2026 Planting Seeds of Innovation Conference

Future-Ready Leadership: Innovating the Next Era of Nursing

Join us for the Annual Planting Seeds of Innovation Conference, April 24, 2026, at the Fairview Community Health and Wellness Hub in St. Paul, Minnesota. This year’s conference will equip future-ready leaders with the strategic skills to navigate complex change and drive innovation in a rapidly evolving world.

Nursing leaders can innovate and drive the future of healthcare. As innovators, they can unleash the power of intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship to create entirely new businesses or services to address gaps in healthcare. To succeed, future-ready leaders need to develop essential skills to navigate complex change and drive innovation in a rapidly evolving world. The Planting Seeds of Innovation Conference offers a roadmap for impact by focusing on three critical domains: 

  • Sustainable Systems, where you'll learn to leverage nursing leadership in advancing environmental sustainability, ultimately making healthcare delivery healthier for people, communities, and the planet
  • Global Influence, where you’ll explore strategies to influence health policy development at the local, national, and global levels, thus ensuring the nursing voice shapes the future of care
  • Maximum Impact, where you'll strengthen your leadership through actionable steps designed to foster a culture of innovation, support staff well-being, and drive measurable success across your individual practice, team, and organization

Learning Objectives

  1. Leverage nursing leadership in advancing environmental sustainability.
  2. Identify strategies to influence health policy development at the local, national, and global levels.
  3. Strengthen nursing leadership impact by creating actionable steps to support individual, team, and organizational success.

Prepare to be inspired, equipped, and empowered to lead the transformative changes defining the next era of nursing.

Location

Fairview Community Health and Wellness Hub
45 W. 10th Street, St. Paul, MN.
The Event and Education Center is on the second floor in the Center for Community Health Equity.  Parking is available in the ramp adjacent to the Health and Wellness Hub. Please reserve levels 1 & 2 for patient parking.

Please check back soon for more details.