6:30-7:30 a.m.
Running and Walking Groups
Meet with other early risers at the hotel entrance for a 30-minute run or 60-minute morning walk.
7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Registration Open
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Showcase Open
Access high-profile exhibitors and sponsors showcasing innovative and forward-thinking products and services. Take time throughout the day to visit the vendor booths and identify strategic partners to fulfill your institutional needs.
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Coffee & Conversations
- Deans of Minority Serving Nursing Schools
This session explores opportunities and challenges of Deans of nursing schools with high enrollment of students of color.
- Dean Leadership Development Showcase
Join your colleagues for a dynamic session focused on emerging issues and new approaches to executive leadership. Graduates of AACN’s Advancing Academic Leadership for New Deans program will present their final projects, which focus on addressing challenges and opportunities of interest to new and experienced deans. Come for the conversation, the inspiration, and a lively exchange of ideas.
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Solution Circles
Learn from industry experts in a collaborative format by examining current challenges in the field of academic nursing.
AACN does not endorse products or services being presented during the Solution Circles
- Preparing Nurse Leaders for 2030
Solution Circle sponsored and presented by Wolters Kluwer
The leadership skills required by nurses are increasingly complex and continue to evolve in response to a dynamic healthcare system, an increasingly global society, emerging technologies, and new role expectations. This presentation will explore 7 competencies nurse leaders must further develop to positively impact the healthcare system and their profession in the future, including: A global perspective or mindset; Balancing the need for and use of emerging technologies with the human element and caring; Genetics and genomics; Understanding and expanding personal and professional power; Media and branding skills; Interprofessional collaborative and team building skills; Change management
Presenter: Carol Huston, MSN, MPA, California State University-Chico State
- How to Provide Scalable and Effective Communication Skills Training with Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Solution Circle sponsored and presented by SimConverse
"How do I future-proof my teaching?", "Am I providing the best training I can?", "I've seen AI all over the media recently, can it actually be useful?" This session is for everyone. From total tech expert through to complete novice. We'll discuss future-proofing your curriculum with clinical education theory and how to integrate cutting edge generative AI into your institutions. You'll also get the unique opportunity to experience cost-effective and scalable AI communication training first hand! Key topics are; Generative AI, Clinical communication theory, Scalability, future-proofing and active learning. Come see what's now possible!
Presenter: Will Pamment, CGO/Co-Founder, SimConverse
9:30 a.m.-12 :00 p.m. (Networking Break 10:30-11:00 a.m.)
Like-Schools Focused Discussions
Join colleagues and collaborate on vital topics important to your institution.
- Small/Liberal Arts Colleges
- Public Colleges/Universities
- Private Colleges/Universities
- Academic Health Centers
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own) & Visit Exhibitor Showcase
12:30-1:30 p.m.
NursingCAS Luncheon: A Demonstration of AACN’s Student Application and Admissions Management Portal
Learn about AACN’s Nursing Centralized Application Service (NursingCAS). NursingCAS provides colleges a FREE student application and admissions platform to efficiently manage data-driven reviews in a cloud-based software. Learn why 300 colleges of nursing and 115,000 student applicants used NursingCAS to manage their nursing school applications last cycle.
Pre-Registration required here. Limited seating.
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Plenary
Keeping the Humanity in Health Care
Having served as a caregiver to both her husband who suffered a traumatic brain injury after he was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, as well as to her father as he battled and ultimately succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease, Lee Woodruff understands the healing powers of compassion and human connection. Her stories of respect and kindness by healthcare professionals are reminders that the human side of health care is just as important to the patient and their families as the medical treatments they receive. Woodruff’s candor, warmth, and humor will provide attendees with a revived sense of motivation and renewal for the extraordinary work that they do.
Speaker: Lee Woodruff, Author, Speaker, Westchester County, NY
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Networking Break & Visit Exhibitor Showcase
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Plenary
Driving Innovation in Medicare: Creating a More Person-Centered and Equitable Healthcare System
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is committed to adapting care delivery models to achieve better care for patients, smarter spending, and healthier communities. Join Dr. Fowler for a stimulating discussion on national efforts to advance value-based care at the federal level and achieve equitable health outcomes through high quality, affordable, and person-centered care. Academic nursing’s role in sustaining healthcare quality and advocating for change will be highlighted.
Speaker: Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD, Deputy Administrator and Director, CMS Innovation Center, Baltimore, MD
4:30-5:00 p.m.
Networking Break & Visit Solution Provider Showcase
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Geraldine “Polly” Bednash Lectureship Award
The Struggle for Trust: Infusing Humanism into Health Care
Gold Foundation President and CEO Dr. Richard Levin will discuss the battering of trust in American society and its consequences for nurses and the health professions at large. In an era plagued by health misinformation and diminished regard for science, the value of expertise is under attack. Clinicians are exhausted and despairing from the moral injury of caring for those who deny the truth about what biomedical science brings to caring. Nurses remain the most trusted profession in the nation but sustaining the nursing workforce and the other healthcare professionals is a challenge of new urgency. We need leaders to guide us out of this crisis, and the solutions must be interprofessional. Dr. Levin will focus on the power of humanism and the human connection to restore trust and pave a brighter future for nurses, physicians, and all patients under our care.
Speaker: Richard I. Levin, MD, President, and CEO of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Deans Networking Reception
Join us for our Networking Reception at the end the day to enjoy light fare and mingling with friends and colleagues.