Guide to Nurse Practitioner Conferences (2026)
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As the world continues to contend with the impact of Covid-19, conferences that offer healthcare professionals the capacity to grow their skills, knowledge, and practice have adapted to fit our post-pandemic reality. In 2020 and 2021, many long-standing NP conferences switched to virtual formats to deliver the CE, networking, and advocacy conversations that are the lifeblood of conferences.
In 2026, NP conferences are being planned in various formats. Some NP conferences are keeping the virtual format alive, offering participants the flexibility to expand their NP skills and knowledge through virtual sessions that can be experienced either live or on demand. Other NP conferences are being organized in person. Many NP conference organizers have come to see the value of virtual conferences and have chosen to create conferences that are happening in-person and virtually.
Regardless of the format, conferences can be an essential part of an NP’s year based on their offer. Many NP conferences work to expand the recognition of the importance of the NP role in healthcare, connect NPs to one another to create advocacy and business partnerships, and provide NPs with the continuing education needed to maintain active board certification. Specialty NP conferences also provide NPs working with specific populations with information on cutting-edge technologies and treatment modalities, as well as specialty-specific insight and networking.
The following is a list of conferences being offered in 2025 that nurse practitioners may find useful to help them with continuing education, networking, and advocacy opportunities.
General Nurse Practitioner Conferences
The AANP Health Policy Conference is for NPs and NP advocates who wish to develop the skills and understanding needed for federal-level advocacy. At this conference, experts in NP advocacy discuss how congressional and federal administration priorities can potentially impact NPs, the healthcare system, and patient care.
The conference provides opportunities for NPs to form coalitions with NPs from their region and have face-to-face conversations with their elected officials. Topics and speakers will be added to the 2026 agenda once finalized. The 2026 conference proceedings might include topics such as the effect of chronic health conditions on the health care system; the APRN compact; nurse practitioners and the nursing workforce; AANP government affairs; medicare and medicaid services; and impacting change from within.
- Date: February 8–10, 2026
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- Cost: AANP NP, associate, career starter, licensed NP student, or retired member ($700); AANP student member ($290); Non-AANP member ($950)
- CE Opportunities: Approximately 16.5 contact hours of continuing education (CE)
The AANP national conference is designed for NPs of all specialties looking to improve their practice, participate in policy conversations, increase cultural competency, and network. With hundreds of sessions and workshops available, the 2026 edition of this large-scale conference will enable NPs of all specialties to earn up to 32 contact hours of continuing education (CE) and pharmacology credit.
Opportunities at the AANP national conference include educational sessions that bring industries together, the chance to join a specialty-developing practice group, NP student networking events, and an exhibition hall featuring employers, poster presentations, vendors, product showcases, and AANP-specific goods and services. The AANP conference also offers seminars that train NPs in specific skills.
- Date: June 23-27, 2026
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Cost: In-Person Full Conference Registration Fees Received by May 5 (NP member: $629; student member: $131; licensed NP student member: $408; career starter member: $408; retired member: $389; associate member: $639; international advanced practice nurse: $629; international student member: $131; non-member: $839); In-Person Full Conference Registration Fees Received After May 5 (NP member: $679; student member: $181; licensed NP student member: $458; career starter member: $458; retired member: $439; associate member: $689; international advanced practice nurse: $679; international student member: $181; non-member: $889); In-Person One-Day Conference Registration Fees Received by May 5 (NP member: $378; student member: $131; licensed NP student member: $336; career starter member: $336; retired member: $257; associate member: $388; international advanced practice nurse: $378; international student member: $131; non-member: $546); In-Person One-Day Conference Registration Fees Received After May 5 (NP member: $428; student member: $181; licensed NP student member: $386; career starter member: $386; retired member: $307; associate member: $438; international advanced practice nurse: $428; international student member: $181; non-member: $596)
- CE Opportunities: 32 contact hours of continuing education (CE) and pharmacology credit
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Conferences
National Conference for Nurse Practitioners in Acute Care (NPAC)
The National Conference for Nurse Practitioners in Acute Care (NPAC) brings together acute care NPs to build skills in managing complex, critically ill adult patients. Organized by Barkley & Associates, it offers hands-on training and expert talks on diagnostics, procedures, and pharmacology to sharpen clinical practice.
