Insights from Essential Hospital Leaders
VITAL2026 convenes health care experts to stimulate thinking, inspire action, and energize essential hospital leaders. Our learning sessions, focusing on access, growth, and success in the evolving health care landscape, are the foundation of the VITAL2026 conference.
VITAL2026 is primarily composed of general sessions and concurrent breakout sessions.
Concurrent breakout sessions last either 30 or 60 minutes with no preregistration required. Led by your peers, these sessions showcase practical, innovative solutions from essential hospitals. Each session ends with time for audience questions.
Slides will be available in the conference app one week before the conference, allowing you to preview sessions and choose which ones to attend.
Wednesday, June 10
Registration Open
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
Quiet Room Open
11:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Fjords 1, 2nd Floor
Networking Nook Open
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
New Sweden 2, 2nd Floor
Cardiac Lunch: Bridging the Gap with Cardiac Rehabilitation Access for All
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Bergen 1 – 2, 2nd Floor
Managed Care & Payer–Provider Relations: What Health Systems Need Now
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Norway 3, 3rd Floor
First-Time Attendee Mixer
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
New Sweden Foyer, 2nd Floor
Networking Break
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
Opening General Session
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Scandinavian Ballroom 2-4, 3rd Floor
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Fjords 2, 2nd Floor
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
New Sweden 3, 2nd Floor
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Fjords 3, 2nd Floor
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
New Sweden 1, 2nd Floor
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Fjords 2, 2nd Floor
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
New Sweden 3, 2nd Floor
Opening Reception and Poster Session
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
Thursday, June 11
Networking Nook Open
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
New Sweden 2, 2nd Floor
Quiet Room Open
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Fjords 1, 2nd Floor
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
Networking Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
General Session
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Scandinavian Ballroom 2-4, 3rd Floor
Networking Break
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
New Sweden 3, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
New Sweden 1, 2nd Floor
Networking Break
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
TBD
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Fjords 2, 2nd Floor
Gage Awards Lunch
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Scandinavian Ballroom 2-4, 3rd Floor
340B Interest Group Meeting
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Fjords 4, 2nd Floor
Ideas Exchange
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Norway 1 Foyer, 3rd Floor
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Fjords 3, 2nd Floor
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Fjords 2, 2nd Floor
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
New Sweden 3, 2nd Floor
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
New Sweden 2, 2nd Floor
HealthTech Experience
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Finland, 2nd Floor
Recharge Hour
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
TBD
Sunset Social
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Winter Lounge, Dayton's Rooftop
Friday, June 12
VITAL Run Club
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Meet in Hotel Lobby
Quiet Room Open
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Fjords 1, 2nd Floor
Networking Nook Open
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
New Sweden 2, 2nd Floor
The Safety Net Pulse Live Recording
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
TBD
Registration Open
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
Networking Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Denmark Commons, 3rd Floor
Legislative and Policy Update
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Scandinavian Ballroom 2-4, 3rd Floor
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