7:00am – 5:00pm             Registration (Grand Ballroom Foyer)

8:00am – 9:30am              Continental Breakfast, posters & exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

9:30am – 10:00am           Welcome & Overview of the Annual Conference (Grand Ballroom)

Sofia Aragon, President, National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers

Executive Director, Washington Center for Nursing

Dr. Peter Buerhaus, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies

at Montana State University

Karren Kowalski, President & CEO, Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence

10:00am – 11:00am         Keynote Address – VADM Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General (Grand Ballroom)

11:00am – 11:30am         Break, posters and exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

11:30am – 12:15pm        Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

12:15pm – 1:45pm           Lunch, posters and exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

1:45pm – 2:45pm             Plenary Speaker – David Cutler, National Bureau of Economic Research (Grand Ballroom)

2:45pm – 3:00pm             Break, posters and exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

3:00pm – 3:50pm             Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

4:00pm – 4:50pm             Plenary Speaker – Susan Reinhard, AARP/Center to Champion Nursing (Grand Ballroom)

5:30pm – 6:30pm             Welcome Reception (Grand Ballroom Foyer)

7:30am – 8:30am              Continental Breakfast, posters & exhibits (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

8:30am – 9:30am              Plenary Speaker – Lynda Benton, Johnson & Johnson (Grand Ballroom)                                   

9:30am – 10:00am           Break, posters and exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

10:00am – 10:50am         Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

11:00am – 11:50am         Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

12:00pm – 1:30pm           Lunch, posters and exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

1:30pm – 2:30pm             Plenary Speaker – Mary Jo Jerde, UnitedHealth Group (Grand Ballroom)

2:30pm – 3:00pm             Break, posters and exhibitors (Grand Ballroom & Foyer)

3:00pm – 3:50pm             Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

7:30am – 8:30am              Continental Breakfast (Grand Ballroom)

8:30am – 9:20am              Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

9:30am – 10:20am           Breakout sessions (Conference Rooms)

10:30am – 11:30am         Closing Plenary Speaker – Ian Morrison, Healthcare Author & Futurist (Grand Ballroom)

11:30am – 11:45am         Closing Remarks – Clark Ruttinger, Utah Nursing Workforce Center (Grand Ballroom)

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