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Programme

Day 1 | 6 November 2024
Benjasiri Grand Ballroom, 5th Floor

11:30-13:00​

Registration​

13:00-13:10

​Opening and welcome remarks

  • Nittaya Phanuphak, Executive Director, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Thailand

  • Brigitte Quenum, Team Lead for Science, Systems, and Services for All, UNAIDS

  • Benjamin Bechaz, Global Health Advisor, The Embassy of France in Thailand

13:10-13:20 ​

Opening remarks

  • Dr. Sunthorn Sunthornchart, Deputy Permanent Secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

13:20-13:40 ​

Keynote speech 1: Chemsex in Asia-Pacific

13:40-14:00 ​

Keynote speech 2: Drug policy trend in Asia-Pacific

  • Gloria Lai, International Drug Policy Consortium

14:00-14:20​

Keynote speech 3: The ever changing legal status of cannabis in Thailand

14:20-14:40 ​

Keynote speech 4: Pleasure-based chemsex intervention and harm reduction

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Greenhouse Singapore

14:40-15:15   Break

15:15-15:35​

Thematic talk 1: ‘Problematic chemsex’ - Problematic to whom?

15:35-16:10​

Open floor panel discussion

Moderator: Iskandar Azwa, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

16:10-17:20​

Roundtable discussions: Models of innovative integrated chemsex harm reduction services​

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Moderator: Stephen Mills, Regional Director, EpiC Thailand, Laos, Burma, FHI 360, Thailand

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Panelists:

  • Vichet Kem, Men’s Health Cambodia, Cambodia

  • Simran Sherchan, Federation of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nepal, Nepal

  • Nazik Abylgazieva, Attika, Kyrgyzstan

  • Nguyen Minh Trang, Program Manager of Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment & Program Manager of Children and Youth, Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI), Vietnam​​​​

17:20-17:30​

Day 1 wrap up​

19:00-21:00​

Reception @ Food exchange (7th floor)​

Day 2 | 7 November 2024
Benjasiri Grand Ballroom, 5th Floor

8:30-8:45

​Opening of day two

8:45-9:05

Thematic talk 2: Chemsex in adolescents and young people

9:05-9:25

Thematic talk 3: Chemsex in the transgender community

9:25-9:45

Q&A

9:45-10:15

Chemsex toolkits for service providers:

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​​Chemsex toolkit for clinical service providers in Asia-Pacific

 

Moderator:

​Speakers:​​

  • Suniya Taimour, Community-Led Responses Advisor for Pakistan and Afghanistan, UNAIDS Country Office in Pakistan

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Training toolkit for community outreach workers in Vietnam

  • Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Tam, Head of Prevention, Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC)

  • Dr. Do Van Dung, Director,
    Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
    University of Medicine & Pharmacy (UMP)                                                                          Vietnam HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Center (VHATTC)

  • Nguyen Thi Bich Hue, Programme Adviser, Services for All Implementation, UNAIDS Vietnam Country Office​

10:15-10:30   Break​

10:30-12:00

Oral abstract presentations​

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Moderators: Carol Strong, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

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Oral presenters: Implementation, social behavioral sciences track

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Understanding multi-stakeholder perspectives on comprehensive chemsex services for young men who have sex with men in Thailand: Qualitative findings from the CLYMAX study

 

The influence of intimate partners on illicict substance use among youth in Taiwanese temple parade troupes: a cross-sectional study 

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Community-led SBIRT services for sexualised drug use among young key populations in Yangon, Myanmar  

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Moderators: Rodenie Arnaiz Olete

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines - SHIP

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Oral presenters: Community systems strengthening track

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High, Fund and Safe: A Community-Centered HIV and Harm Reduction Intervention for the MSM Chemsex Community in Vietnam 

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Beyond 66: A pilot evaluation of a peer-led intervention method for chemsex dependent men who have sex with men in Kuala Lumpur 

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Evaluating the impact of a trauma-informed, holistic intervention on quality of life for people engaging in chemsex: a pre-post study at The Greenhouse 

12:00-13:15   Lunch

13:15-15:30

Parallel workshops​

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Workshop 1: “Agency, Pleasure, and Choices in Chemsex”

Facilitators:

Presenter:

Speakers:

       National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

       Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines - SHIP

  • Poyao Huang, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

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Workshop 2: “Let the dialogue start”

Facilitators:

Speakers:

  • Isaac Chen, Taipei City Hospital, Kunming Prevention and Control Center, Taiwan

  • Ashwin Thind, Pengasih Malaysia, Malaysia​

15:30-16:15   Break & poster tour​

16:15-16:45  

Plenary: Report back from workshops​

16:45-17:15 

Reflections and formulating recommendations​

  • Nittaya Phanuphak, Executive Director, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Thailand

17:15-17:45

Concluding remarks and conclusion of the symposium

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