The Association for Leadership Science in Nursing is an international association dedicated to uniting academic and practice leaders to shape leadership science, education in nursing, and the practice of nursing leadership. ALSN serves as a resource for the healthcare community and functions to promote and enhance the profession by providing educational opportunities and collaboration among Nurses and other Health Care Professionals including students preparing to enter these professions. The ALSN International Conference is the premiere conference for nursing educators, executives, administrators, and researchers from around the globe to learn and discuss current healthcare and system challenges.

Who Should Attend?

• Nursing faculty who teach in leadership programs
• Nurse leaders in practice settings
• Graduate students in DNP or PhD programs whose scholarly work focuses on nursing leadership
• Healthcare professionals
• Hospital administrators

Don't Miss This Conference!

• Hear internationally recognized special guest speakers share their expertise
• Augment your leadership skills
• Network with colleagues from across the globe

Call for Abstracts

KEY DATES

• Submissions Open: January 19, 2026
• Deadline: March 16, 2026
• Target date for accept/reject notifications: April 27, 2026
• Target date for podium presenter attendance confirmations: May 10, 2026
• Target date for poster presenter attendance confirmations: May 24, 2026
• Presenter registration deadline: August 3, 2026
• Presenter PowerPoint submission deadline: September 13, 2026

If your abstract is selected for the conference, and you accept, you will be expected to register for the conference and attend in person. Failure to register by the deadline will result in an automatic withdrawal of the offer to present.

Submission Deadline: March 16, 2026

The Association for Leadership Science in Nursing (ALSN) invites you to submit an abstract for our 2026 International Conference to be held September 30 - October 2 at the Luskin Center, Los Angeles, CA.

This conference serves as a prominent and unique forum for nursing educators, executives, administrators, and researchers from around the globe to learn and discuss current healthcare and system challenges.

Abstracts for the 2026 International Conference may be submitted to one of following categories:

• Research (R): These abstracts report on original research and must include: problem/purpose, objective (specific aims), design and methods, results and conclusions. (Examples include (but not limited to) research on nursing leadership theories and outcomes; outcomes from new care models; effectiveness of staff wellness programs; etc.)
• Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): These abstracts describe an illustrative case that reinforces specific skills or competencies. (Examples include (but not limited to) quality improvement projects that impact patient safety or clinical outcomes, development of nursing leadership approaches that impact staff retention, etc.)
• Quality Improvement (QI): These abstracts report on evaluations of quality improvement projects, and/or innovative program initiatives and must include: problem (and the change that is needed), evidence appraisal and synthesis, implementation strategies for practice change, evaluation (results), and lessons learned. (Examples include (but not limited to) projects that impact clinical patient care, projects that improve patient experience/satisfaction with care, etc.)
• Academic-Service Partnerships (ASP): These abstracts report on evaluations of educational curricula and must include: problem (and the change that is needed), evidence appraisal and synthesis, implementation strategies for practice change, evaluation (results), and lessons learned. (Examples include (but not limited to) projects that develop innovative solutions to identified community needs, projects that involve collaboration for enhancing use of EBP for clinical care, etc.)

Submit abstracts for the 2026 International Conference in one of the following formats:

• Oral Podium Session: Formal session lasting 20 minutes will be reserved for completed projects that include results. Research studies in progress may be considered for podium presentations this year. Preferences will be given to projects that have a doctoral prepared presenter as first, second, or mentor author.
• Poster Presentation: Posters will be displayed at selected conference times throughout the meeting. Posters may be either projects in progress or completed projects.

Doctoral students are encouraged to submit abstracts for both podium and poster presentations. For podium presentations, preference will be given to students who will have their doctoral degree conferred by first conference date.

WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS

Submit your Abstract

WHAT TO SUBMIT

You will be required to submit the following information with your abstract:

(all information submitted below, excluding CV/Resume, will be included in the final program)

General Information

1. Submission title: Limited to 25 words.
2. Submission Category: Research, Evidence-Based Practices, etc (see categories above).
3. Type of submission: Oral or Poster; and whether it is Research based; Evidence based; Quality Improvement; or Academic-Service Partnerships.

Authors & Contacts

1. Primary/Lead Author’s CV/Resume: Required for Nursing CE.
2. Full name, credentials, contact information, disclosures, and short biography for each author in your submission: The biography is limited to 100 words per author, and the submission is limited to 8 co-authors (9 total).

Content

1. Problem, Background/Significance, Rationale: Provide a description of the problem, its significance to nursing leadership, and rationale for the academic-practice partnership, EBP, QI, or research study. For EBP and QI submissions, also provide an analysis of the strength of evidence supporting the project.
2. Purpose, Specific Aims, Project Goals or Objectives:
• ASP: describe the purpose of the academic-practice partnership and overall objectives or goals.
• QI and EBP: describe the PICOT question (where applicable) and project goal(s) or objective(s).
• R: describe the overall purpose of the study, specific aims, research question(s), and hypothesis as appropriate.
3. Methods, Collaboration, Implementation and/or Evaluation Plan:
• ASP: describe the process and/or procedures used for collaboration and evaluation (e.g., deliverables).
• EBP: describe the theoretical framework used to guide the practice change, and implementation strategies used in the practice change including identification of stakeholders, barriers and facilitators.
• QI: describe the QI methods (e.g., PDSA, LEAN, etc.) used to conduct the project, measures or instruments used, data collection methods, and evaluation.
• R: describe the theoretical framework, study design, setting, sample, instruments, data collection procedures, and data analysis.
4. Results/Outcomes and Implications:
• ASP: describe the outcomes of the partnership, and implications for nursing leadership education and/or practice.
• EBP: describe outcomes of the practice change, lessons learned, and plans to sustain the practice.
• QI: provide data demonstrating the improvement in clinical or practice outcome(s) addressed by the project.
• R: describe the primary results or findings of the study, contributions to the science of nursing leadership, and implications for nursing leadership education, practice, and/or research.
5. Abstract Content: The abstract is limited to 500 words excluding references (references are not required to be submitted with the abstract).
6. Learning Objectives: Please provide at least 2 measurable objectives.

WHO SHOULD SUBMIT

Only the primary author or lead organizer should submit an abstract. Submissions should include the above and the entire team’s CV or Resume. If the author is listed on the abstract but is not attending the conference, their name will not appear in the program and their CV/resume is not required.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Submissions will be reviewed and selected based on relevance to the conference theme, completeness and quality of the abstract.

Schedule

TBD