Welcome! Thank you for your interest in submitting a presentation for the Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (Center on KTDRR's) 2026 online KT conference.
This year's theme: "Evolution in Knowledge Translation"
Where: The conference will take place entirely online.
When: October 19, 20, and 22, 2026, 1–5 p.m. (Eastern Time), each day
Cost: There is no charge to submit, present, or attend.
Submission deadline: Abstracts will be evaluated on a rolling basis in terms of originality, consistency with the conference theme, scientific quality, and clarity. High-quality submissions will be accepted upon meeting critieria. Submissions close on July 10, 2026, 12 midnight ET.
Conference Abstract:
Knowledge translation (KT) is about bridging the gap between what we know we should be doing in practice and what we do in practice. It unfolds differently across audiences and contexts. This conference invites submissions that reflect the full range of KT practice, including planning and design, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability or scalability. We welcome presentations that examine challenges and setbacks in KT, revisit projects over time, and highlight the diverse practices, roles, and methods used to move evidence into practice. Together, sessions will showcase how KT changes across contexts while sharing practical strategies that support resilient, effective KT efforts engaging a wide range of audiences.
Examples of What We’re Looking For1) Individual Presentations
- Focused case studies of KT initiatives, including successes, challenges, course corrections, or unexpected outcomes
- Reflections on stalled or adapted KT efforts and what was learned through redesign or recovery
- Examples of specific KT approaches, roles, tools, or methods with clear takeaways for practice
2) Panel (Panel duration: 60 minutes)
- Facilitated conversations on cross‑cutting KT issues such as stakeholder engagement, organizational learning, resilience, or sustainability
- Discussions that synthesize lessons across multiple projects, contexts, or disciplines
- Sessions designed to surface shared challenges and practical strategies across KT settings
- Coordinated presentations that examine a shared KT theme from different perspectives (e.g., planning vs. long‑term impact, or multiple dimensions of KT in different settings)
- Sessions that revisit KT projects over time and how KT evolves across careers, organizations, or related initiatives
- Panels pairing emerging and experienced scholars or practitioners to reflect on lessons learned from applying KT
Creative Formats
We also hope to include in our programming interactive or creative formats, approaches that communicate complex research or KT concepts in accessible, engaging ways and experiential activities that build KT skills, prompt reflection, or model innovative dissemination strategies. Examples of these formats would be games, short videos, artistic performances, poems, dramatic scenes, or songs. Please email KTConference@air.org with your ideas.
Across all formats, we encourage submissions grounded in KT experiences that offer practical insights, transferable lessons, and thoughtful reflections on how knowledge moves into practice over time and across contexts.
Questions? Please email KTConference@air.org if you have any questions.