Committees
Congress and Conference Committee
The Congress and Conference Committee (CCC) is one of the standing committees of the ICN Board of Directors. The CCC has oversight for all of ICN’s events and acts as the organising committee for the Congress and Exhibition.
Lisa Little
1st Vice President, ICN Board of Directors
Nanthaphan Chinlumprasert
Member, ICN Board of Directors
Megumi Teshima Member
ICN Board of Directors
André Gitembagara
Member, ICN Board of Directors
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee’s (SC) role is to provide scientific, technical and clinical advice on the content of the scientific programme; make recommendations and advise on the design of a high quality, well-structured and internationally balanced programme aligned to the Congress themes; and identify keynote speakers and main speakers.
Nanthaphan Chinlumprasert
Member, ICN Board of Directors
Fatima Al Rifai
Member, ICN Board of Directors
Christophe Debout
Nurse anesthetist programme director, IFITS; France Nurse scientist; Health Chair, ScPoParis/IDM UMR 1145; Vice President of the Academy of Nursing Science
Kari E. Bugge
Professor in Nursing, Lovisenberg diakonale høgskole
Jed Montayre
Senior lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Western Sydney University
Madeleine Mukeshimana
Associate Professor of Nursing (Community Health), College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda and Post Doctorate fellow, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Donna Martin
Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Joan Almost
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario and Canadian Nurses Association Scholar in Residence
Reynaldo R. Rivera
Director of Nursing Research and Innovation, New York – Presbyterian and Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing
Mikiko Kanda
Strategic Information Adviser at UNAIDS Myanmar
Sudath Warnakulasuryia
President of the Sri Lanka Nurses Association and Dean, Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo
Jerome Ouellet
Assistant to the Director of Nursing, Responsible for the coordination of PHI, Director of Nursing
West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre & Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
Local Organising Committee
Tim Guest
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nurses Association
Lora Sliman
President of the Canadian Nursing Students’ Association (CNSA) 2022-2023
Cheryl A. Peterson
Vice President, Nursing Programs, American Nurses Association
Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay
Professor and vice-dean research innovation and entrepreneurship, Faculty of Nursing, University of Montréal
Julie Frechette
Director, Direction, Développement et soutien professionnel, Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec
Linda Silas
President, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
Lisa Little
1st Vice President, ICN Board of Directors
Cynthia Baker
Executive Director, Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
Donna Martin
Professor and Associate Dean Graduate Programs, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba
Joan Almost
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Queen’s University, Kingston ON
Natalie Stake-Doucet
Faculty, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University; Spokesperson, Quebec Nurses Association
Student Assembly Committee
Annabelle Lemay
Association étudiante de sciences infirmières de l’Université de Montréal (AÉSIUM)
Lora Sliman
President of the Canadian Nursing Student Association
Avani Jain
Chair of ICN Student Steering Group
Julian Vadell
Director of a Residency for the Elderly and Previous ICN Student Intern
Amie-Rae Zaborniak
PAHO ICN Student Steering Group Representative
Charles Bilodeau
President of Youth Committee of the Ordre des infimières et infirmiers du Québec
Camilo Sierra Herrera
Vice President of McGill University’s Nursing Graduate Student Association
Ashley Stoltz
Canadian Nursing Student Association
Bineta Diallo
Events Coordinator at Canadian Nurses Association
Gill Adynski
ICN Nursing & Health Policy Analyst