Event Overview
Conference Name:
2026 Palliative Care Nurses Australia Biennial Conference
Dates & Location:
Wednesday 10 – Friday 12 June 2026
Adelaide Convention Centre and Online
Theme:
“From ideas to impact: Innovating together for equity and access”
About the Conference:
The PCNA biennial conference is the key event to bring together nurses from across Australia to focus on how to enable optimal care for people with advanced, progressive illness. This event is for nurses working in all settings (hospitals, general practice, community, aged care), contexts (metropolitan, rural, regional or remote) and all involved in providing generalist care or specialist palliative care. Providing an opportunity for learning, connection and revitalisation this conference is designed by and for nurses who provide such critically important care for people with palliative care needs across our nation.
Target Audience:
- • Nurses (registered and enrolled) working in any setting – hospitals, aged care, community care, Aboriginal Medical Services and General Practice
• Aboriginal health workers
• Nurses working in specialist palliative care (registered, enrolled and Nurse Practitioners)
• Nurse Practitioners working on complex care streams (oncology, aged care, dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, renal, cardiac, respiratory etc)
• Undergraduate nursing students interested in palliative care
• Assistants in nursing and personal care assistants interested in palliative care
