Events

Here’s to networking, sharing our lived experiences, disseminating knowledge, collaboration, active listening, productive conversations, bridge-building, and spending time with friends and colleagues - old and new.

In a hurry? To quickly find additions to the previous Events post, look for the ones labeled NEW.

If you know of any missing events, please send them to me at: mnsmokefree (at) gmail (dot) com. Subject: Events Calendar

These newsletters are read by a variety of people. Academics, media, regulators, public health, industry, tobacco control, and people with lived experience are among my readership. There may be content you support and some you don’t. But if I’m going to preach that people like me should have a seat at the table, it is important to me to practice what I preach and offer a seat to as many perspectives as I can.

Some of these events might not support the use of reduced-risk products. Some have covered nicotine in the past, but may not do so every year (or might never have and are ripe for someone to suggest they do).

• Jul 6-8, 2026, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - ROYAL ECONOMIC SOCIETY (RES) 2026 Annual Conference.

• Jul 8-9, 2026, Cagliari, Italy - 15th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior.

• Jul 9, 2026, Birmingham, UK - Drink and Drug News (DDN) Conference.

• Jul 14-17, 2026, Louisville, KY, US (In-person & virtual) - National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

• Jul 16-19, 2026, Lyon, France - 2026 ACBS (Association for Contextual Behavioral Science) World Conference.

• Jul 17-19, 2026, Singapore (In-person & Virtual) - 2nd Edition of Public Health World Conference (PHWC) 2026.

• NEW Jul 20-24, 2026, Delft, Netherlands (Hybrid) - International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC).

• NEW Jul 28, 2026, Birmingham, Alabama, US (In-person & Virtual) - Youth Tobacco, Vaping and Treatment Summit.

• Jul 28-29, 2026, National Harbor, MD, US - Veterans Healthcare 2026.

• Jul 30-31, 2026, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (In-person & virtual) - 4th International Conference on Public Health and Nursing (ICPHN 2026).

• Aug 5-6, 2026, Green Bay, WI, US (In-person or virtual) - Wisconsin Substance Use Summit. (Pre-conference Aug 4)

• Aug 5-7, 2026, Wollongong, NSW - 2026 DANA Conference (Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia).

• NEW Aug 5-7, 2026, Madison, WI, US - Great Lakes Motivational Interviewing Conference. Peer Supporters are included in the “who should attend” list. Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 20, 2026.

• Aug 6-8, 2026, Washington, DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - APA Annual Convention (American Psychological Association). Theme: The Science of Lived Experience: Reimagining Research Through Lived and Learned Expertise.

• Aug 6-9, 2026, Providence, RI, US - Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders. Discount registration deadline Jul 10, 2026.

• Aug 16-21, 2026, Chandler, AZ, US - NIHB National Tribal Health Conference. “In past years, NIHB has welcomed more than 1,500 conference participants, including elected Tribal leaders, health directors, administrators, health care consumers, policy experts, public health professionals, and Tribal citizens.”

• Aug 19-21, 2026, South Brisbane QLD, Australia - Australian Winter School Conference 2026. (Nicotine use will be on the agenda.)

• Aug 20-21, 2026, Tuscaloosa, AL, US - 2026 VitAL Annual Conference. “The VitAL Annual Conference brings together professionals, advocates, and changemakers from across the state to share ideas, inspire action, and strengthen our collective impact.”

• Aug 24-26, 2026, London, UK (In-person and Virtual) - Global Conference on Addiction and Psychiatry (GAP 2026).

• Aug 24-27, 2026, Orlando, FL, US - SPN 34th Annual Meeting. (State Policy Network)

• Aug 29-31, 2026, Kansas City, MO, US - EMPOWER 2026: the Annual Conference for NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals.

• Aug 30-Sep 2, 2026, Las Vegas, NV, US - PVA Healthcare Summit + Expo. (Paralyzed Veterans of America)

• Sep 2-3, 2026, Middleton, WI, US - Wisconsin Lab Association Fall Conference 2026. Earlybird registration deadline: Aug 20, 2026

• Sep 5-9, 2026, Barcelona, Spain - ERS Congress 2026.

