News

• As always, inspiring meetings, workshops, and recreational offerings, as well as opportunities to connect with others in the WA Fellowship**
• WA’s annual General Assembly business meeting for the Fellowship***
• Same pricing as 2025 – no inflation!
• New this year – Text captions, with simultaneous translation for multiple language
• New this year – An online meet-and-greet open house, Thursday, September 24, the evening (U.S. time) before the opening ceremony
• New this year – Local-area, in-person meet-ups and watch parties are encouraged (more details coming soon).

To receive all the Conference news as soon as it appears, please sign up for WA’s emailed newsletter, special Conference updates, and other occasional communications at the bottom of this page.

To volunteer, you can use the WA website contact form. Please include the subject: “Conference Volunteering.” 

Here’s how you can help, starting now, and/or during the Conference itself:

Now

Help plan and get the word out!

• Join the WA Conference Planning Committee (monthly meetings)
• Particular needs are volunteer coordination and accessibility review
• Spread the word at meetings you attend (here’s information to paste into Zoom chats 2026 Conference talking points)
• Encourage your home Group to host a session (to schedule, please use the website contact form)
• Plan an in-person watch party in your area (more guidance on that soon!)

During the Conference

Be an integral part of the Experience, Strength, and Hope! Sign up now to help out in September. Volunteer for a specific service. Or let the Conference Committee find the right fit for your skills, inclinations, and availability. Here are the main roles:

• Secretary or ”facilitator” for a meeting/workshop
• Meeting speaker
• Workshop presenter
• Recreation/relaxation presenter
• Zoom tech host (training held ahead of time)

For more information, please use the website contact form to contact the Conference Program Subcommittee.  

*Workaholics Anonymous (WA) is an international Twelve-Step Recovery community. We share our experience, strength, and hope as we recover together from overwork, activity addiction, work avoidance, burnout, and more. 

**All Conference activities and sessions are open to everyone. We welcome WA members, their families and friends, members of Work-Anon, and anyone else interested in learning more about the Workaholics Anonymous Fellowship. 

***The separate WA General Assembly business meeting will be scheduled again this year concurrent with some Conference activities on Saturday and Sunday. The WA World Service Organization encourages all WA members, even if they are not voting delegates for the business meeting, to attend the General Assembly and learn more about the Workaholics Anonymous Fellowship’s activities.