Registration ended 3-4-2025
Program Highlight
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
17:00 Registration opens, Catalonia Plaza Catalunya Hotel
19.00 Welcome Reception
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
09:00 - 09:10 Official Welcome Address-José Restolho, EWDTS President
Session One: “Drug Situation in Europe”
Chairpersons: Gary McCutcheon, Wim Schielen
09:10 - 09:45 Drug situation in Europe-Conor Crean (UNODC)
09:45 - 10:00 Platinum Sponsor – Eurofins Forensic Services
Session Two: “Challenges in Alcohol Testing"
Chairpersons: Susan Carter-Edwards, Peter Akrill
10:00 - 10:20 From Paper to Pixels: Digital Solutions for Alcohol and Drug Testing- Tina Ruoff
10:20 - 10:40 What’s wrong with my hair (analysis)? (University of Turin)- Alberto Salomone
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break - Sponsors exhibition
Session Three: “Onsite Sampling and Testing”
Chairpersons: Josè Restolho, Lorna Nisbet
11:00 - 11:20 POCT – Limitations and current EWDTS position- Mark Piper (Randox)
11:20 - 11:40 Determination by UHPLC-MS/MS of 18 common drugs of abuse and metabolites, including THC and OH-THC, in volumetric Dried Blood Spots: method development and validation of a practical application for on-site drug testing- Christina Ververi (Univ. Turin – Anya Pearse Award winner)
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 break - Poster session and Sponsors exhibition
Session Four: “International Partners, hosted by IFDAT”
Chairpersons: Mark Piper, Serap Akgur
14:00 - 14:30 The politics of Cannabis-Jim Greer (NDASA)
14:30 - 15:00 International Testing- Bon Idziak (IFDAT)
15:00 - 15:30 The Changing Face of Drug Testing –Virtual Drug Testing- Faye Caldwell (Caldwell Everson)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break - Sponsors exhibition
Session Five: “Cannabis: Trends and Challenges”
Chairpersons: Monica Eneholm, Fatima Pereira da Silva
16:00 - 16:20 Cannabis in Germany- Christoph Sauer (Synlab)
16:20 - 16:40 Cannabis in breath- Jerry Crosby (OmegaLabs)
16:40 - 17:00 Cannabidiol use and road-associated risks- 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, April 11th, 2025
09:00 - 09:10 Anya Pierce Young Scientist Award
09:10 – 09:30 Workplace Drug Testing Explorer: an interactive tool for monitoring and analysing workplace drug testing data-
Giorgia Ferrero (Univ. Turin – Anya Pearse Award winner)
Session Six: “Drug Situation in Spain”
Chairpersons: Alberto Salomone, Lorna Nisbet
09:30 - 10:00 The situation of drugs and addictions in Spain- Joan-Ramon Villalbí (Government’s Commissioner 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 - Sponsors exhibition
Session Seven: “Innovations in WDT”
Chairpersons: Fatima Pereira da Silva, Susan Carter-Edwards
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- Olof Beck (Breath Explor)
12:00 - 12:30 AI in the context of WDT- Michael Scholz
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break - Poster session and Sponsors exhibition
Session Eight: “MRO’s“
Chairpersons: Gary McCutcheon, Josè Restolho
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 Nine: “EWDTS updates“
Chairpersons: Peter Akrill, Alberto Salomone
15:30 - 15:55 EWDTS Guidelines committee update- Mark Piper
15:55- 16:00 Nieuw setup of EWDTS membership Wim schielen
16:00 - 16:15 Gold Sponsor – Omega Labs
16:15 – 16:30 Gold Sponsor – Randox
”Final remarks”
