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May 12, 2027 · The Westin Richmond

Agenda & presenter opportunities

See how the day will flow and share your expertise as a breakout or poster presenter.

Summit agenda

A full day of learning and connection

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the summit concludes at 4:00 p.m. Proposed times below are subject to final program confirmation.

  1. 7:30–8:30 a.m.

    Registration, breakfast & poster viewing

    Posters are on display all day. Presenters are at their posters to greet early arrivals.

  2. 8:30–9:00 a.m.

    Welcome & opening program

    Program details coming soon.

  3. 9:00–10:00 a.m.

    Keynote, Rear Admiral Jennifer Moon

    Keynote details coming soon.

  4. 10:00–10:15 a.m.

    Morning break & poster session

    Poster presenters stand with their posters to share their work and answer questions.

  5. 10:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

    Round-robin breakout sessions

    One morning block before lunch: three 40-minute rotations plus 15 minutes for moving between rooms.

  6. 12:30–1:30 p.m.

    Networking lunch & poster session

    Enjoy lunch, then visit the poster hall while presenters are at their posters.

  7. 1:30–2:15 p.m.

    Afternoon keynote

    Speaker and details coming soon.

  8. 2:15–2:30 p.m.

    Poster visits & afternoon break

    Visit poster presenters and enjoy a break during the same scheduled time.

  9. 2:30–3:30 p.m.

    Closing keynote

    Speaker and details coming soon.

  10. 3:30–4:00 p.m.

    Virginia Nursing Workforce Center closing & takeaways

    Reflect on the day's key takeaways and next steps for Virginia's nursing workforce.

Now accepting abstracts

Share your work at the summit

Submit an abstract to lead a breakout session or present a poster. Poster presenters are featured during dedicated poster sessions at breakfast, the morning break, lunch, and the afternoon break, so every attendee has time to stop by.

Abstracts due March 1, 2027

Click here to submit your abstract

Three breakout sessions

A round-robin experience for everyone

In one morning block before lunch, attendees will rotate through all three breakout sessions, giving every participant access to every topic and presenter.

Rotation 1

Breakout session 1

Topic, presenter, room, and session details coming soon.

Rotation 2

Breakout session 2

Topic, presenter, room, and session details coming soon.

Rotation 3

Breakout session 3

Topic, presenter, room, and session details coming soon.

Need inspiration?

Suggested topics

Use these ideas as a starting point. Proposals on other topics that support Virginia's nurses are welcome too.

Recruitment & the Pipeline

  • Reaching high school and second career students
  • Pathways from CNA and LPN to RN
  • Closing gaps in clinical placements

Retention & Well-being

  • Preventing burnout and moral distress
  • Mentorship and nurse residency programs
  • Creating healthy, respectful work environments

Education & Academic Practice

  • Academic and hospital partnerships
  • Simulation and new teaching approaches
  • Growing and keeping nurse faculty

Leadership & Practice

  • Shared governance and frontline voice
  • Staffing models that work
  • Preparing the next generation of nurse leaders

Workforce Data & Research

  • Using Virginia workforce data to plan
  • Evidence based practice projects
  • Measuring what keeps nurses in Virginia

Policy, Access & Community

  • Rural and underserved communities
  • Advocacy and nursing policy in Virginia
  • Technology and innovation in care

Call for abstracts · Answering the Call

Your work belongs on this stage

Nurse leaders, workforce partners, educators, researchers, and students: the strategies you built to recruit, retain, and prepare Virginia nurses are exactly what the Commonwealth needs to hear. Share what is working on your unit, in your health system, in your community, or in your classroom.

Data & ResearchEducation & Workforce DevelopmentPolicy & Collaboration

Lead a breakout session

Bring a solution to the room. Walk colleagues through a retention strategy, a staffing or scheduling innovation, a pipeline partnership, a preceptorship redesign, or workforce data that changed decisions, then watch them take it home.

  • Present solo, with your team, or as a panel
  • Share your session with every round-robin group
  • Show real outcomes: what changed, what improved, what you learned
  • Give attendees 2 to 3 learning objectives they can put to work
Submit your breakout abstract

Present a poster

Put your workforce research, quality improvement project, or education innovation in front of the people who can spread it. Students, this is your moment to be seen by the leaders who hire.

  • Displayed throughout the summit
  • Talk one on one with attendees during scheduled breaks
  • Welcomes clinical teams, workforce partners, faculty, and students
  • Connect your project to a Virginia Nursing Workforce Center focus area
Submit your poster abstract

Before you submit, have ready

  • Your contact information, credentials, and affiliation
  • A clear, concise abstract title
  • A 250 to 300 word abstract: purpose, approach, outcomes, and relevance
  • Up to three measurable learning objectives
  • Co-presenter names, credentials, and affiliations
  • A PDF of your abstract with title and presenter names
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