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RECENT NEWS
Updated July 2025
Call for Proposals - Workshops and Symposia
7th International WDPI Conference
Vancouver, Canada, May 2026
20 June 2025
The call for workshop and symposia proposals for the 7th International WDPI Conference is now open via the conference website:
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The closing date for proposals is 15 August 2025.
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WORKSHOPS
Workshops will be held on 12 May 2026 and proposals should describe the workshop theme and objectives, state their relevance to one or more conference topics, and provide a draft agenda. Workshops should be interactive/include audience participation.
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SYMPOSIA
Symposia will be considered for inclusion as plenary or concurrent sessions throughout the conference. Symposia are opportunities for conference participants to arrange a session on a particular topic or sub-topic relevant to one or more of the conference topics. Proposals should describe the symposia theme and objectives, state their relevance to one or more conference topics, identify potential speakers, and provide a draft agenda. Symposia will be allotted up to 90 minutes.
Learn more about the conference topics and submit a proposal at: https://wdpi2026.ca/
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A call for oral and poster presentation abstracts will open in July 2025. Please share this info with your networks!
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
21 February 2025
Following the Call for Nominations held early in 2024, the following individuals have been appointed to positions with the WDPI Scientific Committee for the 2024-2027 triennium:
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Chair - Prof. Alex Collie (Australia)
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Secretary - Prof. Karen Nieuwenhuijsen (Netherlands)
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Members of the Executive Committee - Prof. J.R (Han) Anema (Netherlands), Prof. Diana Cuervo (Colombia), Prof. Angela de Boer (Netherlands), Dr Tessa Keegel (Australia), Dr Elin Karlsson (Sweden), A/Prof. Cristiane Gallasch (Brazil), Dr Michael Di Donato (Australia), Dr Sara Saunders (Canada), Dr Sally Hemming (UK), Dr Iuliana Nastasia (Canada), Prof Eduardo Sa (Brazil), Dr Amin Yazdani (Canada).
7th International WDPI Conference - Save the Date
May 12 to 15, 2026 - Vancouver, Canada.
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Come join us in Vancouver, Canada for the 7th Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI) International Conference to be held at the stunning University of British Columbia campus.
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The conference will bring together researchers, trainees, practitioners and policymakers in learning about and applying new knowledge that will promote work disability prevention and management and support healthy working lives.
Please be on the lookout for further information on programme, abstract submission and registration in late March/early April.