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United States · 2027
Future Health Systems Transformation Summit - Houston 2027
Join the leaders responsible for healthcare capital projects, facilities, technology and operations in Houston. Explore the decisions that connect major construction programmes with resilient, connected hospitals.
Registration openHoustonOctober 6-8, 2027
- Location
- Houston, United States (US)
- Dates
- October 6-8, 2027
- Format
- Three-day executive summit
- Venue
- To be announced
Standard event passes and executive-access applications; partnerships are reviewed separately.
Why this room mattersThe decisions begin
The decisions begin
before the project does.
Healthcare infrastructure has to keep moving while care continues. Houston connects the teams navigating expansion, modernization, severe-weather resilience and the integration of technology into complex clinical environments.
Houston represents one of the most concentrated healthcare ecosystems in North America.
The region combines major academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, public health systems, community hospitals, specialty institutions and rapidly expanding suburban healthcare networks.
At the same time, healthcare organizations are navigating major capital programs, population growth, aging infrastructure, increasing energy requirements, hurricane and flood resilience, digital transformation, cybersecurity, clinical technology integration, workforce shortages and new models of care delivery.
Priorities on the table
- Major capital programmes
- Active-hospital construction
- Energy & critical utilities
- Smart hospitals & AI
- Cyber-physical security
- Workforce & automation
Different responsibilities.
Shared decisions.
Representative leadership roles across the healthcare environment. These profiles describe the intended audience, not confirmed attendees.
Capital Development
- VP Capital Planning
- VP Capital Projects
- VP Planning, Design & Construction
- VP Facilities Development
- Executive Director Capital Projects
- Director Construction
- Director Planning, Design & Construction
Facilities & Infrastructure
- Chief Facilities Officer
- VP Facilities
- VP Engineering
- VP Infrastructure
- Director Facilities
- Director Engineering
- Director Plant Operations
- Director Utilities
- Director Energy Management
Executive Operations
- Chief Executive Officer
- Hospital President
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Strategy Officer
- Chief Transformation Officer
- VP Operations
- VP Clinical Operations
- VP Operational Excellence
Technology & Digital Transformation
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Technology Officer
- Chief Digital Officer
- Chief AI Officer
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Chief Medical Information Officer
- VP Digital Transformation
- VP Technology
- VP Infrastructure
- VP Cybersecurity
Clinical Engineering & HTM
- VP Clinical Engineering
- VP Healthcare Technology Management
- Executive Director HTM
- Director Clinical Engineering
- Director Biomedical Engineering
- Director Medical Equipment Planning
Clinical Leadership
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Chief Medical Officer
- VP Nursing
- VP Surgical Services
- VP Patient Care
- VP Clinical Operations
- Director Imaging
- Director Surgical Services
Supply Chain & Procurement
- Chief Supply Chain Officer
- VP Supply Chain
- VP Strategic Sourcing
- VP Procurement
- Director Value Analysis
- Director Contracting
Security, Safety & Emergency Management
- Chief Security Officer
- VP Security
- VP Emergency Management
- Director Physical Security
- Director Emergency Preparedness
- Director Infection Prevention
- Director Environmental Services
The questions in the roomFind the discussion
Find the discussion
that matters to you.
Explore the proposed programme through your responsibilities. Save the conversations you want to come back to.
13 discussions
01The Billion-Dollar HospitalTaking Major Capital Programs From Vision to Opening Day
Healthcare capital programs are becoming larger, more technologically complex and more operationally demanding. This discussion examines how health systems can successfully move major projects through planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and activation.
Discussion areas
- Capital prioritization
- Master planning
- Project governance
- Budget escalation
- Construction risk
- Procurement
- Design management
- Phased construction
- Commissioning
- Activation
- Operational readiness
- Future flexibility
Relevant leadership perspectives
Chief Facilities Officers · COOs · VPs Capital Projects · VPs Planning, Design & Construction · VPs Facilities · Executive Directors Capital Programs · Major-project leaders
02Building While OperatingModernizing Healthcare Facilities Without Disrupting Patient Care
Hospitals cannot simply shut down during renovation. Healthcare organizations must replace infrastructure, renovate clinical environments and expand capacity while continuing to deliver uninterrupted patient care.
Discussion areas
- Construction inside operating hospitals
- Infection-control risk
- Utility shutdowns
- Temporary infrastructure
- Patient movement
- Construction phasing
- Noise and vibration
- Clinical continuity
- Emergency planning
- Campus logistics
Relevant leadership perspectives
VP Facilities · VP Capital Projects · Hospital COO · Chief Nursing Officer · Director Construction · Director Facilities Operations · Director Infection Prevention · Director Emergency Management
03Following Houston’s GrowthBuilding Healthcare Around the Region’s Expanding Communities
Houston’s healthcare footprint continues to expand beyond the traditional medical center. This discussion examines how healthcare systems determine where to build next and how they balance acute care, ambulatory care, specialty services and community-based healthcare delivery.
