Registration Rates
2026 Aspire Convention | March 23 – 27, 2026 | Louisville, KY
This year, enjoy our early registration rate! Same great deal, regardless of when you register.
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Full Conference Member Rate
Full Conference Non-Member Rate
Full Conference Member Group Rate (3+)*
Full Conference Non-Member Group Rate (3+)*
Make the Aspire Convention your own team retreat. With group registration, we’re making it affordable to attend with your colleagues and arm the team with the tools and resources needed to transform your nursing professional development work. To register at our group rates, email us at registration@anpd.org. From there, we will give you a discount code to use when registering.
Value-Add Options
*Requires additional fees
2-Day Nursing Professional Development Certification Preparation Course
This 2-day NPD Certification Preparation Course prepares participants for the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) NPD exam. The course is beneficial for NPD practitioners preparing for the certification exam.
Contact Hours: 12
Day 1: Monday, March 23 | 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Day 2: Tuesday, March 24 | 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Member: $525.00 Non-Member: $650.00
Greg Durkin, M. Ed., BSN, RN, NPDA-BC
Pre-Convention Workshops - Scheduled on Tuesday, March 24th
Tuesday, March 24 | 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Ultimate Workshop on Competency Assessment
Session Description: This workshop will explore the elements needed to create a successful competency program. You will learn a variety of creative strategies for the competency process, ways to operationalize and verify competencies in all departments, and how to ensure compliance. Join us for a humorous look at how to make all this happen and how to create a system that really works. You won’t believe how easy it can be.
Presenter: Donna Wright, MS, RN, NPD-BC
Tuesday, March 24 | 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Get Your Game On: Pedagogy of Gaming — From Theory to Practice
Session Description: Learners today spend countless hours gaming for fun — so why not use that same passion to power learning? Discover how gaming can engage, motivate, and deepen understanding across all types of content. This interactive session explores both low-tech, hands-on games and digital approaches, adaptable to your teaching style and learner needs.
Presenter: Michele Deck, MEd, RN, BSN, LCCE, FACCE
Tuesday, March 24 | 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
From Inquiry to Impact: Advancing your EBP
Session Description: This interactive session empowers nursing professional development practitioners to move beyond the evidence-based practice (EBP) process to create meaningful, measurable change in practice. Through case examples and collaborative discussion, attendees will learn practical strategies to overcome barriers, engage impacted team members, and propel staff-driven and NPD practitioner-driven evidence-based initiatives.
Presenter: Cathleen Opperman, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, EBP-C, NEA-BC, CPN
**Registration capped at 60
ANPD Awards Reception
Thursday, May 1 | 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Join us for a celebration of inspiration and networking at the ANPD Awards Reception. This premier event shines a spotlight on our NPD trailblazers and visionaries, honoring their innovation, dedication, and transformative contributions to ANPD and the NPD specialty. Enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres and one free drink ticket as we recognize these groundbreaking achievements. Reserve your seat today to celebrate our NPD community!
Fees:
- Members and Non-Members: $25.00
How to add on:
When completing your registration, the ANPD Awards Ceremony Luncheon and pre-convention sessions listed above will be available for you to select as an add-on within the session tab.
Already registered but want to add on? You can either:
- Log into your ANPD account, navigate to the events tab and click "my events." From there, click the dropdown on your registration and select "Change Sessions" (under other options)
- Log into your ANPD account, click on "View Event Registration Details," then scroll to 2026 Aspire Convention and select "Change Pre-Convention Workshops"
Reach out to registration@anpd.org if you need assistance.
NCPD Contact Hours
The educational activities of this event will be awarded nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours and are currently under review. Please note that the amount of contact hours available is subject to change without notice due to convention schedule changes.
Association for Nursing Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.