Top 29 healthcare conferences to attend in 2027

A guide to 29 healthcare conferences worth your time in 2027

telehealth trends By: OpenLoop Health October 1, 2026 • 13 min read

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It's that time again. Budgets are getting finalized, travel requests are piling up, and teams are deciding which events are actually worth the trip. To make planning easier, we've curated 29 of the top healthcare conferences to attend in 2027, picking up right where last year's guide left off.

Everything is listed in date order so you can spot the months you're available, along with what's on the agenda, who tends to attend, and who each event is best for. If your focus is specifically AI, virtual care, and health IT, pair this with our companion guide to the top digital health conferences in 2027, where we go deeper on the events built for that audience.

1. CES 2027

January 6–9 | Las Vegas, Nevada

The Consumer Technology Association kicks off the year with CES, spanning health, AI, robotics, predictive modeling, age tech, wearables, and digital therapeutics. Its Digital Health Summit runs alongside exhibits, demos, and sessions, and attendees can customize their experience by adding tracks.

Best for: Teams tracking consumer-facing health tech and devices.

Who attends: Health tech innovators, clinicians, investors, policymakers, industry leaders, and media.

2. J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

January 11–14 | San Francisco, California

Now in its 45th year, the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is the largest and most closely watched healthcare investment event of the year. Held at the Westin St. Francis, it draws thousands of executives and investors, and the surrounding "JPM Week" satellite events effectively kick off the healthcare calendar. Expect the year's first read on where capital and strategy are heading across biotech, pharma, medtech, and digital health.

Best for: Founders and leaders tracking healthcare capital and dealmaking.

Who attends: Healthcare and biotech executives, institutional investors, and life sciences leaders. Note: the main conference is invitation-only through J.P. Morgan, though hundreds of open satellite events run all week.

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3. Fierce JPM Week

January 12–13 | San Francisco, California

News and media company Fierce covers everything from digital health and payer updates to drug launches and FDA decisions. At Fierce JPM Week 2027, expect new therapeutic approaches, evolving direct-to-consumer models, cross-border licensing, U.S. manufacturing, and the other forces shaping biopharma.

Best for: Teams that want the media-and-analysis lens on JPM Week.

Who attends: Leaders from biotech, medical device companies, pharma, and investment firms.

4. Biohackers World Conference & Expo

January 16–17 | Miami, Florida

Biohackers World brings together people exploring how technology and science can boost health, performance, and longevity. Attendees can enjoy keynotes, discussions, networking, and wellness experiences like movement and meditation.

Best for: Longevity, wellness, and performance-focused operators and brands.

Who attends: Biohackers, health and biotech innovators, medical professionals, health startups, and wellness influencers.

5. AHA Rural Healthcare Leadership Conference

January 31–February 3 | Orlando, Florida

The American Hospital Association's rural health program tackles the financial, clinical, and operational challenges rural hospitals face. The 2027 leadership conference offers workshops and sessions on topics like improving social connection for older adults and technology-enabled care models in rural delivery.

Best for: Rural hospital and health system leaders.

Who attends: Rural hospital CEOs, senior executives, clinical leaders, and trustees.

6. NEEBC: Innovation in Employee Benefits Conference

February 4 | Framingham, Massachusetts

The New England Employee Benefits Council is a nonprofit community for employee benefits professionals. This one-day event features talks and panels on the future of benefits, emerging trends, and fresh approaches to how employers design and deliver benefits.

Best for: Employers and benefits buyers.

Who attends: Employee benefits professionals, benefits buyers, and health technology companies.

7. 2027 Health Leadership Conference (NHC)

February 10–12 | Savannah, Georgia

The National Health Council brings patient advocacy organizations and health industry partners together to push for patient-centered policy. The 2027 conference covers leadership and governance, policy, strategic communications, and nonprofit growth, plus a walk/run, a volunteer experience, and Breakthrough Stories for senior leaders.

Best for: Patient advocacy and health policy leaders.

Who attends: CEOs, executive directors, board leaders, and senior executives.

8. AHIP MMDC27

March 8–10 | Washington, DC

America's Health Insurance Plans represents health insurance providers, and its MMDC forum focuses on the policy and market forces shaping public and private coverage. Featured 2027 topics include Medicaid financing and eligibility changes and commercial-market affordability.

Best for: Payer and policy teams working across Medicare and Medicaid.

Who attends: Health plan leaders, federal and state policymakers, and industry experts.

9. Pharma USA 2027

March 10–11 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Reuters Events presents Pharma USA 2027, billed as North America's largest cross-functional pharma gathering. Expect interactive sessions on customer engagement and data infrastructure, plus keynotes on obesity management and direct-to-consumer models for patient access.

