Your Guide to the AORN Conference

Your Guide to the AORN Conference

“This makes it important to get a jumpstart on your conference planning if you want to get the most benefit out of your time at the conference.”

The AORN Surgical Conference & Expo 2015 is right around the corner. And this year’s AORN event, which will be held March 7-11 in Denver, Colo., is shaping up to be the biggest and best AORN conference yet.

Every year since 1949, thousands of perioperative nurses, representatives from OR technology and equipment manufacturers, and other industry participants have gathered for the five-day AORN Surgical Conference & Expo. This makes the AORN conference the largest event for the perioperative nursing profession in the world.

Highlights of the 2015 Conference

A number of new things are planned for the 2015 conference, according to Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN, the Executive Director and CEO of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

“This makes it important to get a jumpstart on your conference planning if you want to get the most benefit out of your time at the conference,” says Groah.

Back by popular demand this year is the OR Executive Summit. Designed for nurse executives, this exclusive event provides executive-level education and information to help drive productivity and profitability in the OR. And new this year will be the Leadership Development Summit, where attendees can gain practical leadership skills and insight from a leadership point of view.

Another exciting addition for this year’s AORN conference is the introduction of a new app that will enable attendees to plan out a personalized track for the conference before arriving in Denver.

With this app, you can create your customized conference schedule; search sessions by date, time or track; get event announcements; locate sessions and exhibitor booths; learn about speakers, exhibitors and other attendees; and take notes. Download the app for free at aorn.org/2015Denver.

In addition, the app will allow interaction between speakers and attendees in each session.

“The days of sitting in a lecture room and listening to a speaker with a PowerPoint presentation are over,” says Groah. “The app will make the sessions more interactive by allowing speakers to poll attendees, and attendees to text questions to speakers in real time.”

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