Research Community Forums Back for the 2026 SIOP Annual Conference

Are you interested in collaborating with others on research related to the topics of AI and Selection, Inclusion, Leadership, Sustainability, or Occupational Health? Consider submitting a research talk or poster to the Research Community Forums (RCFs)!

RCFs will be held Wednesday, April 29, just prior to the opening of the 2026 SIOP Annual Conference and bring together individuals to exchange ideas and collaborate to further advance research.
Building on the success of the inaugural 2025 event, Research Community Forums are expanding to cover five topics in 2026:

• AI Applied to Selection
• Inclusive Workplace Practices
• Sustainability for People, the Planet, and Prosperity
• Applied Research in Worker Well-Being
• Leadership in a New Era

While Preconference Workshops are designed around experts instructing on a topic of interest and often don’t require that all attendees have prior work experience in the subject area, the RCFs are specifically designed to bring together I-O psychology professionals who are currently working on a specific topic in hopes of fostering research breakthroughs. For RCFs, previous work in the topic of interest is assumed, and all attendees will be equal contributors in the session knowledge sharing.

You can get involved by submitting a research talk or poster to the RCFs using the annual conference submission portal, open now. You can submit the same poster/talk for both the main conference and a RCF (a separate submission must be made for each), and Forum submissions do not count toward the Rule of Three.

RCFs are an add-on conference event offered the Wednesday afternoon (April 29, 2026) just prior to the opening of the SIOP Annual Conference. You can register for and attend an RCF (as space permits) even if your submission is not accepted or you did not submit a proposal. All speakers as well as nonspeaking attendees must pay the $95 event add-on fee to participate, in addition to registering for the annual conference.

Questions? Contact Jen Baker at jbaker@siop.org.