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2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

January 12-16, 2026, San Francisco
As the healthcare and life sciences industries gear up for one of its largest gatherings of the year, we share insights and perspectives to help leaders hone in on today’s most pressing topics.
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MCKINSEY EVENTS DURING JPM WEEK

The 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference will connect global healthcare and life sciences industry leaders, emerging fast-growth companies, innovative technology creators, and members of the investment community.

During the week of the conference, McKinsey & Company will host various invitation-only events tailored for senior executives from across the healthcare and life sciences sectors to foster meaningful connections and encourage insightful discussions around some of the sectors’ most pressing challenges and opportunities.

If you are interested in meeting with our experts in San Francisco from January 12-16, 2026, please feel free to contact us. In the meantime, we welcome you to explore our insights that we believe will shape the conversations on the ground.

Healthcare

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The next specialty: The physician CEO
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Healthcare organizations face growing complexity, and physicians are eager to step in, drawing on their distinct expertise. Here’s...
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Generative AI in healthcare: Current trends and future outlook
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The healthcare sector has been integrating generative AI to enhance operations and engage stakeholders, with many advancing to...
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What to expect in US healthcare in 2025 and beyond
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Industry economics are shifting toward non-acute care delivery, healthcare software, data, analytics, and specialty pharmacy...

Life Sciences

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Reimagining life science enterprises with agentic AI
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Agentic AI is poised to boost the benefits from AI by changing its role from tool to coworker and catalyzing an end-to-end reimagining...
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The quantum revolution in pharma: Faster, smarter, and more precise
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Quantum computing presents a multibillion-dollar opportunity to revolutionize drug discovery, development, and delivery by enabling...
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The speed-to-market imperative for life sciences capital delivery
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Life sciences companies are spending big on new capital projects. Industry leaders who embrace capital excellence could secure...

Trending

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Out of balance: What’s next for growth, wealth, and debt?
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Amid rising economic uncertainty, this research takes a long-term view on wealth and growth rooted in government, corporate,...
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The agentic organization: Contours of the next paradigm for the AI era
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Companies are moving toward a new paradigm of humans working together with virtual and physical AI agents to create value. We...
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Blueprint to close the women’s health gap: How to improve lives and economies for all
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Women experience substantial health inequities and poor health outcomes worldwide, and the global economy suffers as a result....

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Healthcare

Sarah Calkins Holloway
Senior PartnerSeattle
As managing partner of our Seattle office, serves healthcare providers, including health systems, community hospitals, and specialized...
Patrick Finn
Senior PartnerDetroit
Global leader of the McKinsey’s Healthcare Practice, counseling healthcare leaders on strategic planning, holistic performance...
Celia Huber
Senior PartnerBay Area
Leads our North American board services sector and advises organizations on strategies to help thrive within the context of global...
Gunjan Khanna
Senior PartnerPittsburgh
Leads McKinsey’s healthcare innovation work with investors to improve quality access and new delivery models, serving industry...
Dr. Pooja Kumar
Senior PartnerPhiladelphia
Serves health systems on large-scale performance transformations and leads our work in US public health; global leader of the...
Adi Kumar
Senior PartnerWashington DC
Counsels private- and public-sector leaders on topics of strategy, innovation, organization, and operations to improve performance...
Monisha Machado-Pereira
Senior Partner and Managing PartnerBay Area - Silicon Valley
Partners with CEOs on growth strategies, new market entry, and capability building across the healthcare ecosystem and the Silicon...
Dr. Rupal Malani
Senior PartnerOhio - Cleveland
Leads our work with healthcare providers in North America; serves national, regional, and academic health systems across a broad...
Neil Rao
Senior PartnerSeattle
Advises health systems and healthcare-services entities on strategy and top-line performance topics, as well as private-equity...
Prashanth Reddy
Senior PartnerNew Jersey
As a leader in the Healthcare, Private Equity & Principal Investors, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practices, serves...
Shubham Singhal
Senior PartnerDetroit
Chair of McKinsey Global Institute; Global co-leader of McKinsey's strategic priority on geopolitics; counselor to healthcare...
Drew Ungerman
Senior Partner, and Global Coleader, Social, Healthcare, and Public Sector entitiesDallas
Leads McKinsey’s Social, Healthcare and Public Sector Entities Practice globally and is global co-leader of McKinsey Health...

Life Sciences

Jeffrey Algazy
Senior PartnerNew Jersey
Advises healthcare clients on commercial performance, medical and R&D transformation, and corporate strategy with a primary focus...
Tatiana Elphimova
Senior PartnerNew York
Leads McKinsey’s work in healthcare in the Northeast United States, partnering with leading pharmaceutical companies on enterprise-wide...
Reinout Goedvolk
Senior Partner, and Global Coleader, Life SciencesAmsterdam
Co-leads our global Life Sciences Practice, advises life sciences companies, including biopharma, medtech, and private equity...
Greg Graves
Senior PartnerPhiladelphia
Leader in McKinsey’s Life Sciences Practice in the United States, focusing on defining winning corporate strategies in the face...
Robert Linden
Senior PartnerBay Area
Co-leads our global Life Sciences Practice, advising a broad range of healthcare clients—from early-stage innovators to...
Nicholas Mills
Senior PartnerNew Jersey
Serves global pharmaceutical and medical-product companies drive digital and advanced analytically-oriented growth transformations...
Parag Patel
Senior PartnerChicago
Global coleader of the Life Sciences Operations Practice, serving pharmaceutical and medical device companies on operations,...
Lucy Pérez
Senior Partner, and Coleader, McKinsey Health InstituteBoston
Leader in McKinsey’s Life Sciences practice, advising pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical-product companies, and healthcare...
Lieven Van der Veken
Senior PartnerLyon
Global leader of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey; draws on his extensive experience working around the world helping leading institutions...

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