51st Annual Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol

The Kettil Bruun Society’s 51st Symposium: Kaunas, Lithuania, 1-5 June 2026

The 51st KBS Symposium is hosted by Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in collaboration with the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas IN, and the Kaunas City.

The KBS conference is famed for its friendly and inclusive atmosphere, and emphasis on lively discussions of emerging, as yet unpublished, research. Attendees come from alcohol research, policy and advocacy backgrounds with a wide range of interests: public health, advocacy, epidemiology, social science, psychology, medicine, policy, health services or disease prevention.

KBS 2026 welcomes formal research or reports from practice on diverse topics. Examples include policy analysis and evaluation, alcohol cultures and practices including in minority or underserved populations, health and public service impacts, communication and advocacy, prevention, treatment, early intervention, alcohol industry tactics and counter-marketing, epidemiology and more. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, and applied practice-based research are welcome.

The symposium focuses on the discussion of papers that are pre-circulated electronically on a password-protected area on this website. Papers are presented in 10-minute segments, followed by comments from the discussants and general audience participation. Any person who submits a paper may be asked to be a discussant or chair of a session. More information on abstract and paper submission can be found on the abstract submission page.