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RECENT NEWS
Updated April 2025
WDPI 2026 CONFERENCE WEBSITE NOW LIVE
15 April 2025
In exciting news, the website for the 7th WDPI Conference is up and running. You can visit it at the following link: https://wdpi2026.ca/
The site contains information about the destination and also the accommodation options at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Please mark the Conference dates in your diary now - May 12-15, 2026.
More information will be added as preparation for the Conference continues, with a call for abstracts expected in July 2025.
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.