April 30, 2026

Is your conference travel budget shrinking or nonexistent?

By: Joe Paone
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I’ve attended two excellent conferences over the last month (AORN and HSPA, to be specific) and it’s a refrain I heard time and again: More and more perioperative leaders are now paying out-of-pocket for conference travel and registration.

That got our team thinking about taking a closer look at this trend, especially with our community’s own conference, Periop Leader Week, coming up this Oct. 4 to 7 in Savannah, Ga.

As a result, we’re gathering insights from perioperative leaders like you to better understand your travel-related challenges and help address your barriers to accessing valuable education and networking opportunities to enhance your professional development. We encourage you to take this quick poll so we can better quantify and assess the pervasiveness of this trend.

We’d love to see you at Periop Leader Week in Savannah, of course, so we’re offering a registration discount. Register today using code PLNVIP to get 15% off!

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