Past and future symposia

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Past annual symposia

Year Symposium City Country Dates Info
2023 48th KBS Johannesburg South Africa June 5-9 website
2022 47th KBS Warsaw Poland May 30 – June 3 website
2021 46th KBS Helsinki [Online] Finland May 31 – June 3 website
2019 45th KBS Utrecht Netherlands June 3-7 website
2018 44th KBS Chiang Mai Thailand May 28 – June 1 website
2017 43rd KBS Sheffield United Kingdom June 5-9 website
2016 42nd KBS Stockholm Sweden May 30 – June 3 website
2015 41st KBS Munich Germany June 1-5 website
2014 40th KBS Torino Italy June 9-13
2013 39th KBS Kampala Uganda June 3-7 pdf
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 website
2009 35th KBS Copenhagen Denmark June 1-5 pdf
2008 34th KBS Victoria Canada June 2-6
2007 33rd KBS Budapest Hungary June 4-8 website
2006 32nd KBS Maastricht The Netherlands May 29 – June 2 pdf
2005 31st KBS Riverside USA May 30 – June 3 website
2004 30th KBS Helsinki Finland May 31 – June 4 pdf
2003 29th KBS Krakow Poland June 2-6 pdf
2002 28th KBS Paris France June 3-7 website
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 pdf
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 Website
2019 Public Health and Global Governance of Alcohol Melbourne Australia Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 Website
2019 Youth Drinking In Decline Krakow Poland April 10-12 Website
2015 Alcohol’s Harm to Others – Perceptions, Policies and Approaches Helsinki Finland September 14-17 website
2014 Alcohol Policy Research: Putting together a global evidence base Melbourne Australia September 8-11 pdf
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 pdf
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 pdf
2009 Models, Implications and Meanings of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Systems Stockholm Sweden October 7-9 pdf
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 pdf
2005 Alcohol & Injury: New Knowledge from Emergency Room Studies Berkeley USA October 3–6 pdf
2003 Preventing Substance Use, Risky Use and Harm: What is evidence-based policy? Perth Australia February 24–27 pdf
2002 Addiction in the Life Course Perspective—entry and exit processes Stockholm Sweden October 15–19 pdf
2002 From Science to Action? 100 Years Later, Alcohol Policies Revisited Bern Switzerland October 26–30 pdf
2002 Community-based prevention of alcohol and drug-related harms Helsinki Finland March 18–23 pdf
2001 Youth cultures and subcultures: functions and patterns of drinking and drug use Stockholm Sweden April 23-27 pdf
2000 Measuring Drinking Patterns, Alcohol Problems, and their Connection Stockholm Sweden April 3-7 pdf
1999 Natural History of Addictions: Recovery from Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Problems without Treatment Les Diablerets Switzerland March 7-12 pdf
1996 International Conference on Intoxication and Aggressive Behaviour Toronto Canada October 7-10 pdf
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