2026 Gathering
September 16th, 2026
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“One of the region’s most influential health care conferences, underscoring the city’s role as an important health care hub in the Southeast.”
The Atlanta Business Chronicle
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2026 Sponsor Booklet
2026 Sponsor Booklet
Our 2026 Featured Speakers
More speakers announced soon.
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
18th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)Immediate Office of the CDC
Corwin Harper
PresidentKaiser Permanente Georgia
Ketul J. Patel
President & CEOWellstar Health System
Caylee Noggle
President & CEOGeorgia Hospital Association
Tim Denning, PhD
President & CEOGeorgia Research Alliance
Jeff Arnold
Co-Founder & Executive ChairmanSharecare
Health Connect South could not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
We have a passion for connection
and collaboration.
and collaboration.
We have a passion for connection
and collaboration.
and collaboration.
The mission of Health Connect South is to serve the health community as a platform to promote regional health collaborations. Through our collective work, we seek to define and advance the Southeast’s role in the future of health. Serving as a gateway between health industry silos, we seek to facilitate unique and meaningful partnerships. Together, health advances.
Health Connect South is known for our signature annual gathering, which has become the largest healthcare gathering in the Southeast to hear and talk about “the new” in health, the current challenges, and possible solutions.
The content of our gatherings draw from the incredible pool of premier healthcare institutions in the Southeast, including; The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), The American Cancer Society, leading Research Universities, Governmental and Industry leaders and top-ranked Health Systems.
The platform for health leaders
Attendance map and attendee breakdown
36%
CXOs, Executive Directors
and Senior VPs
and Senior VPs
21%
Dean, Professors, Researchers
and Grad Students
and Grad Students
22%
President, Principals, Directors,
Senior Directors and Regional VPs
Senior Directors and Regional VPs
21%
Physicians, Managers,
Research Coordinators and Other
Research Coordinators and Other