HITLAB Announces Fall 2026 Innovators Summit: The Room Where Healthcare’s Next Decade Gets Decided
Three days of evidence-driven dialogue bring the builders, funders, and health systems shaping AI, access, and outcomes together in New York City this December
NEW YORK, September 22, 2026 – Healthcare doesn’t wait for certainty. Every quarter, health systems greenlight AI tools, investors decide which digital health companies get funded, and regulators redraw the line on what’s safe – all with imperfect information, on the clock. HITLAB, the health innovation and technology organization at the forefront of advancing digital health worldwide, today announced its Fall 2026 Innovators Summit, December 1–3, 2026 at the Microsoft Tech Center in New York City, bringing more than 100 of the world’s top healthcare leaders into the room where those calls get made.
Why Now?
AI is moving from pilot to infrastructure inside hospitals and health plans. Investors want hard outcomes data before they fund what’s next, and health systems must show that innovation improves care, not just dashboards. Every leader in this ecosystem is placing bets on where healthcare goes next. This Summit exists so those bets are made with the best available evidence and the right people in the room.
Why this Summit?
HITLAB’s premise is simple and stubborn: put the builders, the funders, and the health systems in the same room, and back every conversation with evidence, not hype. This year goes further, unveiling real-world outcomes from HITLAB’s direct work with its customers – a poster showcase of results and firsthand accounts from innovators who secured funding because of it. Proof, not promise.
Summit agenda
Across three full days, the Summit program will move through a dedicated theme each day:
- Day 1 – Leading the Next Era of Healthcare Innovation & Transformation
- Day 2 – Transforming Patient Care Through Evidence, Collaboration & Intelligent Solutions
- Day 3 – Building the Future of Healthcare Through Adoption, Commercialization, and Global Collaboration
Summit agenda
Running alongside the main Summit stage, attendees can dive deeper through a series of curated symposia:
Day 1 – View Symposia Day 1 Agenda
- Investor Day: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Capital & Investment
- Life Sciences Supply Chain, Digital Pharmacy & Connected Health
- Data in Healthcare: Real-World Data, Advanced Analytics & Data-Driven Healthcare Transformation
- State-Endorsed Digital Identity, Interoperability & Trusted Health Infrastructure
Day 2 – View Symposia Day 2 Agenda
- Women’s Health Day: Maternal Health, FemTech & the Future of Women’s Care
- The Future of Heart Health: Innovation, Technology & Digital Cardiology
- Precision Medicine: Advanced Diagnostics, Genomics & Personalized Therapeutics
- Longevity & Healthy Aging: The Science, Technology & the Future of Lifelong Health
Day 3 – View Symposia Day 3 Agenda
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Day: Clinical AI, Generative Models, Predictive Analytics & Intelligent Health Systems
- Digital Biomarkers in Healthcare: From Continuous Measurement to Clinical Evidence & Adoption
- Virtual Care: Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring & Hybrid Models of Care
- Digital Therapeutics: Evidence, Clinical Applications & Integration Into Care
Beyond the stage, the Summit is built for connection. Speakers include leaders from the top 150 Healthcare organizations. Attendees will have extensive opportunities to network with peers, partners, and prospective collaborators from across the entire healthcare ecosystem and from every corner of the world, making it one of the most valuable convenings in digital health for forging new partnerships and deals.
Confirmed Speakers
The Fall 2026 Innovators Summit will feature an outstanding, invite-only roster of executives and innovators from across healthcare, technology, and investment, including but not limited to:
- Bill Taranto – President & General Partner, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
- Dr. Meenakshi Davuluri – Associate Medical Director, US Medical Affairs, Prostate Cancer, Bayer
- Karen Ignagni – CEO, EmblemHealth
- Lena Hunsinger – Sr. Director, Aetna One Advocacy Population Health Analytics
- Kristen Myers – Chief Digital Officer in Healthcare, Northwell Health
- Dr. Larry Norton – Senior VP, Office of the Hospital President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Dr. Jason Lazar – Executive Vice Dean, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
- Mark Michelet – Strategic Client Technology Director, Microsoft
- Sally Ann Frank – Global Lead, Health & Life Sciences, Microsoft for Startups
- Gil Bashe – Managing Partner & Global Chair of Health, FINN Partners
- Sabrina Shih – Director of Social Services (ED), Mount Sinai
- Neha Rawat – Director, Data Science, Bausch Health
- Dr. Michael L. Salgaller – Supervisory Technology Analysis & Marketing Specialist, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Click here to see the full roster of speakers
Additional speakers will be announced on a rolling basis in the lead-up to the Summit.
A Growing Movement
“Every year, the Innovators Summit reminds us why we do this work,” said Bill Taranto, President & General Partner, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. “We’ve watched this event grow from a room of passionate believers into one of the largest gatherings of health innovation leaders in the world, and the momentum has never been stronger. The ideas, the partnerships, and the funding that come out of this Summit each year are proof that when the right people are in the room, healthcare moves faster. This year, we’re bringing together more leaders, more evidence, and more opportunity than ever before – and I couldn’t be more excited for what’s ahead.”
Ability to Speak
HITLAB is accepting speaker applications through the end of September, Healthcare leaders, innovators, investors, and researchers with evidence-backed work to share are encouraged to apply.
Registration & Pricing
This invite-only gathering brings together hundreds of executives to review the evidence of what works in digital health – and to see how digital and AI are helping employers, providers, payors, and life science organizations accelerate revenue, improve workflows, and innovate faster. Pricing increases in stages as the event approaches, so early registration is strongly encouraged:
Rates increase at the end of September, with final pricing in effect throughout November.
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About HITLAB
For more than 25 years, HITLAB has been an independent research and evidence organization that prepares health technologies for the U.S. market. HITLAB’s rigorous clinical and economic research, combined with its communications and industry networks, helps innovators unlock new partnerships, funding, and market access — advancing a single mission: bringing breakthrough technology into U.S. care to improve the lives of 350 million Americans.
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