Virtual Symposium

An Online Education Event for NPD Practitioners

The 2025 Virtual Symposium is a unique educational offering that includes a day of live events plus access to on-demand sessions and virtual poster presentations, providing the opportunity to be awarded nursing contact hours.

Live sessions of the 2025 Virtual Symposium take place on October 21, bringing together the NPD community to engage with presenters in real-time. After the live events, registrants have on-demand access to additional educational sessions for a full 30 days until it closes on Wednesday, November 19 at 11:59 p.m. CT.

Live On-Demand Sessions

Check out the dynamic live sessions on October 21 — and don’t worry if you missed one! All recordings are available on-demand through November 19, so you can catch up or rewatch at your convenience.

All session times are listed in CT.

10:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Integrated Artificial Intelligence: A Workshop for NPD Practitioners

This 2-hour workshop with present AI fundamentals, practical uses with live demonstration, going beyond the text to increase interactive learning experiences and foster AI literacy. Dedicated time will be set for attendees to have hands-on practice along with sharing results and advanced prompting strategies to take skills to the next level. You are going from watching to doing in this don’t miss workshop!

Speaker: Dominic Slauson, Generative AI Specialist

Café Conversations: Assessing the Past, Forecasting the Future

Grab a cup of joe and settle in to see what NPD specialists think about current and future focus areas for NPD practice.

Speaker: Mary Harper, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC®, FAAN; Patsy Maloney, EdD, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, CEN, FAAN

Dynamic Care Strategies for Wellness Change

It is of vital importance to have a clear, actionable strategic plan that informs our practice. Learn the process of developing a focused plan that identifies an individual's or team's priorities and goals and how to achieve them.

Speaker: Susan L. Bindon, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

What's In It for You?

ANPD Virtual Symposium's education lineup will present innovative ideas and proven strategies from NPD experts and peers that you can begin implementing in your practice right away.

Register Today

Registration includes access to all on-demand sessions and live sessions held on October 21, 2025.

Rates

Member Rate:

Non-Member Rate:

$199

$299

On-Demand Sessions and Virtual Poster Presentations

The ANPD Virtual Symposium’s on-demand sessions and virtual poster presentations will present innovative ideas and proven strategies to integrate into your own NPD practice, all with the convenience of viewing on your own time for 30 days.

Stay tuned for more information on the on-demand session content that covers the throughputs of the NPD practitioner, including, but not limited to, education, role development, collaborative partnerships, inquiry, orientation and onboarding, and competency management.

Accelerate learning and build a shared vision by attending as a group

Nursing professional development departments can expand connections that drive growth, demonstrate NPD value, and improve quality patient and organizational outcomes. Fundamental to this success is the ability of the NPD team to work side by side with shared knowledge and aligned vision. Register multiple members of your team!

Group Rates:

Member Group Rate (3+)*: $175
Non-Member Group Rate (3+)*: $275

*Registration for three or more attendees from the same employer is eligible for a group discount. Discounts cannot be applied once registration is complete. Please contact info@anpd.org for group registration.

Earn Up to Nursing Contact Hours (amount TBD)

Intended Audience: NPD practitioners, NPD specialists, NPD nurse leaders, PD associates, nursing education instructors and faculty.

Outcome: 80% of participants will report an increase in knowledge that applies to their nursing professional development practice.

Successful Completion:

To obtain nursing contact hours, participants will:

Register for the Virtual Symposium
View available sessions
Attest to viewing sessions claimed for contact hours
Complete the online evaluations for sessions viewed
Complete the overall evaluation

Participants are required to complete evaluations by December 9, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. PST, to be awarded contact hours.

Continuing Education: 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.

*Contact Hours: To be determined, and commensurate with sessions viewed. *Subject to Change With Schedule Changes

Expiration (on-demand content access): November 19, 2025