Present at
AddictionZ 2026
Share your knowledge. Shape the future of addiction treatment.
Applications are now open to present at AddictionZ 2026, taking place 27–28 May 2026 at RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, QLD.
Whether you're a clinician, researcher, peer worker, policymaker, or someone with lived experience, this is your opportunity to contribute to a vital national conversation and be part of the sector’s collective shift from hope to action.
Apply To Present
Presenter submission deadline:17 October 2025.
Why Present at AddictionZ 2026?
- Discounted registration as a concurrent presenter
- Full access to all keynotes and conference sessions
- Your session promoted across our platforms
- Custom promo graphic and discount code to share with your network
- Connection opportunities with industry and sector leaders
- Access to social and wellbeing activities throughout the event
- 5-star venue experience and premium on-site catering
- 30-day on-demand access to all presentations
Raise Your Profile & Lead the Conversation
AddictionZ provides a supportive, inclusive platform for new and experienced voices alike.
Past presenters have gone on to keynote at national conferences, publish in leading journals, and collaborate across disciplines. This is your chance to share what’s working in your field, influence others, and open doors to new connections and opportunities.
Suggested Topics
Your submission should connect with the 2026 conference theme:
Addiction Treatment in a Changing World: Whole Person, Whole System, From Hope to Action
We welcome a wide range of perspectives that reflect the diverse realities of addiction treatment and recovery, from community to clinical, systems to lived experience.
Submissions can align with, but are not limited to, the following focus areas:
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Early Intervention and Prevention: Building Resilience Before Dependency
- Effective prevention programs in schools and communities
- Universal, selective and indicated prevention models: what works and for whom
- Embedding trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches in prevention
- Family-centred early intervention for intergenerational risk
- Addressing social determinants and protective factors in local prevention strategies
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Beyond Substances: Understanding Behavioural and Process Addictions
- Finding the common ground: shared mechanisms across process and substance addictions
- Social media addiction and digital mental health risks in youth
- Gaming, gambling and immersive tech: understanding psychological hooks
- AI-assisted tools to monitor, treat and prevent behavioural addictions
- Customised CBT and digital detox approaches
- Addressing the crossover of screen-based and substance addictions
- Hidden and emerging process addictions: shopping, work, compulsive helping, porn, hoarding
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From Brain to Body: Advancing Addiction Science and Pharmacological Therapies
- Neurobiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and the role of inflammation in addiction and relapse
- Precision psychiatry and pharmacogenomics: tailoring treatment to genetics and environment
- Psychedelics, ketamine, cannabis and novel therapies: emerging science and clinical applications
- Next-generation medication-assisted treatments and long-acting injectables
- Balancing pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for holistic recovery
- Equity and ethics: access, consent, and culturally responsive approaches for diverse communities
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Dual Diagnosis and Complex Presentations
- Dual diagnosis and integrated treatment across mental health and AOD services
- Pain management, trauma and substance use: navigating clinical complexity
- ADHD, autism and neurodivergence in substance use treatment
- Lived experience-led adaptations for neurodivergent-friendly treatment environments
- Eating disorders, body image and co-addictions
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Recovery, Innovation and System Reform: Transforming Addiction and Mental Health Care
- Trauma-informed, culturally secure, and flexible rehabilitation models
- Peer-led and lived experience–driven recovery and workforce initiatives
- Family and carer integration to strengthen recovery outcomes
- Community re-entry and vocational pathways, including creative and nature-based programs
- Cross-sector collaboration: government, NGOs, and private providers uniting for continuity of care
- Data-informed and ethical innovations in digital health, evaluation, and service delivery
- Supporting recovery in justice-involved populations: youth, adults and First Nations
- Addiction, crime and marginalisation: a systems response
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Culturally Safe, Community-Led Responses
