The 22nd Northwest Patient Safety Conference

CALL FOR SPEAKERS

 October 16th and 17th, 2025
Presented in collaboration with the Oregon Patient Safety Commission and Health Quality B.C.

Presenter Applications Are Now Open!

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE DATES: OCTOBER 16^th – 17^th, 2025   8:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Pacific Time
SPEAKER Application DEADLINE: June 30, 2025

We are pleased to invite interested speakers to submit proposals for presentations at our 22nd Annual Patient Safety Conference.

We encourage proposals from across the care spectrum and strongly encourage patients and family members to submit proposals about their experiences. This year’s conference continues our regional collaboration between Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.

Past attendees have requested presentations describing practices, ideas and activities they can apply at their jobs. Example topics include, but are not limited to:

• Patient and Family Engagement: Novel and successful ways to partner with patients, families and care partners in all aspects of care design, delivery, and operations.
• Safety Within Systems: How should safety and quality be structured within organizations to survive organizational factors like leadership change, staff turnover, mergers and acquisitions, and external disturbances from societal events and climate change?
• Innovative and Equitable Patient Safety Practices: New methods, approaches and ideas to improve patient safety and equitable care with regards to race, ethnicity, and social determinants.
• Technology: Applications of artificial intelligence. What is its impact on safety?
• Collaboration on a Community Level: Collaborating with communities and each other to improve patient safety beyond the four walls of our healthcare institutions.

PRESENTATION INFORMATION

• Session Speakers will present virtual 60 minute sessions with Q&A.

APPLICATION PROCESS

• SPEAKER APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 30, 2025
• Conference committee reviews applications and if accepted, speakers will sign and return a Letter of Agreement which describes the details of the presentation.
• Presentations may be accepted before the June 30 deadline.
• The conference registration fee will be waived, and an honorarium may be requested.

WHO ATTENDS

500-600 attendees represent healthcare stakeholders including:

• Patient safety practitioners, risk managers, quality leaders, and healthcare executives.
• Clinical program leaders and frontline clinicians from across the spectrum of care.
• Claims representatives and insurance professionals.
• Patient advocates and patient experience officers, patient and family advisory council members.
• Graduate and undergraduate health professions students.
• Interested patients, family members of patients, and community members.

Sponsor Opportunities Are Available!

We are pleased to invite interested sponsors to support our 22nd annual conference. All sponsors will be recognized on the Washington Patient Safety Coalition website and marketing materials. In addition to those benefits, there are several packages that offer improved visibility and marketing options.

SPONSORSHIP IS CRITICAL. As a sponsor you are helping to subsidize the cost of the conference for healthcare staff and provide free attendance to patients, families, and students. Sponsorship applications, benefits and details are available HERE.

About the Washington Patient Safety Coalition
The Washington Patient Safety Coalition brings together a diverse group of participants to focus on achieving common patient safety goals. Our mission is to improve safety for patients receiving health care in Washington, in all care settings, with a vision of safe care for every patient, every time, everywhere. The WPSC is a program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a trusted, independent, third-party resource to all participants in the health care community – including patients, providers, payers, employers, government agencies, and public health professionals.

About the Northwest Patient Safety Conference
Now in its 22^nd year, the Northwest Patient Safety Conference is the only event of its kind in the Western US, uniting healthcare professionals, providers, patients, families, and caregivers from all care settings for networking and engaging in sessions with industry thought leaders invested in improving the patient experience. This year’s conference is our second virtual conference, and our second year in collaboration between the Washington Patient Safety Coalition, the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, and Health Quality B.C.

Members of the conference committee who are putting on this fantastic conference

Amelina Kassa                       Jonathan Stewart                       
Anita Sulaiman                     Naomi Kirtner
David Birnbaum                   Rex Johnson
Dallas Smith                          Sydney Edlund
Farinaz Havaei                      Valerie Harmon
Jamie Leviton                        Yanling Yu
Jeff Goldenberg