This year, NSW Police Force will host the Australasian Chemical Diversion Congress in Sydney. This is the peak chemical diversion forum in the Asia Pacific Region and brings together experts from national and international law enforcement agencies, forensic services and the legal profession. We look forward to your participation in this event.

Why attend this Congress? Download this brochure to see why!

The Steering Committee is pleased to have secured an international speaker from Thailand -
Mr Chartchai Suthiklom to present at ACDC 2009.

Mr. Chartchai Suthiklom
Senior Narcotics Control Advisor
Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)
Thailand

Mr. Chartchai Suthiklom graduated with Bachelor Degree of Arts in Political Science from Chiang Mai University in 1977 and suddenly joined the Office of the Narcotics Control Board of Thailand as Narcotics Law Enforcement Officer. After 15 years of service in Narcotics Law Enforcement Division, he assumed his new responsibilities as Director of Asset Seizure Division in 1992. In 1998, he returned to Narcotics Law Enforcement Bureau as Director. In 2000, he was promoted to be Deputy Secretary General of Narcotics Control Board. And lately in 2006 he was Senior Narcotics Control Advisor Office of the Narcotics Control Board.

Graham Perl
Professional Relations Manager, Johnson & Johnson Pacific

Graham began his career in hospitality studying Hotel Management at the University of Witwatersrand and spent 8 years involved in hotel and restaurant management. Immigrating to Australia Graham studied marketing at Macquarie University and joined the pharmaceutical industry. Over the past 20 years Graham has worked for four major international organisations in roles including sales and marketing management and business development. In 2001 he joined the Pfizer Consumer division (that later was acquired by J&J pacific) as Professional Relations Manager where he first came into contact with the issue of pseudoephedrine diversion. Since then Graham has been closely involved in developing the Companies position on responsible pseudoephedrine sales and initiated strategies that led to the ASMI Code of Conduct on the sale of PSE products; and was instrumental in the successful launch of phenylephrine alternatives. Graham is a member of the National Working Group on the Prevention of Chemical Diversion and has been involved in supporting the initiative towards mandatory recording of Project Stop in NSW.

Graeme Mayne
Country Security Manager, DHL Supply Chain Australia

Graeme Mayne is currently the Country Security Manager for DHL Supply Chain Australia and is responsible for all security and criminal risk measures within 34 warehouse sites across Australia. Graeme has been with DHL for the past three years. Graeme has nine years security and risk experience within the warehousing and transport sector including cash in transit and hospital facility security and risk.

Graeme was a member of the Victoria Police for 20 years and reached the rank of Detective Sergeant resigning in 1995. Graeme served as a detective at St Kilda CIB, Armed Robbery Squad, Drug Squad and specialist task forces dealing with high level drug traffickers. Graeme has an advanced diploma in Policing and investigation, a diploma in Security Management (RMIT) along with other relevant tertiary qualifications.

DHL Supply Chain hold a significant portion of the pharmaceutical warehousing and distribution market within Australia and are globally and locally progressive and innovative in their overall security approach. He has assisted the Australian Crime Commission in their determination dealing with precursor diversion of PSE based medications within the transport and warehousing sector.

Graeme will discuss an overview of criminal risk from an internal and external aspect relevant to warehousing and distribution of pre curser substances along with anticipation of emerging trends in criminal activity within this sector.

How to Register

Register online by clicking on the button above. Each delegate must complete a separate form. Please visit our website www.acdc2009.com to download a copy of the Registration Brochure.

All Registration Fees are quoted in Australian dollars (AUD) and are inclusive of 10% Goods and Services Tax.

The Committee are delighted to offer the early bird registration rate of $495 per person (inclusive of GST) to groups of 5 delegates or more.

To take advantage of this great offer, complete a registration form for each delegate and fax all completed forms together to 02 9251 3552. To download the registration form click here.

Registration Entitlements

In addition to the key invited speakers the Congress will present a number of topics relevant to the involvement of law enforcement and industry in the illicit diversion of chemicals into illicit drug manufacture.

Listed below are some of the topics that will be covered in this year's Congress.

Please view the draft program for more information.

National Precursor Strategy - Achievements to date and future directions The National Precursors Strategy has been in operation for over 6 years. It is time to take stock of what has been achieved to date and identify vulnerabilities in the national response to combating precursor diversion and ATS manufacture. Organised Crime Strategy - Future directions / Implications for law enforcement The Commonwealth Organised Crime Strategic Framework has been developed to Drive an integrated and collaborative Commonwealth approach to address organised crime; and Set the strategic policy direction for Commonwealth efforts against organised crime. For more information on the topics being covered at the Congress please visit the website www.acdc2009.com

Mark these key dates in your diary!

• Online registration closing: 13 October 2009
• ACDC 2009: 21-23 October 2009

The ACDC Steering Committee is looking to provide an opportunity for participants to work across a range of disciplines and jurisdictions to develop effective solutions to chemical diversion and synthetic drug manufacture and trafficking.

