We are pleased to announce that the 10th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) is due to take place on 7-8-9 July 2025 in Nantes, France.
This conference is the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA) that aims to assemble specialists working in the field of behavioral addictions to provide a venue for face-to-face networking, as well as a forum for presenting and discussing the most recent research results of the field.
We look forward to welcoming researchers, clinicians, social workers, health service professionals, people with lived experience and everyone else who is interested in behavioral addictions whatever their perspective is.
Join us in Nantes between July 7-8-9, 2025.
Yours sincerely,
Zsolt Demetrovics President of ISSBA
Marie Grall-Bronnec Local Organizer
Gaëlle Challet Local Organizer
This conference is a unique opportunity to:
Share scientific knowledge on behavioral (non-substance related) addictions.
Enhance your knowledge and awareness on the common and less common behavioral
addictions from a multi-disciplinary point of view, and explore novel forms of intervention and prevention models.
Gain a better understanding of different approaches of non-substance related addictions, research reports focusing on
the addictive patterns of various behaviors, especially disorders of the impulsive-compulsive spectrum, such as:
gambling / internet / computer and video games / online gaming / pyromania / kleptomania / intermittent explosive disorder
/trichotillomania / onychophagia / skin picking / compulsive buying / sexual behavior / compulsive hoarding / exercise dependence
/ obsessive-compulsive disorder / eating disorders / body dysmorphic disorder / muscle dysmorphic disorder / hypochondriasis
/ other excessive behaviors or non-substance addiction disorders / behavioral addictions in children/adolescents
Coverage ranges from genetic and neurobiological research through psychological and clinical psychiatric approaches to
epidemiological, sociological and anthropological aspects.
Meet experts and facilitate the development of new international networks and collaborations.
For more information please select from the side menu
1. Registration is administrated via an external tool: ConfTool. There, you may create a user account to enter or view reviews and access the results of the reviewing process. To do so, please click on the "Click here" button. 2. To arrange your accommodation, please go to accommodation (Please visit our website later.). 3. Abstract submission happens also via the ConfTool. For further information please go to the "Abstract submission" side menu by clicking on this link.
Registration fee (deadlines are given in GMT+0 23:59):
Early bird registration deadline extended: 10 December 2024 (payment must be completed not later than 10 January 2025)
Normal registration: 11 December 2024 - 17 February 2025 (payment must be completed not later than 17 March 2025)
Late registration: From 18 February 2025, or onsite
Early bird
Normal
Late / onsite
ISSBA member
490 EUR
590 EUR
690 EUR
Non-member
600 EUR
700 EUR
800 EUR
Student ISSBA member
350 EUR
450 EUR
550 EUR
Student non-member
400 EUR
500 EUR
600 EUR
Not included in the registration fee:
Gala dinner: 75 EUR
Les Machines de l’ile Tour: 20 EUR (09.07.2025. between 4-6pm) If you have already registered for the conference and would like to add this programme to your registration, please let us know by emailing icba@issba.hu.
The use of the reduced registration fee is subject to the payment of the membership fee (for 2025) of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA). (Those who are already members are expected to pay the 2024 membership fee as well.)
The Journal of Behavioral Addictions offers a 15% discount for corresponding authors who are members of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA).
The registration fee includes:
Admission to all scientific sessions
Admission to Welcome reception on 7 July
Refreshments during breaks
Lunch on 8 and 9 July
Please note that we can only refund 40% of the registration fee if cancelled officially before the 30 April 2025. No refund is possible if cancellation is made at a later date.
Abstract submission is closed for symposia and oral presentation.
The deadline for mini-talks and posters is extended: 31 January 2025.
Abstract submission happens via an external tool: ConfTool. There, you may create a user account to enter, submit your abstract(s) and access the results of the reviewing process. To do so, please click on the "Click here" button.
Topics of discussion
ADHD (Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder) / Body dysmorphic disorder / Buying-shopping addiction (Compulsive buying) / Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (hypersexuality) / Eating disorders / Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder / Exercise dependence / Food Addiction / Gambling Disorder / Gaming disorder (computer and video games, online gaming) / Hoarding Disorder / Hypochondriasis / Intermittent Explosive Disorder / Internet addiction / Kleptomania / Mobile Phone Addiction / Muscle dysmorphic disorder / Obsessive-compulsive disorder / Pornography Addiction / Pyromania / Social Media Addiction / Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) / Work Addiction
Please note that you should preferably be the presenting author of only one, but no more than two papers.
Information for oral presentations
If using a PowerPoint (or any other computer) presentation, please note you need to bring it on a USB pendrive/flashdrive. You will need to upload it on the computer in the room assigned for your session. Assistance is provided upon request.
If combining video films with PowerPoint, please make sure to check it in the session hall where your lecture is taking place during a coffee or lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session.
Please note that the conference’s computers in the session halls are being supplied with Microsoft Windows.
Presentations should be 15 minutes in duration with an additional 1-2 minutes following for questions.
