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
09:10 – 10:00 Session 1 – Drug Situation in Europe
Overview of the drug situation in both Europe and Spain
10:00 – 10:40 Session 2 – Challenges in Alcohol Testing
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 3 – Onsite Sampling and Testing
Session dedicated to POCTs (AKA rapid tests), PETh (alcohol abuse marker) testing, Dried blood spots and interpretation challenges.
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 4 – International Partners, hosted by IFDAT
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Session 5 – Cannabis: Trends and Challenges
19:00 Conference Dinner
Friday, 11th April 2025
09:00 – 09:10 Anya Pierce Young Scientist Award
Session 6 – Workplace Drug Testing Stakeholders - The user experience
User-centric session with presentations of stakeholders from aviation, human resources and armed forces.
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 7 – Innovations in WDT
Session dedicated to less conventional matrices (e.g. nails, exhaled breath, sweat) and other innovative applications such as AI.
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 8 – MRO
Presentation of the International Association of Medical Review Officers’ Standard followed by a presentation and discussion of the role of the MRO in different parts of Europe.
15:30 – 16:00 Session 9 – EWDTS updates
Update by the EWDTS guidelines committee
16:00 Final Remarks
