Past eventHeld October 20–21, 2026
DoW/VA & Government Health IT Summit 2026
The 30th summit was billed as a gathering of senior leaders, experts, and decision makers across government health IT.
National Housing Center
- Held
- October 20–21, 2026
- Venue
- National Housing Center
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
TL;DR
- DoW/VA & Government Health IT Summit 2026 took place October 20–21 at National Housing Center in Washington, District of Columbia.
- Defense Strategies Institute's 30th summit was billed as a gathering of senior leaders, experts, and decision makers from government, academia, and industry.
About
Defense Strategies Institute presented the 30th summit, billed as advancing a seamless, integrated health IT enterprise through discussions on data management, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and innovation. The forum followed the Chatham House Rule and was closed to press with no recordings.
Who was in the room
Government health IT decision makers
The summit was billed as drawing senior leaders and decision makers from VA, DHA, DoW, federal agencies, academia, and industry.
Featured speakers
8 listedLee Payne
Deputy Under Secretary for Health (Maj Gen Ret., MD) · Veterans Health Administration
Pat Flanders
PEO for Medical Systems & CIO · Defense Health Agency
Ivonne Arena
Acting Assistant Director Research, Development & Acquisition (RDML, USN) · Defense Health Agency
Neil Evans
Program Executive Director · Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office
Jesus Caban
Chief Data & Analytics Officer · Defense Health Agency
Lance Scott
Chief Technology Officer · Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office
Beth Ripley
Acting Chief Innovation Officer · Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Healthcare Innovation & Learning
Jeffrey Neil
Executive Director & Senior Procurement Executive · Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Acquisition & Logistics
Partners on record
7 listedVenue & travel
Venue
National Housing CenterQuestions people ask
5 answeredDoW/VA & Government Health IT Summit 2026 took place October 20–21, 2026.
It was held at National Housing Center in Washington, District of Columbia.
Senior leaders and decision makers from VA, DHA, DoW, federal agencies, academia, and industry were billed as attendees.
It was most useful for industry and academic people selling into VA and Defense Health Agency health IT, since speakers were scheduled to include the DHA PEO for Medical Systems and CIO, the VA acquisition executive director and the EHR Modernization program executive director, and sponsors included Leidos and Philips. Government attendees could get in free, but the Chatham House Rule and no-press policy meant little was publicly reported, and people outside federal health IT would likely have found the topics of data management, infrastructure and cybersecurity narrowly targeted.
Attendees at Washington defense and federal health IT events usually wear business formal or business casual, with suits common for industry and uniforms for some military attendees.
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