Healthcare simulation has considerably expanded over the last decade and becomes the mainstream of training professionals within varied healthcare facilities and higher educational institutions since it has been proven as an effective and useful pedagogy to bridge theoretical learning and real-life practice. While this pedagogic method has been widely used in many developed countries, particularly in Europe and the United States, simulation-based healthcare education in Iraq is not well established. To address this gap, AUK will inaugurate the country’s first-ever Healthcare Simulation Conference with the theme, “Transforming Iraq’s Healthcare Education and Training through Clinical Simulation: Now, Next, and Beyond.” At this inaugural event, we will share ideas and expertise, acquire new knowledge and skills, and unite together in creating the foundation and future of healthcare simulation in the region and beyond.