Nursing Education Summer Symposium
You’re invited to Elsevier’s 2026 Nursing Education Symposium
This exclusive event brings together nursing program leaders to collaborate on solutions to improve learning outcomes. You’ll participate in interactive workshops with our nursing education teams to identify new opportunities and provide feedback on potential solutions.
Join us for a combination of best practice sharing and generating practical, actionable ideas. Together, we’ll address the most pressing challenges in nursing education today and brainstorm realistic, impactful strategies to shape the future of the next generation of nurses.
Elsevier will help cover travel and lodging costs during this event* and hope it opens the door for you to join us!
Help us transform the future of nursing education! Questions? Contact us at [email protected]opens in new tab/window
This invitation is non-transferable.
Elsevier assumes the cost of participants’ two-night hotel stay, meals during the event, and the flight to/from Boston up to $750 when booked from our system link. This invitation is non-transferable.
Working Agenda
Date/Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
Wednesday, October 7th 5:30 PM | Registration and Welcome Cocktail Reception |
Thursday, October 8th 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Symposium Sessions, Day 1 Breakfast |
8:00 – 8:30 AM | Welcome/Introductions |
8:30 – 9:30 AM | Keynote Justin Bala-Hampton, DNP, MPH, APRN, NEA-BC, FAANP, FNYAM Senior Principal – Health, Accenture |
9:30 – 10:00 AM | Anchors in Nursing Education: Sharing Challenges Building on insights gathered from previous symposia, this will be an interactive session to capture the factors that impact your programs and pull your students or your program down. These anchors will serve as a foundation for our future conversations and strategies. |
10:15 – 10:45 AM | Propellers in Nursing Education: Sharing Successes This session will spotlight key propellers – innovative practices and strategies – that drive positive momentum across nursing programs. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from peer examples, share their own successes, and identify opportunities to accelerate progress in key areas. |
10:45 – 12:00 PM | Anchors to Action This will be interactive time to brainstorm and problem-solve these challenges facing nursing programs and turn them into momentum for positive change. |
12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 – 2:00 PM | AI Transforming Nursing Education |
2:00 – 3:00 PM | AI Literacy in Education: Turning Knowledge into Practice |
3:15 – 4:00 PM | Academic Integrity in Nursing Education: Why Students Cheat & How Nursing Programs Can Respond |
5:30 PM | Dinner |
Friday, October 9th 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Symposium Sessions, Day 2 Breakfast |
8:00 – 9:30 AM | Tools Impacting Nursing Education |
9:45 – 10:30 AM | Co-Designing Smarter Curriculum Mapping and Accreditation Workflows |
10:30 – 11:30 AM | Elevating Outcomes and Improving Readiness for Practice |
11:30 - Noon | Closing Remarks Let’s revisit your reason for attending – were your objectives met? |
Noon | Departures |
Help us transform the future of nursing education!
Where: Boston, Massachusetts Revere Hotel Boston Commonopens in new tab/window
When: Wednday, October 7, 2026 @ 5 p.m. Central Friday, October 9, 2026 @ 12 p.m. Central