There is still time to register for the 2025 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit!
Advancing Nursing Excellence Through Innovation and Leadership
Monday, June 9
9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
offered virtually
Free Registration (no CE) $0
Registration with CE $40
Health care evolution continually requires advancements in the education and practice of nursing professionals. The 2025 MDAC Summit will explore nurse leadership and innovative actions being taken to ensure value and excellence in collaborative nursing education and practice. The event is designed to strengthen the ability of professional nurses to lead changes in patient care delivery and effectively engage with new practice interventions.
Meet our Speakers and Presenters
Speaker bios are now available on our website! Get to know the experts presenting at the summit:
Keynote: Empowering Nurses as Innovators and Entrepreneurs
with Rebecca Love, MSN, RN, BS, FIEL
Presentation: What is Nursing Worth?
with Olga Yakusheva, PhD, MSE, FAAN
Presentation: The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Care
with Anna E. Schoenbaum, DNP, MS, RN, NI-BC, FHIMSS, FAAN, and David Hunt, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Panel Discussions About:
Nurses Leading the Way
Ernest J. Grant, PhD, DSc(h), RN, FADLN, FAAN,
Barbara Aranda Naranjo, PhD, RN, FAAN
Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Rural Health Care Delivery
Kara Platt, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CNE
Danielle Wilson, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Karen Wyche Latham, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FAONL
NSP I and NSP II Update with Laura Schenk and Kimberly Ford
Plus! Lightning and Poster Presentations
Nurses may receive 5.5 contact hours upon successful completion of this educational activity. Participants will be able to print a Continuing Education certificate after completing the evaluation. The cost for CE is $40.
MDAC leads innovation in improving the health of individuals, communities, and populations through efforts that build and sustain a culture of health.
Registration costs for this year’s summit are being subsidized by the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center, a Nurse Support Program II-funded initiative.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.