Leadership Summit

AORN Expo 2024 | March 9-12 | Nashville

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Leadership Summit 2024

Building Cultures of Excellence

The Global Surgical Conference & Expo's Leadership Conference unites the most brilliant leaders nationwide and fully engages them in the business and management aspects of perioperative nursing. At the Leadership Summit you’ll hear from nationally renowned speakers who specialize in enabling nurse leaders to meet their C-suite’s expectations while achieving excellent outcomes for themselves, their patients, and teams.

The ambulatory track at Leadership Summit offers specialized sessions and discussions tailored to the unique needs of ambulatory surgery leaders. You’ll have opportunities to stay updated on the latest trends, exchange insights, and expand your professional network. Stay tuned for ambulatory topics and speakers!

All Access Pass

Often referred to as the “conference within the conference” Leadership Summit attendees can also attend:

Education sessions tailed to OR and ambulatory surgery leaders.
Poster displays
The Expo Hall
Other networking events taking place at the main conference.

Also, watch the sessions you missed on demand when you return home.

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Managers and directors who are involved in leading the surgical suite
Emerging leaders seeking to grow into leadership
Ambulatory surgery leaders who are looking to improve their ASCs

OR Directors and Managers
Vice Presidents of Nursing
Chief Nursing Officers
Risk Managers
Quality Control Managers
Patient Safety Officers

Four days of leader-focused education sessions
Exclusive leader networking lounge
Networking breakfasts and lunches
Access to award-winning leadership poster education
On-demand session recordings

Become a Leader Member and Get Additional Perks

AORN leader membership provides seasoned and emerging periop leaders with the resources, education, and connections to support their careers. AORN provides periop leaders unique ways to engage and learn from peers with similar challenges. Leader members also receive an additional discount on Leadership Summit registration.

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Leader Testimonials

“I have never felt so inspired and so understood. I am a new leader and the Leadership Summit was vital to me growing as a leader. The speakers gave me chills and truly helped me to see things in a different light. I was able to network with some other great leaders, and that has already helped me in my role since returning from the conference.”

“I really enjoyed everything about the Leadership Summit. I learned so much. I really like that there were solutions to problems and issues that we face. It was well worth every penny spent.”

“I loved the sessions and speakers. Especially, because the speakers talked about issues that are universal. It helped because they let you know what they did in their facilities to overcome some of the issues.”

“The thing I enjoyed the most was the positive, revitalizing speakers! After Covid everyone feels beat up and this was a wonderful event to relight the fires!”

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

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