Best for: Pharma commercial, data, and patient-access leaders.

Who attends: Primarily director-level leaders and above in AI, data and analytics, patient engagement, marketing, and medical affairs.

10. ViVE 2027

March 14–17 | Nashville, Tennessee

Co-produced by HLTH and CHIME, ViVE zeroes in on the business side of digital health, from strategy to vetting new technology. It's one of the strongest events for digital health operators, so we cover it in depth in our digital health conferences guide.

Best for: Digital and IT executives, startups, and investors.

Who attends: CIOs, CTOs, CMIOs, health IT and digital health executives, startups, and investors.

11. SXSW 2027

March 15–21 | Austin, Texas

SXSW blends technology, culture, and business across a week of programming, and its Innovation track carries strong health and medtech content on AI, digital health, and the future of care. It's less clinical than most events on this list and more about where health meets consumer technology, brand, and culture.

Best for: Teams working at the consumer edge of health.

Who attends: Founders, technologists, investors, brand and marketing leaders, and healthcare innovators.

12. RISE National 2027

March 16–18 | Las Vegas, Nevada

RISE National centers on Medicare Advantage and the work around it. The Medicare Marketing & Sales Summit joins RISE National in 2027, adding marketing and sales tracks alongside education on risk adjustment, quality, Stars, regulatory operations, and more.

Best for: Health plan and Medicare Advantage operators.

Who attends: Health plans, provider organizations, government agencies, healthcare technology companies, and consulting vendors.

13. HIMSS27 Global Health Conference & Exhibition

April 5–8 | Chicago, Illinois

HIMSS hosts the largest health IT event by attendance, with a massive exhibit floor and 600+ sessions on AI, cybersecurity, and interoperability. It's a marquee digital health event, so we give it a fuller treatment in ourdigital health conferences guide.

Best for: Health IT and clinical informatics teams.

Who attends: CIOs, clinical informatics leaders, IT teams, and technology companies worldwide.

14. Medical Spa Show (AmSpa)

April 15–18 | Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada

Now marking its tenth year, the Medical Spa Show, hosted by the American Med Spa Association, brings med spa owners, providers, and brands together for four days of clinical, business, and legal education. Tracks span injectables, energy devices, regenerative aesthetics, and the practice-management topics that make or break a growing med spa.

Best for: Med spa owners and aesthetics operators.

Who attends: Med spa owners, nurse injectors and providers, practice managers, and aesthetics brands.

15. Becker's Hospital Review: 17th Annual Meeting

April 19–22 | Chicago, Illinois

Becker's Hospital Review covers news and trends for hospital and health system leaders. Its flagship annual meeting features 14 tracks spanning leadership and strategy, finance and revenue, and digital and clinical transformation.

Best for: Hospital and health system executives.

Who attends: Hospital and health system executives, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CNOs.

16. DHIS: East Coast

April 26–27 | Boston, Massachusetts

The Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit centers on candid conversation around the trends transforming healthcare, from AI to new care models and investment. Because it's built for the digital health audience, we go deeper on it in ourdigital health conferences guide.

Best for: Digital health startups, investors, and strategy leaders.

Who attends: Health systems, payers, startups, investors, and digital health and life sciences companies.

17. MEDevice Boston

May 11–12 | Boston, Massachusetts

MEDevice Boston combines an expo floor with education sessions on medical device manufacturing. It helps device teams evaluate new technologies, find qualified suppliers, and get practical guidance on regulatory strategy.

Best for: Medical device teams and engineers.

Who attends: Medical device OEMs, engineers, and startups.

18. AHIP 2027

June 10–11 | Las Vegas, Nevada

America's Health Insurance Plans hosts its flagship event with an opening reception on June 9. Expect a mix of education sessions, exhibits, and networking focused on making coverage better and more affordable.

Best for: Health insurance leaders.

Who attends: Health insurance leaders and thought leaders from across healthcare.

19. ATA Nexus 2027

June 14–16 | Orlando, Florida

The American Telemedicine Association's Nexus conference is the telehealth industry's home event, combining research, real-world implementation, and peer collaboration to help build and scale virtual care. As the marquee virtual care event, it gets the full write-up in our digital health conferences guide.

Best for: Telehealth operators and virtual care leaders.

Who attends: Virtual care leaders, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and industry partners.

20. AHA Leadership Summit

July 18–20 | San Diego, California

This AHA summit gives hospital and health system leaders a chance to rethink how care gets delivered and how their organizations run. Sessions are brief and hands-on, with plenty of room to swap ideas with peers.

Best for: Hospital and health system leaders.

