At the ISAM Annual Global Conference 2025 - Dr Manal Fakeeh (Saudi Arabia) chaired a symposium on the development and implementation of a new addiction care system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The symposium featured distinguished contributions, including:

• "A Comprehensive System of Addiction Treatment is More than a 'Bunch of Programs'" by Dr Richard Rawson (USA)
• "Designing a Performance Monitoring System for a New Addiction Treatment System" by Dr Thomas McLellan (USA)
• "Current Education and Training Needs in Behavioural Addictions: Considering Local Jurisdictional Contexts" by Professor Marc Potenza (USA)

Together, these presentations offered a multidimensional perspective on advancing evidence-based and context-sensitive addiction care systems.