Attendees join small-group workshops on advanced invasive procedures like ultrasound-guided lines, airway management, and suturing. Pre-conference sessions dive into topics such as 12-lead EKGs, radiology imaging, mechanical ventilation, and cardiac emergencies. The main program features general sessions on acute care updates, plus a keynote on leadership in high-stakes settings, with plenty of time for networking among over 800 NPs.
- Date: March 4–8, 2026
- Location: Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, Florida
- Cost: Full conference fee received by January 23, 2026 ($699); full conference fee received between January 23, 2026, and February 11, 2026 ($739); full conference fee received after February 11, 2026 ($769); nursing student, recent graduate, or retired nurse practitioner registration fees ($529 to $629)
- CE Opportunities: 22.75 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 13.25 hours of pharmacology and 2.95 hours of advanced procedures)
Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Conferences
The Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) offers a conference to aid NPs working with older adults in improving their practice. In addition to education and networking opportunities, GAPNA confers awards to AGNPs displaying excellence in clinical practice, community service, education, leadership, and research.
Topics covered at previous conferences include elder abuse, reducing non-urgent emergency department visits of homeless veterans through adherence to a nurse-practitioner-led comprehensive plan of care, animal-assisted therapy, engaging African American families in end-of-life discussions, and the feasibility of telehealth programs during hospital-to-home transition for caregivers of persons living with dementia.
- Date: September 24-26, 2026
- Location: Orlando, FL
- Cost: TBD
- CE Opportunities: TBD
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Conferences
The National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) offers an annual conference that provides state-of-the-art, evidence-based approaches that challenge novice and expert neonatal nurses to improve their nursing practices.
For 2026, NANN is soliciting presentations and poster topics that may cover a range of neonatal priorities, including nutritional requirements of the newborn, adaptation to extrauterine life, endocrine and metabolic issues, fluid and electrolyte management, radiologic interpretation, cue-based feeding, breastfeeding support, and donor milk program issues.
General priorities that might be covered at the conference include resuscitation and stabilization, nursing shortage, patient and family experience, transformational leadership, medication safety, maternal or neonatal collaboration, patient safety or risk reduction, quality care, and difficult-to-manage clinical issues, among many other such topics.
- Date: September 15-18, 2026
- Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
- Cost: TBD
- CE Opportunities: TBD
Nurse Midwife Conferences
GOLD Midwifery Online Conference
The GOLD online conference is designed to help nurse-midwives expand their knowledge and skills, which will mediate improved outcomes for the families they serve. The conference happens over the course of almost four months and provides attendees with opportunities to learn and discuss topics with other nurse midwives in real time or learn at their own pace by accessing recorded proceedings on demand.
Topics offered include at the crossroads: community-based midwives and the legal world; bridging the postpartum gap: addressing long-term risks after gestational diabetes; bonding, safety, and savings: the case for home-based phototherapy; clinical competencies for assessment and repair of birth-related tissue trauma; managing POTS during pregnancy: empowerment through quality care; eating disorders in the perinatal period: a hidden crisis in maternal care; moxibustion for breech presentation and postnatal recovery; shoulder dystocia: beyond biomechanics; and neonatal resuscitation today: new guidelines, changing tools & getting priorities right, among others.
In addition to the included topics, 2026 conference-goers could choose from add-on lectures such as postpartum care in practice: clinical strategies for physical and emotional recovery; advancing the art of breech birth add-on; comprehensive care for six newborn challenges: diagnosis, treatment, and support; and latched & attached: strategies for neurodevelopment, bonding & effective feeding.
- Date: February 2 – May 29, 2026
- Location: Online
- Cost: Individual Registration ($40 to $170); Group Registration ($30 to $140); Student Registration ($20 to $85); add-on 6-hour lecture pack ($10 to $55); add-on 3-hour lecture pack ($6 to $27.50)
- CE Opportunities: 14.5 contact hours
International Conference on Nurse Midwife, Midwifery Care, and Women’s Healthcare
The International Conference on Nurse Midwife, Midwifery Care, and Women’s Healthcare (ICNMMCWH-2026) is a two-day conference that aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of midwifery care, women’s healthcare, and nurse-midwifery.
