NEXTMED HEALTH 2027
May 17–20, 2027 · Silicon Valley
Be in the room.
Shape what’s next.
The people, ideas, and breakthroughs transforming health and medicine. Four immersive days to connect the dots—and help move the future forward.
San Francisco Bay Area • 1440 Multiversity · Scotts Valley, California
WHAT’S NOW. WHAT’S NEAR. WHAT’S NEXT. WHAT’S NEEDED
See what’s coming.
Leave ready to act.
3 ½ days · 60+ Faculty • 500 cross-disciplinary participants
4,000+ alumni · 30+ countries
Health and medicine are moving faster than any one discipline can follow. NextMed Health brings the whole picture into focus—and brings together the people who can turn possibility into progress.
Since 2011, first as Exponential Medicine, this community has connected clinicians, scientists, technologists, founders, investors, and health leaders at the frontier. In 2027, we return to the Bay Area for a smaller, all-inclusive summit built for deeper conversations and lasting collaborations.
Connect the dots.
Explore how AI, biotechnology, care delivery, and human health are converging. Find the signals that matter across disciplines.
Find your people.
Share ideas with a curated community spanning the health ecosystem. The conversation continues beyond the mainstage.
Move ideas forward.
Get hands-on with emerging tools, challenge assumptions in workshops, and meet collaborators who can turn insight into action.
Learn from the people defining what’s next.
Past NextMed faculty · 2027 announcements to come.
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Eric Topol, MD
AI & the future of medicine
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Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD
Stem cells & regenerative medicine
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Jennifer Garrison, PhD
Women’s health & longevity
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Hugh Herr, PhD
Bionics & human potential
THE 2027 CONVERSATION
The frontier.
In full perspective.
Explore the questions and converging technologies shaping the next era of health.
Themes from the evolving 2027 program.
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From AI agents and robotics to synthetic biology and quantum computing: understand the technologies converging on health, where they are delivering, and what responsible scale requires.
Ambient & agentic AI · Digital twins · Diagnostics · Trust & governance
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Separate hype from hope in the science of healthier, longer lives—from aging biology and prevention to precision nutrition and regenerative medicine.
Biomarkers · Aging clocks · Regeneration · Population healthspan
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Explore how genomics, AI, and programmable medicines are changing discovery, diagnosis, and treatment. Follow the path from multi-omics to early cancer detection, personalized vaccines, and new models for clinical trials.
Cell & gene therapies · Drug discovery · Precision oncology · The future of pharma
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Care is moving to the home, the phone, and the body. Examine new delivery models alongside robotic surgery, augmented procedures, and virtual and extended reality across treatment and training.
Hospital at home · Remote monitoring · Robotics · Medical XR
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Discover advances in women’s health across the lifespan and new frontiers in brain and mental health—from maternal care and menopause to precision psychiatry, neurotechnology, and emerging therapeutics.
Sex-specific science · Midlife health · Brain-computer interfaces · Mental health
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Ask how innovation can reach more people. Connect global and public health with resilient communities, climate, food, and the digital and social determinants of health.
Patients included · Nurses included · Caregivers included · Global access
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Rethink how we select, train, and support the next generation of clinicians—and how generative AI can help today’s health workforce and caregivers learn and adapt.
Medical education · Lifelong learning · Upskilling · The future of CME
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Meet the people changing how breakthroughs are funded and scaled. Explore the investor perspective, new research institutes, philanthropy, and innovators in the Innovation Lab and MEDy Awards.
Novel funding models · Startups · Translation · Idea to impact
Big ideas. Unexpected connections.
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Mainstage sessions
Connect science, technology, clinical practice, and human experience through talks and conversations with faculty working at the frontier.
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Innovation Lab + MEDy Awards
Meet emerging ventures, explore new tools, and discover ideas moving from prototype to practice. The MEDy Awards spotlight standout startups.
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Interactive workshops
Join collaborative, 90-minute deep dives with faculty and fellow participants. Bring your questions, contribute your perspective, and work through possibilities together.
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Evening Activities
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Morning Adventures
Redwood hikes, yoga, meditation & more
THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE FUTURE
Morning movement. Music and art. Evening salons, fireside conversations, and a silent disco. Shared experiences make room for surprise—and lasting connections.
“A place where people who want to change the world can meet the people who currently are.”
Jeffrey Rousseau · Cofounder, LeanOn
Explore 2025 photos + takeaways →
Read participant reflections →
PLAN TO BE PART OF IT
Four days.
A shared experience.
An intentionally smaller, all-inclusive summit, with more time to learn from faculty and connect with one another.
May 17–20, 2027
Monday afternoon through Thursday at noon.
1440 Multiversity
Scotts Valley, California · Santa Cruz Mountains, near Silicon Valley.
What’s included
Three nights on campus, all meals, and the full summit program.
Pre-summit workshop
AI for the Healthcare Leader
Monday, May 17 · 9:00 a.m.–noon
PARTNER WITH NEXTMED HEALTH
Help shape
what comes next.
Join a community of health system leaders, clinicians, innovators, pharma, investors, and policymakers. Build a partnership around what you want to learn, show, and create.
Thought leadership on the mainstage and in breakouts
Hosted experiences and gatherings
A presence in the Innovation Lab
Year-round engagement with the NextMed community
A FEW PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
Before you join.
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The summit brings together clinicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, technologists, investors, health systems, pharma, payers, policymakers, patients, and caregivers. Its strength is the mix of perspectives.
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Contact the NextMed team and mention the 2027 summit. Tell us a little about your work and interest in joining. Use the Request an invitation button below to reach our Contact page.
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The summit includes three nights on campus, all meals, and the full program. Contact the team for participation rates, accommodation details, and pre-summit workshop information.
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More 2027 faculty will be announced as the program develops. The themes above provide an early view. Contact the team for the latest summit information.
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Explore partnership opportunities and the MEDy Awards, or contact the team about the Innovation Lab and the 2027 participation process.
NEXTMED HEALTH 2027 · MAY 17–20
The future needs
your perspective.
Join the people connecting what’s possible to what’s next in health and medicine.