Your Congress Education, Learning and Development Programme 2026

RCN Congress 2026 will be held from Monday 18 – Thursday 21 May as an in-person event.

The Congress Education, Learning and Development Programme (ELDP) is a dynamic line-up that brings together traditional fringe, student, nursing support worker, wellbeing and sponsor sessions. The 2026 programme is being overseen by a member-led group with representatives from across the UK.

The programme will be accessible onsite from Monday 18 – Wednesday 20 May and then, where agreed and appropriate, recordings will be available to watch on-demand after the event.  Attendees will be able to choose sessions by theme to tailor Congress to their own interests.

Remember, each session also supports CPD and can be used to contribute to revalidation.

Congress 2026 will be an in-person event and it is expected that all ELDP presenters, chairs and panel members will be onsite to deliver their session.  For more information, please contact congress@rcn.org.uk.