The Nethersole School of Nursing held the Fifth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference and Seventh Nursing Symposium on Cancer Care from 22 to 24 September. More than 500 healthcare delegates from over 20 countries attended the event. The theme of this year’s conference is 'Issues, challenges, and future directions of evidence-based healthcare’. During the conference, a total of 213 scientific abstracts were presented. A series of workshops and sessions were also organized to encourage participants’ interactive exchange of experience and views.