Sponsorship & Exhibits
Interested in Sponsoring or Exhibiting?
The XV World Congress of World Association For Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) & the Canadian PSR Recovery Conference (WAPR 2025) offers a tremendous opportunity to market to one of the largest international gatherings of interdisciplinary mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and social educators.
Addiction and mental health issues remain significant challenges in Canada and around the world. While in Canada, national campaigns have reduced stigma, the implementation of evidence-based services has not kept pace with demand, leaving the service system in crisis. Despite policy endorsements for recovery-oriented practices, many providers struggle with practical implementation. The 2025 WAPR Congress and the Canadian PSR Recovery Conference aim to address this by promoting the use of existing and innovative tools and policies.
To receive more details on how to sponsor and/or exhibit at our event, please fill out our Prospectus Request form.
Preliminary Topics
Best Practices and Innovations
- Evidence-Based Practices in Rehabilitation & Recovery
- Research methodology innovations
- Community mental health
Human Rights, Citizenship and Recovery
- Attitude, stigma and reintegration
- Globalization and acculturation
- Changing socio-political trends and implications
- Voluntary agencies and NGOs in rehabilitation
- Disaster and mental health
- Mental health issues and climate change
Lived experiences as a basis for mental health service transformation
- Co Creation and co production
- Recovery colleges
- User-run services
- Peer support work
- Family support and family knowledge
- The needs of children
Implementing Rehabilitation and Recovery-Oriented Practices
- Integration in an array of mental health services
- Deinstitutionalization
- Forensic issues
- Gender and Mental Health
- Recovery-oriented approach
- Rehabilitation services
Ethical and Legal Considerations, Technology and Rehabilitation & Recovery
- AI in mental health care and rehabilitation
- Mental health, citizenship and the 5 R’s
- Robotics and use of technology for PSR mental health care and rehabilitation
Workforce Development
- Women and mental health
- Use of enhanced training to expand workforce
- Hiring & maintaining staff resources
- Credentialing for staff and volunteers
- Standards of Competency for PSR Practitioners
Expected and Past Event Attendance
| Year | City, Country | Attendees |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Canada, Vancouver | 600 exp. |
| 2021 | UAE, Abu Dhabi | 1,000 (Hybrid) |
| 2018 | Spain, Madrid | 1,000 |
| 2015 | South Korea, Seoul | N/A |
| 2012 | Italy, Milan | 1,500 |
| 2009 | India, Bengaluru | 950 |
| 2006 | Greece, Athens | 1,100 |
| 2003 | USA, New York | 600 |
| 2000 | France, Paris | 1,200 |
| 1998 | Germany, Hamburg | 1,400 |
| 1996 | Netherlands, Rotterdam | 1,000 |
| 1993 | Ireland, Dublin | 1,100 |
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Contact Us
Please contact our dedicated Partnerships Manager for more information on our sponsorship and exhibits options, and to start discussing how you would like to support and be involved in WAPR 2025.
Mrs. Cali (Carine) Vindeirinho, B.Eng., M.Sc.
Senior Manager, Partnerships
- WAPR2025-Partnerships(at)icsevents.com
- [+1] 604 639 3919
- [+1] 604 681 2153 x 138
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