• Sep 6-9, 2026, Cape Town, South Africa - 18th World Conference on Public Health.

• Sep 9-10, 2026, Barcelona, Spain - 3rd World Congress on COPD and Pulmonary Diseases (COPD 2026).

• Sep 9-11, 2026, Lisboa, Portugal - GTNF 2026 (Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum). (Hotel reservation information coming soon.)

• NEW Sep 9-11, 2026, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus - 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Conference 2026 - European Congress of Epidemiology (EuroEpi) 2026. Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 24, 2026.

• Sep 15, 2026, Birmingham, UK (In-person & Virtual) - Smoking Cessation and Health Conference (SCaH). Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 31, 2026.

• Sep 12-15, 2026, Seoul, Korea - WCLC Conference (World Conference on Lung Cancer. “We warmly invite physicians, nurses, researchers, scientists, patients, survivors, and advocates to be part of this inspiring event. Your participation strengthens our shared mission and helps drive meaningful change in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, and care.” NOTE: This event has reduced fees for advocates and is free for patients, caregivers, and survivors. July 24, 2026, Regular Registration Ends. August 5, 2026, Late-Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline.

• Sep 13-16, 2026, Vienna, Austria - 60th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX Congress).

• Sep 14-16, 2026, Rome, Italy (In-person and Virtual) - 13th Edition of Global Conference on Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems (PDDS 2026).

• Sep 15, 2026, Birmingham, UK (In-Person & Virtual) - Smoking Cessation & Health Conference (SCaH 2026). Early bird registration expires Jul 31, 2026. (Industry ties? See here for information.)

• Sep 15-17, 2026, Messe Dortmund, Germany - InterTabac.

• Sep 15-18, 2026, Dublin, Ireland - 17th EUSPR Conference (European Society for Prevention Research). Registration open from May 11 - Jul 26, 2026.

• Sep 16-19, 2026, Guangzhou, China - 11th World Battery & Energy Industry Expo (WBE).

• Sep 18-20, 2026, Miami, FL, US (In-person & virtual) - 5^th Edition of Addiction World Conference (AWC) 2026.

• NEW Sep 20-23, 2026, Charlotte, NC, US - Tobacco Science Research Conference (TSRC).

• Sep 21-23, 2026, Nashville, TN, US - 2026 CHEMTREC International Hazmat Summit.

• Sep 21-24, 2026, Paris, France - SRNT-E. Registration here. Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 31, 2026.

• Sep 23-26, 2026, Stockholm, Sweden - 26th WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY (WCP).

• Sep 24-25, 2026, La Crosse, WI, US - 2026 WISAM Regional Conference (Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine) Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 31, 2026.

• Sep 24-26, 2026, Hong Kong - World Cancer Congress.

• Sep 25, 2026, NYC, NY, US - New Approaches Summit: 5th Annual.

• Sep 28-30, 2026, Boston, MA, US - 10th Annual Patient Experience Symposium.

• Waiting for Info Sep 30-Oct 2, 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania - 37th European Society for Social Drug Research (ESSD) conference.

• Sep 30-Oct 3, Breckenridge, CO, US - Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) - Annual Behavioral Health Training Conference.

• Month of October, UK - Stoptober

• Oct 6-7, 2026, Washington DC, US - FDLI Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference. Earlybird registration deadline: July 31, 2026.

• Oct 8, 2026, Washington DC, US - FDLI Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulatory Science Symposium. Earlybird registration deadline: July 31, 2026.

• Oct 1-3, 2026, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Annual Global ISAM Conference (International Society of Addiction Medicine).

• Oct 5-7, 2026, Salt Lake City, UT, US - Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) conference. Early bird registration deadline: Sep 4, 2926.

• Oct 6-9, 2026, Prague, Czech Republic - The 14th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU). People with lived experience, advocates, healthcare providers, researchers, and policymakers contribute with an equal voice. Early bird registration deadline: 26 July 2026.

• Oct 8-9, 2026, Washington, DC, US - Mental Health America Conference. “Experts will share practical strategies, innovative tools, and lived experiences to help attendees shape effective advocacy, engagement, and care in their own communities.”

