Abstracts have been reviewed - keep an eye out for an email this
week.
Key dates
- Outcome notification date: This week (16th February 2026)
- Confirmation of acceptance date: Monday 9th March 2026
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Presenter registration: by Monday 20th April 2026
This global gathering of health care professionals and teams who provide perinatal support and care for infants in the hospital, community and home settings will explore how innovation, collaboration, and leadership can transform outcomes for neonates and their families.
Conference Topic Areas
- Clinical case studies
- Clinical practice improvements
- Community of neonatal practice
- Discharge planning and community-based care
- Early intervention and long-term outcomes
- Education curriculum and career development
- Environmental health and sustainability in neonatal care
- Ethical considerations and redirection of care
- Family-centered and culturally safe care
- Global collaboration and partnerships
- Healthcare worker wellbeing and workforce development
- Health and social challenges in vulnerable families
- Lactation, nutrition and feeding
- Leadership and advocacy
- Multidisciplinary collaborations in care
- Neonatal nurse advanced practice initiatives
- Neurodevelopmental care practice initiatives (inclusive of the 7 core measures for Neuroprotective Family-centered Developmental Care presented in the model by Altimier & Phillips)
- Policy and system change
- Quality improvement and original research projects
- Technology and digital health