Conference Day 1

Date: December 1, 2026 | 9:00 – 16:30, 19:00-23:00

Arrival and introduction

• Registration & coffee
• Welcome
• Opening of the conference
• Practical info
  

Theme 1 – Doping and public health: Global perspectives and shared responsibility

• Anti-Doping in Recreational Sports: State of the Field – Fredrik Lauritzen (Anti-Doping Norway)
  

Lunch & mingling

Theme 2 – Doping in gyms: Public health responses in Europe

• Anti Doping Denmark: Anti-Doping model for fitness centres and the Friend in the Mirror project among 10–12-year-olds in primary schools and sports clubs – Kasper Skat Lundgaard Krøll (Anti Doping Danmark)
• The Clean Exercise Commitment and Ambassadors’ Doping Prevention Classes Among Middle and Upper Secondary School Students – Mikko Lemettilä (A-Clinic Foundation)
• Clean Fitness Centers in Norway: From policy to practice — Prevention, Detection and Management in Gyms – Kristoffer Lie Loftheim (Anti Doping Norway)
• 100% Pure Hard Training – A co-produced model for successful doping prevention in Sweden – Johanna Gripenberg & Tobias Elgan (Karolinska Institutet/ STAD)
  

Coffee & mingling

Theme 3 – Youth at risk: Prevention, education and the illicit doping market

• From Pressure to Prevention: Confronting the Modern Drivers of Performance-Enhancing Substance Use through Education and Empowerment – Brian Parker (Taylor Hooton Foundation)
• From Prohibition to Harm Reduction: Rethinking Doping Prevention in Recreational Fitness – Eric Van Breda (Dopingautoriteit)
• Tuomas Korhonen (Finnish Customs)
  
  

Evening networking dinner

Conference Day 2

Date: December 2, 2026 | 9:00 – 12:30

Theme 4 – Doping use as a public health issue: Substances, harms and high-risk settings

• The Evolving Landscape of Image and Performance-Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs) in Recreational Sport and Exercise – Lambros Lazuras (University of Lincoln)
  

Coffee & mingling

Theme 5 – Doping and health: Treatment and human perspectives

• Recreational doping in Finland: insights from forensic autopsy studies – Paula Vauhkonen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) & Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki)
• Doping use in prisons – Jukka Koskelo (A-Clinic Foundation)
• Q&A with a former bodybuilder – Tapani Valkonen
  

Conclusion & next steps

Farewell lunch