16th European Congress on Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems

June 28-30, 2024
Lisbona, Portugal, EU.

The 16th European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD) conference will be held in Lisbona, Portugal on June 28-30, 2024.

Venue: SANA Malhoa Hotel | Lisboa | Portugal

Important Dates:

  • Symposium, Free Communications and Posters Submission Deadline: April 15, 2024
  • Notification of Decisions: Two weeks after submission.

 

 

 

16th European Congress on
Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems


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For Group Registration please send a request to giusi@tigicongress.com


Scientific Committee Back to top

EUROPAD2024LISBON Scientific Committee

Presidents

  • Icro Maremmani (Pisa, Italy)
  • Luis Patricio (Lisbon, Portugal)

Coordinators

  • Maurice Dematteis (Grenoble, France)
  • Andrej Kastelic (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Marc Reisinger (Brussels, Belgium)

Local Scientific Committee

  • Tbc
  • Tbc
  • Tbc

International Scientific Committee

  • Adrian-Octavian Abagiu (Bucarest, Romania)
  • Hannu Alho (Helsinki, Finland)
  • Marc Auriacombe (Bordeaux, France)
  • Yatan Pal Singh Balhara (New Delhi, India)
  • Alexander Baldacchino (St Andrews, Scotland, UK)
  • Barbara Broers (Geneve, Switzerland)
  • Miguel Casas (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Thomas Clausen (Oslo, Norway)
  • Michael Farrell (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
  • Loretta Finnegan (Satellite Beach, Florida, USA)
  • Gabriele Fischer (Vienna, Austria)
  • Francina Fonseca (Barcelona)
  • Celia Franco (Coimbra, Portugal)
  • Carla Gambarana (Siena, Italy)
  • Gilberto Gerra (Parma)
  • Edward Jacek Gorzelanczyk (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
  • Milazim Gjocjaj (Pristina,  Kosovo)
  • Liljana Ignjatova (Skopje, North Macedonia)
  • Sergey Igumnov (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Ante Ivancic (Porec, Croatia)
  • Minja Jovanovic (Kragujevac, Serbia)
  • Alexander Kantchelov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • Mercedes Lovrecic (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Angelo G. I. Maremmani (Viareggio, Italy)
  • Garrett McGovern (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Vladimir Mendelevich (Kazan, Russia)
  • Genci Mucullari (Tirana,  Albania)
  • Lubomir Okruhlica (Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
  • Mark Parrino (New York, N.Y., USA)
  • Matteo Pacini (Pisa, Italy)
  • Einat Peles (Tel Aviv, Israel)
  • Jens Reimer (Hamburg, Germany)
  • Roncero Alonso Carlos (Salamanca, Spain)
  • Lorenzo Somaini (Biella, Italy)
  • Nestor Szerman (Madrid, Spain)
  • Marta Torrens (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Touzeau Didier (Paris, France)
  • Albrecht  Ulmer (Stuttgart, Germany)
  • Peter Vossenberg (Deventer, The Netherlands)
  • Stephan Walcher (Munich, Germany)
  • Daniele Zullino (Geneve, Switzerland)

The 16th European Opioid Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD) conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 28-30, 2024. 


Symposium Back to top

EUROPAD2024LISBON Scientific Committee is happy to provide facilities for Symposia, Free Communications and Poster Presentations.

To submit an abstract for a SymposiumFree Communication or Poster Presentation, please see details below.

Call for Submissions to Symposium
Symposia have a central theme around which the EUROPAD2024LISBON scientific committee has identified topics. The structure of the symposium will take the shape of 3 presentations with 30 minutes per presentation. The length of each symposium is 90 minutes.

The general theme is Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems.

