The International Families and Fathers Conference enters its twenty-sixth iteration as a longstanding convening dedicated to the study and support of family structures, with particular attention to the role of fathers. While the conference's disciplinary breadth is wide, its curatorial throughline is the family as a site of inquiry—social, cultural, psychological, and political. Speakers are expected to bring rigorous perspectives that resonate across professional boundaries, from research and policy to artistic and community-based practice. For creative practitioners, the conference offers a platform to present work that engages with familial themes before an audience of peers, scholars, and advocates. The call is open to all disciplines, and the sole listed material requirement is a bio, suggesting that proposals are evaluated on the strength of the proposed contribution and the speaker's background rather than on extensive documentation. This structure places a premium on clarity of thought and the ability to communicate one's work to a non-specialist but highly engaged audience. The curatorial vision favors substance over spectacle. The conference's longevity indicates a sustained commitment to dialogue that bridges research, practice, and lived experience. Artists, writers, filmmakers, and performers whose work interrogates kinship, caregiving, masculinity, or intergenerational dynamics will find a natural home here, provided they can articulate their practice in terms that speak to the conference's core concerns.