2026 Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

The Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama (NPAA) will hold its 20th Annual Advanced Nursing Practice Conference on October 1-3, 2026, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Gulf Shores, AL. This year’s theme is "20 Years of Impact:  Honoring Our Legacy & Advocating Our Future." 

NPAA cordially invites you to submit an abstract in evidence-based practice to be considered for a podium presentations and poster presentations at the 2026 conference.  Please note that presentations should include best practices in advanced nursing practice and updates in pharmacological treatment and related advances. Scholarly projects, original research, and quality improvement projects with outcome data are also of interest to the participants.

GENERAL INFORMATION-

Submission Deadline: 

Materials must be received by NPAA by February 27, 2026

Submission Format:
All abstract packets are to be submitted to the NPAA Conference Program Committee by uploading the following documents:

Abstract packets should include: 

1.)  A word document with 

• • • a.     Title of Presentation
    • b.     3 learning objectives (at least one objective should focus on Pharmacology).
    • c.     Paragraph describing the content  (less than 250 words)
    • d.     Presenter's name(s) (limited to two), credentials, contact information, and a brief bio (3-5 sentences), citing the educational background, work history, and expertise in the content area. 
    • e.  You must include how many Pharmacology hours you will have if your presentation is 1 hour in length.  (Calculate .4 hours for every 20 minutes of pharmacology)

2.) Headshot photo.

3.) The fillable ALBON forms available.  (i.e., Course and Instructor information).  Click here to download.  If you are submitting a poster presentation, you do not have to submit forms.  

The NPAA Conference Committee will meet to select abstracts and to finalize the conference program. For each podium abstract accepted, the Committee will assign the time and date of presentation on the conference schedule. 

If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you will be notified by email on or around March 15, 2026, with details of your presentation date and time. This notice will be sent to the contact person for each abstract and to the presenting author of each podium session. If the abstract has more than one author, the contact person is asked to share the information with the other author(s). (See section on “Information after Abstracts Are Selected” below for more details about procedures following the selection process.) 

Conference Registration 

The podium presenter will receive one half-off complimentary registration for the conference (for one presenter only). If the primary author cannot attend the conference and has made arrangements for someone else to present, notification of a substitute presenter must be made by August 1, 2025. 

Selection Criteria (Preference will be given to NPAA members) 

Abstracts should reflect or include: 

Areas of specific interest 

Information After Abstracts Are Selected: 

Presentations

Podium: In general, each abstract in a podium session is allotted 50 minutes for presentation, with 5 minutes for audience questions. Presentations will occur in the order they appear in the program. 

Posters

Posters will be shown on October 1-2, in the exhibit area.

Commitment

Each contact person will be notified about the Program Committee’s decision on the acceptance of an abstract. Each author is asked to accept the invitation to present by responding to the email invitation within 10 days. We request that you treat this commitment with the utmost importance.  If an emergency arises and you cannot fulfill your commitment, notify the conference chair immediately at vpcommunity@npalliancealabama.ortg. 

Questions

Contact: 

D’Ann Somerall, VP Community Affairs NPAA 

vpcommunity@npalliancealabama.org