Registration now open for ICN 2025 Congress in Helsinki!

Registration for the International Council of Nurses (ICN) 2025 Congress, the world’s largest international gathering of nurses, opened today!

ICN 2025 will be held 9-13 June 2025 at the Messukeskus Expo & Convention Center in Helsinki, Finland in partnership with the Finnish Nurses Association (FNA).

The theme for the Congress, “Nursing power to change the world”, will illuminate the extraordinary influence wielded by nurses, pivotal in shaping the ever-evolving landscape of health care delivery. Emphasizing nurses’ profound capacity to positively impact lives across a spectrum of health care settings, ICN 2025 underscores nurses’ invaluable role in enhancing equity and accessibility to health care services and shaping health policies at every level of governance. At the heart of this discourse lies ICN’s commitment to achieving Universal Health Coverage and driving forward the global health policy agenda.

ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano invited nurses to register for the Congress, saying:

“We are excited to open registration for our 2025 Congress in Helsinki and thank our partners, the Finnish Nurses Association, for their collaboration. Thanks to the over 10,000 abstracts we have received, and the many expert speakers already confirmed, ICN 2025 will showcase the latest information on a rich array of subjects and feature inspiring plenary speakers. We are proud to offer this fantastic opportunity for nurses to build relationships and to disseminate nursing knowledge and leadership across specialities, cultures and countries.”

Key topics will include: nursing leadership; people-centred care; advanced practice nursing; value-based care; education; building a sustainable health workforce; delivering essential care in crisis and conflict; revolutionizing health care with connectivity, analytics and automation; future health challenges; professional standards for quality nursing care; and nursing research and innovation.

Dr Heljä Lundgrén-Laine, President of the Finnish Nurses Association added: “ICN 2025 will be ICN’s 30th Congress and 100 years since Finland hosted an ICN Congress! We are honoured to be partnering with ICN once again to mark this historic occasion and celebrate the power of nurses across the world! We especially encourage the nurses of Finland and the Nordic countries to register and hope to see many of our international colleagues as well!”

ICN encourages early registration to Congress in order to benefit from the early-bird registration fees as well as to rapidly start the visa process for international participants. Discounts are available to ICN members, students and groups. Go to the ICN 2025 Congress website to register now!

Participants will also have the opportunity to register for the spectacular opening ceremony and a host of professional visits to learn about nursing practice and health care in Finland.

A commercial and professional exhibition, run concurrently with the Congress, will give universities, health ministries, nursing organizations, publishers, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and local artisans the opportunity to showcase their products and services and present the most recent health care information. For more information on how to sponsor or exhibit, click here or contact Pilar Millan.

The Council of National Nursing Association Representatives, ICN’s global governing body, will convene immediately prior to the Congress and will include the election of a new ICN President and Board. Congress participants who are members of ICN member associations will be able to observe global nursing leaders, identify the profession’s priorities and future directions.

The early-bird discount price for registration closes on 28 February 2025.

More information on the ICN 2025 Congress can be found on the dedicated Congress website.