AMGA Hosts Healthcare Leaders and Executives in Las Vegas in 2026

The Definitive Leadership Forum for Health System and Medical Group Executives

Alexandria, VA – AMGA’s 2026 Annual Conference takes place April 15-18 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s meeting, designed for health system and medical group executives driving organizational performance, clinical outcomes, and financial sustainability, will deliver cutting-edge strategies and solutions on process, value, culture, and leadership. 

The 2026 Annual Conference will feature two keynotes: Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, and Dethra Giles, executive leadership & HR strategist. 

Peter Diamandis, an engineer, physician, and entrepreneur, is the chairman and CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation. Diamandis, delivering the opening keynote at the conference, will dive deeper into how disruption is already reshaping the landscape and what leaders must do now to remain relevant, resilient, and bold in the face of constant transformation. He will deliver leadership strategies for leveraging transformative change.
 
Dethra Giles is an executive leadership and HR strategist with featured speaking engagements including five-time TEDx speaker. Giles will deliver an energizing session presenting a practical framework for building trust, energizing teams, and leading with resilience in complex, high-stakes settings, using communication as a leader’s most powerful tool. She will use real-world insights to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. 

New to the conference this year is a half-day, invitation-only CEO Forum. It will feature a fireside chat with Diamandis and Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Sutter Health. A special strategic workshop led by the Center for Creative Leadership is also included in the forum. 

Other highlights include:

• 50 posters featuring innovative work from healthcare’s brightest 
• 24 peer-to-peer breakout sessions tailored to specific organization types: system, independent, and academic.
• Deep-dive sessions exploring financial resiliency, population health, service lines, and more
• Council Meetings offering a peer-to-peer learning experience based on exchanging ideas, discussing strategies, and sharing solutions with those in similar roles.
• The Hub providing a highly-interactive networking space, designed to connect attendees to solutions provided by sponsors and exhibitors.
• The closing event featuring Dinner, Deception & Dessert with world-famous illusionists Penn & Teller

Press passes are available for members of the media. If interested, please contact Taylor Martin.

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About AMGA

AMGA is a trade association leading the transformation of healthcare in America. Representing multispecialty medical groups and integrated systems of care, we advocate, educate, innovate, and empower our members to deliver the next level of high performance health. AMGA is the national voice promoting awareness of our members’ recognized excellence in the delivery of coordinated, high-quality, high-value care. More than 175,000 physicians practice in our member organizations, delivering care to one in three Americans.