This conference also offers a leading platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to discuss and present recent concerns, trends, and innovations, as well as the practical challenges that one faces and the solutions that should be adopted in the fields of midwifery care, women’s healthcare, and nurse-midwifery.
The conference also invites vendors to exhibit their products or become sponsors. Researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts, papers, and e-posters around the conference’s theme.
Submission topics include women’s health, evidence-based practice in nursing, midwifery, certified nursing assistant, midwifery online nursing, midwifery pediatrics, midwife services in breastfeeding, midwives in maternal care, and license practical nursing (LPN), among many more such topics.
- Date: Belgrade, Serbia (May 18-19, 2026); San Francisco, United States (September 28-29, 2026); Dubai, United Arab Emirates (November 9-10, 2026)
- Location: Belgrade, Serbia; San Francisco, United States; Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Cost: Non-student oral or poster presenter registration (early – €450; normal – €500); student oral or poster presenter registration (early – €350; normal – €400); listener registration (early – €250; normal – €300); additional paper publication (€100)
- CE Opportunities: N/A
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Conferences
NAPNAP 47th Annual National Conference on Pediatric Health Care
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), the professional home for the largest NP specialty group, will hold its 47th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care in Chicago from March 18 to 21, 2026. The meeting will also include a virtual option starting May 1, offering flexible access for those unable to travel.
Pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs), family nurse practitioners (FNPs), and other pediatric-focused providers are invited to join this event, which will highlight NAPNAP’s legacy as the first nurse practitioner professional organization. The conference is designed for students, new graduates, early-career, and experienced clinicians in primary, acute, and specialty care, as well as educators and those engaged in evidence-based practice and research.
Attendees will be able to choose from several planned educational sessions and poster presentations focused on current, evidence-based pediatric and adolescent care. In addition, daily networking activities will help participants reconnect with peers, build new professional relationships, and explore collaboration opportunities with colleagues from across the country.
- Date: March 18–21, 2026
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Cost: Full Conference Registration Fees Received By January 30, 2026 (member-full and essentials status: $575; member-student status: $290; member-retiree status: $375; non-members: $755)
Full Conference Registration Fees Received between January 31 and March 15, 2026 (member-full and essentials status: $615; member-student status: $330; member-retiree status: $415; non-members: $795)
Full Conference Registration Fees Received on-site (member-full and essentials status: $635; member-student status: $350; member-retiree status: $435; non-members: $815)
One-day Conference Registration (member-full and essentials status: $290; member-student status: $165; member-retiree status: $190; non-members: $390)
Two-day Conference Registration (member-full and essentials status: $430; member-student status: N/A; member-retiree status: $330; non-members: $530)
Virtual Conference Registration Fees Received By January 30, 2026 (member-full and essentials status: $425; member-student status: $200; member-retiree status: $225; non-members: $630)
Virtual Conference Registration Fees Received between January 31 and April 27, 2026 (member-full and essentials status: $475; member-student status: $250; member-retiree status: $275; non-members: $680) - CE Opportunities: 20 contact hours (CH) of continuing education (CE) credit
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Conferences
34th Annual Primary Care Conference
The Continuing Education Company offers the Primary Care Conference, offering practical and useful information designed to help primary care providers stay up-to-date in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. Program objectives include improving provider capacity for assessment, accurate diagnosis, optimal care, common therapeutic issues management, comprehensive evidence-based interventions and treatment strategies, and improved long-term outcomes.
Topics include controversies in hypertension; aldosterone: the forgotten hypertension; identification and management of sexually transmitted infections; treating mood disorders across the reproductive years; obesity: patient assessment and engagement; review of obesity medications including incretin-based therapies; new cholesterol-lowering therapies; treatment of venous thromboembolism; hypercortisolism in diabetes; allergic rhinitis; and pharmacotherapy and anti-obesity medications, among others.
Those who cannot travel physically to the conference can attend workshops live for the same CE credit or may watch the session asynchronously for 30 days following the conference.
