Yale-BPD Alliance

Conference on Borderline Personality Disorder

Every year, Yale partners with the BPD Alliance, formerly known as the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD) to host a conference which centers recent findings, advocacy, and the lived experience community regarding BPD.

Registration link: https://bpdalliance.org/product/2026-conference-registration/

General registration: $25

Continuing education registration (eligible professionals): $150

To learn more about the 2026 conference, please navigate this link.

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On behalf of the Yale-NEABPD planning committee, we are pleased to announce the 21st annual Yale-NEABPD Conference, which is taking place on Friday, October 2nd, 2026. This year’s conference theme is Stronger Together: Advancing Care, Connection, and Hope. The conference will explore evidence-based approaches that empower people with lived experience, strengthen families and support networks, equip clinicians, and promote recovery and meaningful connection. This conference will be held in hybrid format, with in-person attendance available at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut and live-streamed for those who are attending virtually. We are celebrating a day filled with a spectacular lineup of professional and lived-experience speakers!

Date: Friday, October 2nd, 2026

Time: 9:45AM-6PM

Location: Virtual with in-person watch parties across the country (more information coming soon!)

We are proud to announce the virtual and in-person winners of our inaugural student poster awards!

Tatiana Allan, Yale University - Best Poster (In-person)

Anabelle Rampersaud, University of Oregon - Best Poster (Virtual)


The Yale-NEABPD Conference Committee is eager to uplift trainee involvement in our conference and in this study of BPD, BPD traits and related behaviors broadly! Thank you all for coming to support our mission and support our student attendees in the process.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year, and we look forward to watching all our student and trainee attendees continue to deepen our field of understanding.