Congress

NOXForum: a pioneering conference for an emerging emergency

The NOXForum conference aims to bring together all those involved in the prevention and management of nitrous oxide poisoning, by encouraging exchanges between healthcare professionals, researchers, institutions and associations, to improve coordination, enhance knowledge and drive concrete action on a national scale.

Program: 

➤Plenary sessions and knowledge updates
➤Interactive roundtables and case presentations
➤Partner area and exchanges
➤Restitution of Protoside network data
➤Participative workshops on prevention tools

12:30 p.m. - Press briefing

1:30 pm - Welcome & coffee in the lounges
Self-guided tour of stands & scientific poster set-up

2:00 pm - Institutional speeches and inaugural conference
Regional Council; Regional Health Agency; Hospital Federation;
Ministry of Health; European Federations: EFLM, EUSEM

Addictions: history, neuropsychological mechanisms and clinical perspectives
Prof. Laurent Karila (APHP)

15h10 - Nitrous oxide: epidemiological overview
Santé Publique France, ARS, Poison Control Centers, MILDECA
Dr Cécile Chevalier (Lyon) - MILDECA speaker

15h50 - Coffee break
☕ + Visit of stands and posters

16h20 - Epidemiology and management in emergency departments

SFMU - STC Conference(s)

5:00 pm - Presentation of PROTOSIDE and its missions and objectives

Dr Guillaume Grzych

Health & Biology" parallel session

09:00 - Welcome of participants
☕ + Visit of stands and posters

9:30 am - Sessions SFNP - FFA - SetViB - Research Biological Innovation - SFMU - URPS - STC

Legal & Prevention" parallel session

09:00 - Welcome of participants
☕ + Visit of stands and posters

9:30 a.m. - Prevention - Legal - Urban planning/Road safety/Ecology sessions

Cross-disciplinary & international plenary

1:30 pm - Road safety & nitrous oxide
Representative of the French Ministry of the Interior - Road Safety Delegation

14h10 - Legal session: legal framework for nitrous oxide and testimonials
PROTOSIDE legal group, magistrate, specialist lawyer

2:50pm - Testimonies
Victims have their say

15h20 - International focus
French-speaking Belgium
Organization of the Walloon response: care, regulation, prevention
-Team Pr Cavalier (CHU Liège)

United Kingdom
Criminalization, targeted campaigns & public policy in the UK
- Prof. Alastair Noyce (London)

16h20 - Coffee break & tours
☕ + Last visit of stands and posters

16h50 - Free oral presentations (3 × 10 min)
Clinical, preventive or societal work from the call for papers

17h20 - Closing & thanks
🏆 Poster & paper awards and Perspectives 2027

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Dr. Céline Tard

Member of the French Peripheral Nerve Society

Prof. Laurent Karila

Member of the French Federation of Addictology

Prof. Bruno Mégarbane

Member of the Society of Clinical Toxicology

Dr François Loez

General Practitioner and President of URPS ML HdF

Maitre Gwenaelle Vautrin

Lawyer, President of the Batonnier HdF

Reserve your place now for NoxForum 2026

Register as soon as possible to be sure of being able to attend the event. Places will be limited according to venue capacity.

Benefit from the Protoside Premium rate

By joining Protoside's Premium package, you'll gain access to a wide range of resources, as well as a preferential rate of €10.

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