LISBON HOSTS SECOND EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS AND DEPENDENCIES
(19.07.2017, Lisbon) Leading international experts in the field of addiction science will meet in Lisbon from 24–26 October 2017 for the Second European conference on addictive behaviours and dependencies.
‘Lisbon Addictions 2017’ will showcase the latest scientific knowledge in this field and explore challenges relating to illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling and other addictive behaviours.
The conference is jointly organised by: the Portuguese General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD); the scientific journal Addiction; the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE).
To date, some 800 participants from all continents have registered for the event, which is designed to appeal to a multidisciplinary audience. Among the areas addressed will be: epidemiology, public policy, clinical research, psychopharmacology and social and behavioural sciences.
The conference, to be held at the Lisbon Congress Centre, is structured around the following themes:
• From science to policy and from policy to science
• Measuring addictions — a question of scale
• Boundaries of addiction
• Challenges ahead
The rich programme will include keynote speeches, presentations from globally renowned researchers and an array of rapid communications, thematic sessions and side-events.
Prominent partners, including national as well as international organisations (e.g. the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Commission) will contribute to the scientific excellence of the event.
The opening and closing sessions are open to the media:
• Opening session: 24 October — 10.30–11.00
• Closing session: 26 October — 16.30
In the light of the interest shown in this year’s event, the organisers are delighted to announce that the Third European conference on addictive behaviours and dependencies will take place in Lisbon from 23–25 October 2019.