• Waiting for info Oct 8-9, 2026, Vermont, US - 14th Annual VCBH Conference. Cigarette Smoking in Combination with Other Tobacco Products and Other Addictive Substances.

• Oct 8-10, 2026, Tokyo, Japan (In-person & virtual) - 7th Edition of Cardiology World Conference.

• Oct 8-10, 2026, Tokyo, Japan - International Conference on Clinical & Translational Oncology (ICTO 2026).

• Oct 9-11, 2026, West Palm Beach, FL, US - East Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders. Reduced registration fee deadlines: Jul 17, and Sep 11.

• NEW Oct 11-15, 2026, Nashville, TN, US - NAHMMA’s 41st Annual Hazardous Materials Management Conference. Early Bird Registration Deadline: Aug 28, 2026.

• Oct 12-13, 2026, London, UK - 2nd European Congress on Addiction and Psychiatry.

• Waiting for info Oct 13, 2026, Ankeny, IA, US - Iowa Cancer Summit. Registration opening in Aug 2026.

• Oct 13-14, 2026, St. Cloud, MN, US - MN Prevention Program Sharing Conference.

• Oct 13-16, 2026, Baltimore, MD, US - AIxPH: 1st Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Public Health.

• Oct 14-15, 2026, Prague, Czech Republic - 22nd INEBRIA Conference (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs).

• Oct 15-16, 2026, Paris, France - 4th Global Congress on Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health & Psychiatry (GABP Congress 2026).

• Waiting for Info Oct 16-17, 2026, Manila, Philippines - Asia Forum on Nicotine (AFN).

• NEW Oct 17-19, 2026, Washington, DC, US - Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Advocacy Summit. Earlybird registration deadline: July 18, 2026.

• Oct 19-21, 2026, Boston, MA, US (In-person & virtual) - 7th Edition of Global Conference on Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry (GAB2026).

• Oct 20-22, 2026, Spartanburg, SC, US - 29th Annual SC Rural Health Conference.

• Waiting for info Oct 21-23, 2026, Wisconsin Dells, WI (Virtual and In-person) - 22nd Annual Mental Health & Substance Use Recovery Conference. UWSP and the conference planning committee are committed to creating a conference that honors dignity, inclusion, and lived experience. Registration opens at the end of July.

• Oct 21-24, 2026, Garden Grove, CA, US - 2026 CSAM Annual Conference (California Society of Addiction Medicine).

• Oct 22-24, 2026, Boston, MA, US (In-person & virtual) - Global Public Health Futures Congress (GPHF).

• Oct 25-29, 2026, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe - CORESTA Congress 2026. Earlybird registration deadline: Aug 1, 2026.

• Oct 26-28, 2026, Philadelphia, PA, US (In-Person & Virtual) - 2026 commUNITY Conference. The ideal attendees for the commUNITY conference are peer support workers, harm reductionists, people with lived and living experience including those who use drugs and identify as in recovery or living with mental health and substance use concerns, clinical and medical professionals, recovery community organization staff, community advocates, policy makers and government officials, third party payers, philanthropic foundations, housing and behavioral health administrators, and community members who work in or have a passion for community-based services and programs designed and led by peers.

• Waiting for Info OCT 26-28, 2026, St. Paul, MN, US - MARRCH Annual Conference & Expo (Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health)

• Oct 26-29, 2026, Mexico City, Mexico - WAPOR 2026 Conference: Public Opinion Research in an Emerging Multipolar World Order. Earlybird registration deadline: Aug 25, 2026.

• Nov 1-4, 2026, San Antonio, TX, US - APHA American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Earlybird registration deadlines: Jul 14, Sep 15, Oct 29, 2026

• Nov 5-6, 2026, Philadelphia, PA, US - GOLD International COPD Conference.

• Waiting for Info Nov 5-7, 2026, Boston, MA, US - Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management - Fall Research Conference. (APPAM). Registration opens July 22, 2026.

• Nov 8-11, 2026, Esplanade Hotel Walyalup (Fremantle) on the lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, WA, Australia. - APSAD 2026 (Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. NOTE: This event has a registration category with a reduced rate for consumers/people with lived experience. Earlybird registration deadline: Sep 1, 2026

• Nov 10-13, 2026, Bilbao, Spain - 19th European Public Health (EPH) Conference. Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 10, 2026.

• Nov 12-13, 2026, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - SSA Annual Conference (Society for the Study of Addiction). Earlybird registration deadline: Sep 24, 2026.

• Nov 12-14, 2026, Washington DC, US - 2026 AMERSA Conference (The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction). Pre-conference: Nov 11. For five decades, AMERSA has brought together clinicians, researchers, policymakers, educators, advocates, and people with lived and living experience to strengthen substance use care through the power of multidisciplinary collaboration. Earlybird registration deadline: Aug 31, 2026.

• Nov 12-15, 2026, Memphis, TN, US - 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium (AAAP - American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry). Registration is opening soon. Earlybird registration deadline: Oct 1, 2026. Case conference submission deadline: Aug 3, 2026. Poster submission deadline: July 17, 2026.

• Nov 13-14, 2026, Chicago, IL, US - Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR). Early bird registration deadline: Nov 7, 2026.

• Waiting for info Nov 17-19, 2026, Washington, DC (All 3 days virtual; 3rd day also in person) - International Conference on Stigma.

• Nov 17-20, 2026, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The Union’s World Conference on Lung Health (WCLH).

• Nov 19-21, 2026, Calgary, AB, Canada - CSAM-SMCA Scientific Conference. Earlybird registration ends Sep 7, 2026.

• Nov 21-23, 2026, Houston, TX, US - Southern Economic Association® 96th Annual Meeting.

• Nov 23-24, 2026, UNSW Sydney, Australia - Tackling Stigma Conference 2026. This event is inclusive of people with lived/living experiences. 30 June 2026: Abstracts close (extended). 17 August 2026: Scholarships applications close. 15 September 2026: Early bird registrations close.

• Nov 24, 2026, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - Scottish Public Health Conference. Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 9, 2026. Poster abstract submission deadline: July 9, 2026.

• Nov 25-27, 2026, London, UK - BTS Winter Meeting (British Thoracic Society). Earlybird registration deadline: Sep 2, 2026.

• Dec 3, 2026, London, UK - The Nicotine Summit UK (Formerly E-Cigarette Summit UK). Earlybird registration deadline: Oct 5, 2026.

• Dec 10-11, 2026 Washington, DC - FDLI Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference: For the Drug, Device, Food, and Tobacco Industries. Super Earlybird registration deadline: Jul 31, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Date? Location? Annual Tobacco and Other Industry Documents Workshop. Dates will be announced soon.

• Waiting for Info Late 2026/Early 2027 - SRNT-O.

If your event gives people with lived experience a voice and/or includes a way for them to register and attend, you are my hero. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

• Waiting for Info Jan 20-24, 2027, San Francisco, CA, US - Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). (abstract submission deadline: closed)

• Waiting for Info Mar 3-6, 2027, San Francisco, CA, US - SRNT Annual Meeting. Abstract submission deadline: Jul 31, 2026.

• NEW Mar 10-12, 2027, Australia - Oceania Tobacco Control Conference (OTCC). Earlybird registration deadline: Oct 30, 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Mar 14-17, 2027, San Antonio, TX, US - Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting. Abstract submissions open Aug 18, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Mar 17-19, 2027, Cincinnati, OH, US - Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference. (Website still shows 2026 event.) Abstract submissions deadline: Sep 21, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Mar 10-12, 2027, Siegen, Germany - 7th International Conference on Light Materials – Science and Technology (LightMAT 2027). (Special Topic: Green Manufacturing and Sustainable Materials.) Abstract submission deadline: still possible on Jul 8, 2026 (former deadline: Jun 24, 2026).

• Waiting for Info Mar 17-19, 2027, Baltimore, MN, US - 2027 ASPPH Annual Meeting. Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health.

• Mar 24-25, 2027, Zurich, Switzerland - 5th International Summit on Public Health and Preventive Medicine (ISPHPM2027). Abstract deadline: Jul 21, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Mar 30-31, Altoona, IA, US - 2027 Public Health Conference of Iowa (PHCI).

