Game on in Boston: Play Along All Week at AANA Annual Congress 2026

Interactivity makes any event better, and this year attendees of the AANA Annual Congress will get to enjoy a new way to participate, tucked right inside the Ollivate app. Open Ollivate during any session tagged for residents or RNs, and you’ll find companion content built to match, ready for you to play through, earn points, and send your region climbing up the leaderboard. There's no special schedule to hunt down and no separate list to memorize, because the sessions you already planned to attend are the same ones that put points on the board.

Every Resident and RN Session is in Play

If a session is tagged Resident or RN on the official Congress schedule, it’s fair game. While you’re sitting in the session, open the Ollivate app and play along with the content built around what you just learned.

Saturday Sessions

Keynote Address: Survival Starts the Story. Resilience Builds the Rest
Beyond the Beep: Pulse Ox, Hidden Hypoxia, and Safety
Resident Session: Demystifying the Transition From RRNA to CRNA: A Panel Discussion
Let Them: A Strategy for Resilience and Sustainable Anesthesia Practice

Sunday Sessions

Goldie D. Brangman Lecture: What the Chart Doesn’t Say: Social Determinants in the Anesthesia Plan
RN Session: From Bedside to Boarded: Your Nurse Anesthesiology Roadmap
Resident Session: Your Professional Powerhouse: AANA’s Role in Your Present and Future

Monday Sessions

John Garde Memorial Lecture: Guardians of the Profession: Leadership, Courage, and Timing in Nurse Anesthesiology
Resident Session: When Seconds Count: Crisis Skills for Nurse Anesthesia Professionals
Medical Malpractice - Mock Deposition
Resident Session: Full Scope, Full Voice: The Power of CRNA Advocacy
RN/Resident Session: Your CRNA Career: Insights From Every Stage

Play Along Live: When Seconds Count

For an even more immersive experience, join the “When Seconds Count: Crisis Skills for Nurse Anesthesia Professionals” session hosted by Becky Motykiewicz, DNAP, CRNA and Brett Kendon, DNP, CRNA, CHRSE-A at 1:30pm ET on Monday, August 24th.

As Becky works through the split-second decisions that define the job, you'll be playing right along with her, and every answer feeds your score and your region's standing as it happens.

How To Play

Getting set up asks nothing new of you, because the game lives inside the Ollivate course you already have. Simply scan the competition QR code when you’re at the event to get started. Look for signs at registration or visit Booth #640 to get the code.

When you sit down for a resident or RN session, open the app and the companion content is waiting for you there.You'll land in one of nine regions the moment you start playing, and every point you earn lifts your whole region while you climb your own ranking within it. Double Hearts are switched on for every Ollivate player everywhere for the full run of the conference, so the colleagues you left back home can pile up points right alongside you.

What’s on the Line

Winners get crowned all weekend long. Top the daily standings and you can swing by the booth to claim your swag. Finish first in your region and a standout prize is yours, with something special set aside for the single highest scorer of the whole conference. Best of all, the region that finishes on top wins free CEs for every one of its members.

Find us at Booth #640

Booth #640 in the Exhibit Hall is your home base for the week. Stop by to see where your region stands, spin the wheel for daily swag, and watch the standings shift in real time as the competition heats up.