The 2026 NKBDS conference will bring nurse leaders, educators, deans, and informatics executives, directly in charge of making AI an organizational priority, and ensuring safe, useful, and routine implementation. Through an implementation-science lens, this upcoming year’s conference will focus on the leadership imperatives that matter: governance and risk, workforce readiness, legal and regulatory mandates, and workflow redesign for clinical integration. Expect pragmatic sessions on shareable, comparable data and models, model provenance and benchmarking, plus hands-on activities. Attendees will leave the 2026 NKBDS conference with a nurse-led implementation charter and a clear adoption plan for their organization. Workgroups will show what’s working (and what’s not) to make data and models truly shareable and comparable across settings. A pre-conference AI-intensive and hands-on track will connect our long-standing community to the next wave of nursing-led implementation.
Make your plans to join us June 3-5, 2026 in Minneapolis.