2026 AHA Leadership Summit

Where Hospital Leaders Transform the Future of Health Care

The future of health care is being redesigned, and hospital and health systems are leading the way. Join us for a reimagined AHA Leadership Summit that will focus on the ideas, innovations and connections that will drive transformative change.

Where Strategy, Leadership and Peer Connections Converge

Anchored by the theme (Re)Designing Care Delivery and Operating Models for the Future, this year’s program addresses the big questions shaping health care’s next era. Through peer-to-peer connections, candid discussions and shared insights, leaders will explore how to evolve care models, strengthen organizational resilience and drive sustainable improvements in care delivery and operations across hospitals and health systems. This Summit will feature shorter, more interactive sessions to enable more opportunities for networking and idea exchange.

Join Audiences from Across Health Care and Beyond

Our attendees include CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, CIOs and other C-suite leaders, as well as VPs, Physician Leaders, Advanced Practice Professionals, Directors and Managers overseeing patient care, strategy, innovation, digital transformation, finance, workforce and policy.

The Summit also welcomes emerging and next-generation health care leaders who are shaping the future of patient-centered care and health care transformation.

Insights Shaping the Future of Health Care

Our educational programming focuses on the field's most pressing issues:

• Value-based Care
• Reimagined Care Team Models
• Capacity Management and Patient Throughput
• Virtual Staffing
• Primary Care Redesign
• Care Pathways, Transitions and Coordination
• Hospital at Home
• On-demand Care
• Virtual Care and Telehealth
• Remote Patient Monitoring
• Point-of-care Technology
• AI, Predictive and Agentic Technologies
• Leadership and Change Management

Bring Your Team Registration Special - Fifth Team Member Free

Register four people from your organization and the fifth attends for free. Add all registrants from your organization, and the promotion will be automatically applied at checkout. This special offer is available to Health Care Provider Organizations, Academic Institutions, Government Entities, Nonprofits and Associations only. Contact summitregistration@aha.org if you experience any issues or errors.

Interested in Receiving Complimentary Registration?

Consider our AHA Hosted Buyer Forum - a curated session designed for AHA Member hospital and health system executives and decision-makers who want to efficiently investigate, network with and evaluate health care solution providers as potential partners or investment opportunities for their organizations.

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Connect with Hospital and Health Systems Leaders

A variety of sponsorship opportunities offer both broad exposure and targeted connections with senior health care executives.

Learn how your organization can align with hospital and health system leaders as they meet to reimagine the future.