The meeting will be the third of its kind after the conference organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland and the second held by WADA in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2003. The first World Conference resulted in the Lausanne Declaration, the document that led to the creation of WADA; the second Conference led to the acceptance and introduction of the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code).

Representatives of national governments, related public authorities, the Olympic Movement, other sports governing bodies, athletes and expert groups will be invited to attend the Conference.

Program details, invitations, registration information and other logistical details will be available in early 2007.