6th Annual Construction Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference

Dates: February 22-25, 2027
Location: Chicago, IL - Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile (500 N. Michigan Ave)

Call for Breakout Presentations Key Dates:

Submission due date: August 28, 2026
Speakers notified of presentation proposal decisions by October 15, 2026

The Program Committee is seeking proposals for presentations for the 6th Annual Construction Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference. These presentations should be organized in a workshop style and will either be one-hour breakout sessions or one-hour sponsored track sessions (financial commitment of $5,000).

Each proposal must be centered on one of the following five themes:

Innovations in Mental Health Promotion
Suicide Prevention - Hope Through Action
Culture of Care and Psychological Safety
Physical and Environmental Root Causes for Mental Health Challenges
Substance Use Disorders, Addictive Behaviors, Overdose Prevention and Recovery Support

The goal of these workshops is that the audience will walk away with at least one tangible tool, resource, or skill that they take action on to improve their workers’ well-being.

All presenters will be asked to register and pay for conference attendance and travel.

We are seeking submissions for one-hour workshops on February 24th or 25th.

STANDARD BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Proposals for presentations will be evaluated by the Program Committee on the following criteria:

Impact & Practical Application (35%) - Will attendees leave with ideas, tools, or actions they can apply in their work or organization?
Relevance & Advancement of the Field (25%) - Does the proposal address an important issue, emerging trend, unmet need, or gap in construction mental health, wellbeing, suicide prevention, or recovery?
Credibility & Perspective (25%) - Does the proposal demonstrate appropriate expertise, lived experience, evidence-informed practices, partnerships, and/or diverse perspectives?
Audience Engagement (15%) - Does the session include meaningful opportunities for participant interaction, discussion, reflection, or application?

SPONSORED BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Organizations may sponsor one of the conference tracks for $5,000, which includes an exclusive one-hour workshop session. Each sponsored track is exclusive, meaning your organization will be the sole sponsor for that track.

Sponsored sessions should provide the same high-quality educational experience as our regular breakout sessions. Proposals should be innovative, informed by evidence and/or lived expertise, include practical and actionable recommendations, and actively engage attendees. As a sponsor, you may also incorporate information about your organization's products or services, provided they are relevant to the session topic and enhance the educational value of the presentation.

Full Name (as you'd prefer it listed in Event Marketing Materials)

First NameLast Name

Email Address

example@example.com

Mobile Phone Number

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Organization/Company/Affiliation

Job Title

Proposal is for (choose one):

What Track are you interested in presenting in?

Proposed Presentation Title (limit to 50 characters, including spaces)

Presentation Format

Since you selected "Other", please describe your Presentation Format

Co-Presenter(s) or Panelist(s) Name(s) (if applicable) - (Full Name, Title, Affiliation)

Brief Presenter Bio(s) - Include all known Co-Presenters or Panelists. (Please limit each bio to no more than 200 words)

The following questions are designed to help the Program Committee evaluate your proposal. Please provide concise but thorough responses.

Your answers should demonstrate the value, relevance, and applicability of your session to conference attendees and align with the conference theme and selected track.

1. Impact & Practical Application (35%) Describe the key ideas, tools, strategies, lessons learned, or actions attendees will gain from your session. How will participants be able to apply what they learn to improve mental health, wellbeing, suicide prevention, addiction recovery, or workplace culture within their organizations, projects, or communities? (Maximum 100 words)

0/100

2. Relevance & Advancement of the Field (25%) - Describe the issue, challenge, innovation, emerging trend, unmet need, or opportunity your session addresses. How does your presentation contribute to advancing knowledge, practice, or action within construction mental health, wellbeing, suicide prevention, addiction recovery, or psychological safety? Please also explain how your session aligns with the conference theme and selected track. (Maximum 100 words)

0/100

3. Credibility & Perspective (25%) - What experience, expertise, lived experience, partnerships, research, data, case studies, or evidence-informed practices support the content of this session? If applicable, describe how individuals with lived experience have informed, contributed to, or co-created this work. (Maximum 100 words)

0/100

4. Audience Engagement (15%) - How will you actively engage participants during your session? Describe any planned discussion, reflection, small-group activities, audience participation, case study review, polling, Q&A, storytelling, or other interactive elements that will help attendees connect with and apply the content. (Maximum 100 words)

0/100

Who is your Target Audience for your session/content? (Select all that apply)

Please share why this session matters right now for the construction industry.(Maximum 75 words)

0/75

Has this presentation been given before?

Other

Has this presentation been given before?

Other

Please share when, where and how many attendees this presentation was given to.

Please attach any supporting documents that you would like the review committee to have.

Please upload all Presenter(s) and Panelist headshot(s) to be used if chosen. (for use in marketing materials; must be PNG or JPEG/JPG)

6th Annual Construction Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference - Call for Breakout Presentations