biggest global harm reduction event of the year, Harm Reduction International and Canadian partner AIDQ look forward to welcoming up to 1000 delegates from around the world for what promises to be another high profile, high impact conference

In the context of a country moving towards a more forward-looking approach to drugs, but a region and a planet where progress is still painfully slow, we want HR17 to be the place where the people at the heart of the response come together to build a movement that learns, shares and cooperates to build a world where people benefit from good drug policies, rooted in dignity, health and human rights.

People who use drugs, sex workers, people living with HIV; researchers, campaigners, activists; health professionals, development specialists, human rights experts: all of these and many others are invited to participate in our four-day programme of presentations, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, networking events and local site visits.

Between now and the conference, this website will be regularly updated to include everything you need to know about the conference. For now, you can find out more about the location, registration process and exhibition opportunities. We’ll be sending out monthly update emails to let you know the latest information as it becomes available. Sign up to receive them here.

HR17 Session Titles

Full details of the programme and speakers will be available soon. Here's a preview of the session titles

• Out There in the Street: Legal Aid and Street Lawyers
• Funding Harm Reduction: Transition and Sustainability
• Innovative Harm Reduction Based on User Practices
• Harm Reduction in Prison
• Key and Neglected Populations
• Fighting for Access for PWID
• Overdose in North America: Policy and Practice
• Treat Us Right: Continuum of Care for PWID - End AIDS among PWID
• Canada
• Powering Policy Reform: Action through Evidence
• Users' Choice; Users' Voice
• Global Commision Session
• Neglected Issues: TB, Hepatitis B and Skin & Soft Tissue Infections
• Welcoming Spaces: Innovations in Housing and Health
• Drug Checking: From Dance Clubs to the Dark Web
• Sex Work and Harm Reduction
• Indigenous Community-Driven Harm Reduction
• Harm Reduction in Politically Challenging Environments
• User Activism & Resistance
• Cannabis Policy as Harm Reduction
• 10 X 20
• War on Drugs
• Key Roles for Police in Harm Reduction
• No Substitution for Good Programming: New Development in OST
• Wake up to Women: SRH and Harm Reduction
• A Room of One's Own: New and Emerging Drug Consumption Rooms
• Naloxone: Responses from Different Settings
• Stimulant Use
• Women Who Use Drugs
• Scale It Up! Lowering Threshold, Bringing It Home
• Peer Power in Services
• Harm Reduction Amongst Young People Who Use Drugs
• Rural and Geographically Remote Harm Reduction
• Harm Reduction Services in Hospitals
• Innovative Community & Nurse Based HCV Model of Care
• Supply Side Issues & Harm Reduction
• Human Rights and Drugs: Emerging Concerns and Strategies