Western Positive Psychology Association – 9th Annual Conference
April 4-6, 2025
Sacramento, CA to be held on the California State University – Sacramento (CSUS) Campus
Guy A. West Memorial Bridge is a 1,100 foot pedestrian and bicycle bridge spanning the American River connecting California State University Sacramento to the northeast river bank.
On behalf of Western Positive Psychology Association, we welcome you to participate in WPPA’s 9th annual conference on Positive Psychology. The conference will be held in Sacramento, CA, USA on the California State University – Sacramento (CSUS) Campus. This will be our second in-person conference since 2020 and we look forward to seeing you all again.
Conference Theme:
Cultivating Community and Connection: Advances in Positive Relationships and Well-being.
Exciting research generated through insights nurtured post-acute COVID-19 isolation and building on two decades plus of dedicated researchers’ investigations are bringing us new understanding and insights into the science of positive psychology in everyday life and beyond. In the words of Chris Peterson, “other people matter!” The 9th conference goal is to explore how we can build and cultivate community and connections through the advances in positive relationships and well-being.
WPPA is dedicated to creating a collaborative scientific community of faculty, researchers, students, scholars, and practitioners to advance and support the field of positive psychology. Our vision is to increase scientific research, collaborative investigations, and recognition of positive psychology’s contributions by creating an impactful and sustainable academic presence of positive psychology in the western region of the United States and beyond through our member community, newsletters, webinars, and our annual conferences.
Photo from City of Sacramento Visitors website – www.cityofsacramento.org/visitors
In a WPPA first, the 9th annual conference will be held in Sacramento, the state capitol of California. On your visit, you might include a guided tour of the Capitol building, a visit to Old Sacramento and the waterfront, or visit Sutter’s Fort for a taste of California’s gold rush era. The Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town plus exceptional parks nearby offer many visitor attractions. Visit www.cityofsacramento.org/visitors
Airport and Accommodations: The Sacramento International Airport (SMF) was named 2023 Airline Pilots International Airport of the Year. SMF is 12.7 miles from CSUS with easy directions for getting to, from and around CSUS campus.
More information will be available soon about accommodations for conference attendees.
Donating to the Conference: If you would like to make a tax-free donation to support this conference, information will be available soon. Special support for student attendees is always welcome and will be available when Registration opens in early December, 2024.
We look forward to seeing you in Sacramento.
REGISTER to ATTEND (Open early December, 2024)
Early Registration before February 1:
$50 – Student
$125 – Non-Student
Regular Registration after January 31:
$75 – Student
$150 – Non-Student
Please note that all registration fees are non-refundable.
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Call for Submissions
We are accepting submissions to the 9th Western Positive Psychology Association Conference.
Theme: Cultivating Community and Connection: Advances in Positive Relationships and Well-being.
Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024 (11:59pm PST)
Notifications: early-mid January, 2025
Submissions formats include Podium Oral Presentation, Poster, Symposium, Workshop, and Other.
Topics invited but not limited to the following areas:
- Positive psychology in work and organizations
- Positive development across the lifespan
- Positive health and well-being
- Positive psychology applied to sports & leisure
- Theory and methodology in positive psychology
- Positive personality and social psychology
- Evidence-based applications in coaching and clinical psychology
- Evidence-based applications in teaching and other diverse contexts
To submit, you will need your presentation title (10-16 words), presentation abstract of 200-250 words, your name (and co-presenters if applicable), your academic institution(s) /or organization affiliation(s), highest degree(s) completed, and your preferred presentation type. If you are submitting a symposium, the corresponding author will submit the Symposium title and abstract, followed by submissions for additional symposium presenters. their institution/organization affiliation(s), degree, and title(s) + abstract(s).
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