23-25 July 2025, National Convention Centre, Canberra
Courage, Compassion, Connection - Empowering Nurses for the Future
Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, will address the Australian College of Nursing's premier annual event, the National Nursing Forum (NNF), in Canberra on Thursday 24 July, and will announce the winner of the 2025 Health Minister's Award for Nursing Trailblazers.
Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Anne Ruston, will also address the conference. ACT Health Minister, Rachel Stephen-Smith, will speak at the ACN President's Welcome Reception.
The NNF is Australia's key leadership and educational event that brings together nurses, midwives, students, and health professionals from across the country and internationally to explore and share how nurses are shaping the future of health care globally.
The three-day forum - 23-25 July at the National Convention Centre - will feature sessions on workforce development, nurse-led models of care, scope of practice, digital health innovations, planetary health, clinical advances, and much more.
Key Speakers:
- 9:00am, Thursday 24 July: Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Mark Butler MP
- 8:35am, Friday 25 July: Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care
- Tuesday 22 July: (President's pre-NFF Welcome) Rachel Stephen-Smith, ACT Health Minister
- 9:05am, Wednesday 23 July: ACN President, Adjunct Professor David Plunkett FACN
- 9:10am, Wednesday 23 July: Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Alison McMillan PSM MACN "Strengthening the sustainability of the Australian nursing workforce"
