Conference Speakers
Bruce Alexander (Professor of Psychology at SFU, Vancouver, Canada, principle author of a series of papers on Rat Parks and of Peaceful Measures: Canada’s Way Out of the War on Drugs) in 2006, Rat Park Heaven and in 2007, Love Addiction as Theology.
Sue Blackmore (Ph.D. and independent scientist) in 2006, Good Addicts; Bad Addicts and The Positive Use of Drugs
Linda Blud (Ph.D., Parole Board for England and Wales): in 2007, Young Men, Alcohol and Violence: a poisonous relationship?
Daisy Bogg (Consultant Social Worker for Luton and Bedfordshire) and Terry Bogg (Service Director for CAN in Northampton): in 2007, You’re Not Allowed to Love Me.
Gavin Cape (Medical Director of the alcohol and drug service in Dunedin, New Zealand): in 2007, Narcotics in the Movies.
Tom Carnwath (Dr, Clinical Director of Addiction Services in County Durham, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and co-author of Heroin Century): in 2007, Yearnings, Cravings and Beyond.
John Chamberlain (Director of The Alchemy Project Ltd, a substance abuse consultancy): in 2007, Kith & Kin – and Colleagues?
David T. Courtwright (Professor of History, University of North Florida and author: Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America; and Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World) in 2006 Addiction and Modernity: Exploring the Paradoxical Relation between Modernization and Addiction.
John B Davies (Professor of Psychology at Strathclyde University, and Director of the Centre for Applied Social Psychology, author of The Myth of Addiction and Drugspeak) in 2006 Addiction: Physiological State or Language Game and in 2007, Why are Drug Services like Lamp-posts?
Robin Davidson (Professor, Consultant clinical psychologist and head of psychology in the Belfast city hospital trust): in 2007, Extreme Existential Threat.
Perminder Dhillon (CEO of Drug and Alcohol Action Programme): in 2007, From Migration to Maelstrom.
Sonia Douek (Jewish Care): in 2007, Jews Don’t Drink?
Kirby Gregory (Head of Client Services, Action on Addiction): in 2007, Treatment Provider, What’s in Your Suitcase?
Laurence Guinness (film producer): in 2007, Writing a Script for Recovery.
Anthony Hewitt (Ph.D., treatment consultant): in 2007, Why Stop at Recovery?
Richard Ives (Educari Consultancy): in 2007, Drug Education Reconsidered.
Danny Kushlick (Director and founder of Transform Drug Policy Foundation) in 2006: Impact of Legalisation in Unhooking our Thinking; in 2007, Prohibition and Wellbeing.
Tim Leighton (Head of Professional Training, Education and Research at Action on Addiction [was Clouds]) in 2006, Narcissism and Addiction; in 2007, Half in Love with Easeful Death.
Trevor McCarthy (National Treatment Agency Best Practice Manager): in 2007, Borne to Binge.
Ron McKechnie (retired clinical psychologist): in 2007, They Fuck You Up, Your Mum and Dad.
Gillies MacKinnon (director of Needle, Pure and Hideous Kinky) in 2007 introduced and discussed his film The Grass Arena.
Zara McQueen (Leader of Therapeutic Services at Clouds Families Plus): in 2007, Addiction Makes Your Hair Grow!
Fran Miller (Person Centred Counsellor Complementary Therapist, founder The Tao of Recovery): in 2007, Hi, my Name’s Fran…
Yaqub P Murray (School of Business, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester): in 2006, Terror and Counter-Terror.
Marian Naidoo (Ph.D., Lead in CSIP) in 2007 facilitated an Open Space experiment.
Shaun Naidoo (actor) in 2006 facilitated chatshows; in 2006 & 2007 made finale video.
Jim Orford (Professor at Birmingham University, Psychologist, author of Excessive Appetites) in 2006, The Greedy Addict Self; in 2007, Families Disempowered by Addiction.
Stanton Peele (Professor at New York University, Psychologist, author of www.peele.net and Diseasing of America, Love and Addiction, Seven Tools to Beat Addiction) in 2006, Real Addicts and The Greedy Addict Self
Rosie Phillips (Executive Director of the Drugs & Homeless Initiative): in 2007, Does Over-Caring Victimise Clients?
William Pryor (entrepreneur, author of The Survival of the Coolest, Director of Unhooked Thinking and once a heroin lover): in 2006, The Self, Mysticism and Addiction; in 2007, The Freedom to be Addicted.
Alan Rayner (Ph.D., mycologist and non-Darwinian evolutionary thinker in the Dept of Biology at the University of Bath on the Board of Unhooked Thinking) in 2006, In and Out of the Loop; in 2007 (with Ray Sheath), Barriers to Love: getting hooked on obstruction.
Steve Rossell (CEO, Cranstoun Drug Services and RSA Commissioner) in 2007, The Origins, Aims and Achievements of “Drugs – facing the facts”, the report of the RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy.
Harry Shapiro (editor Drugslink and author of many books, including Shooting Stars) Addiction in the Movies.
Ray Sheath (social entrepreneur): in 2007 (with Alan Rayner), Barriers to Love: getting hooked on obstruction.
Julien Temple (director of Absolute Beginners, Earth Girls are Easy, Glastonbury and Vigo): in 2006, discussed his film Pandaemonium about the relationship between opium-addicted Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Wordsworth.
Richard Velleman (Professor of Mental Health Research at University of Bath): Why Are We Here? and Addiction and Relationship.
Becky Wright (Specialist Drugs Worker): Spas as Treatment for Addiction.
