Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, May 30, 2026

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Registration Open

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Poster Set Up
Hall A-C

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First Time Attendee Meet & Greet

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WOCNext Welcome Mixer

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(S01) Dinner Symposia - Simplifying Clinical Workflow with Novel All-in-One Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Dressing
Sunday, May 31, 2026

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WOCN Chapter Breakfast Meetings

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Poster Viewing
Hall A-C

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Registration Open

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(GO) Grand Opening
Sagamore 4

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(GS1) General Session - Opening Keynote: Winning Big and Living Fearlessly with a ChampionMind
Sagamore 4

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(GS2) General Session - News You Can Use: Technical Innovations, Discovery Level Research for Your Practice
Sagamore 4

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(200) Critical Thinking About Incontinence and Associated Skin Problems
Sagamore 2
(201) What's That Yellow Stuff? Assessment and Management of Slough
Sagamore 4
(202) Norma Gill Lecture: The Challenge of the Bulge - Parastomal Hernia Prevention, Assessment & Management
Sagamore 6

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(S03) Lunch Symposia - Nothing is More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Peristomal Hygiene
(S04) Lunch Symposia - Full Speed Ahead: Advancing Options for Women with Urinary Incontinence at Home

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(203) Rupert Turnbull Lecture: Surgical Management of the IBD Patient
Sagamore 4
(204) Fecal Incontinence and Sacral Nerve Stimulation
Sagamore 2
(205) Differential Diagnosis: Lipedema vs Lymphedema vs Venous Disease
Sagamore 6

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(206) Fistula Care Hands-On Workshop
Wabash 1

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(207) Electronic Clinical Quality Measure HH-PI
Sagamore 4
(208) Opportunities to Improve Perioperative Ostomy Care and Education
Sagamore 6
(209) Incontinence Management in the Acute Care Setting
Sagamore 2

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Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Hall A-C
Monday, June 1, 2026

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(S05) Breakfast Symposia - Beyond Fit: Advancing Peristomal Skin Health Through Smarter Barrier Formulation
(S06) Breakfast Symposia - Multilayer Foam Dressings in Practice: Evidence Based Strategies for Preventing and Treating Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries

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Poster Viewing
Hall A-C
Registration Open

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(300) Barbara Braden Lecture: Fragile Beginnings - How to Assess & Stage Pressure Injuries in Premature Infants
Sagamore 4
(301) The In's & Out's of Pelvic Floor and Research Based Treatment Approaches
Sagamore 2
(302) The Mechanics of Continent Urinary Diversions
Sagamore 6
(303) Solventum Product Session - Hands-On Mastery of V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing: Clinical Applications, Best Practices, and Patient Benefits
Wabash 1

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(GS3) General Session - What's Next in Research: Abstract Presentations
Sagamore 4

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Exhibit Hall & Posters
Hall A-C

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(304) Neurocentric Approach to Voiding
Sagamore 2
(305) Complicated, Costly & Consequential: Rethinking Care for Enterocutaneous Fistula & Intestinal Failure in Fragmented Systems
Sagamore 4
(306) Antimicrobial Resistance in Wound Care
Sagamore 6
(307) Smith+Nephew Product Session - Experience What’s Next: Hands‑On Access to Cutting‑Edge Wound Care Technologies
Wabash 1

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(308) Indy Insights: Driving Excellence in Outpatient UTI Care
Sagamore 4
(309) Revisiting High Output Ileostomy Care and Management
Sagamore 6
(310) Promoting Health One Step at a Time by Addressing Common Treatable Foot Conditions
Sagamore 2
(311) Urgo Product Session - Trusted Science. New Format. Expanded Impact. Vashe Antimicrobial Wound Gel Now Available!
Wabash 1

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(312) The Skin Has Erupted! Navigating Skin Rashes
Sagamore 4
(313) Optimizing the Patient Before the Incision: Frailty, Prehabilitation, and Surgical Readiness
Sagamore 6
(314) What’s New, What’s Now, What’s Needed! How Your Voice and Engagement Move Mountains for Your Patients and Your Practice
Sagamore 2

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WOCN Fellow Induction Ceremony
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

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(S07) Breakfast Symposia - Better Together: Real stories, Real Solutions
(S08) Breakfast Symposia - Keeping the Track Dry: Causes of Fecal Incontinence in the Critically Ill & Protocols for Irritant Contact Dermatitis Related to Fecal Incontinence & Pressure Injury Prevention

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Poster Viewing
Hall A-C

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Registration Open

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WOCN Business Meeting

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(400) Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversions
Sagamore 2
(401) WOC Nursing Techniques in Stoma Irrigation, Intubation and Lavage
Sagamore 6
(402) Hospital Mattresses: A Hidden Danger to Patients
Sagamore 4

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(403) Debridement Hands-On Workshop Part 1
Wabash 1

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(404) Telehealth and WOC Nursing Care
Sagamore 4
(405) Driving your Nursing Practice to the Next Level: Career Planning for the WOC Nurse
Sagamore 6
(406) Continence Clinic: Procedures, Billing, Coding
Sagamore 2

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Exhibit Hall & Posters
Hall A-C

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Meet the Poster Authors
Hall A-C

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(403) Debridement Hands-On Workshop Part 2
Wabash 1

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(407) Advanced Therapies for the Management of UI/LUTS
Sagamore 4
(408) Palliative Wound Care; Dignity in the Details
Sagamore 2
(409) Refeeding Reimagined: A Collaborative Approach to Pediatric Mucous Fistula Refeeding
Sagamore 6

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(410) Ostomy Education for the Patient in the Digital World
Sagamore 6
(411) Implementing a Foot and Nail Service in Acute Care
Sagamore 4
(412) Race to Protect: Pediatric Incontinence Skin Care at Full Speed
Sagamore 2

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Poster Pick Up
Hall A-C

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(GS4) General Session - From Insight to Impact: Activating Clinical Leadership for Practice Excellence
Sagamore 4

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(GF) Grand Finale
Sagamore 4