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2026 Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference

Our conference spreads knowledge, celebrates excellence, and unites the dispersed remote health workforce

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2026 Remote Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery Conference

New date: the annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence has been moved from Octo­ber 2025 to May 2026 and will be held in the same host city, Perth.

Join us from 11 – 13 May, 2026, in beau­ti­ful Boorloo/​Perth, on the tra­di­tion­al lands of the Whad­juk Nyoon­gar peo­ple, for the CRANAplus Remote Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery Con­fer­ence to con­nect, learn, and cel­e­brate our ded­i­cat­ed work­ers in remote healthcare. 

The 42nd annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence, which has been tra­di­tion­al­ly con­vened in Octo­ber, will now be moved to 2026 and held ear­li­er in the cal­en­dar year to give more Mem­bers the chance to attend and avoid con­flict with oth­er health events. 

Although the tim­ing of the annu­al con­fer­ence has changed, the chance to expe­ri­ence our excit­ing line-up of speak­ers, abstract pre­sen­ta­tions, expo and valu­able net­work­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties remains unchanged. The 2026 con­fer­ence theme — Dis­tance. Ded­i­ca­tion. Dif­fer­ence. The future of remote health — remains focused on the vital role of remote health pro­fes­sion­als in shap­ing Aus­tralian health­care. And, as always, we will close the con­fer­ence hon­our­ing and cel­e­brat­ing inno­va­tion and excel­lence in remote health­care at the CRANAplus Awards event. 

Reg­is­tra­tions will open shortly. 

A prospec­tus for exhibitors and spon­sors will also be pro­vid­ed soon. 

To stay informed, sub­scribe to our week­ly newslet­ter CRANA­pulse and fol­low us on LinkedIn, Face­book, Insta­gram and X. For event enquiries, includ­ing spon­sor­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties, con­tact us at conference@​crana.​org.​au.

Got Ques­tions? We have answers.

Explore our Fre­quent­ly Asked Ques­tions for respons­es to ques­tions you might have about the next CRANAplus conference.

Why has the con­fer­ence date changed from Octo­ber 2025 to May 2026?

Stake­hold­er feed­back indi­cates that hold­ing the annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence ear­li­er in the cal­en­dar year would pro­vide more Mem­bers an oppor­tu­ni­ty to attend and avoids con­flict with oth­er health events. 

We don’t want any­one to miss out.

What is the new con­fer­ence date?

The annu­al con­fer­ence has been resched­uled to 11 – 13 May, 2026. 

Where will the con­fer­ence be held?

Perth Con­ven­tion and Exhi­bi­tion Cen­tre (PCEC), Lev­el 2 Meet­ing Rooms, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth WA 6000 

Why has the con­fer­ence venue changed?

We decid­ed a more cen­tral city loca­tion would work bet­ter for con­fer­ence delegates.

How do I reg­is­ter and what is the cost?

Reg­is­tra­tion, and tick­et pric­ing, will be avail­able soon via link on this webpage.

Will the con­fer­ence agen­da change?

The core sched­ule will remain the same: expo, key speak­ers, abstract pre­sen­ta­tions and awards event. 

We will pro­vide updates on this web­page as soon as the final sched­ule is confirmed.

Is the Awards event still going ahead?

Yes. The Aus­tralian Remote Health Awards will con­tin­ue, with recip­i­ents announced at the Gala Din­ner at the annu­al con­fer­ence. Award nom­i­na­tions open from 1 July 2025 via crana​.org​.au/​a​wards. For nom­i­na­tion sup­port, con­tact professionalservices@​crana.​org.​au.

When can I reg­is­ter for the conference?

Reg­is­tra­tions will open short­ly. We encour­age you to sign up ear­ly to secure your spot.

How will this affect hotel and trav­el arrangements?

If you have already booked hotel or trav­el, please con­tact your ser­vice providers to adjust your reser­va­tions for the new con­fer­ence date. If you have ques­tions, please con­tact us at conference@​crana.​org.​au.

How do I become an exhibitor/​sponsor?

We are cur­rent­ly final­is­ing the con­fer­ence prospec­tus for spon­sors and exhibitors, which will out­line var­i­ous oppor­tu­ni­ties to show­case your organ­i­sa­tion to a unique and often hard-to-reach tar­get audience. 

The prospec­tus will be launched on our web­site soon.

When can I book a stand at the expo/​conference?

We are expect­ing to open exhibitor booth book­ings in com­ing months. 

How can I stay updat­ed on the conference?

We’ll con­tin­ue to share con­fer­ence updates on our web­site, via our socials plat­forms LinkedIn, Face­book, Insta­gram and X and through our week­ly newslet­ter CRANA­pulse.

Is the date change for the annu­al con­fer­ence part of more changes expect­ed at CRANAplus?

The date change for the annu­al con­fer­ence has been made as part of our con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to Mem­bers and Stake­hold­ers to pro­vide the best pos­si­ble con­fer­ence experience. 

As a not-for-prof­it peak body, CRANAplus will con­tin­ue to evolve to meet the needs of our remote health work­force and is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing, edu­cat­ing, and advo­cat­ing for remote nurs­ing, mid­wifery, and health professionals.

Who can I con­tact if I have fur­ther questions?

If you have any addi­tion­al ques­tions, feel free to reach out to our team at conference@​crana.​org.​au.

More about the CRANAplus Conference

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Since 1983, CRANAplus has held its con­fer­ence to bond and unite the dis­persed remote and iso­lat­ed health work­force. The con­fer­ence serves as an oppor­tu­ni­ty for like-mind­ed remote and iso­lat­ed health indi­vid­u­als to net­work, con­nect and share.

Held at a dif­fer­ent loca­tion each year or under­tak­en online, the event brings togeth­er health prac­ti­tion­ers, man­agers, gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tives, pol­i­cy mak­ers, aca­d­e­mics and stu­dents into an ener­getic social forum.

Built around a series of high qual­i­ty pre­sen­ta­tions, it pro­vides the ide­al plat­form for recog­nis­ing the out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions of health pro­fes­sion­als through CRANAplus awards and fellowships.

Find out more about our pre­vi­ous conferences.

Past Conferences Past Award Winners