A wide range of topics will be covered, but all relate to how compassionate care can support goals like workforce well-being, patient experience, safety, quality and innovation, as well as additional content to support caregivers and leaders during this challenging time.

The conference is targeted at anyone who is working to advance compassionate culture in their healthcare organization. Examples include healthcare system leaders, educators, quality and safety professionals, risk managers, human resources professionals, policy and public health representatives, ethics committee members, nurse managers, chaplains, clinicians involved in direct patient care and others.

Our 2022 conference attracted more than 350 attendees from 43 states and 9 countries, including people in the following positions, among others:

• Senior Healthcare Leaders and Executives
• Directors of Quality, Patient Safety, and Patient Experience
• Physicians and Medical Directors
• Nurses and Nursing Managers
• Social Workers, Case Managers, and Spiritual Case Providers

Yes. Schwartz Center members receive a discount of $100 on their registration.

A limited number of scholarships will be granted to medical, nursing and other health profession students, as well as for healthcare workers whose employers could not afford to have them participate in the conference. Scholarships cover the full cost of registration. For more information, please visit our scholarship page.

Yes. We are pleased to offer a team discount to attendees from our member organizations. Groups of four or more individuals from the same organization that register at the same time will receive $50 off each registration. When you utilize our group registration feature, the discount will automatically apply.

Your Schwartz Center Business Membership includes the cost of conference registration for a number of participants based on your giving level. We have created a code specific to your organization. Please email Melissa at mrestivo@theschwartzcenter.org to receive your code.

• A curated program of 24+ virtual sessions including online presentations, conversations and workshops from globally renowned healthcare leaders with programming tailored to provide you with insight, knowledge, tools and resources to help advance compassion in your healthcare community throughout and following this public health crisis.
• Access to a full archive of recorded sessions
• Continuing education credits
• Networking through our online community

At this time, we’re not offering registration for individual sessions.

No, to view recorded sessions after they have been archived, you will need to log in to our conference app.

Details on how to access the app are emailed each Monday to conference registrants. Please contact us with any questions.

We are using Zoom for the virtual conference. Please make sure that you have upgraded to the latest version of Zoom.

Please also make sure that your web browser is up-to-date.

All sessions will be recorded and will be available for registrants to access via the Conference app.

To see the full schedule, network with your fellow attendees, and access handouts and recorded sessions, please log in to the Conference app with the email address you registered with. Details on how to access the app are emailed each Monday to conference registrants. Please contact us with any questions.

Registrations can be transferred to a future year or to another registrant. All sessions will be recorded and will be available for registrants to access. If you want to transfer your registration, please contact Jen Fiske at jfiske@theschwartzcenter.org and she will assist you.

Registration fees may be paid by credit card at the time of registration, or within 45 days by either check or credit card. Failure to complete payment within 45 days of registration will result in conference access being revoked.

Yes, credits are available. More details on the number of credits will be available soon.

If you are interested in Continuing Education Credits, you’ll receive a post-test after each session. This will be used to generate your credit confirmation. You will receive one certificate per session.

Yes, the conference sessions and recordings will only be available to registrants with password-protected access. Zoom has more details on their security measures and encryption at: zoom.us/security

Please contact Jen Fiske at jfiske@theschwartzcenter.org and she will assist you.