HPRC Conference

Health Promotion Annual Conference 

25^th of June 2026

Promoting Wellbeing through Equity: Social and Structural Determinants of Health

Arts Millennium Building, University of Galway

This year, we celebrated two remarkable anniversaries at our event: the 30^th Health Promotion Annual Conference and 40 years of the WHO Ottawa Charter!

Reflecting these milestones, the 2026 conference focused on the structural and economic determinants of health, with a central theme of wellbeing through equity.

We were delighted to bring together leaders, practitioners, researchers and keynote speakers committed to these themes and to highlighting the importance of collaboration across the health sector, academia, policy, and communities in creating a fairer and healthier future.

The conference themes attracted so many people that we broke another registration record: we have hosted 246 delegates this year. 

From left to right: Mr Fergal Fox (General Manager, Health Service Executive), Professor David Burn (President of the University of Galway), Dr Jonathan Heller (Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin), Professor Louise Potvin (Université de Montréal and President of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, IUHPE), Professor Diarmuid O’Donnovan (Director of National Health Improvement in HSE Public Health), Ms Biddy O'Neill (National Policy Lead, Health & Wellbeing, Department of Health, Ireland), Prof. Martin O'Donnell (Executive Dean, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences), Dr Allison Dunne (Conference co-chair, University of Galway), Mr Ronan Dillon (Association for Health Promotion Ireland, AHPI), Dr Mary Jo Lavelle (Conference co-chair, University of Galway).

Please find here the Conference 2026 Booklet, the Conference Book of Abstracts 2026, and thePresentations.

Additionally, a Podcast about Promoting Wellbeing through Equity was recorded on the day of the conference and released by the Health Service Executive. Please listen here.