IHI Forum

Session and poster presentation submissions for the 2024 IHI Forum are now closed.

Each year practical, real-world sessions and posters at the IHI Forum provide some of the most informative and memorable moments for attendees.

Presenting a session or poster at the IHI Forum is an excellent opportunity to highlight the work you and your organization are doing to improve health care for all.

Poster Presentations

Key Deadlines:

Submissions are now closed.

Review Submission Here

Now in its 37th year, the IHI Forum continues to set the standard for delivering unmatched visibility and networking opportunities for supporters and exhibitors who provide strategic insights, tactical tools, and expertise on quality improvement and patient care.

Why participate in the IHI Forum?

Delivering Results Against Your Top Objectives: Networking and Lead Generation

• Delivers visibility and access for your organization and brand to a highly targeted audience of over 4,000 health care leaders who are committed to quality and safety and are seeking new ideas and solutions.
• Enhances your business development, networking, marketing, and communications strategies.
• Provides prominent recognition through a variety of program communications and messaging vehicles.
• Offers networking opportunities with attendees, faculty, distinguished IHI advisors, and health care visionaries, all in a collaborative and collegial environment.
• Increases exposure and awareness of your organization among influential health care decision-makers.
• Aligns your organization with the highly regarded work and reputation of IHI and reinforces your support for quality and safety imperatives.
• Highlights your organization's essential role in making this meaningful learning forum possible.

Learn more about the many supporter and exhibitor opportunities available at the IHI Forum: Download the 2024 IHI Forum Prospectus.

IHI Forum Hall: Designed for Maximum Engagement

Our reorganized floor plan incorporates an array of activations to keep qualified health care leaders and decision-makers engaged and visiting your booth:

• Two "Central Park" Gathering Spaces: Incorporated into the exhibit hall, these common spaces facilitate idea-sharing between industry leaders and solution providers.
• IHI Café and Bookstore: Where guests will explore publications, research, and resources on patient safety and quality improvement.
• Educational Poster Displays: Featured displays of the latest research, case studies, and advancements in health care quality and patient safety.
• Innovation Theater Presentations: An opportunity for leading experts to present their latest industry advancements.  
• Wellness and Exercise Lounge:  Offering (and prioritizing) self-care during the IHI Forum.
• Brain Dates Special Education Sessions: Small group sessions focused on advanced learning on highly-targeted topics.
• Welcome and Networking Receptions:  Direct opportunities to converse with health care leaders.
• Lunches… and more!

Contact Us

We welcome a conversation to discuss how you can best leverage the IHI Forum to advance your organization’s work, mission, and business imperatives.

Learn more about supporter and exhibitor opportunities with IHI here.

Organizations Beginning A – K

Christine Carchia 
Email: ccarchia@ihi.org 
Phone: (770) 432-8410 ext. 157

​Organizations Beginning L – Z

David Rudel
Email: drudel@ihi.org
Phone: (770) 432-8410 ext.154

​As a follow-up to the robust discussions held during the 2022 IHI Forum, IHI hosted a number of free roundtable discussions to continue the conversation leading into the 2023 Forum. We hope you will join us for these free conversations on health care's most pressing issues.

Upcoming Roundtable

Forum Roundtable with Don Berwick 

Recorded video interview coming soon.

In a postscript to his “Salve Lucrum” 2022 Forum keynote, IHI President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Don Berwick talks about the overwhelming response to his JAMA Viewpoint of the same name and what he calls "the existential threat of greed in US health care."
 

Past Roundtables

Forum Follow-up: An Update on the Rise to Health Coalition 
September 14, 2023, 11:00 AM EST

Last year at the IHI Forum, IHI President and CEO Kedar Mate, along with Aletha Maybank (AMA) and Glenn Harris (Race Forward) launched the Rise to Health Coalition — a national effort to improve health equity. Learn about what has been happening since that time with Rise to Health — progress made, stories from health care systems and leaders, and what’s next for the Coalition.

Roundtable Guests:

• Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, BScN, RN, DSW, FAAN, CGNC, Vice President Health Equity, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Shannon Welch, MPH, Senior Project Director, Delivery, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Kedar Mate, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); President, IHI Lucian Leape Institute

Related Resources:

• Visit the Rise to Health Coalition website
• Watch Kedar's Keynote 2022 Keynote Address "A Certain Kind of Fire"

The Role of Health Systems in Gun Violence Prevention 
June 15, 2023, 11:00 AM EST

As a follow up to the 2022 IHI Forum Keynote Health Care's Role in Addressing the Firearm Violence Epidemic, the IHI Leadership Alliance is excited to host a roundtable webinar on The Role of Health Systems in Gun Violence Prevention. Don Berwick, MD, will lead a robust panel discussion that will amplify learning emerging across Northwell's Gun Violence Prevention Collaborative, surface opportunities for collaboration with professional societies, and guidance for leaders on language, messaging, and metrics in communications and collaborations with key stakeholders.

Roundtable Guests:

• Don Berwick, MD, MPP, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Sandeep Kapoor, MD, Assistant Vice President Addiction Services, Director Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), Northwell Health
• Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP, Deputy Dean, School of Public Health at Brown University
• Joseph Sakran, MD, MPA, MPH, Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Associate Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University
• Chethan Sathya, MD, MSc, Director, Center for Gun Violence Prevention, Northwell Health 

Related Resources:

• Northwell Health Center for Gun Violence
• Gun Violence Is an Epidemic; Health Systems Must Step Up
• ACS: Firearm Injury Prevention Activities
• Doctors See the Wreckage of Gun Violence Every Day. We've Had Enough
• More than 'thoughts and prayers:' Dr. Megan Ranney on actionable ways hospitals can help stop gun violence

We have heard from members of the IHI community who are not comfortable traveling to Florida for our annual IHI Forum, which has been held in Orlando regularly over the past 25 years and will be held there again this year. Others are disappointed that we are continuing to host our conference in Florida amid a political climate that runs counter to our mission to improve health and health care worldwide. We hear your concerns and share your frustration.

IHI is deeply concerned about recent legislation and practices in many states, including Florida, that jeopardize the health and safety of our patients, families, and communities. The evidence shows that laws and policies that restrict abortion, deny health care for transgender individuals, and weaken gun control present clear and direct threats to health and safety and contribute to more lives lost. These actions, as well as hostile rhetoric, have contributed to an environment in which many individuals do not feel safe or respected in the state of Florida.

We have also heard from doctors, nurses, hospitals, and community-based health care organizations in Florida who say they need IHI's help now more than ever. Recent challenges have severely impacted their ability to deliver high-quality care. We believe patients and health professionals need organizations like IHI to stand with them and support their efforts to deliver equitable and safe care to the people of Florida.

In addition, we are actively soliciting proposals from cities and states that could host the IHI Forum following the expiration of our contract in December 2024. With every IHI Forum, wherever it is, we will pursue our mission of improving health and care by using our collective voice to drive change on issues that are both important to the local health and health care community, and critical to improving health and saving lives. Our Forum program will feature topics such as reproductive health, transgender care and access, health equity, gun violence prevention, and climate change.

Despite our objections and concerns, we are encouraged by our partners and collaborators in Florida, including our colleagues at the Orlando World Center Marriott, who remain committed to improving health and care for all. But for those of you who do not feel safe or comfortable attending a conference in Florida, we understand. Please know that we deeply regret the circumstances that have produced your justifiable concerns. In addition to the in-person program, we will be offering a virtual IHI Forum experience that includes live streaming of all the main stage events, including all Keynotes and Spotlight sessions.