About

🧠 20th ESBRA Conference — Key Details

📍 Venue: UCLouvain campus, Brussels, Belgium
📅 Dates: 4–6 September 2025
Organiser: European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism—founded in 1988 as a nonprofit scientific organization promoting medical and biological research on alcoholism across Europe

https://www.esbra.com/esbra-2025

🎯 Objectives & Audience

• Primary goal: Foster European biomedical research on effects of alcohol—covering prevention, treatment, recovery support, molecular mechanisms, neuroscience, and public health


• Targeted attendees: Researchers, clinicians, early-career investigators, and professionals specializing in alcohol-related biomedical research

🗓 Important Milestones

• Symposium abstracts submission deadline: 1 May 2025


• General abstracts submission (oral or poster): 15 May 2025


• Early-bird registration deadline: 30 June 2025
  (Abstracts submitted after deadlines may not be included in the program.)

🧑‍🏫 Scientific Programme

• Plenary Speaker: George Koob, Director of the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)


• Keynote Speakers Include:
  
  
  
  • Christelle Baunez (France) – Cognition, basal ganglia research
  
  
  • Santiago Canals (Spain) – Brain plasticity
  
  
  • Shilpa Chokshi (UK) – Experimental hepatology
  
  
  • Bin Gao (USA) – Liver disease expert, NIH
  
  
  • Léonie Koban (France) – Neuroscience research leader
  
  

💶 Registration & Fees

• Standard member (without gala dinner): €450 early / €550 late


• Student member (without gala dinner): €150 early / €200 late


• Non-member standard: €550 early / €650 late


• Non-member student: €200 early / €250 late


• Full (includes gala dinner): additional €100–€120


• Important: Student status must be documented with proof to access reduced rates

🧩 Social & Networking Events

• Get‑together: Thursday 4 September, 18:00–20:00 at the Institute of Psychiatry — an opportunity for informal networking


• Early-Career Investigator Social: Thursday 4 Sept at Brussels Beer Project — dedicated session for early-career attendees


• 5‑Mile Run through Green Brussels: Wednesday 3 September at 18:00 — open to conference participants for fitness and informal networking


• Gala Dinner: Held atop the Royal Library of Belgium (Mont des Arts) — panoramic views, Belgian cuisine, social networking under the stars

📚 Society Background & Publication

• ESBRA Journal: Alcohol and Alcoholism, published by Oxford University Press and British Medical Council on Alcohol, featuring peer‑reviewed research across biomedical, psychological, and sociological domains


• Leadership: Conference President is Prof. Philippe de Timary

✅ Why Attend?

• Engage with leading experts and discover cutting‑edge research on alcohol-related biomedical topics


• Present your own findings via oral or poster formats


• Network across career stages in both formal and informal gatherings


• Experience Brussels through a community event and gala setting