Programme

Details about the workshops will be published in July. 

The EFTC conference will be available in English and French, with simultaneous translation of the speakers’ presentations.

Monday 21 September 


19 :00-21 :00
Welcome Cocktail 
📍 Location: 🏛️ Bordeaux City Hall

  • Thomas Cazenave, Mayor of Bordeaux (to be confirmed)
  • Catherine Delorme, President of  Fédération Addiction
  • Jean-Michel Delile, President of CEID-Addictions
  • Marie Degrand-Guillaud, Director of Aurore

Tuesday 22 September

08:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski

09:30 Opening Session
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski
  • Nicolas Prisse, President of MILDECA (Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behaviours)
  • Benoît Elleboode, Director General of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (to be confirmed)
  • Phaedon Kaloterakis, President of EFTC (European Federation of Therapeutic Communities
  • Catherine Delorme, President of  Fédération Addiction

10:15-12:30 Plenary Session 1 “Therapeutic Communities in France: historical overview, professional practices and current challenges”
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski
Session chair : Nicolas Bourguignon, director of CEID Addictions, board member of Fédération Addiction and bord lead for residential care. 
With : 
  • Jean-Pierre Couteron, psychologist, Former president of Federation Addiction (2007-2018). 
  • Didier Jayle, former President of MILDECA (Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behaviours) (2002-2007) 
  • Jean-Michel Delile, psychiatrist, President of CEID Addictions
  • Susie Longbottom, counselling lead at the Aurore association, former Director of the Aubervilliers Therapeutic Community, member of the French Therapeutic Communities Network
  • 2 former residents of therapeutic communities

12:45-13:45 Lunch break
📍 Location: 🏦 Palais de la Bourse (salle Miroir d’eau)

14:00-15:30: Parallel Workshop Sessions
📍 Locations: 🏢 Athénée Municipal Joseph Wresinski & 🏛️ Bordeaux City Hall

15:30-16h00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 Parallel Workshop Sessions

18:00-19:30 EFTC General Assembly
📍 Location: 🏛️ Bordeaux City Hall

Wednesday 23 September

09:00 Welcome Coffee
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski

09:30-12:30 Plenary Session 2 “Therapeutic communities around the world : international and scientific perspectives
(Coffee break at 11:00)
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski

12:45-13:45 Lunch Break
📍 Location: 🏦 Palais de la Bourse (salle Miroir d’Eau)

14:00-15:30 Parallel Workshop Sessions
📍 Locations: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski Centre & 🏛️ Bordeaux City Hall

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 Parallel Workshops Sessions
📍 Locations: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski Centre & 🏛️ Bordeaux City Hall

17:45-18:30 : Discussion with George De Leon, PhD, psychologist and international expert on therapeutic communities 
Chair : Susie Longbottom 
📍 Location : 🏛️ Bordeaux City Hall

From 19:30 Gala Dinner and Party
📍 Location: 🍽️ Restaurant Le Jardin pêcheur

Thursday 24 September

09:00 Welcome Coffee
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski

09:30-11:30 Plenary Session 3 “The future of therapeutic communities: challenges and innovations”
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski

11:30-12:15 Closing Session
📍 Location: 🏢 Athénée Joseph Wresinski
  • Nicolas Bourguignon, Member of the Board of Fédération Addiction
  • Phaedon Kaloterakis, President of EFTC (European Federation of Therapeutic Communities)
Free Time for Lunch

13:00 Bus Departure to the Therapeutic Communities (advance registration required, lunchboxes will be offered to participants)
  • 🏡 CEID-Addictions  Therapeutic Community, Barsac (CEID-Addictions) - limited to 50 participants - Allow two hours for round-trip travel 
  • 🏡 Brantôme Therapeutic Community (Aurore) - limited to 50 participants - allow cinq hours for round-trip travel

14:00 Site Visits in Bordeaux (advance registration required)

14:00-15:00 Free Guided Tour of the Aquitaine Museum (advance registration required)

Friday 25 September

For participants transiting via Paris:

14:00-17:00 Optional visits to the Aubervilliers Therapeutic Community (Aurore)