- First Nations-led models of healing and care
- Addressing colonisation, racism and systemic barriers in addiction treatment
- Culturally responsive programs for migrant and refugee populations
- Multilingual and multicultural peer support and workforce development
- Using yarning, storytelling and Eldership in service design
- African diaspora community-led responses to AOD and mental health
- Supporting culturally diverse lived experience workers with targeted training and support
- Cultural humility across service models: from intake to aftercare
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Addiction Across the Life Course: Tailored Care from Youth to Ageing
- Adolescent brain development and early substance use
- Emerging adults and party drug cultures: new patterns, new solutions
- Gendered experiences: women, parenting and alcohol use
- Menopause, hormonal shifts and substance use
- Ageing, polypharmacy and late-onset addiction
- Neurodivergent needs across the lifespan: from early diagnosis to ageing with support
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The Future of Addiction Care: Innovation, Technology and Disruption
- Digital therapeutics and addiction apps: Evidence-based tools for craving, relapse, and recovery
- The AI-assisted clinician: Decision support, diagnosis and ethical boundaries
- Predictive analytics for relapse prevention: Using data to intervene before crisis
- Wearables and biosensors: Real-time feedback loops for self-regulation and support
- Gamified recovery tools: Behavioural design strategies that boost motivation and engagement
- Virtual reality in addiction treatment: Immersive environments for exposure, practice and connection
- Digital peer support and online communities: Building connection and safety in virtual spaces
- Equity in tech-based care: Addressing digital exclusion in rural, First Nations and marginalised populations
- Implementation challenges: Embedding innovation in traditional services and low-resource settings
- Emerging somatic approaches and their evidence base
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Addiction in the Workplace: Risk, Responsibility and Response
- High-risk industries: FIFO, healthcare, transport and hospitality
- Substance use and burnout: organisational accountability and support
- Building psychologically safe and inclusive workplaces
- Return-to-work and post-recovery workforce reintegration
- Peer champions and workplace wellbeing strategies
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Inclusion in Action: Prioritising Equity Across Priority Populations
- First Nations-led models of care and cultural healing
- LGBTIQA+ affirming treatment: best practices in gender and sexuality-informed care
- Addressing structural racism, ableism, and stigma in service systems
- Co-design with priority groups: from tokenism to true partnership
- Young people and intersectionality: youth-led responses for complex needs
- Disability-inclusive addiction care: adapting environments, language and supports
- Refugee and migrant populations: trauma-aware and culturally responsive approaches
- Supporting carers, chosen families and diverse support networks
- Community-led and non-clinical recovery approaches for refugee and migrant populations
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Shared Horizons – Trans-Tasman and Pacific Solutions in Addiction Care
- Indigenous knowledges and community-led recovery in Aotearoa and the PacificTrans-Tasman collaboration in workforce development, peer practice and policy reform
- Healing after displacement: substance use and trauma in Pacific Islander migrant communities
- Culturally grounded models from Tonga, Fiji, and the Cook Islands (others may be added here)
- Youth voices and leadership in Pacific Islander and Māori communities
- Climate stress, migration and addiction: emerging pressures on Pacific nations
- Funding and partnerships: building sustainable regional responses
- Language, land and identity: anchoring recovery in cultural reconnection
Presentation Styles
Oral Presentation
Take to the stage and present to the audience in a 20-minute speaking session with 5 minutes for questions.
Workshop Presentation
Keep the attention of attendees via engaging, hands-on learning experience in a 60-minute workshop.
Panel Presentation
Panel presentations bring together views from a group of presenters into a discussion of innovative ideas, current topics, and relevant issues. Each panel session will run for 60 minutes and will consist of at least 3 panel members.
Poster Presentation
Visually showcase your research or services via a printed poster, displayed in the conference exhibition area for the duration of the conference. A dedicated 15-minute poster session is included in the conference program. Posters also displayed virtually to e-delegates.
Key Dates
Presentation applications close: 17 October 2025
Successful applicants notified by: 1 December 2025