Thank you to everyone who attended the 2026 Employee Health Care Conference. As the premier sponsor of The Conference Board’s annual event, we were thrilled to host industry leaders and experts at the New York and San Diego locations. The 2026 theme, Igniting Change, provided an unparalleled opportunity to connect with peers, discover cutting-edge strategies and learn best practices that are revolutionizing health care initiatives across organizations.
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2026 Employee Health Care Conference
We’re proud to sponsor the Employee Health Care Conference, where we share cutting-edge strategies and best practices to ignite positive change in your organization’s benefit offerings.
Key takeaways and next steps
The conference successfully brought together industry leaders to ignite meaningful change in health care. The insights, strategies and connections formed during these events will continue to drive innovation across the industry.
Stay connected
For those who attended, we encourage you to:
- Apply the strategies and best practices learned at the conference
- Connect with the innovators and experts you met
- Reach out to our team for continued support in implementing health care initiatives
Looking ahead
Thank you again for making the conference a success. We look forward to continuing the conversation about transforming health care benefits and employee wellbeing.
Mark your calendars for the 2027 Employee Health Care Conference!
New York City
March 22-24, 2027
New York Marriott Marquis
San Diego
April 7-9, 2027
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Our general sessions
Our expert speakers presented compelling sessions designed to spark innovation and drive transformative progress in health care:
- Balancing the spend: Reclaiming value in employer benefits — Attendees explored strategies for optimizing benefits investments while maintaining quality and employee satisfaction
- De-risking your plan: Strategies for a more resilient benefits portfolio — Leaders shared approaches to building robust benefits programs that withstand market volatility and regulatory changes
- Navigating the new health care frontier: Emerging trends in supporting the member journey – Innovative solutions for improving the employee health care experience were showcased
- Washington update – Critical policy changes and their implications for employer-sponsored health care were discussed
Participants engaged in twelve dynamic breakout sessions covering critical topics:
- Measuring what matters: Determining the value of your benefits portfolio
- Reallocating for impact: Unlocking value through virtual care, advanced primary care and plan design
- Creating more value in retirement plans through pooled employer plans
- Rewriting the script: Pharmacy pricing models and Rx care delivery
- Shifting the risk: Strategic levers with ICHRA, captives and beyond
- Managing pharmacy risk: GLP-1s, gene therapies and the future of high-cost care
- Guarding the plan: De-risking through governance and fiduciary excellence
- Seeing clearly: Managing benefit risk through price transparency
- Form meets function: Blending access, experience and value in modern benefits
- Improving the benefits experience with powerful and personalized technology
- Igniting the employee experience in the age of AI
- Cracking the global benefits cost code
WTW consultants enjoy the 2026 Employee Health Care Conference
Preconference session
Ignite change: Turning AI potential into employer impact
The evening before each conference officially began, we hosted a complimentary session focused on cutting through the AI hype and translating potential into tangible results.
Attendees gained valuable insights including:
- Groundbreaking data from our latest AI employer survey — Discovering how leading organizations are actively using AI in benefits and employee experience
- Interactive discussions with leading employers — Real-world success stories from companies implementing AI solutions
- Exploration of emerging AI and digital innovators — Networking with companies revolutionizing benefits navigation, clinical guidance and the employee experience
