Presented by NESHS and CTAHE

2026 NESHS Fall Conference and Annual Meeting

Thursday, November 12, 2026, 8:30 - 2:30pm

Approved for 3.5 hours of ACHE Qualifying Education credits

From Vision to Value:  
Building a Strategic Master Plan in an Evolving Technology Landscape. 

In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, strategic master planning must move beyond static roadmaps to become adaptive, digitally enabled frameworks. This session explores how organizations can align technology investments with operational efficiency and clinical growth to drive measurable outcomes. Attendees will gain practical strategies to future-proof their plans while enhancing care delivery and organizational performance.

There will be opportunities for networking and the Lunch program will include NESHS Annual Meeting as well as presentation of Strategist of the Year and Early Careerist Awards.

Agenda:

8:15am   Check-in, breakfast and visit sponsor tables

9:00am   Keynote:  What Have We Gotten Into?  Navigating Strategy and Leadership in Chaos

Chris Hyers, VP, Marketing and Clinical Strategy Advancement, UConn Health

10:00am  Networking Break

10:30am  Speaker #2: Building for Science that Doesn't Exist Yet - Future-Proofing Research Facilities Through Flexibility, Technology, Sustainability and Culture

Charles (Chuck) Blanchette, Manager, Research Facilities, Boston Children's Hospital

11:15am  Speaker #3:  Choosing AI with Purpose: Governance, Prioritization, and Selection

Colin FitzGerald, AI Solutions and Product Lead, MaineHealth

12:00pm  Lunch and Networking

12:30pm  NESHS Annual Meeting and Presentation of Annual Strategist of the Year and Early Careerist of the Year Awards

1:00pm    Speaker Panel:  How Did we Get Here? Future Proofing Ourselves

Moderated by:  Lori Howley, VP, Marketing & Communications, Merrimack Health,

Panelists:  Chuck Blanchette, Manager, Research Facilities, Boston Children's Hospital; Colin FitzGerald, AI Solutions and Product Lead, MaineHealth, Christen Foy, NESHS Conference Committee Co-Chair, Chris Hyers, VP, Marketing and Clinical Strategy Advancement, UConn Health. 

2:00pm   Meeting Close and Close Sponsor raffle drawing (must be present at time of drawing to win)

Investment
NESHS Members: $200
Non-members: $250
New Membership + Conference: $325
Student-members:  $60 (must be a full-time student)

Location

The Renaissance Framingham
1657 Worcester Road | Framingham, MA 01701
discounted $179 room rate available - must book by October 9, 2026 - Renaissance Framingham group rate link

Special Offer to non-members – If you would like to attend the Fall Conference and become a NESHS member, you can save $25 off your individual membership by joining now ($200 discounted member rate for conference + $125 discounted individual membership fee = $325). That’s only $75 more than the non-member conference fee). 

ACHE - Approved for 3.5 hours of ACHE Qualifying Education Credit

The program being presented by the CT Association of Healthcare Executives, (2026 NESHS Spring Conference) has been approved by the American College of Healthcare Executives for 3.5 hours of ACHE Qualifying Education credit.

As an independent chartered chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the CT Association of Healthcare Executives, is authorized to award 3.0 hours of ACHE Qualifying Education credits toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualifying Education credit should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification. Attendees will need to self-report their credits using link titled “My Education Credit” on their myACHE profile page.

Refunds for events:  NESHS appreciates that you may register/pay for an event with every intention of attending, but something unexpected comes up and you can no longer attend.  If you need to cancel and request a refund, please contact our Administrator, Deb Fiumedora via e-mail at [email protected].  NESHS is not able to honor cancellation/refund requests within 30 days of an event as the funds are used to prepay for event expenses.

Thank you to our NESHS Sponsors for supporting this event and NESHS mission!

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