NAHCR26: Where Fresh Perspectives Flow and Recruitment Thrives

NAHCR26 is the conference health care recruiters can’t afford to miss! This year’s theme, Fresh Perspectives: Pouring New Life into Health Care Recruitment, is all about rethinking strategies, embracing innovation, and sparking ideas that move the profession forward.

Whether you’re a new HR specialist, a seasoned talent acquisition manager or director, or a VP overseeing the hiring of nurses and clinical professionals, you’ll gain forward-thinking insights and practical tools to meet today’s recruitment challenges head-on.

 

 Developed by practicing health care recruiters, the program delivers relevant, real-world strategies designed for the rapidly changing health care landscape. Hear how talent acquisition leaders are transforming recruitment practices, and engage in energizing discussions with your peers about the future of the profession.

 

Explore the vibrant, interactive exhibit hall, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with a diverse range of vendors showcasing innovative products, cutting-edge technologies, and proven services designed to help you overcome recruitment challenges, enhance candidate engagement, and ultimately strengthen your organization’s hiring outcomes. Take time to ask questions, see demonstrations, and discover fresh solutions that you can put into action right away.

 

Join us for NAHCR26 July 15 - 17, 2026, at the Hilton Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, and leave with fresh perspectives, ready to pour new life into your recruitment strategies! 

Not sure what to expect? Check out the video highlights from NAHCR25 to see how last year's attendees connected, learned, and left inspired. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the action next year!

See Highlights From Past Conferences

 

NAHCR26 Call for Proposals 

Submit Your Proposal TODAY!

Are You a Trendsetter in Health Care Recruitment? Have you developed an innovative idea or best practice that could benefit others in the field of health care recruitment? Join us at NAHCR26 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to showcase your forward-thinking ideas to a community of recruitment professionals. This conference offers an opportunity to expand your network, build professional credibility, and strengthen your presentation skills. Bonus: Presenters presentations, if authorized, are published on the NAHCR website and promoted in NAHCR News, NAHCR’s bimonthly e-newsletter.

 

What We Are Looking For

NAHCR seeks dynamic, practical, and action-oriented presentations for the 2026 conference. Attendees consistently express interest in sessions that both inspire and provide actionable strategies that can be implemented in their day-to-day work.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • Recruitment best practices and successful sourcing and hiring strategies;
  • Preventing recruiter burnout and fostering resilience;
  • Candidate communication strategies, including preventing ghosting and maintaining engagement with high requisition loads;
  • Overcoming objections and leading with influence in candidate and hiring manager relationships; and
  • Best practices that can be implemented immediately, as well as long-term strategic insights that may require additional planning or investment.

Speaker Eligibility and Benefits

General and concurrent session speakers who are current Associate, Honorary, Active or Federal NAHCR members (health care recruitment or talent acquisition professionals) are eligible for the following benefit:

  • Complimentary conference registration

General and concurrent session speakers who are not current Associate, Honorary, Active or Federal NAHCR members are required to register for the conference at the full rate but will receive a complimentary NAHCR membership good through December 31, 2026 in place of complimentary registration.

*Vendors are ineligible for the benefits and concessions outlined above.

Call for Proposals

If you have relevant experience, case studies, or innovative approaches that others in the health care recruitment field can learn from, NAHCR encourages you to submit a presentation proposal. We look forward to hearing your ideas and continuing to advance the field of health care recruitment together.

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2025

Submit Your Proposal TODAY!