Executive Programme Committee - International Harm Reduction Association - Barcelona 2008
'Harm Reduction 2008: IHRA’s 19th International Conference'
The Executive Programme Committee (EPC) is a professional body composed of distinguished professionals from the harm reduction field. Their role is to create the conference programme by organising sessions themselves or by creating sessions out of the abstracts that have been submitted online.
The EPC members come from around the world and from numerous professional backgrounds (including large multi-lateral organisations, harm reduction networks, research institutes and organisations for people who use drugs). Their knowledge, experience and skills guarantee that the conference programme is of the highest quality.
The ‘Harm Reduction 2008’ EPC has the following members:
Gerry Stimson (Programme Director) – International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), UK
Teresa Brugal - Drug Abuse Service of the Agency of Public Health, Spain
Martin Donoghoe - World Health Organization (WHO), Denmark
Stijn Goossens - International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), Belgium
Stephane Ibanez de Benito - International Nursing Harm Reduction Network (INHRN), UK
Enrique Ilundain – Grup Igia, Spain
Xavier Majo - Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
Monica Malta - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Geoff Munro – Australian Drug Foundation, Australia
Tim Rhodes – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Mukta Sharma - International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), India
Beatrice Stambul – Medicins Du Monde, France
In addition, the following ex-officio staff work closely with the EPC:
Jamie Bridge (EPC Secretariat) - International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), UK
Paddy Costall (Conference Director) - Conference Consortium, UK
Grzegorz Krol - Conference Consortium, Poland