4th Edition of Psychiatry and Addiction World Conference 2026

Biography

Andrej Kastelic, MD, PhD used to be the head of the National Center for the Treatment of Drug Addiction at the University Psychiatric Clinic in Ljubljana (Slovenia, EU) since its establishment in January 1995 till May 2024 and is a teacher for addiction, psychiatry and mental health at University of Ljubljana and Maribor at several Faculties. He is a court expert.

Andrej has worked as a consultant/expert specially for developing addiction treatment programs in communities and custodial setting for UNAIDS, UNODC, WHO, Council of Europe – Pompidou Group, EU, EMCDDA, OSCE, Global Found, Open Society Institute, … He has been involved as a consultant and/or principal trainer in developing treatment and harm reduction programs in Armenia, Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Island, Latvia, Malta, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Turkey and some Caribbean countries.

Dr Kastelic has been the President of Global Addiction Association and  serves as Secretary General of the European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD). He is a founding member of the World Federation for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence (WFO), president of the South Eastern European and Adriatic Society, president of the SEE Adriatic Addiction Treatment Network (SEEA net), founding member of International Society on Addiction Medicine (ISAM) and used to be Board Member of World Association on Dual Disorders (WADD).

He has been a president of organizing committee of major international conferences like International Harm Reduction Conference, International Society of Addiction Medicine, European Opioid Addiction Association - EUROPAD, Global Addiction Conferences, Vanguard and more than 10 South European Addiction Network Conferences (has been president since the beginning in 2002), 15 Symposia and 12 National Conferences.

He has received Dole – Nyswander Award in 2001 by American Association for Treatment of Opiate Dependence (AATOD) Gold Reflection Award in 2002, Slovene Ministry of Justice Award 2005 and EUROPAD “Chimera” Award in 2008.