- Date: Session 1 (July 29 – June 3, 2026); Session 2 (July 6-10, 2026)
- Location: Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
- Cost: In-person ($835); Virtual Livestream webcast ($650)
- CE Opportunities: 20 to 35 credits
17th Annual Essentials in Primary Care Summer Conference
Also offered by the Continuing Education Company, the essentials in the primary care summer conference are similar in scope and purpose to the 34th annual summer conference listed above.
Sessions offered in 2026 for this conference include lifestyle medicine and heart disease: meals, movement, and meditation; treatment of venous thromboembolism; update on anticoagulation; identification and management of sexually transmitted infections; treating mood disorders across the reproductive years; treating type 2 diabetes with glucose-lowering drugs: which drug and when; type 2 diabetes management: a case-based approach to primary care; unwinding dizziness: when to worry; controversies in hypertension: testing what you know; managing behavioral challenges in dementia; responding to acute traumatic and musculoskeletal conditions: immediate action and follow-up care; and metabolic syndrome, among others.
Those who cannot travel physically to the conference can attend workshops live for the same CE credit or may watch the session asynchronously for 30 days following the conference.
- Date: July 13-17, 2026
- Location: Hammock Beach Resort, Palm Coast, Florida
- Cost: In-person ($835); Virtual Livestream webcast ($650)
- CE Opportunities: 20 to 35 credits
National Nurse Practitioner Symposium
The National Nurse Practitioner Symposium (NNPS) provides NPs in primary and acute care opportunities to learn more about clinical practice, professional development, research, and innovations in practice settings.
Examples from the wide range of educational topics included in the conference include allergies, palliative care, self-care, technology, trauma, contraception, imaging, infectious disease, and mental health.
- Date: July 14-18, 2026
- Location: Keystone, Colorado
- Cost: Symposium Registration-Wednesday through Saturday program ($599 to $799); student ($599)
- CE Opportunities: Up to 24+ CE hours and dedicated pharmacology content
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Conferences
The theme for the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) 2026 Annual Conference is “Innovate, Integrate, INSPIRE: Charting the Future of Psychiatric Nursing.” In addition to keynote speakers and educational opportunities, the ISPN conference awards Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNP) with outstanding contributions to clinical practice, diversity and equity, education, research, leadership, lectureship, and psychiatric mental health advocacy.
Several advanced-practice psychiatric mental health nurses are expected to attend this conference. Content topics may include resilience and wellness in mental healthcare education and practice; collaborative and integrated models of mental healthcare that improve transitions in care and recovery; cutting-edge nursing simulation and virtual technology models for surveillance and identification of maladaptive patterns; collaborative and integrated models of mental healthcare that improve individual, family, and population health in the context of multiple chronic conditions, disability, and/or socioeconomic disadvantage; and psychiatric-mental health nursing research, practice, leadership, education, psychotherapy, and/or psychopharmacology projects that incorporate models of care for individuals, groups, and communities.
- Date: March 18-21, 2026
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Cost: Full Conference Registration Fees Received By February 16, 2026 (member: $595; non-member: $775; student: $295)
Full Conference Registration Fees Received After February 16, 2026 (member: $695; non-member: $850; student: $350)
One-day Registration Fees Received By February 16, 2026 (member: $400; non-member: $450; student: $150)
One-day Registration Fees Received After February 16, 2026 (member: $450; non-member: $500; student: $175) - CE Opportunities: TBD
The APNA Annual Conference stands as the premier national event for psychiatric-mental health nurses, drawing professionals from diverse practice settings and experience levels. Set for October 28-31, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona, it emphasizes resilience, wellness, and advancing care through evidence-based insights under the theme “Building on Strengths: A Resiliency Journey to Improve Wellness & Advance Care.”
This conference features hundreds of peer-reviewed sessions and poster presentations shaped by an open call for abstracts, covering critical areas like addictions, child and adolescent care, integrated models, medication management, psychotherapy, research, and violence prevention. Suitable for RNs, APRNs, educators, administrators, and students, it supports growth across inpatient, community, private practice, and specialty contexts. Networking fosters connections, while registration provides live in-person or livestream access plus on-demand recordings for flexible learning.
- Date: October 28-31, 2026
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Cost: TBD
- CE Opportunities: Up to 115 contact hours
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