School heads, teachers and interested parties are invited to register for the International Conference on Drug Education in Schools to be held at the Hong Kong Science Museum on February 18 and 19.
Organised by the Education Department, the conference provides local participants with opportunities to learn from their overseas counterparts.
Nine renowned experts from the Pacific Rim are invited to brief the conference on recent developments in drug education in schools in their countries.
They include Peter Slattery from Australia, Professor Eric Single from Canada, Dr Sun Jiangping from China, Professor Shingo Katsuno from Japan, Dr Ong Teck Hong from Singapore and Professor Patricia Morgan from USA.
Professor Chen Char-nie from Action Committee Against Narcotics and Jenny McGlynn from Life Education Activity Programme are also invited.
Conducted in English, the two-day conference is free of charge.