Upcoming Events

The Premier Conference for Advanced Practice Professionals. The Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) is a national, non-profit professional membership association with over 3,000 members. As a professional community of urologic nurses and associates, SUNA is committed to enriching the professional lives of their members and improving the health of their patients and their families through education, research, and evidence-based clinical practice. SUNA’s 2020 Advanced uroLogic Conference will be held on March 27-29, 2020 in Dallas, Texas . CLICK…

Cultivating Knowledge to Improve Outcomes.  Join fellow WOC Nurses for the 9th Annual Tuscon Affiliate of the WOCN Society's Conference. This year's conference will be held at the Tuscon Convention Center in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday, March 28, 2020. CLICK HERE to learn more and register today.

The Iowa Affiliate of the WOCN Society 12th Annual Ostomy Education Day will be held on Saturday, April 4th in Clinton, Iowa. This FREE event was developed to provide an opportunity for all individuals who have an ostomy and those who support them to receive education about ostomy care, meet with vendors to learn about ostomy products that are available to them and to allow these people to meet others who live life with an ostomy.  CLICK HERE for more information.

Checkmates Charities, which supports IBD and ostomy communities worldwide, invites you to attend their international hockey extravaganza "Disease Without Borders NHL Celebrity Hockey Benefit" on April 18th.  The puck will drop at 5:00 p.m. at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey. The event benefits five charities, including UOAA, which serve the millions of Americans and Canadians who suffer with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as those who are living with an ostomy. This "Disease Without Borders"…

The Ostomy Support Group of Northern Virginia, LLC and its satellite, Mary Washington Healthcare Ostomy Connections Support Group of Fredericksburg, Virginia, invite you to attend their "Vision 2020 Ostomates In Action" Conference on Friday, May 1st thru Sunday, May 3rd. This year's event will be held at the Holiday Inn Washington Dulles International Airport located in Sterling, Virginia. There will be an Ostomy Clinic, Friday Night Reception, Exhibitors, Educational Workshops, Breakout Sessions and Social Networking. CLICK HERE to learn more…

This year, Girls With Guts is hosting its second New Attendee Retreat that is fully sponsored! What this means is that if you are new to GWG and/or newly diagnosed, this is the event for you to attend and registration is totally covered - all you have to do is get there! We’ve created this weekend for our new GWGs to join the sisterhood and make connections with other women just like them. This weekend is a retreat to not…

WOCNext 2020 is an event for WOC nurses and other healthcare professionals dedicated to providing expert care to patients with wound, ostomy, and incontinence needs. With more than 60 speakers and over 50 sessions to choose from, attendees will leave WOCNext with diverse knowledge and insights into how to best identify, care for, and overcome some of the most challenging issues facing their patient populations. CLICK HERE to learn more.

Each year the Oley Foundation gathers 400—500 consumers, caregivers, clinicians and members of industry for a unique educational and social opportunity centered around home tube feeding and IV nutrition. In addition to medical updates from clinical experts in the field of nutrition support, patients learn from one another and members of industry about products and coping strategies that can greatly improve their daily living.  This year our annual conference will be held in Newport Beach, California on June 21st -…

Each year, the Youth Rally hosts kids and teens living with conditions of the bowel and bladder at a college campus for a 5-night one-of-a-kind camp experience that promotes independence, self-esteem, learning, friendship and FUN! This year's Youth Rally will be held in San Diego from July 20th - 25th, 2020. CLICK HERE to learn more about attending as a camper, counselor or nurse.

Wild on Wounds® (WOW®) is a national wound conference designed for healthcare professionals interested in skin and wound management. Clinicians come from all over the country to network and gain practical learn-it-today, use-it-tomorrow information. WOW continues to grow each year and offers hands-on workshops, one-on-one time with industry experts and demonstrations of new products. Join the novice to experienced clinicians in this amazing annual event coming up in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 23-26, 2020.  CLICK HERE to learn more.

20/20 Vision: See the Wonder of WOC Nursing. You are invited to attend the Southeast Region of the WOCN Society's 44th Annual Conference coming up on September 24-26, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. CLICK HERE to learn more about the conference as it comes together.