• Waiting for Info Mar/Apr? - Chicago, IL, US - Science Talk '27. Association of Science Communicators (ASC).

• Waiting for Info Apr 7-11, 2027, Minneapolis, MN, US - 58th Annual Conference - Innovations in Addiction Medicine and Science (ASAM). Registration opens Oct 2026. (The conference website has not been updated to reflect 2027 as of Jul 8, 2026.)

• Waiting for Info Apr 15, 2027, 2027 Eliminate Tobacco Use Summit.

• Waiting for Info Apr 20, 2027, Glasgow - UK & Ireland Public Health Science Conference. A full call for abstracts will be published shortly in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The provisional abstract submission deadline is Oct 16, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Apr 24-28, 2027, Pittsburgh, PA, US - Pittcon 2027. September 2026 Attendee Registration Opens.

• Waiting for Info May 1-5, 2027, Chicago, IL, US - 2027 STFM Annual Spring Conference (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine). Registration opens Dec 2026. Session Formats: Workshops, Panels, Seminars, Lectures, Projects, Roundtable Discussions, and Posters. Submission deadline: Sep 4, 2026.

• May 2-4, 2027, Rome, Italy (Hybrid) - ICSAAR 2027: 21. International Conference on Substance Abuse, Addiction and Rehabilitation. Earlybird registration deadline: Feb 4, 2027

• Waiting for Info May 5-7, 2027, Washington, DC - 2027 FDLI Annual Conference. Call for Proposals will open on August 17, 2026.

• Waiting for Info May 9-12, 2027, Belfast, Ireland - Harm Reduction International Conference (HR27). 07/2026 - Registration opens. 08/2026 - Abstract submission opens. 09/2026 - Awards nominations open.

• Waiting for Info May 12-14, 2027, Austin, TX - AAPOR 82nd Annual Conference (American Association for Public Opinion Research). (no further info available as of Jul 8, 2026)

• Waiting for Info May 13-14, 2027, NYC, NY, US - BSPA Annual Conference 2027 (Behavioral Science and Policy Association). (No further info available as of Jul 9, 2026.)

• Waiting for Info May 17-20, 2027, Anaheim, CA, US - Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL 2027).

• May 20-21, 2027, Vancouver, Canada (Hybrid) - ICPHHP 2027: International Conference on Public Health and Health Promotion. Earlybird registration deadline: Apr 19, 2027.

• NEW June 29-Jul 1, 2027, San Diego, CA - 2027 National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH). Earlybird registration deadline: Jan 31, 2027. Abstract submissions will open on August 4, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Jul 19-23, 2027, Paris, France - 12th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) - Jointly with WAPOR. (No further info on registration/abstracts/posters is available as of Jul 8, 2026.) Call for sessions deadline: Aug 31, 2026.

• Aug 3-4, 2027, Chicago, IL, US - Public Health Conference · NPHC-2027. Nicotine is on their suggested list of topics. Abstract submission deadline: July 12, 2026.

• Waiting for Info Oct 14-16, 2027 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - CSAM-SMCA Scientific Conference

• Waiting for Info Fall? Public Health Law Conference

• Waiting for Info Sep 12-13, 2027 - EUROTOX Congress - Gothenburg, Sweden

• Waiting for Info Oct? 2027 - 2027 commUNITY conference. (In 2026 speaker proposals were due in February)

• Waiting for Info Nov 3-5, 2027, Winnipeg, Canada - CCSA’s Issues of Substance (Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction). “The biennial event is Canada’s only national conference that brings together addiction workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, knowledge brokers, and people with direct or indirect, lived or living experience with substance use or a substance use disorders from across the country.” Details coming out in the summer of 2026.

• Waiting for Info Nov 8-9, 2027? Goa, India? - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE — 8th Edition Addiction, Family Members, and Affected Others (AFINet). (Broken link removed Jun 19, 2026)

• Waiting for Info Nov 16-19, 2027, Belgrade, Serbia - 20^th European Public Health (EPH) Conference.

• Date? 2027 - The State of Black Health Conference.

Until next time….