Who attends: Senior executives, clinical leaders, and experts from hospitals and health systems.

21. Ai4 2027

August 2–5 | The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada

Ai4 is the largest applied-AI conference in the US, and its dedicated healthcare track has become one of the strongest places to see how AI is actually being deployed across clinical workflows, operations, and diagnostics. We break down its healthcare programming in ourdigital health conferences guide.

Best for: Teams evaluating real-world healthcare AI.

Who attends: Healthcare executives and technology leaders, plus data scientists, startups, and investors from across industries.

22. NACDS Total Store Expo

August 14–16 | San Diego, California

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores hosts the largest gathering of retailers and suppliers in the health and wellness industry, mixing strategic sessions, exhibits, and education.

Best for: Pharmacy and retail health leaders.

Who attends: Pharmacy and retail executives, buyers, category managers, and suppliers.

23. Becker's IT + Revenue Cycle Conference

September 27–October 1 | Chicago, Illinois

The theme for Becker's 12th annual IT and revenue cycle event is "The Future of AI & Digital Health," focused on where technology and revenue meet in hospitals and health systems. We cover it in more depth in ourdigital health conferences guide.

Best for: Health system IT, finance, and revenue cycle leaders.

Who attends: Hospital and health system C-suite, IT, digital health, and revenue cycle leaders.

24. The MedTech Conference (AdvaMed)

October 3–6 | Moscone Center, San Francisco, California

Hosted by AdvaMed, The MedTech Conference is the leading US gathering for the business of medical technology, spanning devices, diagnostics, imaging, and digital health. Programming runs across strategy, financing, regulatory affairs, market access, and partnering, with signature sessions like CEOs Unplugged.

Best for: Medtech companies pursuing capital, partnerships, or market access.

Who attends: Medical device, diagnostics, and digital health companies from startups to global strategics, plus investors, health system leaders, and regulators.

25. HLTH USA 2027

Fall 2027| Las Vegas, Nevada (2027 dates to be confirmed)

HLTH is one of the country's biggest healthcare innovation gatherings, with big-name keynotes, a sprawling expo, startup pitches, and conversations spanning AI, care delivery, payer strategy, and investment. Get the full 2027 preview in our digital health conferences guide.

Best for: Founders, investors, and senior health leaders.

Who attends: Founders, investors, health system and payer executives, pharma leaders, and government officials.

26. AMIA 2027 Annual Symposium

November 6–10 | San Diego, California

The American Medical Informatics Association's annual symposium is the research heavyweight of the informatics world, where much of the peer-reviewed work on clinical AI and health data is presented. We include it in our digital health conferences guide for readers tracking the science.

Best for: Informatics researchers and clinical data leaders.

Who attends: Informatics professionals, physicians, nurses, researchers, educators, and industry partners.

27. RSNA Annual Meeting

November 14–18 | McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois

RSNA's annual meeting is the world's largest radiology and medical imaging event, and its AI Showcase makes it a marquee stop for anyone tracking AI in diagnostics. Note the timing shift: starting in 2027, RSNA moves about two weeks earlier in odd years, ending the week before Thanksgiving rather than after.

Best for: Imaging teams and anyone tracking diagnostic AI.

Who attends: Radiologists, imaging professionals, informaticists, and the imaging and AI vendor community.

28. MGMA Annual Conference

Fall 2027 | Location to be announced (2027 dates to be confirmed)

The MGMA Annual Conference, formerly the Leaders Conference, is the leading event for the business of running a medical practice, with the widest agenda and deepest benchmarking data of any practice-management event. For primary care and multi-specialty operators, it's where staffing ratios, reimbursement, and operational strategy get measured against national benchmarks.

Best for: Practice administrators and physician owners.

Who attends: Practice administrators, physician owners, and C-suite and operations leaders across medical groups of every size and specialty.

29. A4M Annual World Congress

Winter 2027 | The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada (2027 dates to be confirmed)

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine's World Congress is the largest event in anti-aging, functional, and integrative medicine, covering hormones, longevity, weight and metabolic health, peptides, and regenerative therapies. For clinics building ongoing wellness and hormone programs, it's the center of gravity for protocols and products.

Best for: Clinics building hormone, longevity, and metabolic programs.

Who attends: Physicians and clinicians in anti-aging, functional, and integrative medicine, plus clinic owners and wellness brands.

Make the most of your 2027 calendar

The best healthcare conferences for 2027 can spark a partnership, surface a new idea, or show you where the industry is headed before everyone else catches on. Whether you attend one event or ten, going in with clear goals will help you get the most out of every session and conversation. For a closer look at where the industry is going, see our take on what's next for digital health.

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