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Equity and Access to Health Care
The ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress will bring together evidence, experience and innovations highlighting the critical importance of equity and access to health care for communities and individuals, demonstrating how nurses are key to ensuring equal access and quality of health care for all. The Congress will provide a global platform for the dissemination of nursing knowledge and leadership across specialities, cultures and countries via the ICN scientific programme, featuring keynote and main session invited speakers as well as a wide range of concurrent sessions including dynamic papers accepted through our highly competitive abstract selection process.
The main objectives of the Congress are:
1. To advance and improve equity and access to health care.
2. To demonstrate the nursing contribution to the health of individuals,
families and communities.
3. To provide opportunities for an in-depth exchange of experience
and expertise within and beyond the international nursing community.
Key dates
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16 April 2012 |
Online submission of abstracts opens |
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14 September 2012 |
Online submission of abstracts closes (midnight CET) |
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14 September 2012 |
Registration opens |
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1 December 2012 |
Applicants notified of abstract acceptance |
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11 January 2013 |
Deadline for registration of abstract presenters |
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14 February 2013 |
Early bird registration closes (midnight CET) |
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16-19 May 2013 |
Council of National Representatives |
| 18-23 May 2013 | 25th Quadrennial Congress |
Our inspiring plenary sessions will be dedicated to exploring the Congress theme, through particular focus on gender equity, the global epidemic of non-communicable diseases and the tension between personal and societal responsibility for health. Featured main sessions will offer the most recent expertise on wellness and prevention, the nursing workforce and workplace, ethics/human rights, clinical care and patient safety. Concurrent sessions, symposia and posters will address these issues plus developments in nursing education, disasters and conflict, care systems and access, eHealth, regulation and the history of nursing. The Congress will also be the venue for ICN Network meetings.
ICN Networks
ICN Networks will hold 80 minute sessions, focusing on their specific areas of interest. Updates on the programme for these sessions will be available soon here and through a series of media announcements.
Areas of particular interest include:
- Leadership for Change Network
- Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network