On behalf of the entire staff and board of directors of the Harm Reduction Coalition I would like to thank all of you for attending the 8th National Harm Reduction Conference.
Special thanks to the speakers, exhibitors, local organizing committee, child care providers, reiki practitioner, moderatos, evaluators, yoga teacher, reverend, A/V technicians, C.E.U. providers, fashion show organizers, film festival organizers, models, poets, soccer players, trivia gurus, directors, film makers, AA, NA, substance use management group facilitators, lounge organizers, altar decorator, and all of you who worked so hard to make sure the event went smooth providing everyone with a unique educational and fun experience.
I would like to encourage speakers to send us their presentations to be posted on the website. Attendees can also e-mail presenters (contact information in abstract booklet) to inquire about their presentations.
In a few weeks we will begin to work on the 9th National Harm Reduction Conference, the conference will take place downtown Portland Oregon, please begin to think about your presentations, volunteer hours and/or how you would like to be a part of it. For starters we will be looking for program committee members to review and provide input relating to abstracts we will receive. We will need exhibitors to showcase their agencies, services and products. We are also looking for financial sponsors and donors and last but not least we will be creating very soon a local organizing committee to assist us with CEUs, and other local needs. Atending the conference to learn and share is just as valuable, all I would like is for you to be there.
So, please save the date November 15-18, 2012 and plan to be there. If you promise to be there, I will promise you another great event!
