Community Room
VINDICO Clinical Practice Track
Accommodates 150 people
2026 Annual Conference
Igniting Community &
Driving Innovation
October 15 -18, 2026
Detroit, MI
Four Days.
Transformative Experience.
Every day of the 6th Annual DNPs of Color Conference is intentionally designed — from the opening mindfulness to the closing celebration. Here's what to expect.
General Session / Mindfulness / Signature
Panel
Break / Transition / Networking
Keynote / Gala / Social
Hack-a-thon
Day 1
Thursday, October 15
Wright Museum Auditorium
Detroit, Michigan
Morning - Arrivals & Opening
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Auditorium
Setup & Volunteer Check-In
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration + Vendor Engagement
Vendor Hall
8:45 am - 8:55 am
Opening Mindfulness
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Welcome by Conference Co-Chairs
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Inaugural DOC “Welcome to my City” Opening Address
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Transition
General Session - Auditorium
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Mini Podium #1
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Mini Podium #2
10:15 am - 10:35 am
Break + Vendor Engagement
Vendor Hall
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Mini Podium #3
11:05 am - 11:35 am
Mini Podium #4
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Transition
Midday
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Mini Podium #5
12:10 pm - 1:25 pm
Lunch + Vendor Engagement
Pharma Sponsored Talk
1:25 pm - 1:35 pm
Mindfulness Reset
Afternoon
1:35 pm - 2:05 pm
Mini Podium #6
Clinical Practice Track
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Mini Podium #7
Research Committee
2:35 pm - 2:55 pm
Break
2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
Mini Podium #8
3:25 pm - 3:55 pm
Mini Podium #9
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Transition
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Mini Podium #10
4:30 pm - 4:35 pm
Closing by Conference Co-Chairs
Evening Event
Mix & Mingle – Motown Karaoke Theme
Networking & Nonprofit Fundraiser - Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Day 2
Friday, October 16
Wright Museum Auditorium
Detroit, Michigan
Early Morning
6:30 am - 7:00 am
Setup + Team Huddle
7:00 am - 8:15 am
Registration + Vendor Engagement
Vendor Hall
7:30 am - 7:55 am
Sunrise Mindfulness
7:55 am - 8:00 am
Transition
Opening
8:00 am - 8:10 am
Welcome – Founder & CEO
8:10 am - 8:20 am
Mindfulness Intention Setting
8:20 am - 8:25 am
Transition
General Session
8:25 am - 8:55 am
Mini Podium #11 – Sacred Pause
Dr. DD
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Transition
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Panel #1 – DiMENsions in Nursing Panel
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Break + Vendor Engagement
Vendor Hall
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Mini Podium #12
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Transition
10:55 am - 11:25 am
Mini Podium #13
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Transition
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Panel #2 – Historical Panel
Sponsored by NYSK
Midday
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch + Vendor Engagement
Pharma Sponsored Talk
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
Mindfulness Regroup
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Transition
Afternoon
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Keynote Presentation
2:30 pm - 2:35 pm
Transition
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm
Mini Podium #14
3:05 pm - 3:10 pm
Transition
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Mini Podium #15
3:40 pm - 3:50 pm
Break + Vendor Engagement
Vendor Hall
3:50 pm - 4:50 pm
Panel #3 – Signature Panel
Community & Innovation
4:50 pm - 4:55 pm
Transition
4:55 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing – Conference Co-Chairs
Evening
Student Happy Hour / Dinner
Students
Day 3 - Morning
Saturday, October 17
Wright Museum Auditorium
Detroit, Michigan
Early Morning
7:00 am - 7:30 am
Team Huddle
7:20 am - 7:30 am
Sunrise Mindfulness
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
Concurrent Sessions - 8:30 a.m. onward
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Yellow Room
Hack-a-thon (4 Hours)
Max 75 participants
Auditorium
Poster Pitch
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am - 12:00 pm
Auditorium
Story Telling
Community Room
Entrepreneurship Track
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Yellow Room
Hack-a-thon Report Out
Auditorium
Mini Podium #16 (Bonus)
30-min slot - General Session
12:35 pm - 12:40 pm
Closing Remarks – Board Chair
Day 3 - Evening
Cocktail Hour & Gala
Wright Museum
Saturday, October 17
Gala Evening
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Pre-Brief (if necessary)
Cocktail Hour + Networking
Step-and-Repeat Photos - Board of Directors Official Photo
7:30 pm
Guests Seated – Dinner Service Begins
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome + Land / Ancestor Acknowledgment
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
DOCs Nonprofit Fundraising Vision + Pitch
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Scholarship & Award Presentations
Brief mic moments for distinguished awardees
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm