The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to invite you to the 15th edition of its Annual Symposium, which will take place on 13-14 March 2019 in the Olympic Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland.

WADA’s 2019 Symposium will once again gather the global anti-doping community for two days of presentations, interviews, panel discussions, and networking sessions.

Athlete representatives, government representatives, International Federations, National Anti-Doping Organizations, Major Event Organizations and WADA-accredited laboratories, as well as other stakeholders including the media, researchers and service providers are invited to gather under the theme “Towards 2021 – Navigating the Future Together”.

This year’s agenda will focus mainly on the 2021 Code and International Standards review, as we head towards the World Conference. The event will also address the Anti-Doping Charter of Athletes’ Rights that is being developed by WADA’s Athlete Committee with the aim of including key principles within the 2021 Code.

WADA warmly welcomes the participation of athlete representatives that will participate for free. Under the leadership of WADA’s Athlete Committee, a one-and-a-half day session will be held that will be exclusively dedicated to athlete representatives, which will cover the Anti-Doping Charter of Athletes’ Rights; and, other key topics such as the new ADAMS and other matters that directly relate to an athletes’ experience with anti-doping. In order to maximize the athletes’ voice, Anti-Doping Organization stakeholders are asked to encourage the participation of their athlete representatives.

WADA looks forward to welcoming you in Lausanne and to holding fruitful discussions with all of its stakeholders leading to positive outcomes for clean sport.