December 2–3, 2026 · Bell Harbor Conference Center, Seattle
DHC26 AI Summit
From Promise to Proof: The Legal Operating System for Healthcare AI
The curated summit for the lawyers and leaders responsible for building the legal, governance, and trust infrastructure for healthcare AI.
DHC26 will focus on the practical work required to move healthcare AI from promise to responsible deployment at scale: evidence of value, AI governance, vendor contracting, liability allocation, health data rights, product counsel, consumer-facing AI, and legal operations.
About Digital Health Counsel
Digital Health Counsel is a convening platform for leaders working at the intersection of healthcare, technology, artificial intelligence, law, governance, privacy, data strategy, and innovation.
Healthcare AI has moved beyond the question of whether the technology is impressive. The next phase is about evidence, governance, contracting, liability allocation, data rights, product counsel, consumer-facing AI, legal operations, and institutional trust.
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Why DHC26 Matters
AI Governance
Frameworks for health system AI oversight, risk management, and institutional accountability.
Vendor Diligence & Contracting
Practical approaches to evaluating, negotiating, and contracting with healthcare AI vendors.
Liability & Risk Allocation
Emerging liability frameworks and allocation of responsibility across the AI value chain.
Evidence of Value
Standards for substantiating clinical and operational claims made by AI-enabled products.
FDA, SaMD & CDS
Regulatory pathways for software as a medical device and clinical decision support.
Health Data Rights & Privacy
Data rights, de-identification, secondary use, and privacy in the age of model training.
Consumer Health AI
Legal and ethical challenges of consumer-facing AI, chatbots, and mental health tools.
AI for Legal Operations
How healthcare legal teams are using AI to transform their own workflows and operations.
Who Should Apply
- Health system GCs, AGCs, and in-house counsel
- Product counsel at digital health, health IT, AI, medtech, and life sciences companies
- Privacy, compliance, cybersecurity, and data governance leaders
- Legal operations leaders
- Outside counsel working deeply in healthcare AI, digital health, FDA, privacy, technology transactions, and risk management
- Regulators, academics, and policy leaders
- Selected technology, insurance, consulting, and legal tech leaders with substantive experience in the space
Past Summit Highlights
Digital Health Counsel has grown into a serious recurring convening for healthcare AI, law, policy, technology, and governance leaders.
DHC23
Our inaugural summit convening healthcare AI and legal leaders.
DHC24
Expanded to include product counsel, privacy, and AI governance tracks.
DHC25
Our largest gathering with speakers from health systems, regulators, and AI companies.
Apply to DHC26
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Accepted applicants will receive registration details after review.