Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, May 31, 2025

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Registration Open

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Poster Set Up

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First Time Attendee Meet & Greet

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Splash Into WOCNext Welcome Networking Reception
Sunday, June 1, 2025

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Registration Open

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WOCN Chapter Breakfast Meetings

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Poster Viewing

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(GO) Grand Opening

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(GS1) Mikel Gray Lecture: Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to WOC Nursing Practice: Lessons Learned and Insights Gained

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(200) Low Anterior Resection Syndrome and Treatment of Diverticular Disease
(201) International Skin Tear Advisory Panel Best Practice Recommendations Update 2024
(202) I Have an Ostomy, Where can I go?: Challenges of Setting Up An Ostomy Clinic

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(S03) Anticipatory Guidance: Elevating Future Ostomy Care
(S04) Matching Clinical Assessment to Convexity Characteristics: Results of a Multisite, International, Prospective Product Evaluation in Three Countries
(S05) Advancing Wound Care Excellence: Leveraging Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for Enhanced Outcomes Across the Continuum of Care

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(203) Cellular Tissue Products: An Update
(204) "What’s in Your Wallet”: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice with Advocacy
(205) Going, Going, Gone: Products for Continence Management

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(206) Metabolic Consequences of Ostomy Surgery: Prevention and Treatment
(207) Putting the Pieces Together in Wounds with Unusual Presentations
(208) If You Can't Be Kind, Be Quiet: Workplace Bullying and How to Resist It

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Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Monday, June 2, 2025

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(S06) The Clinician’s Perspective on Convexity: Past, Present, and Future
(S07) Effective Strategies for Pressure Injury Prevention and Care

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Registration Open

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(300) Thelma Wells Lecture: Pee-ople Everywhere are at Risk for a UTI
(301) Challenges with Parastomal Hernias
(302) Prevention of Perioperative Pressure Injuries

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Poster Viewing

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(GS2) What's Next in Research: Abstract Presentations

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Exhibit Hall & Posters

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(303) Pharmacology of Overactive Bladder - Know the Science to Optimize the Outcomes
(304) Wound Cultures: Obtaining & How to Treat
(305) Succession Planning: Don't let it End with You

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(306) Postoperative Urinary Retention: Risk Assessment, Diagnosis and Management
(307) Update on CDiff & Management
(308) Diving into Device Dilemmas Across the Lifespan

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(309) Hollister Incorporated Product Session
(310) Solventum Product Session
(311) Convatec Product Session
(312) Smith+Nephew Product Session

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WOCN Fellow Induction Ceremony
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

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Exhibit Hall & Posters

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Poster Viewing

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Registration Open

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Meet the Poster Authors

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WOCN Business Meeting

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(400) Pelvic Floor: From Your Core to Your Floor
(401) From Leak to Healing: Optimizing Enterocutaneous Fistula Management
(402) Lower Extremity Ulcers and Skin Temperature

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(S08) Transforming Your Toolkit: Advanced Solutions for Managing Skin Complications and Hard-to-Heal Wounds
(S09) Taking Control of Leakage - Across the Care Continuum

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(403) Convexity in Ostomy Care: Measurement of Convex Barrier Characteristics: The Case of Flexibility and Compressibility
(404) Developing a Continence Practice
(405) An Update on Clean vs. Sterile Technique

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(406) Healing the Wounds: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Wound Care
(407) Nightmares on Ostomy Street
(408) Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: The Do's and Don'ts to Improve Outcomes

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Poster Pick Up

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(GS3) Conference Insights: What's Next on Your Nursing Journey

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(GF) Grand Finale