Neonatal nursing care issues are of global importance. Just as the world has focused on the challenges of premature birth for the past few years, the emphasis now shifts to the role nurses play in health outcomes of this vulnerable population and health care workforce issues such as training, education, and the deployment of specialty trained personnel. How do we learn in the best way? The answer: face to face, heart to heart, hand to hand — all of which are possible at national meetings and conferences. To that end, the Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses (CANN) and COINN are hosting the 2016 COINN conference in Vancouver, Canada, where neonatal nurses and other health professionals will learn from one another and share best practices.