Meet across
disciplines.
Connect with clinicians, researchers, founders, investors and health leaders. Find the perspectives and potential collaborators beyond your usual circle.
NEXTMED HEALTH · MAY 17–20, 2027
Discover what’s
Now. Near. Next.
Shape it together.
Where diverse innovators across health, science and technology gather to discover what’s emerging—and collaborate on the future of health, together.
May 17–20, 20271440 Multiversity · Scotts Valley, California
Explore the story A PERSONAL WELCOME
An invitation to
shape what’s next.
I founded NextMed Health to bring together people who see different pieces of the future—and help them discover what’s possible together. We explore what’s Now, Near and Next in health and medicine, creating space for meaningful collaboration.
In 2027, we’re gathering at 1440 Multiversity near Silicon Valley. I’d love to explore how your organization can help shape the experience and the future of health.
Daniel Kraft, MDFounder & Chair, NextMed Health
01 / WHY PARTNERYour perspective. A shared opportunity.
Why partner?
Put your organization in the conversation
shaping the future of health.
Meet across
Bring your
work to life.
Let people experience your ideas through hands-on demonstrations, focused workshops and conversations with the people building what’s next.
Help shape
what’s next.
Bring a question worth exploring. Work with the NextMed team to create an experience around the priorities you share with this community.
02 / THE COMMUNITYDifferent perspectives. Shared possibility.
The people you
might never meet
anywhere else.
A clinician. A founder. A scientist.
A conversation that changes their thinking.
NextMed brings people from across health and biomedicine into the same room, with time to learn from one another and discover where their work connects.
Health system leaders, researchers, technologists, investors, pharma, payers, policymakers and patients all bring a perspective.
Many perspectives. One community. NextMed Health 2023 & 2025
4,000+
NextMed & Exponential Medicine alumni
30+
Countries in the alumni community
2011
The beginning of this evolving community
VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY
In their own words.
What stays with people after NextMed?
The connections, the ideas and the value of being there.
CONNECTION
“THIS is the community I'd like to be a part of!”
PAfoS.AI
NEW PERSPECTIVES
“Some truly visionary ideas.”
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow
PARTNER VALUE
“Worth every dime we invested.”
ENERGY
“Such contagious passion, energy and hope.”
INSPIRATION
“I have never been so inspired, so many times, in such a short period of time.”
ENTHUSIASM
“Absolutely, extraordinary.”
03 / FROM NOW TO NEXTDiscover the shifts. Help shape the future.
From sick care
to health creation.
Explore how health and medicine can evolve—and where your organization can help move the field forward.
| Now | Near | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Sick care | Health care | Health creation |
| Episodic | Continuous | Predictive / preemptive |
| Physical | Virtual | Ambient, invisible care |
| One size fits all | Personalized | Adaptive, real-time precision |
| Provider | Crowdsourced | Collective intelligence Networked care |
| Human cognition | AI-enhanced | AI-orchestrated Copilot teams |
| Fee for service | Fee for outcome | Fee for healthspan Shared value |
Seven shifts. One shared opportunity to create a healthier future.
View the original slide04 / THE EXPERIENCEDiscover. Participate. Connect.
Four days.
Many ways to connect.
Big ideas, hands-on discovery and time together. Four parts of an experience designed to turn shared curiosity into connection.
Ballroom & Mainstage
Keynotes, live demos and unexpected perspectives bring the community together to explore what’s Now, Near and Next.
WAYS TO PARTNER
Explore a thematic session, demonstration or faculty conversation.
Innovation Lab
Try emerging technologies and meet the teams building them. Connect with clinicians, investors and collaborators; celebrate new ventures through the MEDy Awards.
WAYS TO PARTNER
Explore a lab presence, founder engagement or MEDy Awards support.
Workshops & Conversations
Focused workshops, roundtables and the participant UnConference turn shared questions into discussion, practical learning and possibilities for collaboration.
WAYS TO PARTNER
Co-develop a workshop or convene a focused roundtable.
Beyond the Sessions
Morning movement, shared meals, music, art and evening gatherings give relationships time to grow—and bring imagination and play into the experience.
