The pace of change in health technology keeps accelerating — from AI-enabled clinical workflows to XR-infused care delivery and predictive analytics reshaping patient outcomes. For professionals in MedTech, digital health, and healthcare strategy, conferences are far more than networking stops — they’re launchpads for insight, partnership, investment, and real transformation.
To help you navigate a bustling 2026 events calendar, we’ve gone beyond dates and venues to highlight gatherings that deliver strategic value — places where thought leadership, product innovation, market trajectory, and real business outcomes intersect.
Whether you’re a startup founder, a digital health executive, a MedTech engineer, or an investor scouting trends and deals, here’s where the industry will be thinking big in 2026.
CES
📍Las Vegas • January 6-9
This is the biggest consumer tech event. It’s where global brands get business done, meet new partners and where the industry's sharpest minds take the stage to unveil their latest releases and boldest breakthroughs. Digital Heal is one of their biggest summits. This is one of the top healthcare conferences of 2025.
JPM Healthcare conference
📍San Francisco, CA • January 12-15
The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is the world’s largest and most influential healthcare investment symposium. Now in its 44th year, this invitation-only gathering brings together global industry leaders, emerging growth companies, innovators, investors, and policymakers across biotech, pharma, digital health, MedTech, and healthcare services.
Why it matters: Your only option isn’t scoring an elusive invite, there are a ton of side events around the city during the whole week!
ViVE 2026
📍 Los Angeles, USA • February 22–25, 2026
ViVE has rapidly become a pivotal event for healthcare executives and digital leaders. Learning, curated business match-making, and real-world case studies on interoperability, AI implementation, and operational transformation are key themes.
Why it matters: an ecosystem approach tailored to interoperability strategies, digital first care, and real deal-making beyond buzzwords.
Health.Tech Global Summit
📍 Basel, Switzerland • March 3–5, 2026
A major destination for European and global health innovation leaders. health.tech brings together policymakers, investors, system leaders, pharma, and startups to advance digital transformation, decentralized care delivery, consumer health, and data-driven healthcare.
Why it matters: strategic cross-sector dialogue, regulatory insight, deep digital health conversations with Europe’s life sciences hub as a backdrop.
HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition
📍 Las Vegas, NV • March 9–12, 2026
A perennial leader in health IT and transformational strategy. From interoperability and governance to digital infrastructure scaling, HIMSS is the backbone event for healthcare technology leaders.
Why it matters: deep technical content + strategic frameworks to bridge innovation and execution.
Pharma USA 2025
📍March 18-19 • Philadelphia, PA
For over two decades, Reuters Pharma USA has served as a cornerstone gathering for leaders across pharma, biotech, commercialization, market access, and patient strategy. The 2026 edition continues that legacy with a program built around interactive discussions, practical frameworks, and forward-looking insights.
Why it matters: Brings together the full pharmaceutical value chain
Women’s Health Week
📍 New York, NY • May 13–14, 2026
A pivotal gathering for leaders and innovators in women’s health innovation. Hosted at the New York Academy of Medicine in Manhattan, this two-day summit brings together founders, investors, multinationals, policymakers, clinicians, and tech innovators with a shared mission: to accelerate solutions that close gaps in women’s health outcomes and unlock commercial opportunities across the ecosystem.
Why it matters: The program blends expert panels, startup showcases, strategic workshops, and curated networking sessions
Digital Health World Congress
📍 London, UK • May 26–27, 2026
A European hub for digital health innovation with a program focused on AI in MedTech, real-world data, chronic care management, and digital ecosystems.
Why it matters: strong global speaker lineup and actionable insight on market adoption and next-generation care models.
HLTH 2026
📍 Las Vegas, NV • November 15-18, 2026
HLTH has firmly established itself as the premier healthcare innovation conference; the place where the entire health ecosystem comes together to set the agenda for what’s next. Each year, it draws an unmatched mix of executives, startups, payers, providers, life sciences leaders, investors, policymakers, and tech giants, all converging to discuss the trends, technologies, and business models shaping the future of care.
Why it matters: Signature blend of big-stage keynotes, deep-dive tracks, product showcases, curated networking, investor–startup matchmaking, and ecosystem-wide collaboration
6th Digital Health Conference
📍 Barcelona, Spain • November 25–26, 2026
A deep dive into digital transformation in pharma and digital therapeutics, regulatory trends, data-enabled care models, and cross-industry collaboration.
Why it matters: tailored conversations on digital therapeutics, regulatory strategy, and patient-centric innovation.