Nordic Reform Conference 2025 – 26 September at Carls in Oslo
Learn. Advocate. Change.
A Nordic meeting point for evidence, experience, and new directions in drug policy.
Nordic Reform Conference 2025 is a one-day event in Oslo on September 26, bringing together researchers, health professionals, policymakers, activists, and people with lived experience.
Together, they’ll explore what a humane, evidence-based approach to drug policy can look like in practice. The conference will take place at Carls in Oslo.
From new thinking on prevention and treatment to honest conversations about enforcement, psychedelics, stigma, and user rights, the program reflects both the complexity and urgency of drug reform. Expect bold talks, real debate, and unfiltered perspectives - from academic research to lived realities.
Conference Program 2025
08:30
Registration
08:50
Musical Interlude
09:00
Welcome to Nordic Reform Conference 2025
09:10
The Case for Prevention and Economic Sense
Arne Holte, Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology at the University of Oslo
10:00
Questions
10:10
Coffee Break
10:20
It should be hard to be a drug user
Felipe Estrada, Professor at the Department of Criminology, Stockholm Univeristy
10:50
Cannabis and harms of enforcement
André Nilsen, Normal Norway
11:05
Questions
11:15
Coffee Break
11:30
Individualized understanding of personality disorders and addiction
Cathrine Bull-Stien, Psychotherapist in a private practice in Oslo
12:00
Questions
12:10
Lunch Break
12:55
Songs from Camilla Rowe
13:00
Considering pharmacological options in the treatment of dependence
Lars Tanum, DMSci specialist in Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
13:35
Questions
13:40
A conversation about alcohol
14:05
Fruit and coffee break
14:20
Changing minds, changing laws: The political process behind Czech regulatory change
Jana Michailidu, Advisor to the Czech Ministry of Justice on addiction policy and a researcher at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague.
14:50
Slamming - sexualized injection, health challenges and perspectives
Viktor Hjallar, Board member of Chemfriendly Norge, a molecular biologist with a master’s degree in neurophysiology
15:20
The Changing Landscape of International Drug Regulation
15:45
Nordic Reform Award 2025
16:00
Closing Remarks
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