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Nov. 2-4, 2026

AMC Forum

Top hospital and health system leaders are gathering to talk about academic innovation, workforce, research, transactions, leadership and more at the AMC Forum.

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About the Forum

Leading in Academic Innovation and Care Delivery

Academic medical centers carry pressures no other health system faces: balancing the clinical, research and teaching missions while margins tighten and funding sources shift. The Becker's Academic Medical Center Forum was built for the C-suite leaders navigating those tradeoffs, bringing together executives from top AMCs to cut through the noise and share what's actually working.

Over three days of candid discussions and peer-to-peer sessions, you'll trade notes with executives who are redesigning how academic medicine grows, integrates and competes. Duke University Health System CEO David Zaas will share how Duke is building an integrated care and research model, and leaders from UCSF Health, UNC Health, Tampa General Hospital and USF Tampa General Physicians will dig into how AMC partnerships and integration are reshaping care delivery. You'll also hear from finance and operations leaders at UChicago Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Cedars-Sinai, Indiana University Health, Banner Health and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin on expanding access, choosing the right growth model and developing talent from within. The forum is intentionally small, so every session is a chance to build relationships with peers who understand the unique demands of running an academic health system.

Forum Agenda

November 2-4, 2026

TimeTrackTypeSession
Monday, November 2, 2026
9:20 AM - 10:00 AMTrack 07Panel07. Successful Strategies to Build an Integrated Care and Research Model
10:20 AM - 11:00 AMTrack 07Panel07. Reinventing the Business Model: VBC Beyond 2031
1:10 PM - 1:50 PMTrack 07Panel07. Fireside Chat: Growing in Sync: How Loma Linda’s Leadership Duo is Shaping the Future Together
2:00 PM - 2:40 PMTrack 07Panel07. COO Spotlight: Innovative Strategies Through 2031
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
9:20 AM - 10:00 AMTrack 07Panel07. Boost Access: Strategies AMCs Are Using to Reach More Patients
10:20 AM - 11:00 AMTrack 07Panel07. Growth by Design Choosing the Right Model for Academic Health System Expansion
1:10 PM - 1:50 PMTrack 07Panel07. The End of Fragmentation: How AMC Integration and Partnership Can Shape a New Era of Care Delivery
2:00 PM - 2:40 PMTrack 07Panel07. Think Globally and Act Locally: Strategic Imperatives for Today’s AMCs
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:10 AMTrack 07Panel07. Expanding Without Overextending: How Rural Systems Are Growing Sustainably
9:20 AM - 10:00 AMTrack 07Panel07. The Next Generation of Primary Care: Scaling Innovative Models to Meet Demand
10:20 AM - 11:00 AMTrack 07Panel07. Ambulatory Growth: When the Future of Healthcare Isn't a Hospital
11:10 AM - 11:50 AMTrack 07Panel07. How AMCs Grow Within: Strategies to Upskill Your Current Staff
1:10 PM - 1:50 PMTrack 07Panel07. Hospital Transformation for the Next Era of Inpatient Care
2:00 PM - 2:40 PMTrack 07Panel07. Patient-Centric Model to Meet Consumer Expectations

Time Zone:(UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

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Be part of the Becker's Academic Medical Center Leadership Forum, where forward-thinking healthcare leaders come to shape what's next.