In order to assist in achieving these goals, the Steering Committee is pleased to have secured the following international speakers to present at ACDC 2009.

Sandeep Chawla, Ph.D., is Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He has been Chief of Research at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 1994 and since then he has led the development of UNODC's research and analysis capabilities. The systematic publication of research findings, analytical studies, statistics and annual estimates of the extent of illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse, reflected in the World Drug Report, the annual Global Illicit Drug Trends publications, the Studies on Drugs and Crime series and the annual illicit crop survey reports, all occurred during this period. He is the Editor of the United Nations Bulletin on Narcotics, which is one of the oldest journals in the field, having been in continuous publication since 1949.

Thomas N Farmer is an Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and State Director of the Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force. He is responsible for overseeing the operations of the multi-agency State-wide Methamphetamine Task Force, including policy development and implementation in law enforcement, clan lab certification and specialized training, first responder training, lab incident response/support, comprehensive meth intelligence system (encompassing EPIC reporting, precursor/chemical monitoring program, quarantines), information sharing and community outreach meth awareness. Formerly, Mr. Farmer was Lieutenant of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Narcotics & Special Operations Division, responsible for drug enforcement, meth suppression and prescription fraud/diversion program. Tommy is a member of the National Narcotic Officers' Association; Tennessee Sheriffs' Association; Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police; Tennessee Narcotic Officers' Association; Tennessee Gang Investigators Association; and the Fraternal Order of Police.

To provide a change of pace from scientific sessions, delegates and their guests will have the opportunity to meet socially, unwind and indulge. Social function tickets are inclusive for delegates and additional tickets are available for purchase.

Welcome Reception

Date: Tuesday 20 October
Time: 1800 - 2000
Venue: Garden Court, Level 5 - Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Inclusive for all delegates.
Additional tickets: AUD $55 per person.

The Registration Desk will open on Tuesday afternoon at 1700. Once you have registered and collected your registration satchel you will have the opportunity to enjoy canapes and drinks at the Garden Court, enjoying the outdoor ambience and views of the city whilst listening to the background music of a five piece ensemble band.

Congress Dinner

Date: Thursday 22 October
Time: 1930 - 2400
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Inclusive for all delegates.
Additional tickets: AUD $129 per person.

Sure to be the social highlight of the meeting, the Congress Dinner is not to be missed! Enjoy spectacular entertainment, award winning cuisine and fine Australian wines. It's guaranteed to be a night of pure enjoyment and a fitting social climax of ACDC in 2009

The Congress, as the peak annual chemical diversion forum in the Asia Pacific Region brings together experts from national and international law enforcement agencies, forensic and health services, industry and the legal profession. The sponsorship and exhibition packages for the Congress represent key opportunities for industry partners, organisations and agencies invested in the work being done to combat the spread of chemical diversion in the manufacturing of illicit drugs.

For members of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Among other issues being discussed at the Congress is The Pharmacy Guild's 'Project Stop' system being run with the view to assist Pharmacists in dispensing PSE based products to legitimate customers. Recently the Queensland Government have announced that they are going to mandate electronic real time recording in that state, and a similar suggestion has been raised for introduction into NSW by the NSW Police Drug Squad, Pharmacy Guild, ASMI and members of the Pharmaceutical industry.

These changes will have a dramatic affect on the industry, and may herald the next step of controlling PSE diversion from pharmacies by rescheduling to S4, or prescription only.

The Congress will provide a great opportunity for members of the pharmaceutical industry to show support for the mandating submission and putting forward resolutions to that effect, in addition to entertaining discussion on how it could impact on industry.

For Policing Community supporters and Equipment Suppliers
A key component of the Congress is the workshops and discussion sessions in which delegates can have direct input into the development of resolutions made through the congress.

Support and attendance by your organisation at the Australasian Chemical Diversion Congress will ensure you have voice to represent your viewpoint in these discussions, as well as providing a platform from which you can market your products and services to the delegate group of decision makers and others that will be in attendance.

About Media Exposure
Our sponsors and exhibitors will benefit from wider community exposure as supporters of the Congress through not only the Congress marketing but also through exposure in NSW state-wide and national media releases, NSWPF twitter releases, opening of parts of the Congress to the media, and media coverage of selected parts of the ClanLab training course all currently being proposed.

We also welcome on board also organisations working to develop or sell equipment for chemical analysis, chemical storage equipment, safe chemical disposal equipment, and other relevant products and services.

General Enquiries
ACDC 2009 Secretariat:
GPO Box 3270
Sydney New South Wales 2001
Australia
Tel: (+61 2) 9254 5000
Fax: (+61 2) 9251 3552
Email: info@acdc2009.com

For direct enquiries to the Drug Squad, State Crime Command please contact:

Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham	Drug Squad, State Crime Command
bing1nic@police.nsw.gov.au	Tel: +612 8835 9800
Detective Inspector Nick Iorfino
iorf1nic@police.nsw.gov.au
Detective Inspector Paul Willingham	Gangs Squad, State Crime Command
will2pau@police.nsw.gov.au	Tel: +612 8835 9730