Addiction World Conference 2024: Empowering Breakthroughs, Celebrating Success – San Francisco, CA

The Addiction World Conference (AWC 2024), held from 4 to 6 September 2024 in San Francisco, California, was a landmark event in addiction science. Under the theme of 'New Frontiers in Addiction Science and Treatment,' this pioneering conference hosted influential psychologists, addiction experts, and pioneers on an urgent global health issue: addiction.

Addiction-related and psychological disorders have been on a steep, upward trajectory for the past 25 years, spurred by contemporary stressors and shifts in society. AWC 2024 provided a venue to demonstrate their contributions to rising mortality, disability, and long-term health burdens. The conference crystallized the need for urgency in stimulating innovative research and collaborative solutions to reverse these shocking trends.

The sessions covered new prevention modalities and updated therapies, creating a focused environment for in-depth intellectual discussions and hands-on learning. The depth of shared expertise and professional networks created the magic behind AWC 2024’s success. AWC event reinforced a shared commitment to addressing addiction challenges and improving standards of addiction care globally.

Get the AWC 2024 Book of Abstracts here: Abstract Book.
Get the AWC 2024 Scientific Program here: Scientific Program.
Visit AWC 2024 Gallery here: Gallery.

Organizing Committee AWC 2024

Sam Vaknin is a former visiting professor of psychology at Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and is on the faculty of CIAPS (Commonwealth Institute for Advanced Professional Studies).
 

AWC 2024: Speakers

Day 1 - In-Person Presentations

Juliana Fort – Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, USA
Carla Retroz Marques – Coimbra University Hospitals Centre, Portugal
Ahmed Chenna – LabCorp-Monogram Biosciences Inc, USA
Rosaria Ferrara – Legal Medicine and Orthopaedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Peter P Lyndon-James – West Australian Shalom Group INC, Australia
Tomás Sobrino – Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Spain
Patti Petrucka – Ranch Ehrlo Society, Canada
Lloyd L. Tran – Chief Scientific Officer of Biomed Industries, Inc., USA
Hassan M Heshmati – Endocrinology Metabolism Consulting, LLC, USA
Diana Lynn Monsour – Compassionate & Empowering Counseling, USA
Gogia M, Kiladze T – Georgian Harm Reduction Network, Georgia
Vinita Elizabeth Mani – Department of Neurology SGPGIMS, India
Inês Alexandra Carvalho Retroz Moreira Marques – Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FMUC), Portugal
Yu-Chun Lin – Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Rasulova Dilbar – Department of Neurology and Medical Psychology, Tashkent Medical Academy, Uzbekistan
Robert W. Enzenauer – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
Kamil Adamiak – Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Isabel Siow – Ministry of Health Singapore
Noorul Naseema – Ministry of Health Singapore
Jarisch Reinhart – FAZ, Floridsdorf Allergy Center, Vienna, Austria
Mandara Ganganakudige Manjappaiah – NIMHANS, India
Matias Ibanez Diaz – Clinica Pellet, Chile

Day 2 - In-Person Presentations

Peter P Lyndon-James – West Australian Shalom Group INC, Australia
Nancy Brown – PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh, Deputy Director for Communications & Certified Validation Teacher, Validation Training Institute, Israel
Joel Brown – University of California San Diego, Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD), USA
Shawqi H Alawdi – Associate Professor of pharmacology and therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Thamar University, Yemen
Matthias Riepe – Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
John Mondanaro – Assistant Professor and Director of Expressive Arts Therapy, USA
Shakeeva Chynara Asanovna – Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Kyrgyzstan
Da Silva GP Felipe – School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Pontificia Catholic University of Paraná – PUCPR, Brazil
Yizhou Hu – Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) McKeesport, USA
Jarisch Reinhart – FAZ, Floridsdorf Allergy Center, Vienna, Austria
Ailin Liu – Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China
Anita Rutendo Chonzi – Department of Health, Wellbeing & Life Sciences, University of Sheffield Hallam, UK
Nouf Abdullah Alsuwaida – The University of Ha‘il, Saudi Arabia
Geetanjali Rathore – Department of Pediatrics and Neurosciences, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Neil Buist – Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Day 2 – Virtual Presentations

Ali Riza Gunes – Center for Neurostimulation, Alexius/Josef Hospital, Neuss, Germany
Krista Hammaker – College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA
Katerina Zachova – Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Addictology, USA
Xuemei Gao – Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Oishi Barua – Children’s National Hospital, USA
Shakeel Ahmed Jameel Ahmed – Essex Partnership NHS University Foundation Trust, UK
Luiza Spiru – Ana Aslan International Foundation & Geneva College of Longevity Science, Romania
Shyam Bhagat – Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, Northwell, USA
Johanna Salazar Nassar – Hospital Calderon Guardia, Costa Rica
Peter A Tass – Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Vimolmas Tansathitaya – College of Sports Science and Technology, Mahidol University, Thailand
Thomas J Webster – Hebei University of Technology, China

Day 3 - Virtual Presentations

Virginia Wise Berninger – University of Washington, USA
Roberto De Luca – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Harvard Medical School, USA
Mohamed Hadi Eltonsi – Cairo University Medical College M B.BCH, Egypt
Stefano Sandrone – Imperial College London, UK
Judit Magdolna Ovádi – Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary
Stephanie Arens – Emory University, USA
Yoram Baram – Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel
Osman Kucu – President of the Organizing Committee of iCoDem, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Helena Horálek – Department of Addictology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Czech Republic
Esperanza Esguerra Wagner – Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona, USA
John Maher – Canada
Alibek Adil – Kazakh-Russian Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tharidu Gunawardena – Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
Pranav Reddy – Rowan-Virtua SOM, USA
Bharath M M – Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Zenia Aadil Elavia – Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India
Yijing Su – Department of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Salim Hirani – Neurophysiology Department, Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, UK
Aura Roig Forteza – Metzineres Director, Spain
Roger H Coletti – Interventional Health, USA
Oluwatoyin Sorinmade – Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, UK
Constantine Kaniklidis – Research Director, No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation (NSBCF), Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mehmet Erkan Ustun – Neurosurgery, Turkey
Maria Borrell – Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain
Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer – Faculty, Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development (BIPARD), India
Olena M. Klyuchko – National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine

We thank all participants for their valuable involvement and contributions, which were essential to the success of this event.

Future Events: 2025

USA Upcoming Conferences:

3rd Edition of Addiction World Conference AWC 2025
Event Date: September 5 to 7, 2025
Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website: https://www.addictionworldconference.com/

4th Edition of Neurology World Conference NWC 2025
Event Date: September 05 to 07, 2025
Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website: https://www.neurologyworldconference.com/

2nd Edition of Dementia World Conference DWC 2025
Event Date: September 5 to 7, 2025
Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website: https://www.dementiaworldconference.com/

 

Singapore Upcoming Conferences:
 

2nd Edition of Psychiatry and Addiction World Conference PAWC 2025
Event Date: September 20 to 22 June, 2025
Venue: Singapore
Website: https://www.psychiatryworldconference.com/

3rd Edition of International Neurology Conference INC 2025
Event Date: September 20 to 22 June, 2025
Venue: Singapore
Website: https://www.internationalneurologyconference.com/