17th European Congress on Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems

Symposia have a central theme around which the EUROPAD2026BUCHAREST 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:

• Clinical Aspects of Heroin and Opioid Addiction
  • Psychopathological Patterns in Heroin Addicted Patients
  • Comorbidity in Opioid Dependent Patients
  • Use of Agonist Opioids in Psychiatric Comorbidity (including depot, injectable, and implantable formulations)
  • Use of Antagonist Opioids in Psychiatric Patients
  • Agonist Opioid Treatment and Dual Diagnosis (with attention to depot and injectable therapies)
  • Clinical and Psychological Interventions in Heroin Addiction
• Treatment Strategies and Innovations
  • Agonist Opioid Treatment (including depot, injectable, and implantable formulations)
  • Detoxification Modalities
  • New Developments in the Treatment of Heroin Addiction (including depot and implantable approaches)
  • Improving Efficacy and Reducing Risks of Treatment (with reference to depot and injectable therapies)
  • Recovery and Harm Reduction (with focus on depot/injectable strategies)
  • Reducing Mortality in Heroin Addiction
• Public Health, Policy, and Social Dimensions
  • Policy Making in Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems (including regulatory aspects of depot/injectable therapies)
  • Essential Decisions, Measuring Outcomes, Improving Care for Patients with Heroin Use Disorder
  • Prescription Opioid Management
  • Prescription Opioid Misuse
  • Combating Stigma (including the perception of depot, injectable, and implantable treatments)
  • Preventing Overdoses and Suicidality in Patients with Heroin Addiction
  • Treatment of Infectious Diseases in Heroin Addiction (with emphasis on the protective role of depot and injectable formulations)
• Research and Mechanistic Insights
  • Opioid Addiction Mechanisms
  • Behavioural Correlates of Craving for Opioids
  • Predictors of Outcome in Heroin Addiction (including outcomes related to depot, injectable, and implantable formulations)
  • Genetics and Opioid Addiction
• Special Populations and Patterns of Use
  • Polysubstance use in Patients with Heroin Addiction
  • Former Heroin Addicted Alcohol Use Patients
  • Pregnant Heroin Use Disorder Patients
  • Dual Disorder Heroin Addicts

Your submission will be reviewed by the EUROPAD2026 Bucharest 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 on the right.

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 EUROPAD2026BUCHAREST 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 EUROPAD2026BUCHAREST 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

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 on the right.

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 EUROPAD2026BUCHAREST delegate. In case of free communication acceptance, he/she will be entitled to pay half of the registration fee for the conference.

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
• The standard poster size is 60 x 100 cm. Substantial deviations from this model should be discussed with the organisation committee.

The poster sessions are open to all EUROPAD2026BUCHAREST Congress delegates. Posters will be on display throughout the duration of the congress.

In order to submit a proposal for a Poster presentation, please click the button on the right.

General guidelines to submit a Poster

• All poster boards will be assigned with a number which corresponds to the Poster Number.
• Authors are required to mount their posters on the designated board and remove them during the time specified above.
• Please use push-pins to affix your poster presentation to the board firmly. The Secretariat will provide the equipment and items required for affixing the posters.
• Any poster left after the scheduled removal time will be disposed of by the Secretariat
• There will be no presentations initiated by a session chair. The main authors should be present in front of their poster panels and be prepared to present them to participants during Discussion Time
• Authors/Presenters are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships between themselves and others that others might perceive as biasing their work, even when there is nothing to disclose. To this effect, in the bottom right corner of your poster panel, your brief summary of conflict(s) of interest should be posted.
• The individuals putting in the submission must register as EUROPAD2024BUCHAREST delegates. In case of poster acceptance they will be entitled to pay half of the registration fee for the conference.

Important Dates:

• Symposium, Free Communications and Posters Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
• Notification of Decisions: two weeks after the presentation.