Welcome to WDPI 2026

7th Work Disability Prevention and Integration Conference


Join us in Vancouver, Canada for the 7th Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI) Conference to be held at the stunning University of British Columbia campus May 12-15, 2026.

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 watch for further information on the program, abstract submission and registration in spring 2025.

The program will feature keynote lectures, mini-symposia, concurrent oral presentation sessions, and poster sessions. There will be ample opportunity to network via an opening reception, a gala dinner, and student and early career research events.

A call for oral and poster presentation abstracts will open in July 2025.

Registration will open in fall 2025.

Chris McLeod, Conference Chair

Associate Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Head, Occupational and Environmental Health Division
Program Director, MSc in Occupation and Environmental Health
Director, Partnership for Work, Health and Safety
UBC
Stunning aerial view of Vancouver's cityscape, showcasing skyscrapers and coastal mountains.