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The Panhellenic Medical Congress is one of the oldest medical conferences in Greece, established in 1901 by the Athens Medical Society, which was founded in 1835. Events were hosted periodically until 1975, when the military dictatorship fell and the Athens Medical Society restructured themselves for an annual event. In the 1903 conference, the participants drafted a proposal to run a…
In 2023, Dr. Cathy Sloan at the University of West London organized the Addiction Recovery Arts Network to bring together arts recovery organizations. From Sloan: ““Recovery Arts can be a very effective conduit for expressing and developing recovery identities. They enable the sharing of lived experience either directly, through autobiographical work, or indirectly, through exploring themes…
The Evive Summit is a specialized conference for business development and networking among owners and executives of treatment centers, especially with B2B vendors. Organized by Powwow Events, it tends to be scheduled alongside EDGE, a similar summit that focuses on Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) for children and adolescents. This makes it easier for executives and owners to…
The Minnesota Model is one of the most commonly adopted formats for addiction treatment centers, and its start in Minnesota led to a large surge of youth participants in A.A. To accommodate them, especially in the context of old timers being wary that younger alcoholics had “suffered enough” or “hit rock bottom” in order to begin recovery. The Minnesota Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous…
Hosted by The Peer Company (formerly the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon), the national conference focuses on fostering collaboration that advances the peer recovery movement. In 2026, the event took place in Seaside, Oregon from May 4-7 with the theme “Rooted & Rising.” From their main page: “This theme honors where we’ve come from, our grassroots beginnings and the deep roots…
Hosted by the Consortium on Addiction Recovery Science (CoARS) since 2024, the National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science (NCARS) claims to be the only national conference exclusively focused on the science of substance use disorder recovery. It was designed as a virtual-first event to maximize accessibility and input into discussions about measuring recovery capital rather than just…
The International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) hosts an annual conference since they were formally established in 2001. While it began as a small event for academic editors to discuss issues and guidelines concerning academic publishing, it grew and adopted a hybrid format to all international participants to attend remotely. The physical conference changes its location each year…
The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) is a regional chapter of the national American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM), and they’ve hosted an annual conference since they were organized in 1974 by Gail Jara and Jess Bromley. https://www.csam-asam.org/events/2026-annual-conference
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) held its first annual educational conference in 1954, though it evolved from the New York City Medical Society on Alcoholism (NYCMSA) in 1967. It began as a regional meeting of physicians and grew into a four-day national symposium for professionals, clinicians, and researchers to collaborate on the latest developments in their spaces. Nora…
The Alabama School of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies was established in 1974 after the Hughes Act (1970) gave states federal funding to address alcohol abuse. Although Alabama now had these funds, the state lacked a workforce trained to handle substance use disorders. Rather than providing manuals or academic-style coursework, the event created multi-day learning tracks to quickly get caught up…
Established in 2023 by the Alabama Alliance for Recovery Residents (AARR) in partnership with the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP), the Alabama Recovery Advocacy Day facilitates engagement between leaders of the recovery community and state officials that implement addiction-related policies. The event was initially hosted on the Alabama State House steps as a kind of rally, but the…
Though established in 2015 by the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR), the Multiple Pathways of Recovery Conference (MPRC) is a national conference recognizing successful pathways to recovery using secular, clinical, holistic, or other programs outside the traditional 12-step focus. More recently, CCAR has invited collaboration over hosting the event to incorporate recovery…
The Southern California A.A. Convention (SCAAC) was established in Long Beach in 1952, making it one of the oldest recovery conventions in California. Many of the most popular AA speeches were recorded at this convention before being distributed worldwide. https://scws-al-anon.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BulletinMay2019.pdf
All California Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (ACYPAA) was established in 1973 after decades of Young People’s groups had formed in cities like Los Angeles to reach new demographics, since most AA members at the time were older white middle-class men who had histories with alcohol longer than some of the younger members had even been alive. The organization’s Advisory Council was…
Founded in 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by the Tobacco Reporter magazine (which was then named the Global Tobacco Networking Forum), the organization is an industry-backed summit organized for multinational corporations, government representatives, and major investors. David O’Reilly of British American Tobacco (BAT) was the co-founder and first chair of the advisor board. In 2019, the Tobacco…
Founded in 2014 by KAC Communications, the Global Forum on Nicotine conference is held in Warsaw, Poland with a hybrid format using both on-site presenters and online viewers. They hold open debates on tobacco harm reduction (THR). They also host a GFN Film Festival showcasing documentaries, animations, and PSAs about tobacco and nicotine. The Michael Russell Oration and Award is given to leaders…
The SUD Business Summit is hosted by the media platform Behavioral Health Business (BHB), designed for corporations to discuss the economics and investment landscape of the addiction and recovery industry. David Gomel, CEO of Rosecrance Behavioral Health Jaime Vinck, President of Meadows Behavioral Health Doug Leech, Founder and CEO of Ascension Recovery Services Michael Garafalo, Directory of…
Hosted by the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), the Addiction Leadership Conference (ALC) focuses on gathering executives, owners, marketers, and directors to discuss national substance use disorder treatment standards. In the late 1970s, California program directors were discussing the lack of public and political representation for nonprofit treatment programs in…
The REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium is hosted by Writers in Treatment and features documentaries, short films, and feature-length movies that explore addiction and treatment with the goal of reducing stigma. It was co-founded in 2008 by Leonard Buschel and Robert Downey Sr. https://reelrecoveryfilmfestival.org/
The 2025 Summit, hosted on September 18th in Los Angeles, brought together Hunter Biden, the Executive Producer of The Pitt, and the Executive Producer of Grey’s Anatomy. That’s an interesting group. https://matthewperryfoundation.org/event/annual-matthew-perry-foundation-summit-on-addiction-and-recovery/