Presentations that Meet Your Needs...
I specialize in offering dynamic and engaging keynotes that translate quality evidence into relevant takeaways for your organization. Using narrative, audience participation, and humor, I strive to co-create safe spaces that promote inspiration and joy in learning.
“Billy Rosa has an amazing capacity to deeply move his audience through his gentle humor, soul searching insights and engaging story-telling. He has redefined the importance of compassion in modern healthcare, urging us each in our own way to be more loving, more kind, more present. I left his keynote more uplifted and inspired than I can remember!”
I am committed...
To integrity, respect, and personalizing content to the context and culture of your staff.
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Washington, DC. August 2017.
Keynote topics include:
Palliative Care
Holistic Nursing and Health
Conscious Dying
Critical Care
Global Health
Compassion in Healthcare
The UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Spirituality
Healing
Additional Subject Matters as Needed
together we can...
Create new possibilities in healing, health, and well-being for all peoples everywhere, including the most vulnerable.
2nd International Integrative Nursing Symposium, Tucson, AZ. April 2017.
“Billy Rosa is an evolved scholar, clinician, creative artist, and inspired humanitarian. His keynote presentations awaken us to ‘one human - one heart - one world’, for universal global connections. He is a master presenter.”
Florence Wald Lectureship on Hospice & Palliative Care, Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care Annual Preconference, Sponsored by University of Minnesota School of Nursing, April 14, 2019.
“A highly engaged and inspirational speaker, Billy has the ability to capture the hearts and minds of both the seasoned expert and novice nurse... I will follow Billy and his leadership on the journey to strengthen our nursing workforce and meet the demands of the future.”
PAST presentations:
KEYNOTES & LECTURESHIPS
Keynote. From Clinician to Researcher… Begin Anywhere. Presented virtually for the 16th National Palliative Medicine Conference, Czech Society of Palliative Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, September 19, 2025.
Keynote. Rethinking the Art of Global Nursing Science: Humility, Partnership, and Other Thoughts on Integrity. Presnented for the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing International Conference, Dallas, TX, September 26, 2024.
Keynote. Advocacy: Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Presented for the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing 48th Annual National Conference, Orlando, FL, April 12, 2023.
Keynote. Rising Toward Justice and Inclusion: They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds. Presented for the Center for the Improvement of Palliative Care (CIPC), Columbia University College of Nursing, New York, NY, April 4, 2023.
Keynote. Nurse Practitioner Advocacy: The Port in the Storm. Presented for the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Winter Meeting, Tucson, AZ, February 25, 2023.
Keynote. Distress in Healthcare: Keeping Integrity Front and Center During Difficult Times. Presented virtually for the 16th Annual Dr. Sharon Erel Lecture, Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg, OH, May 19, 2022.
Opening Keynote. Nurses for Health Equity at the Intersection of Rapid Change. Presented virtually at the 4th Annual International Integrative Nursing Symposium, April 27, 2022.
Keynote. Sitting with What’s Here: Sadness, Hope, Possibility. Presented virtually for the 11th Annual Holistic Conference: Making Space for it All, Ascension St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, March 24, 2022.
Keynote. Advancing the Research Agenda in Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care: Inclusion, Belonging, and Equitable Access. Presented virtually for the Gamma Nu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International and Seton Hall University College of Nursing 34th Annual Reinkemeyer Research Day, Seton Hall University, Nutley, NJ, March 18, 2022.
Keynote. The Changing Tides of Palliative Care: What is on the Horizon? Presented virtually for the Inaugural Sharon Bradley Nursing Education Symposium for Caring & Healing in Serious Illness at Norwalk Hospital, CT, October 27, 2021.
Keynote. Primary Palliative Oncology Nursing in the Time of COVID-19. Presented for the Oncology Nursing Society New York City Chapter, October 16, 2021.
Keynote. The Future of Palliative Nursing in the Face of Crisis, Suffering, and Hope. Presented virtually for the Center for the Improvement of Palliative Care (CIPC), Columbia University College of Nursing, New York, NY, May 6, 2021.
Keynote. Grief & Healing During Crisis: Coming Together When Things Fall Apart. Presented virtually for the Sigma Theta Tau International Eta Nu, Tau Mu, Phi Beta, Delta Gamma-at-Large, Tau Theta Joint Chapter Meeting, April 22, 2021.
