Thursday August 6, 2026
08:00 AM
Publisher and Editor Meetings: by invitation only
10:15 AM
Welcome and Introductions
10:30 AM
Suzanne Smith Fellows 2025 Panel Presentation
Host: Julee Waldrop
Panelists: Pernilla Garmey, Sarah Bakaert, Mei Fu, Lindell Joseph, David Campbell-O’Dell
11:30 AM
Knowledge Session 1: Partnering with Artificial Intelligence to Build the Writer’s Camp Journal’s Editorial Capacity
Jennifer Chicca, Leslie Nicoll
12:30 pm
Knowledge Session 2: Using AI to Support Title and Abstract Screening in Scoping Reviews
Heather Carter-Templeton, Tami H. Wyatt, Jordan Wrigley, Martin Kang, Rosemary Kennedy, Gregory Alexander, Nancy Beale, Jan M. Nick, Safiye Sahin, Rachel Alexander
1:00 pm
Knowledge Session 3: Editorial Conundrums
Annette Bourgault, Cindy Munro, Mary Fran Tracy, Lakshman Swamy
02:15 pm
Knowledge Session 4: Gatekeeping & Incivility or Guiding & Inclusion: Rising Nurse Scholars’ Collaborative Autoethnography
Maggie Runyon, Mandy Irby, Paula Rojas Landivar
02:45 pm
Knowledge Session 5: Expanding Nursing Knowledge in Latin America: Nursing Journal Editors’ Priorities and Challenges
Eileen Lake, Carla Ventura, Isabel Costa Mendez, Juliana Gazzotti, Eshwar Venkataswamy
03:15 PM
Keynote 1: Marilyn McEntyre
Life Lines: Restorative Reading
Slow reading is a countercultural practice. Doing what a good poem requires—slowing down, pausing over small, surprising ambiguities or musing over a metaphor—can change how we do the rest of the day. Poems are, as one poet put it, “acts of attention.”
They can both sharpen and soften the attention we bring to ordinary tasks and
encounters. In this session we’ll consider how a practice of poetry can clarify and restore what may easily be buried under a barrage of abstractions, partial truths, professional forms and political invective. A poem may, some days, be the place we go for respite or refreshment or a reality check or spiritual restoration.
Friday August 7, 2026
09:00 AM
Keynote 2: Alla Sikorskii
Fatal or Fixable? Navigating Reviews of Manuscripts with Quantitative Methods
10:15 AM
Knowledge Session 6: Introducing the Journal Systems Framework: A Comparative Discussion of Nursing Journals
Leslie Nicoll, Jenny Chicca
10:45 AM
Knowledge Session 7: Peer Review Bootcamp: Cultivating New Reviewers
Marian Wilson, Elaine Miller, Jeffrey Boon
11:15 am
Knowledge Session 8: Editorial Board Guided Journal Club
Susan Fowler
12:15 PM
Knowledge Session 9: Editors’ Reflections on Honouring Diverse Knowledges in Scholarly Publications
Jacinthe Pepin, Susan Duncan
12:45 PM
Knowledge Session 10: Caring in Interesting Times: Reclaiming Nursing’s Moral Center Through Innovation, Advocacy, and Well-Being
Donna Nickitas, Mary Ann Donohue-Ryan
1:15 PM
Knowledge Session 11: Editing or Writing a Book: Making Your Vision a Reality
Jayne Dunlap, Julee Waldrop, Staci Reynolds
2:00 PM
Knowledge Session 12: Misalignment Between Research and QI Terminology in Nursing Reports: A Descriptive Study
Staci Reynolds, Julee Waldrop, Jayne Dunlap
2:30 PM
Knowledge Session 13: Protecting Data Integrity: Combating Fraud in Online Nursing Surveys
Roger Carpenter, Heather Carter-Templeton, Brad Phillips
3:15 PM
INANE Annual Business Meeting
Leslie Nicoll
Saturday, August 8, 2026
09:00 AM
Keynote 3: Julie Fairman
A Nurse Historian’s Perspective on Engagement in Interdisciplinary Societies
10:00 AM
Margaret Comerford Freda Leadership Award: Presentation and Leadership Address
11:30 AM
Panel Presentation: Bridging Gaps in International Scholarship
Presenters: Robin Austin, PhD, DNP, DC, MSN, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, FAAN; Stephanie D. Gingerich, DNP, RN; Angelica Walton, DNP, RN, CCRN, RYT
Moderator: Heather Carter-Templeton
As nursing scholarship becomes increasingly global, editors and reviewers are called to evaluate manuscripts shaped by diverse regulatory environments, resource constraints, cultural contexts, and varied methodological traditions. This panel of experienced nurse researchers, each of whom has collaborated extensively with scholars across multiple regions of the world, will discuss strategies for bridging gaps in the reviewing, editing, and disseminating international scholarship.
Structural differences that influence manuscript development, including disparities in access to scientific literature due to institutional resources or financial constraints, will be examined. Panelists will also offer a “reverse perspective,” challenging assumptions about what is considered standard practice in developed countries. Methodological expectations from a global perspective will be addressed, including variations in demographic reporting norms, sampling practices, and region-specific research requirements such as Institutional Review Board approvals. Lastly, practical guidance for equipping peer reviewers and copy editors to navigate the manuscript-to-publication
continuum with cultural and contextual awareness will be offered. Through this dialogue, we aim to provide insight into international scholarship and the diverse contexts in which it is produced. We also seek to foster a more equitable and informed editorial process that recognizes these contextual realities while maintaining scientific standards to strengthen the collective impact of global nursing research.
01:00 PM
Knowledge Session 14: AI is Not the Reviewer: Reframing Editorial Use of Artificial Intelligence
Leslie Nicoll
01:30 PM
Knowledge Session 15: Reporting Guidelines for EBP: A Publication Checklist
Madeline Whalen, Kim Bissett, Judith Ascenzi
02:15 PM
Knowledge Session 16: The Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health Inclusivity Commitment: Internal Examination with External Implementation and Dissemination
Melissa Avery
02:45 PM
Knowledge Session 17: A Comprehensive Analysis of AI Policy Among 194 Nursing Journals
Mei R. Fu, Peijia Zha, Joel Setya, Lihong Ou, Melissa Joy Roberts, James K. Spence
03:15 PM