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Welcome to NAPPSA: Portland Conference Guide

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Welcome to NAPPSA: Portland Conference Guide

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Welcome to the NAPPSA movement.

NAPPSA — Nigerian Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas — unites Nigerian-heritage pharmacy and pharmaceutical science professionals across the US, Canada, and beyond. Here, education, public health, innovation, mentorship, and community come together. If you are curious, ambitious, new to the network, or bringing someone with you to Portland, this page is your invitation in.

Join or renew membershipChoose your laneOfficial Portland updatesExplore Portland guide
Students and young professionalsPractitioners and scientistsFounders, mentors, and partners

Find your people. Build your future.

Your next mentor, collaborator, or friend could be one introduction away. NAPPSA brings Nigerian pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, students, and partners together to exchange ideas, celebrate progress, and serve our communities. Come with your curiosity and experience — there is a place for you here.

NAPPSA professionals connecting at a NAPPSA conference
Community that feels personal

What NAPPSA offers

NAPPSA connects people across the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences ecosystem so that new members do not have to figure everything out alone. The organization creates places to learn, serve, lead, publish, mentor, build, and belong.

118registered conference professionals
50+expert speakers
17+CE hours available
4days of learning and connection

Those proof points from recent NAPPSA conference programming show the scale of the experience. Portland gives us another chance to turn that energy toward membership growth, mentorship, and visible impact.

Choose your lane

Whether someone is brand new or ready to lead, there is a doorway into NAPPSA.

Students and young professionalsFind mentors, meet peers, build confidence, and discover career paths in pharmacy, industry, academia, public health, and innovation.Pharmacists and cliniciansExchange practice insights, contribute CE-ready expertise, and help shape community health impact.Scientists and researchersShare research, collaborate across institutions, and translate discovery into better outcomes.Founders, sponsors, and buildersPartner with a mission-driven professional network and help expand what is possible for the next generation.

What makes NAPPSA different?

NAPPSA members wearing NAPPSA Cares shirts at a community event
Service that brings us together
Belonging with purposeNAPPSA is not just a meeting. It is a professional home where identity, excellence, and service can sit at the same table.
Mentorship that movesNew people can meet leaders who remember what it felt like to be early, uncertain, ambitious, or looking for the next door.
Impact beyond the weekendThe best conversations become collaborations, publications, programs, community service, business ideas, and lifelong relationships.

Portland, Oregon is the next invitation.

As NAPPSA prepares for Portland, we are calling in new faces: students who need a network, professionals ready to reconnect, scientists with work to share, mentors ready to pour back, and partners who want to help build the future of Nigerian pharmacy and pharmaceutical science across the Americas and beyond.

NAPPSA conference speaker presenting to an audience
Ideas worth gathering for
What can new people expect?
Warm introductions, professional learning, networking, leadership pathways, and conversations that make it easier to find your people quickly.
How can someone contribute?
Invite colleagues, become a member, mentor a student, volunteer for a committee, share research, sponsor programming, submit ideas, or help welcome first-time attendees.
Who should receive this link?
Pharmacy students, pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, public health professionals, founders, faculty, fellows, residents, sponsors, community partners, and anyone curious about NAPPSA.

Your first move this week

1. Join the communityBecome a member or renew your connection so you are plugged in before Portland.2. Invite one personSend this page to a colleague, student, classmate, mentor, or friend who should know NAPPSA.3. Raise your handTell us how you want to contribute: mentorship, programming, sponsorship, outreach, research, or service.

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Have you heard about NAPPSA? It is a powerful network for Nigerian pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, students, innovators, and partners. We are preparing for the next conference in Portland, September 16-19, 2027, and this welcome page is a great place to start: https://nappsa.org/portland-conference-guide/