The addiction treatment community attends many conferences every year, but 2020 is looking to be a little different as some major events have been cancelled, postponed, or moved online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At BehaveHealth, we’ve compiled a handy list of addiction treatment conferences in the United States with their COVID-19 status as of May 1st, 2020.
We want to help you answer the question: “Has my addiction treatment conference been cancelled?” quickly and easily.
Scroll down to see the status of a particular conference or read on for a broad overview of the addiction treatment conference situation for key conference players.
ASAM Virtual 2020
ASAM’s 51st conference was one of the first conferences to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Slated to take place in Texas from April 22nd to April 24th, the conference was moved entirely online and dubbed “ASAM VIrtual 2020.” Registration was still required to attend the digital conference, which was moved to April 3rd and 4th. Other webinars took place over the month of April, with some on-demand learning opportunities still available at any time through the conference’s “e-Learning Center.”
HMP Global Conferences Cancellations
HMP Global hosts such well known addiction treatment conferences as:
Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit
National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCAD) East
National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCAD) West
Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit
Treatment Center Investment & Valuation Retreat (TCIV)
HMP Global is “closely monitoring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.” They moved their Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit to a virtual format in April in response to the pandemic (and you can get all the sessions online on-demand until April 2021 here) but currently the rest of their conferences are all “proceeding as planned.” You can check on the status of their conferences here.
C4 Events Conferences Cancellations
C4 Events is the medical events coordinator behind the following conferences:
CORE: Clinical Overview of the Recovery Experience
CCSAD Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders
Evolution of Addiction Treatment
West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders
Like HMP Global, C4 reports that they are “closely monitoring the situation.” So far, they have cancelled only one of their conferences: the CORE conference slated to take place this summer. As they wait to decide the fate of the remaining conferences for 2020, they scheduled a special webinar about COVID-19 for addiction treatment providers. You can learn more about that webinar here.
Full List of Addiction Treatment Conferences, Symposiums, and Events for 2020 with Cancellation Information
Addiction Medicine
May 1- 2, 2020
Asheville, North Carolina
https://addictionmedicineconference.org/conference/
Status: Going virtual
National Addiction Leadership Conference (NAATP)
May 16-18, 2020
San Diego, California
https://www.naatp.org/training/national-addiction-leadership-conference
Status: Cancelled
International Conference on Opioids (ICOO 2020)
May 30 – June 1, 2020
Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.opioidconference.org/home_page.html
Status: Cancelled
2020 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum
June 19-22, 2020
Hollywood, Florida
https://www.drugabuse.gov/international/international-forum
Status: Cancelled
Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Meeting/ISBRA Conference
June 20-24, 2020
New Orleans, Louisiana
Status: Cancelled
College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Meeting
June 20-24, 2020
Hollywood, Florida
Status: Going virtual
National Conference on Alcohol and Addiction Disorders East (NCAD East)
July 31 - August 2, 2020
Baltimore, Maryland
https://east.theaddictionconference.com/
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
National Conference on Alcohol and Addiction Disorders West (NCAD West)
August 17-19, 2020
Anaheim, California
https://west.theaddictionconference.com/
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
National Prevention Network (NPN) Conference
August 25-27, 2020
Birmingham, Alabama
Status: None available—website makes no mention of COVID-19
The Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders
September 10-13, 2020
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
NAADAC Annual Conference (The Association for Addiction Professionals)
September 25-30, 2020
Washington, DC
https://www.naadac.org/ac20-call-for-presentations
Status: Registration is currently postponed
Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2020
October 14-16, 2020
Providence, Rhode Island
https://www.ahsrconference.org/
Status: Going virtual
Evolution of Addiction Treatment
November 3-6, 2020
Los Angeles, California
https://www.theevolutionofaddictiontreatment.com/
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
AMERSA Conference (Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction)
November 5-7, 2020
Boston, Massachusetts
website: https://amersa.org/
Status: “Closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation”
Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit
November 20-22, 2020
Miami, Florida
https://www.hmpglobal.com/hmp-global-coronavirus-resource-page
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
The West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders
December 3-6, 2020
La Quinta, CA
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
Treatment Center Investment & Valuation Retreat (TCIV)
December 7-9, 2020
Scottsdale, Arizona
https://www.hmpglobal.com/hmp-global-coronavirus-resource-page
Status: Currently proceeding as planned
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) Annual Meeting 2020
December 10-13, 2020
San Antonio, Texas