We are pleased to announce that the 8th European FASD Conference will be held in beautiful Amiens, France, from 13th to 16th September 2026.
The Conference is the main event presented every two years by the European Alliance EUFASD, and a great opportunity to put Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the spotlight.
It will bring together the FASD community of families, professionals and researchers, but more than ever it is open to all those likely to contribute to FASD understanding and caring, in a bid to reposition fetal alcohol within the many broader fields of research and public action it belongs to.
A variety of sessions and papers will cover a wide scope of topics:
• Pathophysiology
• Epidemiology
• Prevention & harm reduction
• Diagnoses
• Brain, cognition & behaviors (neurophenotype)
• Prognosis
• Interventions & care
• Adulthood & lifelong burden
• Empowerment & advocacy
Among these, special emphasis will be placed on:
• Key mechanisms of alcohol developmental toxicity and susceptibility
• Cumulative vulnerabilities and comorbid risk factors
• Accuracy and reliability in epidemiological estimates
• Prevention and harm reduction in high risk population
• Improving diagnosis of non syndromic forms of FASD:
- etiological specificity and differential workup
- (bio)markers beyond facial features and exposure report
• Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and FASD
- brain and neurodevelopmental phenotype
- meaning and coordinated use of the different types of diagnoses
• Evidence-basing for unspecific and FASD-designed interventions
• Anticipation and prevention of secondary disabilities and disorders
• Life paths, care paths, barriers and facilitators
• Expectations and challenges of new technologies
A call for papers will be issued by the end of Summer 2025
The Conference will be accompanied by two associated events:
• On Sunday, September 13th, there will be a Family Day, open to all French-speaking families.
• On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 16th, there will be a training session for French professionals, particularly general practitioners.
The 8th European FASD Conference is organized by the Association Vivre avec le SAF with the support of EUFASD and numerous French reference institutions and expert teams. It is sponsored by Mildeca (Interministerial Mission to Fight Drugs and Addictive Behaviors).
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