When: November 15-18, 2026
Where: The Venetian Expo Center
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Where nurses who build, imagine, and refuse to wait for permission come together
The Nurse Innovator Pavilion is HLTH’s dedicated home for the most entrepreneurial force in healthcare. Step into a space built to celebrate nurse-led innovation — where founders, frontline clinicians, executives, and investors connect around a shared belief that nurses aren’t just delivering care, they’re redesigning it.
Everything for Nurse Innovators, in One Place
Nurse-Led Innovation Area
A dedicated showcase space on the show floor for nurse-founded and nurse-led companies to display their solutions, tell their stories, and connect with the buyers, partners, and investors who need to hear them.
Peer Connections
The pavilion is a natural gathering point for nurses across every role — founders, CNOs, frontline clinicians, and advocates — creating organic opportunities to meet peers, share what’s working, and build relationships that last well beyond the event.
The People in this Pavilion
The Nurse Innovator Pavilion draws the full spectrum of nursing’s most forward-thinking voices — from the bedside to the boardroom.
Nurse Founders & Entrepreneurs: CEOs, co-founders, and operators of nurse-led startups building the next generation of healthcare solutions
Chief Nursing Officers & Nurse Executives: CNOs, CNEOs, and Directors of Nursing from health systems and provider organizations shaping AI governance, workforce strategy, and care model design
Frontline Clinicians & Innovators: RNs, NPs, CRNAs, and clinical leaders who are co-designing technology, leading change management, and advocating for the workforce
Investors & Health Tech Leaders: Partners and product leaders from digital health companies and VC funds actively sourcing and building with nurse talent and perspective
The Conversations Happening Here
The Nurse Innovator Pavilion sits at the intersection of clinical expertise, entrepreneurship, and the urgent challenges reshaping the nursing profession.
- Ambient AI & documentation burden
- Nurse-led entrepreneurship & fundraising
- AI governance & clinician co-design
- Workforce retention & well-being
- Care model redesign from the bedside
- Change management & technology adoption
- Clinical innovation pathways
- Nurse executives as strategic leaders
- Reducing administrative burden
- Building investor credibility as a clinician founder
