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Bob Young
510-251-9470

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February 4, 2026

Registration Now Open for CWCI's 62nd Annual Meeting

Oakland, CA – The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has opened registration for its 62nd Annual Meeting, which will be held Thursday, March 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (aka, “the Sofia”), 2700 Capitol Avenue in downtown Sacramento.  

The theme of the 2026 meeting will be “When Old Models No Longer Hold,” an examination of how the cyclical nature of the system has presented incredible challenges and opportunities, where the system is in the current cycle, and how developing economic and political dynamics will shape the direction of the system in years to come.

The program will include: 

  • Sarah Bohn, PhD, Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, returns to our Annual Meeting to offer an update on the California economy.

  • CWCI Vice President of Research Eva Davinia Loaeza Albino, PhD will present the Institute’s recent research series on cost drivers in the California workers’ compensation system, including cumulative trauma.

  • CWCI President Gideon Baum will present results from recent Institute research and provide an overview of the research agenda for 2026.  

  • CWCI Executive Vice-President and General Counsel Sara Widener-Brightwell will discuss the legal issues likely to be addressed by the courts in the year ahead, followed by a panel discussion of the 2026 workers’ compensation political landscape.

CWCI’s 62nd Annual Meeting is free to CWCI member company employees, CWCI Emeritus, regulators, and the press; $399 for all others. The meeting will begin with a Continental breakfast at 7:45 a.m., and will also include a luncheon from noon to 1:15 p.m. All those planning to attend the meeting must pre-register.  

The Sofia is located a block and a half off I-80 (the Cap City Freeway), between 27th St. and 28th St. For more information on the venue or hotel options, or to register for the meeting, please click the following link: CWCI’s 62nd Annual Meeting. If you have questions, please call CWCI at (510) 251-9470.