The advancement of Nursing Informatics (NI) in practice differs between regions and there is a need to support the advancement of NI all over the world. Exemplifying means that have been successful in supporting NI in practice could be used to guide the development of NI in other places as well. To address this need, the IMIA-NI SIG Student and Emerging Professionals (SEP) group proposes a panel of pioneers in the field to discuss means of how to support NI in practice throughout the continuum - from places where the field is just emerging to those where NI today is more advanced. The discussion will cover issues such as NI roles, requirements, competencies and education. Discussed ideas will be collected and reported in the future.