The Forbes Middle East Healthcare Leaders Summit holds its fifth edition in Abu Dhabi on 22 and 23 September 2026. Organised by Forbes Middle East, the summit convenes chief executives of hospital groups, insurers, pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, regulators and investors to discuss the direction of healthcare in the Gulf and the wider region.
Abu Dhabi has positioned itself as a hub for healthcare investment and life sciences, and the summit sits within a busy autumn calendar of health events in the emirate. Its format mixes keynote interviews with leadership panels and a recognition element for executives and organisations that Forbes Middle East ranks in the sector.
Themes at recent editions have included the shift toward value based care, the growth of private health insurance mandates, digital health and artificial intelligence in clinical settings, medical tourism, and the localisation of pharmaceutical manufacturing. These remain the questions that health system chief executives and their boards are working through in 2026.
For executives, the summit is one of the more senior gatherings of healthcare decision makers in the region and a venue at which leadership moves, partnerships and expansion plans are often previewed. Investors and advisers tracking healthcare consolidation in the Gulf, and technology leaders selling into hospital groups, will find the attendee list a useful map of who is shaping the sector. The organiser has not specified a venue in its public listing beyond the city of Abu Dhabi.
