What are we looking for?

We welcome submissions from researchers, healthcare workers, policymakers and people with lived and living experience whose work is based in or specifically focused on Southeast Asia.

This includes work across Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

Submissions can address a wide range of issues relevant to the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs including:

• HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C
• Harm reduction models and access
• Drug trends and drug policy
• Infectious disease diagnostics, testing and linkage to care
• Community engagement and living / lived experience
• Health in prisons and other closed settings
• Chemsex
• Nursing and primary care
• Law and human rights
• Decentralised care and mobile outreach
• Education and implementation science

See the full abstract guidelines for the complete list of keywords and submission requirements.

View abstract guidelines

How to submit

Abstracts are welcome across four conference themes, spanning research, policy, clinical practice and real-world models of care and programs. Submissions should contribute new knowledge, evidence or practical approaches to improving the health of people who use drugs.

Abstracts must be a maximum of 300 words, written in English and submitted using the appropriate abstract template.

Abstract templates can be downloaded here:

• Epidemiology, Public Health Template
• Clinical Research Template
• Social Science and Policy Research-Based Template
• Models of Care and Programs Abstract Template

The completed abstract template will need to be submitted via the Survey Monkey form available here:

Submit abstract

All abstracts will undergo independent peer review, with the highest-ranked abstracts offered oral presentations as part of the conference program.