Discussion areas
- Population forecasting
- Suburban healthcare expansion
- Ambulatory strategy
- Community hospitals
- Emergency centers
- Specialty centers
- Real estate
- Network development
- Hub-and-spoke healthcare
- Future capacity
Relevant leadership perspectives
Chief Strategy Officers · Hospital Presidents · Regional Presidents · COOs · VP Strategic Planning · VP Network Development · VP Ambulatory Development · VP Real Estate · VP Facilities Planning
04The Resilient HospitalDesigning Healthcare Infrastructure for Hurricanes, Flooding and Grid Instability
Houston healthcare organizations operate in one of the country’s most demanding infrastructure environments. Hospitals must remain operational through extreme weather, flooding, utility disruptions and emergency events.
Discussion areas
- Hurricane preparedness
- Flood mitigation
- Emergency power
- Infrastructure redundancy
- Water continuity
- Fuel strategy
- Business continuity
- Utility resilience
- Emergency operations
- Disaster recovery
- Critical infrastructure planning
Relevant leadership perspectives
Chief Facilities Officers · VP Facilities · VP Infrastructure · VP Engineering · VP Emergency Management · Director Emergency Preparedness · Director Plant Operations · Director Utilities
05Powering the Hospital of TomorrowCentral Utility Plants, Microgrids and Energy Resilience
Hospitals are among the most energy-intensive buildings in any community. As healthcare campuses expand and become more technologically sophisticated, energy resilience is becoming a strategic issue.
Discussion areas
- Central utility plants
- Microgrids
- Energy storage
- Emergency generation
- CHP
- Electrical infrastructure
- HVAC optimization
- Renewable integration
- Electrification
- Energy analytics
- Building controls
- Infrastructure ROI
Relevant leadership perspectives
Chief Facilities Officers · VP Engineering · VP Facilities · Director Energy Management · Director Utilities · Director Plant Operations · VP Sustainability
06Infrastructure That Never StopsHVAC, Electrical, Water and Critical Building Systems
The most important hospital infrastructure is often invisible to the patient. This discussion examines the systems that must operate continuously to keep modern healthcare environments safe and functional.
Discussion areas
- HVAC
- Indoor air quality
- Chilled water
- Boilers
- Electrical distribution
- Medical gas
- Water management
- Plumbing
- Building automation
- Preventive maintenance
- Predictive maintenance
- Asset lifecycle
Relevant leadership perspectives
VP Facilities · VP Engineering · Director Facilities · Director Plant Operations · Director Engineering · Director Utilities · Chief Engineer
07From Smart Building to Smart HospitalConnecting Facilities, Technology and Clinical Operations
The future hospital will not operate as a collection of independent systems. Facilities, technology, clinical operations, assets and data must increasingly operate as a connected environment.
Discussion areas
- Smart-building infrastructure
- IoT
- RTLS
- Digital twins
- Asset tracking
- Building automation
- Predictive maintenance
- Smart patient rooms
- Command centers
- Occupancy intelligence
- Systems integration
- Hospital operations data
Relevant leadership perspectives
CIO · CTO · Chief Digital Officer · Chief Facilities Officer · VP Technology · VP Infrastructure · VP Facilities · VP Digital Transformation · Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
08AI Inside the HospitalMoving From Experimentation to Enterprise Operations
Artificial intelligence is beginning to influence not only clinical care, but how hospitals operate. This executive discussion focuses on the operational applications of AI across healthcare environments.
Discussion areas
- Patient flow
- Capacity management
- Predictive maintenance
- Asset utilization
- Workforce optimization
- Energy optimization
- Command centers
- Clinical workflow
- Computer vision
- Automation
- AI governance
- Enterprise implementation
Relevant leadership perspectives
Chief AI Officers · CIOs · Chief Digital Officers · COOs · Chief Innovation Officers · VP Digital Transformation · VP Operational Excellence · VP Clinical Informatics
09Technology Planning Before the Walls Go UpIntegrating Digital and Clinical Technology Into Capital Projects
Technology planning cannot begin after construction. Hospitals increasingly need IT, clinical engineering, facilities and construction teams working together much earlier in the capital-development lifecycle.
Discussion areas
- Technology master planning
- Medical equipment planning
- Network infrastructure
- Low voltage
- Clinical communications
- Nurse call
- RTLS
- Imaging
- OR technology
- Cybersecurity
- Medical devices
- Future technology capacity
Relevant leadership perspectives
CIO · CTO · VP Infrastructure · VP Technology · VP Clinical Engineering · Executive Director HTM · Director Biomedical Engineering · VP Planning, Design & Construction · Director Medical Equipment Planning
10The Cyber-Physical HospitalProtecting Connected Buildings, Medical Devices and Healthcare Infrastructure
Cybersecurity can no longer be separated from facilities and clinical technology. Connected buildings, medical devices, operational technology and physical-security infrastructure have created a new hospital risk environment.
