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December 2–3, 2026 · Bell Harbor Conference Center, Seattle

Digital Health Counsel

From Promise to Proof: The Legal Operating System for Healthcare AI

The curated summit for the lawyers and leaders responsible for making healthcare AI provable, governable, contractable, and trustworthy.

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.

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 & 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

Past Summit Highlights

Digital Health Counsel has grown into a serious recurring convening for healthcare AI, law, policy, technology, and governance leaders.

DHC 2023

Our inaugural summit convening healthcare AI and legal leaders.

DHC 2024

Expanded to include product counsel, privacy, and AI governance tracks.

DHC 2025

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.