Opening Keynote. Palliative Care at the Intersection of Social Injustice, Pandemic, and Hope. Presented virtually for the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Annual Conference, March 23, 2021.
Keynote. All the Possibilities of YOU: Entering the Nursing Profession During Crisis. Presented virtually for the Winter Commencement Ceremony, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX, December 18, 2020.
Keynote. Stepping into the Unknown: Creating a Future of Global Citizenship. Presented at the Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey’s Annual Meeting, Princeton, NJ, April 24, 2020.
Opening Keynote. Nursing’s Global Future: A Professional Vision of Heart and Impact. Presented at the 10th Annual Holistic Nursing Conference, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, April 2, 2020.
Closing Keynote. Living the Art of Conscious Dying: A Rite of Passage. Presented at the 10th Annual Holistic Nursing Conference, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, April 2, 2020.
Keynote. Envisioning a Global Future of Empowerment. Presented at the Morristown Medical Center Annual Shared Governance Celebration, Atlantic Health System, Whippany, NJ, October 3, 2019.
Keynote. Researching Your Passion: Begin Anywhere (You Got This!). Presented at the Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey’s 17th Annual Research Day Conference, Princeton, NJ, June 2019.
Keynote. The Crucial Nature of Compassion: Survival and Thriving for Humanity and Planet. Presented at the Inaugural Integrative Nursing Summit, Sanford Health System, Sioux Falls, SD, May 16, 2019.
Keynote. The Ethics of Compassion: Obligations Beyond Principlism. Presented at the 18th Annual Ethics in Action Conference, Sanford Health System, Sioux Falls, SD, May 15, 2019.
Florence Schorske Wald Lectureship on Hospice & Palliative Care. The Autumn Leaf, the Human Heart, & the Great Truth: The Art of Bearing Witness. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and presented at the Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care Annual Preconference, Minneapolis, MN, April 14, 2019.
Keynote. Pain Amid a Context of Crisis: We Are in This Together. Presented at the 2019 Collaborative Conference on Pain, Henry Ford Health System, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, University of Michigan Health System, Michigan State University College of Nursing, Wayne State University College of Nursing, Schoolcraft Livonia, MI, February 13, 2019.
Keynote. Ethical Commitments and a Vision for the Future. Presented for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing’s Inaugural White Coat Ceremonies, San Antonio, TX, January 4-5, 2019.
Opening Keynote. Compassion in a Time of Change: Spirituality in Action. Presented at the 8th Annual Integrative Nursing Conference, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, May 11, 2018.
Closing Keynote. Universal Compassion: From Self to Planet. Presented at the 8th Annual Integrative Nursing Conference, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, May 11, 2018.
Keynote. A Return to Compassion: The Virtue, the Science, the Art. Presented at the 2nd Annual Holistic Nursing Conference: Healing Through Compassion and Self-Awareness, The Valley Hospital, Valley Health System, Ridgewood, NJ, April 30, 2018.
Opening Keynote. Taming the Mad Elephants: A Beginner’s Guide to Compassion. Presented at Cultivating Compassion: Me Before You, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Washington DC, August 17, 2017.
Closing Keynote. A New Day: Compassion for Self, Other, and Planet. Presented at Cultivating Compassion: Me Before You, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Washington DC, August 17, 2017.
Opening Keynote. Taming the Mad Elephants: Compassion and Healthcare. Presented at the 7th Annual Holistic Nursing Conference, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, May 19, 2017.
Closing Keynote. Raise Your Game: Compassion for Self, Other, and Planet. Presented at the 7th Annual Holistic Nursing Conference, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, May 19, 2017.
Keynote. Taming the Mad Elephants: A Beginner’s Guide to Compassion. Presented at the 2nd Annual International Integrative Nursing Symposium, University of Arizona and University of Minnesota, Tucson, Arizona, April 7, 2017.
“Billy Rosa’s keynote address on compassion inspired nurses around the world at the 2nd International Integrative Nursing Symposium. With great humility and wisdom, he offered practical ways that nurses can transform their practices and themselves. The room was filled with laughter and tears and a deep knowing that our calling as nurses is sacred.”