Discussion areas
- OT cybersecurity
- IoMT security
- Medical-device cybersecurity
- Building automation security
- Access control
- Network segmentation
- Physical security
- Incident response
- Identity
- Connected-device governance
Relevant leadership perspectives
CISO · CIO · CTO · Chief Security Officer · VP Cybersecurity · VP Infrastructure · VP Clinical Engineering · Executive Director HTM · Director Physical Security
11Infection Prevention by DesignCreating Safer Clinical Environments Through Infrastructure and Operations
Healthcare design, air quality, water systems, environmental services and infection prevention are increasingly interconnected.
Discussion areas
- Indoor air quality
- Air filtration
- Water management
- Isolation rooms
- Negative-pressure environments
- Environmental services
- Sterile processing
- OR environments
- Surface selection
- Construction infection control
Relevant leadership perspectives
Chief Nursing Officers · VP Facilities · VP Support Services · Director Infection Prevention · Director Environmental Services · Director Engineering · Director Sterile Processing · Quality & Patient Safety Leaders
12Designing Around the Healthcare WorkforceUsing Facilities, Technology and Automation to Support the People Delivering Care
Healthcare organizations are confronting significant workforce constraints. The physical hospital and the technology inside it can either increase the burden on staff or help reduce it.
Discussion areas
- Nursing workflow
- Robotics
- Logistics automation
- Clinical communications
- Staff safety
- Smart patient rooms
- AI
- Materials movement
- Workforce productivity
- Staff wellbeing
- Workplace design
Relevant leadership perspectives
COO · Chief Nursing Officer · Chief Human Resources Officer · VP Nursing · VP Clinical Operations · VP Facilities · VP Operational Excellence · Chief Digital Officer · Chief Innovation Officer
13Houston Healthcare 2035What Are We Building Toward?
Healthcare organizations are making infrastructure decisions today that will shape care delivery for decades. This executive-level discussion asks what Houston’s healthcare ecosystem should look like in 2035 and beyond.
Discussion areas
- Future hospital models
- Population growth
- Capital allocation
- Smart hospitals
- AI
- Robotics
- Distributed care
- Workforce
- Resilience
- Technology
- Patient expectations
- Flexible infrastructure
Relevant leadership perspectives
Health System CEOs · Hospital Presidents · COOs · Chief Strategy Officers · Chief Facilities Officers · CIOs · Chief Digital Officers · Chief Innovation Officers
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Proposed executive programme. Speakers, session sequencing and timing remain subject to confirmation. All times are local to the event city. Audience profiles are representative, not confirmed participants.
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Proposed executive programme. Speakers, session sequencing and timing remain subject to confirmation. All times are local to the event city.
Capital, Infrastructure & Resilience
- Executive breakfast
Executive Breakfast
- Keynote
Houston’s Next Era of Healthcare Infrastructure
- Strategic presentation
Strategic Presentation
- Networking
Networking
- Executive lunch
Executive Lunch
- Strategic presentation
Strategic Presentation
- Executive meeting
Curated 1:1 Meetings
- Closing conversation
Executive Closing Remarks
- Leadership dinner
Houston Healthcare Leadership Dinner
Smart, Connected & Operational Healthcare
- Executive breakfast
Executive Breakfast
- Keynote
Future Hospital Keynote
- Executive meeting
Curated 1:1 Meetings
- Executive lunch
Executive Lunch
- Closing conversation
Closing Executive Discussion
- Closing conversation
Summit Closing
All times are local to Houston (America/Chicago). Proposed executive programme. Speakers, session sequencing and timing remain subject to confirmation. All times are local to the event city.
Participate with purpose.
A private executive setting for practical discussion, peer perspectives and relevant introductions.
Executive discussions
Explore the decisions behind capital projects, digital systems and hospital operations.
Curated conversations
Meet relevant peers and partners around shared priorities. Meetings depend on strategic fit and programme availability.
Perspective beyond the room
Carry practical questions and new relationships into your next planning, technology or delivery decision.
Your next step
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US$49.99 per person, per event. Toronto and Houston require separate passes. The final total and any applicable taxes appear before payment. Curated meetings and special activities depend on programme availability and participant fit.
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Talk to the teamIs this a trade show?
No. The Future Health Systems Transformation Summit is a curated healthcare executive forum. The event includes a limited number of solution providers and does not operate as a traditional large-scale expo.
Who should attend?
Senior healthcare leaders responsible for capital planning, facilities, infrastructure, operations, technology, cybersecurity, clinical engineering, supply chain and transformation.
Can healthcare executives attend complimentary?
Qualified healthcare executives may request consideration for complimentary executive access.
Can I apply to speak?
Yes. Healthcare executives and qualified subject-matter experts may submit speaking interest for discussions currently under evaluation.
Does applying guarantee a speaking position?
No. All applications are reviewed by the Program Committee.
Can vendors participate on panels?
A limited number of qualified industry subject-matter experts may be considered where their expertise adds value to the executive discussion. Commercial presentations are not permitted within panel sessions.
Are partnership opportunities limited?
Yes. The Summit intentionally limits the number of participating solution providers and may restrict participation by category.
Will there be one-to-one meetings?
Yes. Curated meetings are planned between healthcare decision-makers and selected solution providers where there is a clear strategic fit.
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