Congress History
- 9th World Congress on ADHD
2023
The 9th World Congress on ADHD was held from 18 - 21 May 2023 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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With 1,600 delegates, the 9th World Congress on ADHD 2023 was again a very successful congress, also keeping in mind that it was the first in-person ADHD congress after the pandemic. Participants from 78 countries attended the 67 scientific sessions and the poster exhibition which displayed 326 posters of various topics. The posters were presented in 27 guided poster tours.
Top 10 countries in attendance were:
United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, USA, Canada and Norway.
- 8th World Congress on ADHD
2021
The 8th World Congress on ADHD was held as a virtual congress for the first time from the 6 - 9 May 2021.
More than 1,100 delegates from 58 countries attended 45 scientific sessions, and 147 posters of various topics were displayed during the virtual poster exhibition.
Top 10 countries in attendance were:
People's Republic of China, Germany, Brazil, United Kingdom, USA, Switzerland, Portugal, Czech Republic, The Netherlands and Australia
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- 7th World Congress on ADHD
2019
The 7th World Congress on ADHD was held from 25 - 28 April 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
With 1,600 delegates, the 7th World Congress on ADHD 2019 was a very successful congress. Participants from 64 countries attended 49 scientific sessions and the poster exhibition which displayed 295 posters of various topics and were presented in 28 guided poster tours.
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- 6th World Congress on ADHD
2017
The 6th World Congress on ADHD was held in Vancouver, Canada, from 20 - 23 April 2017. In was held outside of Europe for the first time ever.
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With nearly 1,000 delegates from more than 60 countries worldwide, the Vancouver meeting continues the successful development of the World Congress on ADHD.
New formats like the Late Breaking Discussion Theatre as well as the Grand Round were well attended and received extremly positive responses by the audience.
Take a look at the picture gallery 2017.
- 5th World Congress on ADHD
2015
The 5th World Congress on ADHD was held from 28 - 31 May 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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It was a very well-attended meeting with outstanding sessions and more than 1,600 delegates from 64 countries.
Special thanks to these 2 outstanding scientific sessions:
Keynote lecture in the opening ceremony
That psychiatric genetics has taught us about the nature of psychiatric disorders and what there is left to learn
Peter McGuffin, United Kingdom
A role play clinical interview
An ADHD evaluation of young John F. Kennedy
Thomas E. Brown, USA
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- 4th World Congress on ADHD
2013
From 6 - 9 June 2013 the 4th World Congress on ADHD was held in Milan, Italy.
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More than 2,000 delegates from 87 countries joined the congress, making it a great success.
- 3rd World Congress on ADHD
2011
The 3rd International Congress on ADHD – From childhood to adult disease took place in Berlin, Germany, 26 - 29 May 2011.
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The well-attended congress with 2,100 delegates in attendance, promoted an excellent collection of scientific sessions based upon suggestions made by members of the International Scientific Programme Committee.
- 2nd World Congress on
ADHD2009
The 2nd International Congress on ADHD was held from
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21 - 24 May 2009 in Vienna, Austria.
The combination of this charming city that is rich in history and culture, the famous “Viennese School of Medicine” and many extraordinary hot spots made the congress, which took place in the heart of the city, a spectacular event. This congress was a big success and a step forward in bringing together outstanding scientists in the field of ADHD from all five continents with more than 1,700 attendees from 70 countries. - 1st International Congress on ADHD 2007
and 39th International Danube Symposium2007
The 39th International Danube Symposium and 1st International Congress on ADHD were combined into a congress, that took place in Würzburg, Germany.
It presented high-quality scientific sessions that started on 2 June 2007 with the Opening Lecture on the Asperger's Syndrome by Professor Helmut Remschmidt, Germany. In the following days 14 Plenary Symposia, 25 Hot Topic Symposia, 26 Educational Seminars, 27 Guided Poster Tours and 3 Video Sessions were offered in an extremely attractive and stimulating scientific programme.