CCCC Annual Palliative Care Conference 2026

It takes place at Doubletree By Hilton in San Jose, California.

The organizer lists physicians and PAs, nurses, social workers, chaplains, administrators, long-term supports and services providers, healthcare and faith leaders, educators, academics, caregivers, and patients.

It is most useful for palliative care clinicians, social workers, chaplains and program administrators who want to hear from colleagues outside their own discipline, since the audience includes physicians, PAs, nurses, chaplains, social workers and healthcare leaders. The scope runs from pediatrics through geriatrics, so those working with young patients or across age groups gain breadth that a single-specialty meeting would not offer. Specialists wanting a narrow, deep clinical update will get less, because the attendee mix also includes caregivers, patients and faith leaders, which pulls the conversation toward broad practice and community questions.

Attendees at healthcare conferences typically wear business casual, with clinicians often in slacks, blouses or collared shirts and few jackets and ties. A hotel venue like the Doubletree in San Jose, where meeting rooms tend to run cool, makes a light layer useful.