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  • 2026 Annual Public Health Conference CALL FOR PROPOSALS

    Speaker Agreement, Acknowledgements and Affirmation

  • The 2026 WPHA-WALHDAB Annual Public Health Conference is taking place May 19-21, 2026, at the Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI. The Conference will be hybrid, offering an in-person experience with a virtual attendance option using Whova, conference app.

    All accepted abstract presenters must register for the Conference and are responsible for the cost. A discount code will be offered to presenters to reduce the registration fee. Notification on acceptance will be emailed to the primary presenter in late January 2026.

    Conference Theme: 

    Mobilizing for Health: Creating Change Together

    Conference Objectives:

    Objectives:

    ·         Inspire cross-sector partners to share creative solutions and collectively advocate for policies & systems that sustain healthy, thriving communities.

    ·         Build community by broadening participation, championing fairness and access, and enhancing civic engagement.

    ·         Strengthen our public health workforce by investing in people, collaboration, and innovation.

  • PRESENTER INFORMATION

  • PRIMARY PRESENTER CONTACT INFORMATION

  • As part of our ongoing efforts to create a more inclusive and diverse conference, speakers are being asked to provide demographic information (race/ethnicity, gender identity) if they feel comfortable sharing that with us. Please know that sharing this information is optional.

  • ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS

  • PRESENTATION INFORMATION

    It is highly encouraged to present in-person to allow for more attendee participation.
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  • WPHA is a provider of CHES/MCHES continuing education contact hours. Please list at least one Area of Responsibility, Competency or Sub-Competency using the format 1.2 or 1.2.2 and list multiple competencies separated by a semi-colon (e.g. 1.2.2; 2.3.5)

    See NCHEC document for all areas and competencies: https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2251/hespa_competencies_and_sub-competencies.pdf 

  • CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE

  • Session materials will be posted to the conference app for attendees to retrieve. Handouts should to be limited to 10 pages. PowerPoint presentation slides that are submitted ahead of time (required) will be pre-loaded to the laptop in your presentation room. 

  • AGREEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • CONFERENCE APP and ATTENDEE ENGAGEMENT

    This event will be using a conference app (Whova) that gives attendees the opportunity to connect with speakers in a variety of ways. To build speaker profiles on the app, presenter(s) agree to submit additional information including presenter bio and headshot/photo as instructed by staff and conference planning committee.

    Presenter(s) understand that hybrid sessions may be live-streamed to virtual attendees and every effort should be made to include and engage all session participants. Microphones must be used to ensure a quality conference experience for all.

  • TRAVEL EXPENSES / HONORARIUM

    Due to the highly competitive submission process, the presenter(s) forego an honorarium and agree to provide their presentation to WPHA at no cost.

    All accepted abstract presenters must register for the Conference and are responsible for the cost. A promo code will be provided to all session speakers for a discount off the registration fee, and speaker scholarships will be available to support attendance. but are not guaranteed. 

  • COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STANDARDS

    The Commercial Support Standards require that your presentation, if selected, be free of commercial bias and that any information regarding commercial products/services be based on scientific methods generally accepted by the medical community. When discussing therapeutic options, it is our preference that you use only generic names. If it is necessary to use a trade name, then those of several companies must be used.

    Further, should your presentation include discussion of any unlabeled/investigational use of a commercial product, you are required to disclose this to the participants.

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    SPEAKER RELEASE & ATTESTATION

    Speaker agrees that WPHA and WALHDAB and its agents and licensees may:

    • Use, for advertising, the speaker's name, photo (if applicable), presentation title, presentation description, and/or biographical data in connection with speaker's presentation.
    • Include speaker's presentation in conference material distribution to all participants; however, speaker reserves the right to withhold handouts which speaker does not want distributed and/or for which speaker does not have copyright ownership.
    • Distribute copies of handouts, in pdf format, to participants of the Conference.

    Submission of this form to the WPHA WALHDAB office indicates understanding and acceptance of these terms for participating in the Conference.

    Signature below indicates that all information provided is accurate to the best of your knowledge.

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