Information for symposia
Symposia (90 minutes) are organized by a chair person and consist of 4-5 individual oral presentations.
All abstracts need to be uploaded by the chair person.
Information for mini talks
Please prepare your presentation to a maximum of 2-3 minutes in length (maximum of 5 slides).
An additional 1-2 minutes will be available for questions/comments.
Please prepare your presentations in PowerPoint (.pptx, .ppt).
Information for poster presentation
Please note that you must bring the printed poster to the conference.
The poster size for the ICBA2025 conference is the standard A0 size: 841 mm (width) X 1189 mm (height).
The posters are hung using black metal clips, which will be provided with the stands.
Nantes is a fast-growing city on the western French Atlantic coast, with a flourishing economy and vibrant cultural scene, making it one of Europe’s top emerging destinations.
It is the sixth largest city in France, with a population of more than 320,000 habitants for the city of Nantes and nearly 1 million inhabitants for the metropolitan area.
The Nantes metropolitan area, associated with the Saint-Nazaire metropolitan area constituting its outer port on the Loire estuary, today forms the main metropolitan hub of the West Region of France.
The city owes its development to its location on the banks of the Loire. Its rich architectural heritage, largely inherited from the 18th and 19th centuries, has allowed it to be awarded the label of city of art and history. The image of the city is the combination of different eras, symbolized by the castle of Nantes (Château des Ducs de Bretagne), Feydeau Island, the Pommeraye passage, the LU tower, the sporting exploits of FC Nantes, or more recently the shows of the Royal de Luxe artistic company.
As the first European Green Capital in France, Nantes is an eco-friendly city that successfully combines respect for environment and quality of life.
It is the ideal place to meet people, exchange and share ideas!
You can find information about Nantes’ transport (including public transport, taxis, car, airport shuttle, car rental with driver, park and ride, bike rental, etc.) on the link below:
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/en/to-plan/getting-around/
La Cité offers to participants free public transport during the conference. It will be an individual paper pass that will be provided upon arrival at the conference, and valid exclusively for the duration of the conference. Please note that this pass excludes the airport shuttle. The paper pass will be available at the registration desk on arrival, subject to availability.
Tramway: stops at each station, boarding is prohibited when the beep signal is sounding.
Bus: raise your hand for the bus to stop, board through the front, press the STOP button onboard to request your stop.
Navibus (by boat): the navibus is accessible with a Naolib transport ticket (ticket, subscription, m-ticket) which you must validate on board.
If you have forgotten or lost personal items in a vehicle, the Lost Property Office is located at the central City Hall (Mairie), 29 rue de Strasbourg - Nantes. Opening time on Monday to Friday from 1 pm to 5 pm (AlloNantes +33 (0)2 40 41 90 00).
Costs:
Naolib public transport is free on weekends; the only exception is the Airport Shuttle which always requires the purchase of a specific ticket.
Single ride (1 hour): €1.80
10-ticket single ride (1 hour) book: €17.50
Airport Shuttle: €10
Day pass (24-hour ride): €6.50
Day pass (24-hour ride) for 4 persons: €13.00
The 1h & 24h tickets are valid on the entire tramway, bus, navibus and TER network within the urban area, excluding the Airport Shuttle.
To travel on the Airport Shuttle, you must use a ticket of the same name.
How to buy tickets:
As mTickets with the free mobile app.
In ticket machines at stations on lines 1 to 5 (Tramway and Busway).
In the 120 Relais Naolib convenience stores throughout the Nantes metropolitan area.
From mobility advisors at the Commerce line 1 station in Nantes.
If necessary, you can get a 1-hour emergency ticket for €2.50 from the bus driver (except lines 4 and 5), in cash only. Please have the exact change.
The 1-hour airport shuttle ticket is on sale on board the shuttle, and can only be purchased by credit card.
WHAT TO DO AND VISIT IN AND AROUND NANTES?
Please visit the “Voyage à Nantes” (a journey to Nantes) website:
Euro is the currency of France (banking code: EUR)
Debit cards and all major credit cards are widely accepted in France.
ATMs are available throughout Nantes.
Contactless payments are generally possible in most businesses.
ELECTRICITY
In France, the standard voltage is 230 Volts and the frequency is 50 Hz. You can use your electric appliances in France, if the standard voltage in your country is in between 220 - 240 V (in the case of the UK, Europe, Australia and most of Asia and Africa).
The power outlets are type E. Both type C and E plugs can fit into power outlets (type E) in France.
TIME ZONE
During summer, the time zone in metropolitan France is the Central European Time (CEST) (UTC +2).
TELEPHONE
The international code for France is +33.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
These are 24-hour service emergency numbers; we truly hope no one will need these:
112 - European emergency number
Other national emergency numbers :
15 - medical emergency (SAMU)
17 - police
18 - fire brigade
116000 - missing children
114 - National centre for emergency calls for users with disabilities: Users with disabilities can access the emergency services by e-mail or SMS to 114.
The aims of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA) are to study behavioral addictions and to help developing the interface of behavioral addiction science on the international stage.
