ICBA 2025
10th International Conference on
Behavioral Addictions
 
ICBA 2025
10th International Conference on
Behavioral Addictions
 
ICBA 2025
10th International Conference on
Behavioral Addictions
 
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7-8-9 July 2025 Nantes, France
7-8-9 July 2025 Nantes, France
7-8-9 July 2025
Nantes, France

Dear Colleagues,

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

Registration
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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 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:

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:

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
Abstract submission
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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

Please note that you should preferably be the presenting author of only one, but no more than two papers.

Information for oral presentations

Information for symposia

Information for mini talks

Information for poster presentation

Keynote speakers
Keynote speakers
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Program
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Location and venue
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NANTES

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!

For more information please check this link:
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/en/

LA CITÉ NANTES CONGRESS CENTRE

ICBA 2025 will be hosted at the La Cité Nantes Congress Centre.

Address:
5, rue de Valmy – BP 24102
44041 Nantes Cedex 1 – France

Travel information
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ARRIVING TO NANTES

(how to arrive, by train, plane or other transports / accessibility)
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/en/to-plan/coming-to-nantes/

PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN NANTES

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/

Website of the Nantes’ public transport company (Naolib):https://naolib.fr/en

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.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

A free mobile app is available for all your travels, to access timetables, traffic information, maps, routes, Tickets:
App store : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/naolib-tram-bus/id502653639
Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.semitan.tan&hl=en_US&pli=1

How to travel on Naolib network?

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:

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:

WHAT TO DO AND VISIT IN AND AROUND NANTES?

Please visit the “Voyage à Nantes” (a journey to Nantes) website:

CURRENCY / CREDIT CARDS

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:

Accommodation Accommodation Accommodation
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Scientific committee
Scientific committee
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Scientific committee
Sophia Achab
University of Geneva
(Switzerland)
Joël Billieux
University of Lausanne
(Switzerland)
Beáta Bőthe
University of Montreal
(Canada)
Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Imperial College
(United Kingdom)
Matthias Brand
University of Duisburg-Essen
(Germany)
Susumu Higuchi
National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center
(Japan)
Susana Jimenez-Murcia
Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL
(Spain)
Daniel King
Flinders University
(Australia)
Orsolya Király
Eötvös Loránd University
(Hungary)
Hae Kook Lee
The Catholic University of Korea Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital
(Republic of Korea)
Astrid Müller
Hannover Medical School
(Germany)
Marc N. Potenza
Yale University
(USA)
Anise Wu
University of Macau
(China)
Previous ICBA Conferences
Previous ICBA Conferences
Previous ICBA Conferences
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International Conference on Behavioral Addictions

Budapest (Hungary) - 11-12 March, 2013

Budapest (Hungary) - 16-18 March, 2015

Geneva (Switzerland) - 14-16 March, 2016

Haifa (Israel) - 20-22 February, 2017

Cologne (Germany) - 23-25 April, 2018

Yokohama (Japan) - 17-19 June, 2019

Nottingham (United Kingdom) - 20-22 June, 2022

Incheon (South Korea) – 23-25 August, 2023

Gibraltar – 8-10 July, 2024


Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
The journal
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The Journal of Behavioral Addictions (impact factor: 6,6) provides a unique opportunity to publish in the field of any behavioral addictions.

We expect to prepare a special issue in which all abstracts accepted for symposia, oral presentation, mini-talk or poster will be disseminated.


More information on JBA
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions
ISSBA
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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.


More information on ISSBA
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Abstract submission and registration inquiries

Andrea Eisinger
Email: icba@ppk.elte.hu

Scientific Information

Zsolt Demetrovics
Email: zsolt.demetrovics@gmail.com

Scientific Information

Zsolt Demetrovics
Email: zsolt.demetrovics@gmail.com
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