24/08/2026
📣 Call for Abstracts: Jockey Club Carer Space Project International Symposium 2026
Caregivers play an essential role in our communities, yet many continue to face significant challenges in accessing support, balancing work and care, and maintaining their own well-being.
Your work, experience, and ideas can help shape the future of carer support.
The Jockey Club Carer Space Project International Symposium 2026, entitled “Driving Evidence-informed Innovation and Enabling Environments for Sustainable Carer Support,” will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and carers from Hong Kong and around the world to exchange knowledge, research evidence, and innovative practices.
📅 Symposium: 1–2 December 2026
📍 Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
🌏 Post-event workshops and centre visits: 3 December 2026
We invite abstracts addressing the following themes:
🔹 Community-Based Carer Support in Action
Innovative models, cross-sector partnerships, and frontline implementation
🔹 Supporting Carers Across the Care Journey
Well-being, resilience, and empowerment through evidence-informed interventions
🔹 Work and Care at the Crossroads
Carer-friendly workplaces, policy, practice, and employer innovation
🔹 Caring Across Contexts
Comparative perspectives across welfare, cultural, and care regimes
🔹 Inequality, Inclusion, and Diversity in Caregiving
Who is supported, who is left behind, and why
🔹 Governing Care for the Future
Organising, financing, and coordinating support for carers
We welcome:
✅ Original research
✅ Policy analyses
✅ Programme evaluations
✅ Implementation studies
✅ Service innovations
✅ Case studies
✅ Quality improvement initiatives
🗓️ Abstract submission deadline: 31 August 2026
📢 Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 September 2026
🎤 Presenter registration deadline: 30 September 2026
👉 Submit your abstract:
https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6XKTTBKN6AhNZQi
Be part of an international dialogue on how we can better support those who care for others. Share your work, exchange ideas, and help shape more inclusive and sustainable systems of support for carers.
📧 Enquiries: Ms Krystal Sanchez
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ +852 3910 3445
We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to the symposium—and to Hong Kong!
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