Oral & Poster Presentations:

Oral presentations will be held in in concurrent sessions throughout the conference. Presentations will be allotted 15 minutes, with 12 minutes for the presentation and two to three minutes for audience questions, and should use slides. Presenters must register for and attend the conference in person and are responsible for all associated costs.

Poster presentations will be held in dedicated poster sessions, and presenters are expected to stand by their poster during their session. Posters must be printed, and must be no larger than 46 inches (118 cm) in height and 46 inches (118 cm) in width, as two posters will be displayed on each side of a 4 by 8 foot board. Presenters must register for and attend the conference in person and are responsible for all associated costs.

The call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations closed on October 7, 2025 and notifications were sent by November 26, 2025. If you did not receive any notification, please check your junk mail.

Workshop & Symposia:

Workshops will be held on May 12, 2026. Workshops will be allotted up to three hours and should be interactive/include audience participation.

Symposia will be held as plenary or concurrent sessions throughout the conference. Symposia will be allotted up to 90 minutes.

The call for proposals for workshops and symposia closed on August 25, 2025 and notifications were sent to all presenting authors on September 18, 2025.

We strive to consider innovations across different jurisdictions, labour conditions, and treatment contexts to identity and mobilize effective solutions in preventing work disability and promoting work integration for all workers. All submission topics related to WDPI were welcome, including those related to:

• Cross-jurisdictional comparison
• Comparative effectiveness analysis
• Intervention studies and program evaluation
• Lower- and middle-income countries
• Precarious and marginalized workers
• Changing nature of work
• Implications of AI and large language models
• Determinants of work disability
• Economics of work disability
• Health service use in work disabled groups
• High-risk occupations and industries
• Long-term consequences of work disability
• Work accommodations related to return to work and stay at work

We encouraged submissions that addressed WDPI for a variety of health conditions (e.g., musculoskeletal disorders, mental health conditions, occupational disease), as well as those that employed diverse methodological and disciplinary approaches, including implementation studies, social policy studies, and burden studies.

Questions?

Please contact the Conference Chair, Dr. Chris McLeod.