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Online registration for the 2026 WSSA Conference is now closed.
You can register for the Conference at the Registration Desk during the Conference.

WSSA Gives Back

Roadrunner Food Bank Logo - Albuquerque NM

New Mexico is ranked as one of the most food insecure states in the nation - one in six people are food insecure and one in four children.  Roadrunner Food Bank is the largest non-profit dedicated to providing access to food in New Mexico. The food bank serves as a distribution hub and works through hundreds of affiliated hunger-relief partners including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and smaller regional food banks to provide food to people experiencing hunger.  Roadrunner also distributes food through its own specialized programs helping children, families and seniors at partner K-12 schools, colleges and universities, low-income seniors housing sites, senior centers, healthcare locations, and tribal communities, as well as hundreds of other Roadrunner-operated distributions – including the Roadrunner Food Pantry & Community Resource Center right across the street from their main Albuquerque warehouse, pop-up food distributions across southern New Mexico out of their Las Cruces office, and “Fresh Stop” distributions to extremely rural areas around the state. Every week hundreds of thousands of hungry children, seniors and families are reached through this statewide hunger-relief network. For more information, visit www.rrfb.org.

Important Dates & Notices To Section Coordinators

SECTION COORDINATORS

Please note that the Section Coordinators shall accept or reject all papers submitted within two weeks of the date on which the presentation is submitted. If you do not meet this deadline, we will accept submissions on your behalf. Section Coordinators are strongly encouraged to draft panels during the presentation submission process, when appropriate.

  • August 15, 2025 - The website will be open for Conference Registration and the submission of individual sessions, individual abstracts, and panels/roundtables.
  • December 30, 2025 - Early Registration extended. 
  • January 23, 2026 - Extended - Final Date for submission of abstracts and panels to the Section/Affiliate Coordinators.
  • January 30, 2026 - Section/Affiliate Coordinators' final date for Accept/Reject/Referrals submissions to their section.
  • February 6, 2026 - Section/Affiliate Coordinators submit their first draft of their sessions to WSSA using the submittal portal provided, with their requested day and time of the session.
  • February 7 through February 14, 2026– No changes/modification/Additions will be accepted by WSSA
  • February 17, 2026 - WSSA returns the first draft of the program to the Section/Affiliate Coordinators with the day and time of the panels.
  • February 20, 2026 - WSSA the program will be posted on the website as a draft program with a notice it may be subject to change. Website will be updated each Wednesday until March 18, 2026.
  • February 20, 2026 – Weekly Updates to Website Will start –On each Wednesday Section Coordinators will submit changes to program. Changes will be posted to Website by Friday of the same week.
    • Day and time of the panels will be assigned. Space, day and time will be reserved for the Sections.
    • Section Coordinators are responsible for verifying the time, date and content of each panel.
    • All Changes to the program shall only occur during these assigned times.
  • February 27, 2026 - The sleeping rooms/suites will be held for WSSA until Friday, February 27, 2026. The Hotel will continue to accept reservations for WSSA after Friday, February 27, 2026 on a space available and rate available basis only.
  • March 11, 2026– Final day of Online Conference Registration.
  • March 20, 2026– Final draft program will be for the purposes of the Conference will be distributed. Updates will be continuous through the end of the Conference. Please note that updates are dependent on the information provided by the Section Coordinators. WSSA is not responsible for changes of which it has not been notified.
  • April 30, 2026 - Final WSSA Program with all changes will be posted to the WSSA Website as a downloadable .pdf file.