Events

Where policy, capital, and community come together.

The NHIT® Health Innovation Impact Tour convenes summits, congressional briefings, and community roundtables across the U.S. and its territories — each one a working session that feeds directly into national policy.

Next stop · NHIT National Impact Tour 2026

NHIT Community Health Innovation Summit: San Antonio 2026 flyer — Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Norris Centers – San Antonio. Lead sponsor Genentech.

San Antonio Summit

Wednesday, November 4, 2026Norris Centers · San Antonio, TX

Reimagining Health. Expanding Access. Building Trust. A half-day summit culminating in an interactive Community Health Fair for South Texas residents and families.

  • Care Access & Early Detection
  • Community Trust & Patient Voice
  • Clinical Research Participation & Community Innovation

Lead Sponsor: Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group

NHIT Health Innovation Impact Tour · 2026

Eight stops. One community-to-Congress pipeline.

Community voices. Local solutions. National impact. Each stop produces named commitments that carry forward to the next — and culminate in the NHIT Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill on November 18.

Upcoming

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    Community Health Innovation SummitNext stop · RSVP open

    Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · Norris Centers, San Antonio, TX

    San Antonio Summit — Reimagining Health. Expanding Access. Building Trust.

    Half-day summit culminating in an interactive Community Health Fair — screenings, patient navigation, and direct connection to care and resources for South Texas residents and families. National priorities translated into demonstration commitments. Pillars: Care Access & Early Detection; Community Trust & Patient Voice; and Clinical Research Participation & Community Innovation — with lead sponsor Genentech.

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    NHIT Congressional BriefingUpcoming

    Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

    NHIT Congressional Briefing — National Community Health Innovation Action Agenda

    The Impact Tour culminates on Capitol Hill with the release of NHIT’s national report: six emerging policy priorities (trust, workforce, digital inclusion, data stewardship, responsible AI, economic mobility) and named commitments carried from every tour stop.

Past events

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    Community Health Innovation SummitHeld

    Thursday, October 22, 2026 · GuideWell Innovation Center, Orlando, FL

    Central Florida Summit — Reimagining Health. Expanding Access. Building Trust.

    NHIT Community Health Innovation Summit: Central Florida 2026 flyer — Thursday, October 22, 2026. Lead sponsor Genentech.

    Pillars: Women’s Health & Community Voice; Diagnosis to Treatment; and Trusted Resources & Support. Residents, promotores, CHWs, health centers, researchers, technology partners, funders, and public officials — with lead sponsor Genentech.

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    Community Health Innovation SummitHeld

    October 8, 2026 · Memphis, TN

    Memphis Summit — Reimagining Health. Expanding Access. Building Trust.

    Memphis Summit — Reimagining Health. Expanding Access. Building Trust. event banner

    Hosted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Crowe Building. Pillars: Cancer Care Access & Early Detection; Clinical Research Participation & Community Innovation; and Community Trust & Patient Voice. Co-hosted by the UTHSC College of Nursing and West Cancer Center & Research Institute, with lead sponsor Genentech.

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    NHIT Legislative SummitHeld

    July 21, 2026 · U.S. Capitol, S-115

    NHIT Legislative Summit — Reimagining Health, Modernizing Care

    Convened in the U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room with support from Genentech, HIMSS, and PRST. Congressional remarks from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (VA) and the Office of Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD); keynote by Quita Highsmith, Genentech; panels on trust, workforce, and scaling community innovation.

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    Community Health Innovation SummitHeld

    June 17, 2026 · San Juan, Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico Summit — Community-Led Health Innovation

    Full-day summit at the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust Forward Center. Four pillars — Community Voice & Trust, AI-Enabled Care & Digital Health, Clinical Research & Life Sciences Access, and AI-Ready Workforce — with recommendations carried directly to the Legislative Summit.

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    Regional RoundtableHeld

    May 22, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

    Baltimore Roundtable — AI, Workforce & Equitable Health Systems

    Convened with the Office of Councilwoman Phylicia Porter during Baltimore's AI planning window. Six linked strategies on trust, workforce pipelines, funding, data-center accountability, a ground-truth data portal, and CHW-centered health innovation — feeding Director O'Parker's AI action plan.

    Read the action report →
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    NHIT Congressional RoundtableHeld

    May 12, 2026 · Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC

    NHIT Congressional Roundtable on Rural Health & AI

    Convened at the Cannon House Office Building with U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) and former Congresswoman Donna Christensen (USVI). Framed national policies, including the Rural Health Transformation Program and the broadband, workforce, and coverage gaps left unaddressed.

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