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Present at RMHC26

Apply to Present at RMHC 2026

Applications close Friday 8 May 2026

Share your work at RMHC26

Present at the Rural Mental Health Conference 2026

Use your voice, experience and expertise to contribute to practical solutions for rural mental health.

Presenting at RMHC allows you to:

  • Share knowledge, research, insights and lived experience
  • Contribute to conversations shaping rural mental health systems
  • Inspire peers through practical examples and case studies
  • Build professional profile, confidence and influence

Presenters are drawn from community, lived experience, practice, policy, research and service delivery.

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Core topic areas

Indicative topic areas include:

  • Building mental health-capable rural communities

  • Early intervention, stepped care and service navigation

  • Work, study and economic participation in recovery

  • Safe suicide prevention and postvention in small communities

  • Digital and hybrid care models for rural contexts

  • Neurodivergence, inclusion and culturally safe practice

  • Women’s mental health across the life course

  • Climate, disaster preparedness and long-term recovery

  • Workforce sustainability, wellbeing and leadership

  • Policy influence, funding and systems change

  • Lived experience leadership and peer-led models

What to present

What content works best at RMHC?

The committee welcomes submissions from those ready to share:

  1. Research and data with practical rural application
  2. Place-based or community-led case studies
  3. Innovative service models or pathways
  4. Early intervention, prevention or recovery initiatives
  5. Culturally responsive and First Nations-led approaches
  6. Lived experience-led insights and peer models

Presentation Styles

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Oral Presentation

Take the stage and present to the audience in a 15 or 20 minutes speaking session with 5 minutes for questions.

Workshop

Keep the attention of attendees via engaging, hands-on learning experience in a 90-minute workshop.

Panel Presentation

Panel presentations bring together views from a group of presenters into a discussion of innovative ideas, current topics, and relevant issues. Each panel session will run for 60 minutes and will consist of at least 3 panel members.

Poster Presentation

Visually showcase your research or services via a printed poster, displayed in the conference exhibition area for the duration of the conference. A dedicated 10 minute poster session is included in the conference program.

Important Dates

 

Presentation applications open Thursday 26 February 2026
Presentation applications close Friday 8 May 2026
Notifications to presenters Monday 8 June 2026
Acceptances and registrations due Monday 15 June 2026
Program launch Thursday 25 June 2026
Scholarships close Monday 21 September 2026
Early bird closes

Monday 21 September 2026
Conference dates Wednesday 4 Nov - Friday 6 Nov