Register now for the 2019 National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers Conference! National Forum 2019 will bring together nursing, healthcare, workforce researchers, futurists, and policy leaders from across the country to discuss how the face of the nursing profession is changing.

Distinguished Keynote Speakers for National Forum 2019

‌ VADM Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH 20th & Current Surgeon General of the United States (Invited)

‌ Lynda Benton Senior Director, Global Corporate Equity and Partnerships at Johnson & Johnson

‌ David M. Cutler , PhD Harvard College Professor, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research

‌ Mary Jo Jerde, MBA, BSN, RN, FAAN Sr. Vice President, UnitedHealth Group Center for Clinician Advancement

‌ Ian Morrison , PhD Author, Futurist, Consultant, & Speaker Specializing in the future of healthcare and the changing business environment

‌ Susan C. Reinhard , RN, PhD, FAAN Sr. Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America

Conference session topics will include: ·        Increased use of telehealth and other digital technologies; ·        Developing a nursing workforce that responds to employer needs & realities; ·        Aging and increasingly diverse populations; ·        Effectively using growing APRN workforce & overcoming barriers to practice; ·        Building healthier communities through the nursing workforce; ·        Challenges confronting primary care and behavioral health care;  ·        Forecasting the future supply and demand for nurses; ·        Evolving value-based delivery and payment systems; ·        How nurses can better envision the shape of health care in the decade ahead.

Sponsorship & Promotional Opportunities Take advantage of this opportunity to promote your organization’s services and products to an audience of 200 – 250 national nursing leaders and researchers, and to thousands of digital media viewers. To review sponsorship opportunities, please click here: 2019 Forum Sponsorship Opportunities

The National Forum 2019 Call for Abstracts is now open!  Submissions will be rated on overall quality, focus or topic, and applicability to the conference theme. Topics include: ·       Challenges & opportunities to strengthen the primary care, behavioral health, and APRN workforce ·       The impact, contributions, and challenges confronting nurses in improving behavioral health ·       Modeling the supply and demand of nurses, creating a high value workforce ·       State based initiatives aimed at increasing diversity and strengthening the health care workforce ·       Increasing use of telehealth ·       Challenges of aging and diverse populations ·       Building healthy communities ·       “Late Breaking” sessions on current work/issues/projects Proposals are to be submitted by Friday, February 1, 2019. To access the call for abstracts form, please click here:   2019 Call for Abstracts

To register for the conference, please click here: 2019 National Forum (Don't miss out on Early Bird Rates, November 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019!)

To reserve hotel accommodations, please click here: National Forum 2019 - Brown Palace Hotel & Spa   National Forum 2019 - Holiday Inn Express    (connected to Brown Palace Hotel)