The Australian and New Zealand national drug policies recognise the critical importance of building partnerships between health and law enforcement sectors and engaging all levels and parts of government and non-government sectors and the community. 

The conference aims to strengthen partnerships between law enforcement, health practitioners, academics and policy makers at a local, national and international level and bring together people to examine, review, access share and learn from one another. The conference theme for 2017 is "Influencing Attitudes - how can thinking and behaviour towards alcohol and drug use be changed?"