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Executive Leadership in Disruptive Healthcare:
Turning Change into Opportunity

Choose your level, with the fullest experience at the top tier.
Every package includes two guest passes.

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Executive-forum-2026

Executive Leadership in Disruptive Healthcare:
Turning Change into Opportunity

Select the experience level that best fits your interest.
Every package includes two guest passes.

Register Now

Executive Forum Experience

Wednesday, October 28

Hyatt Regency Chicago | Prairie Room
Designed for nursing and health system leaders, the Executive Forum offers high-level discussion, practical strategies, and valuable peer connection around issues shaping healthcare environments. Through executive panels and expert-led sessions, participants will explore system transformation, legislation and policies, and leading through disruption.
 

$499

EXECUTIVE FORUM

  • The full pre-conference Executive Forum: luncheon, networking, and expert-led education sessions
  • Ticket to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) President's Reception
  • Two guest passes to the Executive Forum and President's Reception
  • Discounted ticket ($450 per person) to The Power of Nurses® Celebration Dinner (additional tickets available for purchase)
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$699

EXECUTIVE FORUM + CELEBRATION DINNER

BEST VALUE

  • The full pre-conference Executive Forum: luncheon, networking, and expert-led education sessions
  • Ticket to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) President's Reception
  • Two guest passes to the Executive Forum and President's Reception
  • One ticket to The Power of Nurses® Celebration Dinner included (additional tickets available for purchase)
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Limited availability: 100 registration tickets

No ANCC CNE Credit is awarded for this Executive Forum

Workshops & Networking Happy Hour

Tuesday, October 27, 2026


9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Morning Research Workshops

  • Care Meets Curiosity: Research Methods Every Nurse Should Know
  • World Café - Managing Multi Site Magnet Research at Scale: Best Practices to Strengthen New Knowledge Development and Infrastructure
  • From Voice to Value: Measuring the Impact of Professional Governance in Nursing

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Research Workshops 

  • Innovation and Quality Learning Lab: Anticipating Future Needs in Healthcare
  • Creating an ROI-based Case for Sustaining and Scaling Nurse-led EBP, QI, and Care Innovations
  • Choose Your Route—Navigating the Crossroads of Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Research 

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Networking Happy Hour 

  • Early Registration – pick up your badge the day before the Symposium 
  • Hang Your Poster – network and early poster viewing 
  • Meet the ANE Research Advisory Council

Research Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Registration, and Poster Networking 

8:00-9:00 a.m. Opening Plenary 

9:15-10:15 a.m. Concurrent Session 1 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Concurrent Session 2 

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Networking Lunch and Awards Ceremony 

12:30-1:30 p.m. Attended Poster Session 

1:45-2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 3 

3:00-4:00 p.m. Concurrent Session 4 

4:15-5:15 p.m. Closing Plenary 


Concurrent Sessions & Poster Sessions – More information coming Soon

Agenda at a Glance

Session details to be announced.
 

Wednesday, October 28

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. — Arrival and luncheon seating

11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. — Luncheon and break

12:45 – 3:45 p.m. — Forum program: three executive sessions. Session details to be announced.

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. — Closing remarks

4:00 – 6:00 p.m. — Hotel check-in and break

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. — ANCC President's Reception

7:30 – 10:00 p.m. — The Power of Nurses Celebration Dinner: reception, dinner and program (included with select packages, or available for separate purchase)

Wednesday, October 28

  1. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. — Arrival and luncheon seating

    11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. — Luncheon and break

    12:45 to 3:45 p.m. — Forum program: three executive sessions. Session details to be announced.

    3:45 to 4:00 p.m. — Closing remarks

    4:00 to 6:00 p.m. — Hotel check-in and break

    6:00 to 7:30 p.m. — ANCC President's Reception

    7:30 to 10:00 p.m. — The Power of Nurses Celebration Dinner: reception, dinner and program 

Reserve Your Hotel Room

Book your stay for the Executive Forum.

Three hotels, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Swissôtel Chicago, and The Westin Michigan Avenue, have rooms available for Forum participants.
The Forum itself takes place at the Hyatt Regency, Prairie Room.

Reservations must be made by August 6, 2026.

If you're also attending the Magnet & Pathway Conference®, additional hotel options are available through conference registration.

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