WAYS TO PARTNER
Help shape a hosted meal, wellbeing activity or evening experience.
The moments between.
Movement, music, play and conversations led by the community.
Morning Activities
Movement and mindfulness.
Evening Socials
Silent disco. Shared energy.
Participant UnConference
Bring your questions and ideas.
Music, Art & Magic
A spark for the imagination.
A glimpse of the 2027 program
MONDAY / MAY 17
The gathering begins
Summit opens in the afternoon. A pre-summit “AI for the Healthcare Leader” workshop runs 9 am–noon.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Discovery, together
Mainstage sessions, the Innovation Lab and 90-minute workshops, with morning movement and evening gatherings.
THURSDAY / MAY 20
The conversation continues
The summit closes at noon. Leave with new questions, connections and possibilities to explore.
Program details may evolve. Pre-summit workshop registration details are to be confirmed with the team.
05 / PEOPLE WHO EXPAND THE POSSIBLEA glimpse of our past faculty.
Big ideas.
Remarkable people.
Meet a few of the scientists, inventors and care leaders who have joined the NextMed stage.
06 / A NEW HOME FOR NEXTMED
Close to Silicon Valley.
More time together.
1440 Multiversity · Scotts Valley, California
Gather in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Shared meals, walks and learning spaces keep the conversation going beyond the program.
3 nights on campusAll mealsFull summit program
Included in the published 2027 summit experience.
Photography by 1440 Multiversity
THE INNOVATION LAB
Meet the people.
Try what’s next.
A space for hands-on discovery. Explore emerging health technologies, meet the teams building them and connect with clinicians, investors and collaborators.
For partners Bring your innovation into the conversation through a demonstration, a lab presence or founder engagement.
PAST INNOVATION LABS · 2023 & 2025
Discovery in action.
Real moments of hands-on exploration, live demonstrations and connection from previous NextMed gatherings.
Explore the Redwood Ballroom
An illustrative 2027 concept for the Redwood Ballroom.
THE REDWOOD BALLROOM
A room made
for what’s next.
A NextMed Health stage, plush lounge seating and room for conversations to continue.
07 / THE QUESTIONS AHEADExplore the full 2027 program ↗
Where does your
work meet what’s next?
The summit connects emerging science with the people and systems that bring it into practice.
01AI & the future of care
+
AI and agents across the continuum, connected care and hospital at home, robotics, extended reality and the healthcare workforce.
02Healthspan & human health
+
Longevity, prevention and precision nutrition, women’s health, the brain, mental health and new approaches to wellbeing.
03Biomedicine & discovery
+
The future of cancer and pharma, genomics and multi-omics, programmable medicines and the path from discovery to patients.
04Access, investment & impact
+
Global and planetary health, health equity, new models for funding innovation, and the role of art, music and the human spirit.
08 / YOUR PLACE IN THE CONVERSATIONA partnership starts with your priorities.
Past partners
A selection of organizations that have partnered with us at previous gatherings.
What would you
like to make possible?
Choose a priority to explore a few ways your organization could participate.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & LEARNING
Bring a useful perspective
to a shared question.
Explore a co-developed session or deep-dive workshop connected to a 2027 theme. Create space for discussion with people approaching the question from different fields.
- A thematic session shaped with the NextMed team
- A workshop grounded in relevant evidence
- A follow-up community conversation
Paths to explore: Founding / Platinum, Gold, Silver / Workshop
Let’s explore this Illustrative options. Program participation is curated; scope, investment and availability are agreed with the team.THE FULL PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
Take a closer look at the possibilities.
09 / GET A FEEL FOR ITReal moments from the NextMed community.
Some things
you have to
experience.
Meet the people, hear the conversations and revisit the energy of NextMed Health 2025. Watch the highlights, then explore the ideas participants took away.
10 / THIS IS NEXTMEDFaculty. Participants. Music. Connection.
Big ideas.
Human connection.
The people who expand your thinking. The demos that spark a conversation. The music, laughter and shared moments that make it NextMed.
Bring your priorities and your perspective.
Let’s create an experience that connects your organization with the NextMed community.