The preliminary agenda for #WSC10 is now available!
We are pleased to present a preliminary schedule for the 2024 Weight Stigma Conference in Colchester, UK and online. As always, this schedule is subject to change. If there is a substantial change to the schedule that would impact time commitments, affected presenters will be notified.
Visit https://weightstigmaconference.com/programme-2024/ to view the programme.
One week left to register at early-bird rates
The last day for early-bird registration is May 16th. Don’t miss out! Visit our website or click the Registration button below to register.
Ticket Types
- Online
- Standard registration: Early bird rate (until 16th May, 2024) is £100. From 17th May, standard rate will be £120.
- Student/low income: Early bird rate (until 16th May, 2024) is £80. From 17th May, student/low income rate will be £100.
- In-person
- Standard registration: Early bird rate (until 16th May, 2024) is £175. From 17th May, standard rate will be £200.
- Student/low income: Early bird rate (until 16th May, 2024) is £150. From 17th May, student/low income rate will be £170.
As a reminder, and across all rates, further reductions or hardship requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please use the Bursary Application form on our website and/or email us at stigmaconf@gmail.com. Standard bursary applications will be accepted until noon, the day before the conference, with awards depending on availability of funding. A single Dr Cat Pausé Travel Bursary will be awarded. The deadline for applications is 16th May 2024. Application is via the same form.
Meet the 2024 WSC Keynotes!
Dr Lily O’Hara, Associate Professor of Public Health, Qatar University. Her research focuses on analyzing oppressive public health approaches to body weight and their inequitable impact on people with larger bodies, and developing ethical, evidence-based, salutogenic public health initiatives for body liberation using social justice oriented approaches.
Caleb Luna is an award-winning educator and scholar, the bestselling author of REVENGE BODY , and co-host of the podcast Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back. Caleb’s cultural work examines race, size, sexuality and disability in media and culture. Ultimately, they are interested in engaging embodied difference as a generative resource toward fatter understandings of collective freedom.
Stacy Bias is a social justice activist, artist and writer with over 20 years’ experience. Working with academics, researchers, charities, NGOs and other mission-based organisations, she combines research with illustration and animation to create humanising narratives that amplify marginalised voices. Her projects ask questions about social legitimacy, barriers to access and the psychic and material impacts of exclusion.
To learn more about our keynotes, visit https://weightstigmaconference.com/keynotes-2024/
Information for In-Person Delegates
Please visit our website for more information about the venue, location, accommodation, and travel: https://weightstigmaconference.com/wsc-2024-information/
Poster abstracts still open for submission
If you would like to present a poster, please submit your abstract using the form on our website: https://weightstigmaconference.com/abstract-submission/. Deadlines for submission is 9th June, 2024. Poster decisions will be made on a rolling basis, within a few days of your submission.