2026 Healthcare Leadership Conference; 12 ACHE In-Person Credits… REGISTER NOW!

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2026 Keynote Speakers: Alexandra Whittington & Dan Collard

Alexandra Whittington

Keynote Speaker

Bio for Alexandra Whittington

Bio for Alexandra Whittington

Alexandra Whittington is an internationally recognized futurist, author, and speaker dedicated to exploring the human-centric impacts of technological acceleration. Named a leading female futurist by Forbes, Alexandra blends a societal perspective with strategic foresight to analyze how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and digital twins will reshape workforce dynamics, social structures, and family life.

She currently serves on the Future of Business team at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and is a top-ranked global thought leader on Thinkers360 for Digital Twins and IT Leadership. A seasoned speaker who has delivered a popular TEDx talk (“The Museum of the Future”), Alexandra’s research on generational shifts has been featured by the Financial Times, ZDNet, and Ipsos. She is the author of “Invitation to Futurology: The Study of the Future” and co-author of several foundational foresight books, including “A Very Human Future”.

Dan Collard

Keynote Speaker

Bio for Dan Collard

Bio for Dan Collard

Dan Collard is a seasoned healthcare executive with more than 32 years of healthcare industry experience including operations, consulting, and technology start ups. He is the co-founder of HealthCare Plus Solutions Group (HPSG) along with long-time colleague Quint

Studer.

Prior to creating HPSG, Dan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer of TeamHealth, one of the nation’s largest hospital-based physician practices. Previously, he served as President of Press Ganey’s Strategic Consulting Division and as CEO of EVOQ Medical, Inc. a healthcare technology start-up in Atlanta.

Dan spent 13 years at Studer Group as a senior leader, where he served organizations ranging from rural hospitals to complex health systems and academic medical centers. Prior to his time at Studer Group, Collard was a health system operator within LifePoint Health.

Dan has always enjoyed the role of change agent within each organization he has led. In healthcare operations, Dan and his leadership teams helped their organizations attain best-in class performance across a balanced set of metrics: quality, patient experience, physician and

employee engagement, volume growth and financial performance.

This passion for improving healthcare also led to Dan being asked to testify In June 2014 before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs in the run-up to the bill signed into law that August.

Dan is the co-author along with Quint Studer of Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired To Rewired as well as Rewiring Leadership in Post-Acute Healthcare. His new book, Genfluence: How to Lead a Multigenerational Workforce co-authored with Dr. Katherine Meese is available on Amazon.

Hotel Information ▾

InterContinental Houston–Medical Center

6750 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030

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Conference Agenda

Day 1 Day 2

Day 1

Thursday, November 5, 2026

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Registration / Networking / Breakfast

Check in, grab coffee, and connect before sessions begin.

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Welcome and Awards

Recognizing Fall Scholarship Winners.

8:30 – 10:00 AM

ACHE Panel #1: Rethinking the Ambulatory Care Network

IP23

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Networking Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

ACHE Panel #2: The Role of Data and Advanced Analytics in Transforming Healthcare

IP68

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 PM

ACHE Panel #3: Financial Stability of Healthcare Operations

IP4

2:30 – 3:15 PM

Networking Break with Book Signing

Book signing with Dan Collard.

3:15 – 4:45 PM

ACHE Panel #4: AI in Healthcare: Strategy, Safety & System Impact

IP77

4:45 – 5:00 PM

Transition with Sponsor

5:00 – 7:00 PM

Networking Reception

Day 2

Friday, November 6, 2026

6:30 – 7:30 AM

Registration / Networking / Breakfast

7:30 – 7:45 AM

Welcome and Awards

Recognizing Fall Scholarship Winners.

7:45 – 8:45 AM

Opening Keynote — Alexandra Whittington

Invitation to Futurology.

Keynote

8:45 – 9:30 AM

Networking Break with Book Signing

Book signing with Alexandra Whittington.

9:30 – 11:00 AM

ACHE Panel #5: Best Practices in Adapting to Local Regulations, Markets and Trends

IP42

11:00 – 11:15 AM

Transition with Sponsor

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

ACHE National Face-to-Face Speaker — Part I (Dan Collard)

Genfluence: How to Lead a Multigenerational Workforce.

Face-to-Face

12:30 – 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 – 3:00 PM

ACHE National Face-to-Face Speaker — Part II (Dan Collard)

Genfluence: How to Lead a Multigenerational Workforce.

Face-to-Face

3:00 – 3:15 PM

Transition with Sponsor

3:15 – 4:45 PM

ACHE Panel #6: The State of Healthcare: Industry Leaders' Perspectives

IP67

4:45 – 5:00 PM

Closing Address / Final Remarks — Conference Close

* Schedule subject to change. Please check back for updates.

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