The One Industry Conference You Can’t Afford To Miss
The HIDA Educational Foundation Executive Conference is where healthcare distribution industry leaders gather for top-to-top networking, strategic education, and future-focused insights.
Participants come from across healthcare markets and across supply chain sectors. The agenda is packed with content, but leaves plenty of room for social networking and private meetings between business partners.
Who Attends
Executives in roles such as...
- Owners and C-suite leaders
- Sales and marketing
- Supply chain or operations
- Category management
- National accounts
...from organizations across the end-to-end supply chain...
- Healthcare distributors
- Healthcare manufacturers
- Health systems
- Group purchasing organizations
- Technology firms
...across the spectrum of healthcare market segments*
- Hospitals and health systems
- Physician offices and clinics
- Surgery centers
- Laboratory
- Outpatient care
- Home care and post-acute
See 2025 Attendees
*The HIDA Executive Conference is exclusively open to members.
Healthcare Distributors
170 Leaders
45+ Companies
Manufacturers And Tech Solutions
273 Leaders
70+ Companies
GPOs, Providers, And Others
50+ Leaders
20+ Organizations
Decision-Makers
■ 15% CEO, Owner, President
■ 39% C-Suite, Vice President
■ 32% Director
■ 15% Manager/Other
If you’ve attended the HIDA Executive Conference before, you know why it’s critical to be there.
If you’ve never attended, find out why so many industry leaders say it’s the most important event of the year.
Kudos From Participants
Invaluable Opportunity For Networking
“The HIDA Executive Conference provides an invaluable opportunity for networking with our peers in the industry – there is just no other forum for this kind of collaboration!”
Erik Ringberg
VP & General Manager, Laboratory
McKesson
Better-Informed Strategy Decisions
“HIDA’s Executive Conference connects our company with experts representing the full spectrum of issues we face every day and supplies us with the knowledge to make better-informed strategy decisions going forward.”
Charlie Simpson
General Manager
Medical Supplies Depot
Phenomenal Networking; Unparalleled Speakers
“The networking is phenomenal and the speakers within healthcare as well as outside of healthcare are unparalleled. This truly allows us to align with our customers and have mutual success.”
Louis DiPaolo
Executive Vice President
Encompass Group
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Always Attend This Meeting
“If you are a leader in your organization, always attend this meeting. If you have to make budget decisions, find savings elsewhere.”
Tim Durnal
Sr. Manager, Distribution Partners
Beckman Coulter
Forward-Thinking Group
“A more forward-thinking group of leaders than ever before. The conversations were outstanding!”
Jan Beery
President, Life Sciences
Atypical Digital
Should Have Started Attending Years Ago
“We should have started attending this meeting years ago.”
Steve Basile
Owner & Vice President of Sales
Healthmark
Must-Attend Meeting
“Regarding distribution in the healthcare arena and the current state of healthcare, you need to attend the HIDA Executive Conference. If you want to know where you’ve come from, where you are, and what to expect in the future, this is a must-attend meeting.”
Bob Miller
Executive Vice President
Gericare Medical Supply
High-Level Conversations
“Truly invigorating to be able to have so many high-level conversations with the true decision makers of the organizations that we partner with and those that we hope to collaborate with in the future.”
Mark Litton
CEO
Howard Medical
Premier Meeting For Strategy Meetings
“The premier meeting to conduct strategy meetings with your business partners and their top executives in a relaxed setting.”
Don Lovre
Director, Distribution
B.Braun
2025 Executive Conference Attendees
Connect in-person with 500+ owners, C-suite, sales and marketing, category management, and national accounts leaders from across healthcare markets.
See The 2025 List