Call for Speakers and Poster Presenters Now Open for 2026 AHVAP Annual Conference & Industry Partner Expo

We are excited to announce that the Call for Presenters and Call for Poster Presentations for the AHVAP 2026 Annual Conference and Industry Partner Expo — Beyond Boundaries: Redefining the Future of Healthcare Value Analysis is now OPEN. This is your opportunity to share the creative solutions, evidence-based projects, implementation stories, and strategic partnerships that are transforming value analysis across health systems.

Important submission deadlines (please mark your calendar):

• Call for PRESENTATIONS: Submissions close midnight ET on January 16, 2026.
• Call for POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Submissions close midnight ET on May 1, 2026.

We anticipate more than 500 attendees — including value analysis professionals, clinical champions, healthcare executives, and industry partners — and we’re seeking proposals that are practical, measurable, and aligned with the conference theme.

This year, the Conference Committee is seeking innovative presentations and poster submissions related to but not limited to the following hot topics in healthcare value analysis:

• Human Factor Engineering
• Product Recalls
• Difficult Conversations with Providers and/or C-Suite
• Use of Technology and Artificial Intelligence
• Implementation stories
• Integration of Evidence-Based Practices 
• Integration with Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety 
• Change Management both Personal and Professional 
  Innovation
• Conversion fatigue, stakeholder buy in, championing committed programs
• Finance 
• Executive Presence, Sponsorship, and Acumen 
• How to complete complex requests with multiple SKUs
• The relationship importance between a CFO and a Value Analysis Leader - how they work together for the patient's benefit
• Best practices for Industry Partner support with backorders and discontinued products
• Gaining buy in from clinicians, especially in such a large system with so many nuances in geography, patient populations, nursing staff etc. 
• Building Strategic Partnerships with Internal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Why present?

• Showcase your team’s measurable impact and lessons learned to a national audience.
• Influence practice and policy — attendees want tools they can use Monday morning.
• Connect with peers, potential pilot sites, and industry partners who can help scale your work.
• Earn continuing education credits for your presentation eligible toward CVAHP board certification recertification

We’re looking for real-world impact: share measurable outcomes, practical tools (checklists, IFU quick references, audit templates), and honest lessons learned. Whether you’re a frontline VA coordinator, a specialty clinician with an implementation story, a supply-chain leader who achieved ROI, or an industry partner with your customer who can demonstrate third-party evidence and implementation readiness — we want your voice.

Thank you for the work you do every day to improve patient safety and steward resources. We look forward to reading your submissions and to seeing the innovation our community brings to Grapevine next October.

It’s time for a Value Analysis Revolution!