2027 medtech conferences: key dates, venues and themes

The 2027 medtech conference calendar is filling up, with major meetings set for San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston, Chicago, and Rome, MedTech Dive reports. Agendas cover AI, surgical robotics, cardiac care and diabetes devices.

January to March

The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference opens the year in San Francisco on 11-14 January. Companies use it to review 2026 results and set out plans for 2027.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons holds its annual meeting on 3-6 March at the Venetian Convention & Expo Centre in Las Vegas. Earlier programmes included trauma care, sports medicine, spinal surgery and joint rebuilds of the hip and knee.

June: devices, diabetes and robotics

DeviceTalks Boston runs on 2-3 June at the John B. Hynes Convention Centre. Its agenda spans product design, manufacturing, financing and company building.

The American Diabetes Association hosts its 2027 Scientific Sessions on 18-21 June at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington, D.C. Diabetes technology is a listed theme.

The Society of Robotic Surgery meets in Rome on 23-27 June. Its previous meeting drew 3,500 attendees, including representatives from the FDA and the World Health Organisation.

September: radiation oncology and spine

ASTRO meets on 19-21 September at McCormick Place West in Chicago. The society has more than 11,000 members, including physicians, nurses, biologists, and radiation therapists.

The North American Spine Society holds its annual meeting in Boston on 22-25 September. The group is more than 40 years old.

October and November

AdvaMed stages The Medtech Conference at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco on 3-6 October. The programme includes the CEOs Unplugged series.

HLTH USA follows in Las Vegas on 17-20 October. Regulators, investors, payers, providers and startups attend. TCT 2027, the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's meeting on interventional cardiovascular medicine, runs in San Francisco on 18-21 October.

The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions take place on 5-8 November at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Centre in Boston. About 13,000 delegates attended the 2025 meeting.

The Radiological Society of North America closes the year at McCormick Place in Chicago on 14-18 November, with courses, scientific sessions and product demonstrations.

Why it matters

Dates are set early, so suppliers and buyers can plan travel and stand space now. HLTH USA and TCT 2027 overlap between 18 and 20 October. Coverage on Medigear.uk tracks the 2027 medtech conferences calendar as events confirm their programmes.

Source: MedTech Dive