Below is a brief overview of the conference program for the NIPNET Conference 2026.

Here you can read the abstracts for all sessions during the NIPNET Conference 2026. 

NIPNET Conference 2026 Full Program

Day 1 – Thursday, June 4

Arrival and Opening

10:30 – Registration
11:00 – Musical welcome
11:10–11:30 – Conference Opening
Jonas Stein, Vice-Rector for Dissemination, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Moderator: Anita Iversen

Keynote and Plenary

11:30–12:30 – Keynote
Quality Standards in Interprofessional Education
John Hammonds, Professor of Interprofessional Practice and Board Trustee, CAIPE (UK)

Digital panel discussion with members of the CAIPE IPE Standard Groups
Plenary discussion: Can IPE standards be applied in a Nordic context?
Moderator: Anita Iversen

12:30–13:30 – Networking lunch

Parallel Sessions – Session 1

13:30–14:35

  • Track A: Interprofessional collaboration and workplace learning
  • Track B: Interprofessional education and learning
  • Track C: Students’ perspectives on IPE
  • Track F: Supervision and leadership in IPECP
  • Workshop: Towards a Nordic Framework for IPECP

14:35–14:45 – Short break / transition between sessions

Parallel Sessions – Session 2

14:45–15:50

  • Track A: Interprofessional collaboration and workplace learning
  • Track B: Interprofessional education and learning
  • Track E: Technology drivers for interprofessional learning and collaboration
  • Workshops:
    • Simulation and difficult conversations
    • Co-designing learning for interprofessional team supervision

Afternoon and Plenary

15:50–16:10 – Coffee and tea

16:10–16:50 – Lightning pitches and poster walk

17:00–17:30 – Plenary Fireside Chat
Designing and Implementing an IPE Activity in a Municipal Short-Term Residential Setting
Michaela Munkholm, Anna Jonson, Eva Ånell-Devecchio, Annika Lindh Falk
Moderator: Beate Garcia

19:00 – Conference Dinner
Restaurant Skirri, Tromsø city centre

Day 2 – Friday, June 5

Morning and Keynote

08:30–09:00 – Coffee, tea, and registration

09:00–09:35 – Keynote
Untying the Gordian Knot of Patient and Public Involvement in Interprofessional Education
Matthijs Bosveld, MD, PhD Candidate, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Moderator: Catrine Buck Jensen

09:35–10:15 – Panel Conversation
Panelists with multiple perspectives
Moderator: Catrine Buck Jensen

10:15–10:45 – Break (coffee, tea, and Norwegian waffles)

Parallel Sessions – Session 3

10:45–12:15

  • Track A: Interprofessional collaboration and workplace learning
  • Track B: Interprofessional education and learning
  • Symposium: Interprofessional Clinical Placements with research across the globe
  • Roundtable Discussion: Technological literacy and the interprofessional space

Closing Session

12:30–13:00 – Conference wrap-up, final reflections, and evaluation
Moderator: Catrine Buck Jensen

13:00 – Standing lunch / takeaway lunch and departure

Conference Tracks – Overview

  • Track A: Interprofessional Collaboration and Workplace Learning
  • Track B: Interprofessional Education and Learning
  • Track C: Students’ Perspectives on IPE
  • Track D: Patient and Public Involvement in IPECP
  • Track E: Technology, Simulation, and AI in IPE
  • Track F: Supervision and Leadership in IPECP

NIPNET Conference 2026 Full Program