Past and future symposia

FORTHCOMING

• KBS 50th Annual Meeting will be held in will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 9th to 13th June 2025
  Website: https://www.kbs2025scotland.org
  Deadlines and fees: www.kbs2025scotland.org/deadlines-fees.html
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  Contact: kbs2025scotland@gmail.com

Past annual symposia

Year	Symposium	City	Country	Dates	Info
2024	49th KBS	Fremantle	Australia	May 27-31
2023	48th KBS	Johannesburg	South Africa	June 5-9
2022	47th KBS	Warsaw	Poland	May 30 – June 3
2021	46th KBS	Helsinki [Online]	Finland	May 31 – June 3
2019	45th KBS	Utrecht	Netherlands	June 3-7
2018	44th KBS	Chiang Mai	Thailand	May 28 – June 1
2017	43rd KBS	Sheffield	United Kingdom	June 5-9
2016	42nd KBS	Stockholm	Sweden	May 30 – June 3
2015	41st KBS	Munich	Germany	June 1-5
2014	40th KBS	Torino	Italy	June 9-13
2013	39th KBS	Kampala	Uganda	June 3-7
2012	38th KBS	Stavanger	Norway	June 4-8
2011	37th KBS	Melbourne	Australia	April 11-15
2010	36th KBS	Lausanne	Switzerland	May 31 – June 4
2009	35th KBS	Copenhagen	Denmark	June 1-5
2008	34th KBS	Victoria	Canada	June 2-6
2007	33rd KBS	Budapest	Hungary	June 4-8
2006	32nd KBS	Maastricht	The Netherlands	May 29 – June 2
2005	31st KBS	Riverside	USA	May 30 – June 3
2004	30th KBS	Helsinki	Finland	May 31 – June 4
2003	29th KBS	Krakow	Poland	June 2-6
2002	28th KBS	Paris	France	June 3-7
2001	27th KBS	Toronto	Canada	May 27 – June 1
2000	26th KBS	Oslo	Norway	June 5-9
1999	25th KBS	Montréal	Canada	May 31 – June 4
1998	24th KBS	Florence	Italy	June 1-5
1997	23rd KBS	Reykjavik	Iceland	June 2-6
1996	22nd KBS	Edinburgh	UK	June 3-7
1995	21st KBS	Porto	Portugal	June 5-9
1994	20th KBS	Rüschlikon	Switzerland	June 3-10
1993	19th KBS	Krakow	Poland	June 4-11
1992	18th KBS	Toronto	Canada	June 1-5
1991	17th KBS	Sigtuna	Sweden	June 9-14
1990	16th KBS	Budapest	Hungary	June 3-8
1989	15th KBS	Maastriecht	Netherlands	June 11-17
1988	14th KBS	Berkeley	USA	June 5-11
1987	13th KBS	Aix-en-Provence	France	June 7-12
1986	12th ICAA-Epi	Dubrovnick	Yugoslavia	June 9-13
1985	11th ICAA-Epi	Rome	Italy	June 2-7
1984	10th ICAA-Epi	Edinburgh	UK	June 4-8
1983	9th ICAA-Epi	Padua	Italy	June 20-24
1982	8th ICAA-Epi	Helsinki	Finland	June 28 – July 2
1981	7th ICAA-Epi	Vienna	Austria	June 15-20
1980	6th ICAA-Epi	Cardiff	UK	June 9-14
1979	5th ICAA-Epi	Tours	France	June18-22
1978	4th ICAA-Epi	Zürich	Switzerland	June 6-10
1977	3rd ICAA-Epi	Dresden	Germany	June 6-10
1976	2nd ICAA-Epi	Vigo	Spain	June 7-11
1975	1st ICAA-Epi	Helsinki	Finland	June 9-14

Thematic Meetings

Year	Theme	City	Country	Dates	Info
2022	Youth Drinking In Decline	Stockholm	Sweden	October 3-5
2019	Public Health and Global Governance of Alcohol	Melbourne	Australia	Sept. 30 – Oct. 3
2019	Youth Drinking In Decline	Krakow	Poland	April 10-12
2015	Alcohol’s Harm to Others – Perceptions, Policies and Approaches	Helsinki	Finland	September 14-17
2014	Alcohol Policy Research: Putting together a global evidence base	Melbourne	Australia	September 8-11
2013	Alcohol Policy – AP16	Washington DC	USA	April 3-5
2012	Gender, Alcohol, and Violence, XV International Symposium on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs	Rio de Janerio	Brasil	November 29 – December 1
2012	Addiction – what is the added value of the concept today?	Helsinki	Finland	October 14-17
2010	Policies for Reducing Problems Associated with Alcohol Availability	Washington	USA	December 5-7
2010	Alcohol Epidemiology and Evidence-based Policy: Translating Research into Effective Prevention, Treatment and Policy	Kampala	Uganda	November 15-18
2009	Episodic Heavy Drinking among Adolescents	Nijmegen	The Netherlands	December 10-12
2009	Models, Implications and Meanings of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Systems	Stockholm	Sweden	October 7-9
2009	Alcohol and Violence	Melbourne	Australia	March 15-19
2006	Population Level Studies on Alcohol Consumption and Harm: Implications of Recent & Emerging Research for Alcohol Policy	Toronto	Canada	October 1–5
2005	Alcohol & Injury: New Knowledge from Emergency Room Studies	Berkeley	USA	October 3–6
2003	Preventing Substance Use, Risky Use and Harm: What is evidence-based policy?	Perth	Australia	February 24–27
2002	Addiction in the Life Course Perspective—entry and exit processes	Stockholm	Sweden	October 15–19
2002	From Science to Action? 100 Years Later, Alcohol Policies Revisited	Bern	Switzerland	October 26–30
2002	Community-based prevention of alcohol and drug-related harms	Helsinki	Finland	March 18–23
2001	Youth cultures and subcultures: functions and patterns of drinking and drug use	Stockholm	Sweden	April 23-27
2000	Measuring Drinking Patterns, Alcohol Problems, and their Connection	Stockholm	Sweden	April 3-7
1999	Natural History of Addictions: Recovery from Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Problems without Treatment	Les Diablerets	Switzerland	March 7-12
1996	International Conference on Intoxication and Aggressive Behaviour	Toronto	Canada	October 7-10
1995	Social and Health Effects of Different Drinking Patterns	Toronto	Canada	November 13-17
1993	International Conference on Alcohol and Drug Treatment Systems Research	Toronto	Canada	October 18-22