AI Health Summit NYC 2026

Artificial intelligence is starting to enable what American healthcare has long hoped to achieve: faster diagnoses, more personalized treatment and fewer operational and administrative hurdles. Yet despite its early impact, value remains uneven and difficult to scale.

To bridge this gap, hospital leaders must move beyond isolated pilots toward system-wide AI deployment. This requires a fundamental shift in strategy: modernizing legacy infrastructure, establishing risk-based governance frameworks that empower clinicians rather than bypass them, and navigating a complex regulatory "patchwork"--250 state-level AI bills were introduced in 2025 alone, with 33 enacted across 21 states.

How can health system leaders close the AI implementation gap while managing risk and earning clinical trust? What do landmark partnerships such as that between Nvidia and Eli Lilly’s Co-Innovation lab mean for advancing drug discovery, and moving towards more effective and personalized treatments?

Join Newsweek and Investment Reports for the AI Health Summit in New York City on September 23rd to learn how leading organizations are turning AI experimentation into impact.

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

Registration and networking

9:15 AM – 9:20 AM

Welcome & opening remarks

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM

Keynote interview. From system opportunity to patient advantage: how AI will transform healthcare

9:40 AM – 10:25 AM

Panel. Hospitals Reimagined

Where are organizations realizing ROI and improved outcomes with AI? What is driving investment, and how will hospital care evolve in the next 1-2 years?

This session draws on themes from “Hospitals Reimagined”, a report launched this week.

10:25 AM – 10:55 AM

Interview. 250+ State AI Bills: what multi-state health systems need to watch

As regulators try to catch up to the pace of innovation, the compliance landscape is becoming more fragmented and unpredictable. What are the risks, and how should health systems and innovators plan for an environment where the rules are still being written?

10:55 AM – 11:20 AM

Coffee & networking

11:20 AM – 11:45 AM

Case study. Operationalizing AI in hospitals

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Panel. AI-enabled clinicians: trust, accountability and decision-making

How do clinicians engage with AI in practice, and where does accountability sit when decisions are informed–or challenged–by algorithms? How do they maintain transparency and reassurance for patients?

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch & networking

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Panel. Transforming drug discovery, development and access

AI is accelerating drug discovery, improving the efficiency of clinical trials and reshaping access strategies. Where are the biggest opportunities, and what are the greatest bottlenecks?

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM

Panel. Out-of-hospital care: reshaping prevention, intervention and patient engagement

From hospital-at-home models to continuous monitoring, care delivery is becoming more distributed. What does this mean for system design, capacity planning and the role of acute care?

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Refreshments

3:30 PM – 4:10 PM

Panel. Preventing harm: patient safety through cybersecurity

As digital infrastructure expands, so do the risks. How can health systems protect patients from cyber threats and system vulnerabilities while increasing reliance on data, connectivity and AI-enabled decision-making?

4:10 PM – 5:00 PM

Panel. AI in health 2030: opportunity, constraint and scale

Which technologies will deliver system-level impact, and how will they transform care delivery? What will define success over the next five years?

5:00 PM –

Closing remarks

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