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Speakers
Opening Keynote: Leadership in the Wellness Era: Nursing’s Role in Strengthening Social Connections
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Interactive Panel 1: The Universality of Aging: Developing Policy Today to Impact Everyone's Tomorrow
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Aging is a universal experience requiring comprehensive policy to ensure older adults have an equitable chance to thrive. Using a multi-system approach, this panel will explore policies and community-based strategies that prepare individuals for healthy aging and support sustainable long-term care. Panelists will discuss interventions spanning research, policy, and practice to better prepare attendees to advance sound policy solutions that promote health equity for diverse populations.
INTERACTIVE KEYNOTE: Imagining the Future with Hope
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Interactive Panel 3: Shaping Our Virtual World: The Impact of Innovation, Design, and Outcomes
Friday, November 1, 2024
Technological advancements can revolutionize health systems and the provision of care but must be designed and applied with equity at the forefront. This panel will examine current needs and emerging trends in how virtual health and technological innovation can impact ethical, effective, high-quality health care. Panelists will discuss the impacts and considerations of a range of groundbreaking tools to prepare attendees to envision the possibilities of responsible and responsive innovation.
Interactive Panel 4: The Economic Value of Nursing
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Nurses have tangible, measurable value within systems of care, driving innovation and optimizing patient outcomes. This panel will examine how care is provided, received, and reimbursed in a changing health care environment. Panelists will discuss the compelling need to place value on the role of nursing expertise to drive quality outcomes on an individual, national, and global scale. Threaded through this discussion is an essential focus on nurse well-being and how it translates to a positive return on investment.
Interactive Panel 2: Engaging Community Partners: Shaping Policy for Health Equity
Friday, November 1, 2024
Social connectedness is essential not only for wellbeing but also in advancing health equity. This panel will examine strategies for engaging communities and advancing equitable health policy, with individual, nationwide, and global effects. Panelists will discuss their experiences of educating, building coalitions, and advancing policy to enact systemic change at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
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