Suggested topics are:

  • Policy Making in Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems
  • Essential Decisions, Measuring Outcomes, Improving Care for Heroin Substance Use Disorder Patients
  • Use of Agonist Opioids in Comorbid Psychiatric Patients
  • Use of Antagonist Opioids in Psychiatric Patients
  • Prescription Opioid Management
  • Genetic and Opioid Addiction
  • Behavioural Correlates of Craving for Opioids
  • Psychopathological Patterns in Heroin Addicted Patients
  • Predictors of Outcome in Heroin Addiction
  • Opioid Addiction Mechanisms
  • Comorbidity in Opioid Dependent Patients
  • Recovery/Harm Reduction
  • Combating Stigma
  • Preventing Overdoses and Suicidality of Heroin Addicts
  • Former Heroin Addicted Alcohol Use Patients
  • Polyabuse in Heroin Addicted Patients
  • Agonist Opioid Treatment and Dual Diagnosis
  • Treatment of Infectious Diseases in Heroin Addiction
  • Clinical and Psychological Interventions in Heroin Addiction
  • Agonist Opioid Treatment 
  • Detoxification Modalities
  • New Developments in Heroin Addiction Treatment
  • Reducing Mortality in Heroin Addiction
  • Improving Efficacy, Reducing Risks of Treatment
  • Prescription Opioid Misuse

Your submission will be reviewed by the EUROPAD2024LISBON scientific committee, and a notification of acceptance will be announced in due course. 

In order to submit a proposal for a Symposium presentation please click the button "SYMPOSIUM".

General guidelines to submit contribution/s to the Symposium

  • Symposium title and presentation titles must be limited to 150 characters
  • Abstracts must be submitted in English
  • The three speakers must register as EUROPAD2024LISBON delegates. In case of symposium acceptance, they will receive free of charge registration to the conference.

General Information

  • The first author is responsible for getting agreements from co-authors before submission
  • If the submitted abstract is accepted, the EUROPAD2024LISBON Team will contact you in a timely manner with the date and time of the presentation/s
  • After the submission has been accepted for presentation, it will not be possible to make changes to the abstract and/or authorship.
  • Upon permission by authors, abstracts may be published by EUROPAD and authors need to check their acceptance for publication of abstract
  • Any submitted abstracts will not be edited or proofread before printing. The first author is responsible for his/her abstract

 


Free Communications Back to top

Call for Free Communications
Delegates are invited to submit an abstract of a free communication that they feel will ‘fit’ with the suggested themes and topics of the conference. Please note that the procedure and general information are the same as the call for the symposium.

In order to submit a proposal for a Free Communication presentation, please click the button "FREE COMMUNICATION".

General guidelines to submit a Free Communication

  • Abstract title must be limited to 150 characters
  • Abstracts must be submitted in English
  • No chart or graphics should be included in the abstract
  • The free communication presenter must register as a EUROPAD2024LISBON delegate. In case of free communication acceptance, he/she will receive free of charge registration to the conference.

 


Posters Back to top

Call for Posters
Posters will be displayed during the whole conference. Please keep in mind that:

  • Posters must present research programmes and results. Commercial posters will not be accepted
  • Posters should meet the highest academic standards with respect to both content and form
  • The information contained on the poster should speak for itself
  • Posters will be video projected on a screen located in the lobby of the meeting center for the whole duration of the event, and also uploaded to the congress website. Please, send your poster in PDF format, standard size (16x9, horizontal), minimum resolution 1920x1080

The poster sessions are open to all EUROPAD2024LISBON Congress delegates. Posters will be on display throughout the duration of the congress.

In order to submit a proposal for a Free Communication presentation, please click the button "POSTER".

General guidelines to submit a Poster

  • The individuals putting in the submission must register as EUROPAD2024LISBON delegates. In case of poster acceptance they will receive 50% reduced registration fees to the conference.

 


Accomodations Back to top

SANA Malhoa Hotel
Av. José Malhoa 8, 1099-089 Lisboa, Portogallo
https://www.sanahotels.com/en/hotel/sana-malhoa/

Single Use: 175.00 Euros per night
Double Use: 195.00 Euros per night
The above rates are per room, per night, breakfast buffet, VAT, and service charges included
City tax € 2,00, per guest, per night
 
Rooms shall be available for check-in after 3.pm. 
Check-out is until 12 p.m.
Any delays to agreed check-out times will incur in an extra night to be charged