Purpose

This conference is designed to bring together and advance evidence-based Universal Wellbeing prevention-first initiatives that can measurably improve New Zealand’s poor national wellbeing metrics. Key entrenched national indicators of poor wellbeing the conference will focus on include high rates of child and adult suicide, sexual and family violence, crime and addictions, and chronic illnesses and mental health challenges, and low levels of home ownership, workplace wellbeing and productivity, educational engagement and achievement, and social cohesion.

Progressing forward from our 2025 event, this conference will focus on advancing the new “Universal Wellbeing Charter: A Framework for Global Primordial Prevention” through the development of an implementation science-supported strategy in order to address the entrenched key national indicators of poor wellbeing identified above.

Leaders, researchers, professionals, practitioners, policy makers, and community members from diverse sectors are welcome to contribute to this prevention-first, community-led movement which aims to make a measurable difference to New Zealand’s poor national wellbeing metrics.

All are welcome.