Our Yearly Meetings
Thank You for Joining Us at INRC 2026, July 13 - 16th
On behalf of the INRC Executive Committee and Organizing Committee, we would like to thank everyone who joined us for the International Narcotics Research Conference 2026 in Denver, Colorado.
The success of INRC is made possible by the enthusiasm, expertise, and engagement of our community. We are grateful to all of our speakers, poster presenters, trainees, attendees, session chairs, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers, and staff for their contributions throughout the meeting.
Over four days, we had the opportunity to share exciting new discoveries, exchange ideas across disciplines, foster new collaborations, and support the next generation of scientists. These interactions are what continue to make INRC a unique and valuable forum for advancing research in pain, addiction, opioids, and related fields.
We hope you found the meeting scientifically rewarding, professionally enriching, and personally enjoyable. Your participation and commitment to open scientific exchange are what keep our community strong.
As we conclude another successful meeting, we are already looking ahead to the next chapter. We are delighted to invite you to INRC 2027, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan, from June 30 to July 4, 2027. We look forward to welcoming both returning and first-time attendees for another exciting scientific program and the opportunity to connect with colleagues from around the world. Be sure to mark your calendars, and share this opportunity with collaborators and friends—we hope to see you in Tokyo next summer!
Thank you once again for being part of INRC 2026.
The INRC 2026 Executive Committee & Organizing Committee
You can still download our PDF version of the full INRC2026 program here
Past Meetings
Bologna, Italy - July 8th-11th 2025
Organizing Committee: Andrea Bedini (Chair), Patrizia Romualdi (Co-Chair) / Daniele Caprioli / Carla Ghelardini / Roberta Lattanzi / Livio Luongo / Matteo Marti
Scientific Committee : Patrizia Romualdi (co-Chair) / Andrea Bedini (co-Chair) / Ream Al-Hasani / Elena Bagley / Chris Bailey / Girolamo Calò / Wakako Fujita / Lucia Hipolito / Brian Reed / Paola Sacerdote
Ann Arbor, MI - July 9-12 2024
Organizing Committee : Emily Jutkiewicz (Chair) / Erica Levitt / John Traynor / Jessica Anand / Will Birdsong / Alan Smrcka / Manoj Puthenveedu
Scientific Committee : John Traynor (USA) / Stephen Husbands (UK) / Tao Che (USA) / John Streicher (USA) / Anna Taylor (Canada) / Meritxell Canals (UK) / Alan Smrcka (USA)
Atlanta, GA - July 9-12 2023
Organizing Committee : Anne Murphy (Chair) / Catherine Cahill (Co-Chair) / Wakako Fujita / Anna Taylor / Matthew Hearing / Alex Bailey / Stephanie Puig / Sandra Comer / Meaghan Creed / Katia Befort / Elena Bagley.
Valencia, Spain - July 4th-8th 2022
Organizing Committee: Lucia Hipolito (Chair) / Jose Moron-Concepcion (Co-Chair) / Ream Al-Hasani / Alexis Bailey / Catherine Cahill / Meritxell Canals / José de Andrés / Rafael Maldonado / Dominique Massote / Nicolas Massaly / Amynah Pradhan / Maria Jose Sánchez-Catalán / Tuan Trang
Online Meeting - July 12th-14th 2021
Organizing Committee: Susie Ingram (Co-Chair) / Nicolas Massaly (Co-Chair) / Jay McLaughlin (Co-Chair) / Meritxell Canals / Anushree N Karkhanis / Kabir Lufty / Anne Z Murphy / Cyril Rivat / Greg Scherrer / John Streicher / Hugo Tejeda
Online Meeting - July 22nd-24th 2020
Organizing Committee: Nicolas Massaly / Lucia Hipolito / Ream Al-Hasani / Jose Moron-Concepcion Amynah Pradhan / Emily Jutkiewicz / Andrea Bedini / Brian Reed / Eamonn Kelly
Larry Toll / Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen
New York City - July 7th - 11th 2019
Chair : Lakshmi Devi / Mary-Jeanne Kreek
Young Investigator Award: Dr. Emily Jutkiewicz
Founder’s Award: Dr Solomon H. Snyder
San Diego - June 12-16, 2018
Chair: Larry Toll
Young Investigator Award: Dr Tuan Trang
Founders’ Award: Pr Macdonald Christie
Chicago - July 9-14, 2017
Chair : Amynah Pradhan
Young Investigator Award: Dr Aashish Manglik
Founders’ Award: Pr John Traynor
Bath, England - July 11-14, 2016
Chairs: Chris Bailey (UK) / Eamonn Kelly (UK) / Graeme Henderson (UK)
Young Investigator Award: Dr Amynah Pradhan
Founders’ Award: Pr Lakshmi Devi
Phoenix - June 15-19, 2015
Chairs: Todd W. Vanderah (USA, Chair) / Jose Moron-Concepcion (USA, Co-Chair)
Young Investigator Award: Dr Gregory Scherrer
Founders’ Award: Pr Gavril Pasternak
Montreal - July 13-18, 2014
Chairs: Louis Gendron (Canada, Chair) / Catherine Marie Cahill (USA, Co‐chair)
Young Investigator Award: Dr Michael Bruchas
Founders’ Award: Dr Brigitte Kieffer / Dr Christopher Evans
Cairns, Australia - July14-19, 2013
Chairs: Mark Connor (Australia, Co-Chair) / Mac Christie (Australia, Co-Chair)
Founders’ Award: Pr Graeme Henderson
Kansas City, MO - July 15-20 2012
Chair: Thomas Prisinzano (USA)
Founders’ Award: Pr Ivy Carroll
Hollywood, FL - June 21-25
Chairs: Sari Izenwasser, PhD (USA) / Ellen Unterwald, PhD (USA)
Founders’ Award: Pr Charles Chavkin
Malmo, Sweden - July 11-16 2010
Chair: Fred Nyberg (Sweden)
Founders’ Award: Pr Masamichi Satoh
Older Meetings List can be found here