The 17th annual ‘Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence’ (IOTOD) meeting took place at the Steigenberger Airport Hotel on the 13–14 May 2019.

The 2019 IOTOD Scientific Committee headed-up the two-day meeting, with international experts invited to speak on topics such as opioid analgesic dependence (OAD), abstinence-based pathways, overdose prevention, and HIV and HCV.

Scientific Committee

Professor Jens Reimer

University Medical Center Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

Dr Elisabeth Avril

Gaia Paris

Paris, France

Duncan Hill

Specialist Pharmacist in Substance Misuse, NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL)

Glasgow, Scotland

Graham Foster

Professor of Hepatology, Queen Mary's University of London & Consultant, Bart's Health NHS Trust

London, UK