Date: October 9, 2026
Location: Waitzer Hall

Registration, light breakfast, and poster viewing open at 7:00 a.m.

Event Description: A one-day interdisciplinary conference bringing together physicians, nurses, researchers, educators, quality improvement leaders, students, and residents to share work that advances pediatric patient care. Sessions cover current research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement, with keynote and plenary talks on nursing's role in health policy, telehealth and pediatric access, newborn care, team-led quality improvement, and building the healthcare system of the future. The day includes poster viewing throughout, top three poster presentations after lunch, and an awards session. Jointly provided by Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters.