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We welcome all nursologists to join us for the 2025 SRS conference, coming up in October! Join us in person at the beautiful Florida Atlantic University College of Nursing, or tune in virtually! Here is a preview of the rich program that is planned:

Theme: Inspiring Optimism in Times of Turbulence: A Rogerian Nursing Science Perspective.

Location: Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University AND Virtual

Keynote Speaker: Rosemarie Parse, RN; PhD, FAAN – “Words and Meanings Matter: Keeping Rogerian Science Alive”

Invited Guest Speaker and Author: Anna Biley, Dip. N, MSc (Nursing) ‘From ‘Loving in Presence to Loving in Absence’*: A unitary story of love, legacy and hope”

Program Details

Day 1: Friday, October 24, 2025 (EDT)

• 2:15 PM       Sign-in and Gathering
• 2:45 PM     Welcome; Land and Diversity; Acknowledgment; Disclaimer
• 3:00 PM – Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lectureship Session – “Future and Evolution of Science of Unitary Human Beings”
  • Moderator: Howard Butcher RN; PhD, FAAN 
  • Panel: Violet Malinski, RN; PhD, Marlaine Smith, RN; PhD, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, HS-GAHN, FAAN;Richard Cowling, RN; PhD, AHN-BC, SGAHN, ANEF, FAAN
• 5:00 PM Adjourn for the Day

Day 2: Saturday, October 25, 2025 (EDT)

• 9:00 AM      Sign-in and Gathering
• 9:15 AM         Welcome; Land and Diversity Acknowledgment; Disclaimer -FAU CEL CON Dean: Cameron Duncan, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CNE, FAANP
• 9:30 AM        Keynote – “Words and Meanings Matter: Keeping Rogerian Science Alive” –   Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, RN; PhD, FAAN
• 10:30 AM      Break
• 10:45AM        Podium Session 1 – “Beyond Words: Exploring Affirmations Through the Lens of Rogerian Science “ – Nadine Cesaire, DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
• 11:15 AM      Podium Session 2 – “Love: A Unitary Nursing Science Dialogue “ – Richard Cowling, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, SGAHN, ANEF, FAAN and Peter Alandt, MSN, RN, HNB-BC, Caritas Coach
• 11:45 AM        Lunch Break
• 1:00 PM         Podium Session 3 – My life, my choice, my happiness, my voice” – Laurie Toohey, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, ANP-BC, AGPCNP-BC     
• 1:30 PM         Podium Session 4 –  “Cultivating Inspirational Optimism in Senior Living Through Unitary  Nursing Science: A Well Zen Studio Initiative “  Janine Horne, MSN, Ed, RN, AHN-BC
• 2:00 PM        Podium Session 5 – The Overview Effect and Cosma Hypothesis: A Rogerian Evolutionary Perspective of Homospatialis to Homopandimensionalis“  – Howard Butcher RN; PhD, FAAN
• 2:30 PM      Break 
• 2:45 PM        SRS General Assembly and Business Meeting – All members are encouraged to attend; non-members are invited
• 4:15 PM         Adjourn for the Day

 Day 3: Sunday, October 26, 2025 (EDT)

• 9:00 AM    Sign-in and Gathering; Welcome; Land and Diversity Acknowledgment; Disclaimer
• 9:15 AM      Podium Session 6 – “Inspiring Change Through Knowing Participation: Applying Barrett’s  Theory to JEDI Workshops Using the WHOLE Framework “  – Darcel Reyes, PhD, ANP-BC
• 9:45 AM      Podium Session 7 – “Turning Setbacks into Strength: Developing the Emerging Concept of  Awakening Power”   – Nadine Cesaire, DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC    –
• 10:15 AM     Podium Session 8 – “Unitary Human Caring Science: Calling Forth the Highest Good “  – Joyce Perkins, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CHTP, RMP-T, ACE-GFI, SGAHN
• 10:45 AM      Break
• 11:15 AM        Podium Session 9 – “Follow the Leader” – Martha Alligood, RN; PhD, ANEF and Jaqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD, ScD (hon), FAAN, ANEF  
• 11:45 PM       End Note – “From ‘Loving in Presence to Loving in Absence’*: a unitary story of love, legacy and hope”. Anna M. Biley, Dip. N, MSc (Nursing)
• 12:45 PM      Closing Summary and Evaluations