Who is Invited? We would like to invite all companies, startups, and entrepreneurs active in developing products for addiction prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation to join us for “World Innovations for Addiction Therapeutics – From Scientific Discovery to Saving Lives.” This is an ISAM event designed for academia/industry partnership, focusing on innovation and investment in newest technologies for helping patients affected by addictions and their comorbidities. This event will take place on Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the official pre-conference activities of the ISAM 27th Global Congress. Bringing together more than many leaders from clinics, universities, industry, and investment communities, this unique gathering aims to facilitate the exchange of experiences and visions for this evolving field.
At ISAM’s Innovations Day, both innovators and established companies will have the opportunity to share their ideas, product and company narratives with clinicians, scientists, venture capitalists, engineers, regulatory agencies, and industry professionals. Aligned with the theme of the day, participating companies are invited to spotlight the challenges and advantages of innovation specific to their products from discovery to implementation in communities. The agenda for the day will include multiple panels and talks, ensuring that all the registered, invited and willing participants have the opportunity for podium time, either individually or as part of panel discussions.
In addition to the presenting companies, senior venture capital investors from major corporations will be invited. This offers an excellent platform for you and your company to showcase your vision, ideas, achievements, forge new connections, learn from peers, assess progress, and become more competitive and successful in the future market of addiction therapeutics.
The Application Process: We encourage all companies, startups, and entrepreneurs active in developing products for addiction prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation to consider participating in this event. If you are interested, please submit your letter of interest by sending an email to the ISAM office isam.mdorozio@gmail.com to join the event at your earliest convenience. The subject line of email should be “Expressing Interest in ISAM 2025 Innovation Day.” Subsequently, you will hear from us.
Please note that the established companies selected to participate will enter into an agreement with the ISAM through which the responsibilities / liabilities / entitlements of each of the parties shall be articulated and agreed upon. Please also note that each company selected to participate will, as a part of the agreement with ISAM, provide an unrestricted grant to the ISAM, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization registered in Canada, besides paying the registration fee for the ISAM 2025 conference.
A. Morning Sessions The Agenda Outline (TBC)
– 07:00 – 8:30: Registration, and networking
– 8:30 – 8:45: Welcome and Introduction, Chair and Scientific Director
– 08:45 – 09:00: Opening Talk: Urgent Needs for Innovations in Addiction Therapeutics in the Global Level, Anja Busse (UNODC) and Dzmitry Krupchanka (WHO)
– 09:00 – 09:30: Lecture 1: Innovations in Addiction Therapeutics, Ivan Motoya, Director, Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences at US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
– 09:30 – 10:00: Lecture 2: Regulatory Considerations in Development of Therapeutics: From Discovery to Market, European and US Perspective, EMA Representative and FDA Representative
– 10:00 – 10:45: Companies and Startups Panel I: Preclinical Advances in Novel Molecular, Cellular and Circuit-based Targets for Addiction Therapeutics (3-4 companies)
– 10:45 – 11:15: Break
– 11:15 – 11:45: Lecture 3: How Brain Mapping Can Inform New Generation of Circuit-based Addiction Treatment
– 11:45 – 12:30: Companies and Startups Panel II: Neuromodulation for Addiction Therapeutics (3-4 companies)
– 12:30 – 13:30: Lunch Break
B. Afternoon Sessions
– 13:30 – 14:00: Lecture 4: How Mobile Apps and Telemedicine Can Reshape the Future of Addiction Treatment?
– 14:00 – 14:45: Companies and Startups Panel III: Digital and Behavioral Therapeutics (3-4 companies)
– 14:45 – 15:30: Companies and Startups Panel IV: From Early Clinical to Ready to Launch Products (3-4 companies)
– 15:30 – 16:00: Lecture 5: Global Governments and International Organizations Panel: WHO, UNODC, USA (NIDA), Europe (EUDA), UK, Japan, Brazil, Australia
– 16:00 – 16:30: Discussion Panel: Feedbacks from Addiction Clinicians and People with Lived or Living Experience in Drug Use: Most Promising Innovations in Addiction Therapeutics
– 16:30 – 17:00: Closing Remarks
– 19:00 – 21:00: Informal Social and Networking Dinner and Bar (out of pocket unless we will find a sponsor)
This meeting will be a pre-conference event with many opportunities for further discussions and networking meetings during 3 days of ISAM2025 conference.
Chair: ISAM President, Hamed AlGhaferi Organizing Team
Scientific Director: Hamed Ekhtiari
Leadership Team: Marc Potenza, Alexander Balddachino, Yasse Khazaal, Tarek Gawad, Susanna Galea-Singer, Atul Ambekar
Advisory Board: Ivan Montoya (NIDA), Anja Busse (UNODC), Marica Ferri (EUDA), Dzmitry Krupchanka (WHO), Anne Lingford-Hughes (Addiction Mission, UK)
Compliance Officer: Roshan Bhad
ISAM Officer: Marilyn Dorozio
Executive Team: Philip Hillier (ISAM2025), Mary Janssen van Raay (ISAM2026), Yasser Gawad, Mehran Zare-Bidoky, Arash Zonoozi, Mehmet Serhat Yildirim, Fateme-Sadat Abolghasemi, Başak Ünübol, Ediz Eyüpoğlu, Jenna Butner