Event Overview:

The ACE (Architecture, Capital Equipment and Engineering) Summit is uniquely positioned to focus on healthcare construction and capital equipment projects and brings together Senior Healthcare Executives with suppliers of architecture, construction, capital equipment, engineering and facilities products or services.

The ACE Summit and Reverse Expo is produced by Healthcare Business Media, Inc. whose mission it is to work for the continuous improvement of healthcare delivery with unique content driven events and fundamental research. Healthcare Business Media, Inc., also produces the IDN Summit and Reverse Expo.

The ACE Summit and Reverse Expo provides leading healthcare system, hospital, and GPO administrators a unique opportunity to interact with suppliers of architecture, construction, capital equipment and facilities products and services in a neutral and open environment.  The ACE Summit education program focuses on unique strategic healthcare facility and capital equipment issues and is developed by the ACE Advisory Board. The 2017 ACE Summit will be held February 20-22 at The Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, GA.

What is the Reverse Expo?
Unlike a traditional expo, the ACE Reverse Expo features senior healthcare and GPO executives staffing booths as they host healthcare facility and capital equipment suppliers, architectural firm representatives, equipment planners, engineers, construction company executives and related consultants and executives from the facility and capital equipment sectors, providing a unique opportunity to effectively and efficiently use their time and resources.  The ACE Summit Reverse Expo provides substantial cost-cutting opportunities for attending suppliers, engineers, architects and construction company executives by saving time and travel expenses otherwise associated with building partnerships through travel to individual healthcare systems, hospitals and GPOs.

Hospital and health system executives save valuable time otherwise taken up by the process of sourcing new vendors, business partners and consultants. The ACE Summit Reverse Expo offers an open environment to meet with several potential business partners in one neutral venue.

What is the Evening Business Exchange?
The Evening Business Exchange is the opening networking event in an expo-type format.  Architects, equipment planners, general contractors, engineers and the lead ACE sponsors welcome you to the ACE Summit as they host you in their booths. The Evening Business Exchange offers a unique opportunity to make a variety of valuable business contacts in a convenient and efficient manner.

Are there other networking opportunities in addition to the Reverse Expo and Business Exchange?
Because the ACE Summit is structured in an open, collaborative format, your networking opportunities also include Monday's Breakout Sessions, Tuesday's General Session and Wednesday's Idea Exchanges.  Make strategic connections in a relaxed environment during breakfast, lunch and the ACE Summit Reception.

What are Healthcare Business Media and the ACE Summit?
 Healthcare Business Media is a division of Bluegrass Business Media and producer of focused healthcare industry events, including the ACE Summit and Reverse Expo as well as the IDN Summit and Reverse Expo. These events bring together leading healthcare executives and their industry partners.  We strive to form strategic partnerships with our customers and partners to serve the healthcare marketplace.  Both events are focused around a unique reverse expo format that allows the utmost interaction between providers and their business partners. We work to be the leading content provider serving our channels by partnering with industry leaders, associations, media companies and major universities.

Attendee Information:

Why Should I Attend?

The ACE Summit provides a unique forum for senior hospital and health system executives to network with and engage their peers on issues that challenge today's healthcare systems. Timely education programs target topics and issues impacting decision making in the areas of healthcare architecture, construction, capital equipment, engineering and facilities.

Unlike a traditional expo, the ACE Summit & Reverse Expo features senior hospital, health system and GPO executives in booths hosting healthcare suppliers, vendors, capital equipment planners, architects, engineers and other parties in an effective and efficient manner. Hospital and health system executives actively source new vendors from the companies attending the ACE Summit & Reverse Expo.

Gain a fresh perspective on how to better position your product or service to assist healthcare systems and hospitals in meeting the challenges they face.

Dynamic industry thought leaders discuss the future of healthcare and provide insight and analysis in a multi-track educational program and in general sessions. 

Sessions are approved for continuing education credits.

Meet with hospital, health system and GPO executives one-on-one as they host you in their booths at the Reverse Expo.

Network with leading healthcare architects, equipment planners and general contractors in the Evening Business Exchange.

The ACE Summit & Reverse Expo is the most efficient venue to generate qualified leads from:​​​

    Health Systems
    Hospitals
    Facility Owners
    GPOs
    Architects
    Engineers
    Equipment Planners
    Contractors

About Healthcare Business Media:

Healthcare Business Media is a division of Bluegrass Business Media and producer of highly focused healthcare industry events that bring together the leading executives of health systems and their partners. We strive to form strategic partnerships with our customers and partners to serve the healthcare marketplace. The events are focused around a unique reverse expo format that allows the utmost interaction between providers and their partners. We work to be the leading content provider serving our channels by partnering with industry leaders, associations, media companies and major universities.