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We invite you to join us for a day of sharing knowledge and ideas, a time to be in community and learn from each other. We envision this day as a true symposium - what can being in community together for a day teach us?

Using technology to make drug use safer is nothing new. People using drugs have long relied upon technology to get information about safer use techniques and learn about underground safe use sites. Phones have been used for remote safer use for decades, and still continue to be used today, albeit with additional technological advances.

In the 1990s harm reductionists in San Francisco distributed phone cards and voice recordings that urged intravenous drug users to "fix with a friend." Naloxone, capable of reversing opioid overdose, has been long referred to as a "technology of solidarity," and being able to distribute it effectively and affordably has relied on tech boosts and advancements along the way.

It is now easier than ever for information to spread through electronic means, and tech is increasingly being used to disseminate critical knowledge into communities. Tech can boost harm reduction efforts, detect overdoses, and connect people to life saving resources in their communities. 

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