Program Highlight
Wednesday, 9th April 2025
17:00 Registration opens
19:00 Welcome reception
Thursday, 10th April 2025
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome address from the President of the EWDTS- José Restolho
Session 1 – Drug Situation in Europe
09:10 – 09:45 TBC
09:45 – 10:00 Platinum Sponsor – Eurofins Forensic Services
Session 2 – Challenges in Alcohol Testing
10:00 – 10:20 From Paper to Pixels: Digital Solutions for Alcohol and Drug Testing - Tina Ruoff (Drager)
10:20 – 10:40 What’s wrong with my hair (analysis)? – Alberto Salomone (University of Turin)
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 3 – Onsite Sampling and Testing
11:00 – 11:20 POCT – Limitations and current EWDTS position – Mark Piper (Randox)
11:20 – 11:40 Rapid Tests – Thomas Zander
11:40 – 12:00 Phosphatidylethanol Analysis: Challenges, Pitfalls, and Considerations – Marc Luginbühl (PEth.Net)
12:00 – 12:15 Diamond Sponsor - Wondfo
12:15 – 12:30 Diamond Sponsor - Accubio
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session 4 – International Partners, hosted by IFDAT
14:00 – 14:30 The politics of Cannabis – Jim Greer (NDASA)
14:30 – 15:00 International Testing – Bon Idziak (IFDAT)
15:00 – 15:30 Proctored testing - Faye Caldwell (Caldwell Everson)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
Session 5 – Cannabis: Trends and Challenges
16:00 – 16:20 Cannabis in Germany – Christoph Sauer (Synlab)
16:20 – 16:40 Cannabis in breath – Jerry Crosby (OmegaLabs)
16:40 – 17:00 CBD vs THC in Hair – The Case of France – Vincent Ciriméle (Laboratoire ChemTox)
17:00 – 17:20 New uses of cannabinoids: The role of CBD in harm reduction and the challenges of semi-synthetic cannabinoids - Mireia Ventura (Energy Control)
17:20 – 17:30 Closing remarks of Day 1.
19:00 Conference Dinner
Friday, 11th April 2025
09:00 – 09:30 Anya Pierce Young Scientist Award
Session 6 – Workplace Drug Testing Stakeholders - The user experience
09:30 – 10:00 Drug Situation in Spain - Government Delegate for the National Plan on Drugs
10:00 – 10:15 Gold Sponsor - Biotage
10:15 – 10:30 Gold Sponsor - Abbott
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 7 – Innovations in WDT
11:00 – 11:20 The potential of nails as biological matrix in workplace drug and alcohol testing – Elena Lendoiro (USC)
11:20 – 11:40 Sweat Testing – DrugPatch
11:40 – 12:00 Breath Testing - TBC
12:00 – 12:30 AI in the context of WDT (TBC)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session 8 – MRO
14:00 – 14:30 IAMRO - International Association of Medical Review Officers’ Standard – Nadine Wentzell (IAMRO)
14:30 – 15:30 The IAMRO Standard application In Europe – 10 min presentation each + Panel discussion:
- Sweden – Monica Eneholm
- UK – Trevor Maze
- Turkiye – Serap Akgür
Session 9 – EWDTS updates
15:30 – 16:00 EWDTS Guidelines committee update - Wim Schielen and Mark Piper
16:00 – 16:15 Gold Sponsor – Omega Labs
16:15 – 16:30 Gold Sponsor – Randox
16:00 Final Remarks
