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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, September 15, 2026
  • 7:00am - 6:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 7:00am - 7:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Parents' Lounge
  • 7:15am - 6:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Advanced Practice Summit (Additional Registration Required)
  • 7:30am - 6:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Advanced Practice Summit (Additional Registration Required)
  • 4:30pm - 6:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Get to NANN You!
  • 4:45pm - 5:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Escape Room: Cue the Tea Party!
  • Wednesday, September 16, 2026
  • 7:00am - 6:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 9:00am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    Opening Ceremony, Remarks, and Awards
  • 9:30am - 10:30am East Coast USA Time
    The Voice of NICU Families: Lessons, Strategies, and Inspiration for Nurses
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Escape Room: Cue the Tea Party!
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Digital Poster Session 1
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Learning Center Sessions 1
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Opening Celebration in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Listening to Fathers: Understanding Paternal Needs and Experiences in the NICU
  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Pearls of Practice: Session 1
  • 12:30pm - 1:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Pearls of Practice: Session 2
  • 1:30pm - 1:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 1:45pm - 2:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Advocacy 101 Workshop: Speak Up, Stand Out, and Shape Policy
  • 1:45pm - 2:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Maintaining Parental Roles During End-of-Life Care
  • 1:45pm - 2:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Pearls of Practice: Session 3
  • 2:45pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Escape Room: Cue the Tea Party!
  • 2:45pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Digital Poster Session 2
  • 2:45pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Learning Center Session 2
  • 2:45pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Networking in the Exhibit Hall
  • 2:55pm - 3:55pm East Coast USA Time
    Pressure and Flow: See why interface choice matters with Baby LIV
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm East Coast USA Time
    From Awareness to Action: A Team-based Quality Improvement Initiative for NICU Delirium Prevention
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Pearls of Practice: Session 4
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm East Coast USA Time
    We’re Not a Regular NICU, We’re a Cool NICU: Adapting to a New Era of Complex Care
  • 5:00pm - 5:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 5:15pm - 6:15pm East Coast USA Time
    A New Job Description Reflecting the Evolution of the Neonatal Developmental Specialist Role - 1999 to Today
  • 5:15pm - 6:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Improving Neonatal Outcomes Across Borders: Bridging NICUs from the U.S. to Spain
  • 5:15pm - 6:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Sharing your Scholarship With the Neonatal Community
  • Thursday, September 17, 2026
  • 7:00am - 6:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 7:00am - 7:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Parents' Lounge
  • 7:30am - 9:00am East Coast USA Time
    Escape Room: Cue the Tea Party!
  • 7:30am - 9:00am East Coast USA Time
    Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
  • 7:30am - 9:00am East Coast USA Time
    Digital Poster Browsing
  • 7:30am - 9:00am East Coast USA Time
    Learning Center Session 3
  • 7:45am - 8:45am East Coast USA Time
    Help Protect Infants From RSV Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in Their First RSV Season
  • 9:00am - 10:00am East Coast USA Time
    Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) at the Bedside: Understanding the Pathophysiology to Guide Treatment
  • 10:00am - 10:15am East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 10:15am - 11:15am East Coast USA Time
    ECMO referral Critical Care Transport Pearls for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
  • 10:15am - 11:15am East Coast USA Time
    Measuring family-centered care practices across 99 NICUs: Are resources and acuity correlated with family empowerment?
  • 10:15am - 11:15am East Coast USA Time
    Milk Safety Matters: Elevating Care with Gold-Standard Human Milk and Formula Practices
  • 11:15am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Escape Room: Cue the Tea Party!
  • 11:15am - 1:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Digital Poster Session 3
  • 11:15am - 1:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Learning Center Session 4
  • 11:15am - 1:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30pm - 1:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Passport Drawing in the Exhibit Hall
  • 1:15pm - 2:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Enhanced Pain Identification in Surgical Neonates: Advancing Assessment and Management in the NICU Using Artificial Intelligence–Supported Multimodal Biomarkers
  • 2:15pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Partnering at the Bedside: How RN–OT Collaboration Advances Culturally Responsive, Family-Centered NICU Care
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Pearls of Practice: Session 5
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Safety-Engineered Skin-to-Skin (Kangaroo) Care: A Trauma-Informed Framework to Improve Physiologic Stability, Reduce Risk, and Strengthen Family Integration in Neonatal Care
  • 3:30pm - 3:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 3:45pm - 4:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Pearls of Practice: Session 6
  • 3:45pm - 4:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Rising Together: How Nurses Can Improve Neonatal Outcomes with Equity-Focused Quality Improvement
  • 3:45pm - 4:45pm East Coast USA Time
    Transforming Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: Outcomes of a Nurse-Led Eat, Sleep, Console Model
  • 4:45pm - 5:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Glow Up Hour: Prep for NANN After Dark!
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm East Coast USA Time
    NANN After Dark
  • Friday, September 18, 2026
  • 6:30am - 10:00am East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 7:00am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Parents' Lounge
  • 8:00am - 8:45am East Coast USA Time
    The Big Picture: NANN Business Meeting
  • 8:45am - 9:00am East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 9:00am - 10:00am East Coast USA Time
    From Delivery Room to NICU: Reducing Admission Hypothermia to Improve Neonatal Outcomes
  • 10:00am - 10:15am East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 10:15am - 11:15am East Coast USA Time
    NANN & VON Case of the Year
  • 11:15am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    Movement Break
  • 11:30am - 11:45am East Coast USA Time
    Closing Remarks
  • 11:45am - 12:45pm East Coast USA Time
    The Work Beneath the Work: Reclaiming Meaning, Safety, and Connection in NICU Care
  • 12:45pm - 12:50pm East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Send-Off