Tuesday 6 September Registration Get-together at the Radisson Blu Hotel Scandinavia Wednesday 7 September Jan Egeland: The global burden of narcotics, how the international situation affects our drug use scene Peter Reuter: Assessing drug policy evidence and models Ambros Uchtenhagen: About compulsory and quasi-compulsory treatment of problematic substance use Susuma Higuchi: An oriental mystery: the alcohol flushing response and its clinical and preventive implications Welcome Reception offered by The City of Oslo Thursday 8 September NIDA: Clinical lessons from neurobiology Michael Gossop: Limitations in the clinical use of all this neurobiological knowledge Deborah Hasin: DSM-V: Implications for research and treatment Helge Waal: A medical specialty in addiction medicine: Approaches, specializations and regulations Friday 9 September Win van den Brink: A comprehensive model for substance abuse? Louisa Degenhardt: Drug abuse and mortality Gabriele Fischer: Standard of care for substance dependence during pregnancy and impact on developmental outcome in exposed children Conference Dinner at Radisson Blu Hotel Scandinavia Saturday 10 September R. Andrew Chambers: Crossed wires and double trouble: the neuroscience of dual diagnosis Michael Farrell: Treatment options; agonist replacement and antagonist relapse prevention - not only for opioid dependency? Charles Parry: Substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in Africa In addition there will be parallel symposia and workshops every day