We're proud to be the premier sponsor of The Conference Board’s annual event. The 2026 theme is "Igniting Change." This conference is your unparalleled opportunity to connect with industry leaders and our experts, discover cutting-edge strategies and learn best practices that can revolutionize your organization's health care initiatives. As we gather to ignite meaningful change, here's a sneak peek at the compelling agenda we've curated for you. It’s designed to spark innovation and drive transformative progress in health care.
Event dates and locations
New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway New York,
NY 10036-4077
March 16–18, 2026
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
333 West Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
April 15–17, 2026
Our general sessions:
- Balancing the spend: Reclaiming value in employer benefits
- De-risking your plan: Strategies for a more resilient benefits portfolio
- Navigating the new health care frontier: Emerging trends in supporting the member journey
- Washington update
Our breakout sessions:
- Measuring what matters: Determining the value of your benefits portfolio
- Reallocating for impact: Unlocking value through virtual care, advanced primary care and plan design
- Creating more value in retirement plans through pooled employer plans
- Rewriting the script: Pharmacy pricing models and Rx care delivery
- Shifting the risk: Strategic levers with ICHRA, captives and beyond
- Managing pharmacy risk: GLP-1s, gene therapies and the future of high-cost care
- Guarding the plan: De-risking through governance and fiduciary excellence
- Seeing clearly: Managing benefit risk through price transparency
- Form meets function: Blending access, experience and value in modern benefits
- Improving the benefits experience with powerful and personalized technology
- Igniting the employee experience in the age of AI
- Cracking the global benefits cost code
Registration
To register, visit the 2026 Employee Health Care Conference website or call +1-212-339-0345. Reach out to us for our discount code to receive a special rate of $1,695 per attendee — a savings of over 40% off the non-member price of $2,895.
Preconference session
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the future of work, benefits and the entire employee experience. We know that cutting through the hype is crucial. That's why we're hosting a complimentary preconference event, Ignite Change: Turning AI Potential into Employer Impact, the evening before conference officially begins.
- March 16 in New York City, 5:15-6:15 p.m. ET, Westside Ballroom, fifth floor (Salons 1–2)
- April 15 in San Diego, 5:15-6:15 p.m. PT, San Diego Ballroom (Section B)
This session will help you move beyond the buzz of AI and translate its potential into tangible results. Attendees will gain:
- Insights from our latest AI employer survey:Discover groundbreaking data and trends on how leading organizations are using AI.
- Interactive discussion:Engage with leading employers who are actively using AI and hear an employer success story
- Explore emerging AI and digital innovators:Discover emerging companies that are revolutionizing benefits navigation, clinical guidance and the overall employee experience. Some of the innovators in attendance include:
- Counsel Health
- Covera Health
- Levrx
- Milu Health
- Nayya
- WellTheory
