Welcome to TMC AI Summit 2026
Location
Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI)
Texas Medical Center, 1250 Moursund St, Houston, TX 77030
Registration Information
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Our Vision is to foster the vibrant, collaborative ecosystem at the Texas Medical Center, leveraging its unparalleled talent, diverse data resources, and entrepreneurial energy to translate advanced AI innovations into practical solutions for real-world biomedical and healthcare challenges.
By uniting researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders, we aim to revolutionize healthcare delivery, improve outcomes, and catalyze meaningful impact for everyone, throughout the entire human lifespan.
Our commitment ensures that AI technologies in healthcare generate tangible benefits for individuals, healthcare systems, and communities worldwide.
Call for Participation – TMC AI Summit 2026
We are excited to announce the Call for Participation for the TMC AI Summit 2026, co-hosted by Center of TEAM-AI at UTHealth Houston and Texas Children Hospital, taking place February 18–20, 2026 at the TCH Neurological Research Institute (NRI) in Houston, Texas.
This event is dedicated to foster the vibrant, collaborative ecosystem at the Texas Medical Center, leveraging its unparalleled talent, diverse data resources, and entrepreneurial energy to translate advanced AI innovations into practical solutions for real-world biomedical and healthcare challenges.
By uniting researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders, we aim to revolutionize healthcare delivery, improve outcomes, and catalyze meaningful impact for everyone, throughout the entire human lifespan.
Our commitment ensures that AI technologies in healthcare generate tangible benefits for individuals, healthcare systems, and communities worldwide.
Join us to engage with world-class researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders building the future of AI-driven healthcare.
Program Tracks:
Foundation Track: Explore innovations in data science, AI, and informatics that are reshaping healthcare by empowering data-driven discovery, fostering precision medicine, and optimizing healthcare outcomes.
Opportunity Track: Showcase transformative AI applications in biomedical discovery and healthcare, including diagnostic tools, imaging analysis, drug development, and more.
Impact Track: Discuss strategies for AI translation and stories of successful implementation with meaningful impact.
Submission Opportunities
- Poster and Oral Presentations
- Workshops and Tutorials
- Industry Talks
- Student Research Showcases
Submission Guidelines and Template: Guidelines | Template
Dates
Submission Deadline: Dec. 31, 2025 → Jan. 10, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: Jan. 15, 2026 → Jan. 24, 2026
Registration Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026 → Feb. 11, 2026
Conference date: Feb. 18-20, 2026
Registration
Any registrations submitted after January 29 at 1:30 PM will be placed on a waitlist.
Thank you for your understanding.
If you have already registered and submitted payment, our team will be reaching out to you directly with details regarding reimbursement.
We are incredibly grateful for the strong community and industry support that has made this possible and look forward to welcoming everyone to an engaging and impactful event.
Registration is free. Please submit the form below to join the waitlist:
Join Waitlist (Free)Keynote Speakers
Foundation Track
Chris Mungall, PhD
Senior Scientist
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Danielle Mowery, PhD, FAMIA
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Opportunities Track
Anant Madabhushi, PhD
Robert W. Woodruff Professor
Emory University
Anuj Kapadia, PhD
Associate Professor
Duke University
Impact Track
Cris Ross
Venture Partner
Aegis Ventures
Nassib Chamoun
Founder, President & CEO
Health Data Analytics Institute
Steering Committee
Devin Dunn, MPH
Texas Medical Center Innovations
Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD
UTHealth Houston
Xiaoning Qian, PhD
Texas A&M University
Devika Subramanian, PhD
Rice University
Ioannis Kakadiaris, PhD
University of Houston
Zhandong Liu, PhD
Texas Children's Hospital/BCM
Eric Smith
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Eric A. Stahlberg, PhD
MD Anderson
Kelvin Wong, PhD
Methodist Hospital
Organization Committee
Ananth Annapragada, PhD
co-Chair
Texas Children's Hospital/BCM
Hongfang Liu, PhD
co-Chair
UTHealth Houston
Susan Fenton, PhD
Education & Workforce Development Chair
UTHealth Houston
Pranav Mehta
Young Professionals Program Chair
UTHealth Houston
Jinlian Wang, PhD
Poster Session Chair
UTHealth Houston
Quamishia Shuron Green
Finance Chair
UTHealth Houston
Wanjing Wang
Web Chair
UTHealth Houston
Hyun-Hwan Jeong, PhD
Student Research Showcase Chair
Texas Children's Hospital/BCM
Esther Ngan, PhD
Student Research Showcase co-Chair
Baylor College of Medicine
Warid Islam, PhD
Student Research Showcase co-Chair
Baylor College of Medicine
Rubab Ali
Event Manager
UTHealth Houston
Alexis Symons
Sponsorship Liaison
UTHealth Houston
Claudia Antone
Logistics Specialist
Texas Children's Hospital
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Call for Sponsorship
Become a catalyst for innovation in pediatric, maternal, and lifelong health by sponsoring the TMC AI Summit 2026.
Sponsorship Tiers
Diamond – $20,000
- Exclusive keynote speaking opportunity or two spotlight speaking sessions
- Premium exhibit space (breakout room or prime lobby area)
- VIP networking dinner with UTH & TCH leadership
- Premium brand visibility (website, event signage, social media, printed materials)
- 12 complimentary registrations
Platinum – $10,000
- All Gold benefits PLUS premium brand visibility (website, signage, social)
- VIP networking dinner with UTH & TCH leadership
- 10 complimentary registrations
Gold – $5,000
- All Silver benefits PLUS exclusive presentation opportunities to initiate meaningful engagement and showcase your thought leadership
- 8 complimentary registrations
Silver – $2,500
- All Bronze benefits PLUS Website branding plus a dedicated desk at the event to engage directly with participants
- 4 complimentary registrations
Bronze – $1,000
- Digital exposure with your brand featured on the event website
- 2 complimentary registrations
Let’s Build the Future Together!
Sponsors
We sincerely appreciate our 2026 sponsors. The generous support from these organizations helps make TMC AI Summit possible. We invite attendees to recognize and support the organizations that strengthen our professional community.
The content is solely managed by the organizers and may not represent the views of these organizations.
Diamond Sponsors
OneSource Cloud delivers end-to-end private AI infrastructure and services, enabling enterprises to securely design, deploy, manage, and scale AI workloads across private, public, and hybrid environments.
Our offerings include HIPAA-aligned private AI infrastructure built to meet stringent data privacy, security, and compliance requirements for healthcare and other regulated industries. We provide dedicated GPU cloud and AI bare-metal solutions with full data isolation, control, and ownership.
Designed for enterprise production, OneSource Cloud supports high availability, load balancing, predictable cost control, and scalable AI operations.
Platinum Sponsors
Vision: To operate a sustainable health information exchange that coordinates care for the community, improves overall population health, enhances health and wellness initiatives, reduces healthcare costs, and advances opportunities for long-term research and disease prevention.
"Connecting for a Healthier Texas"
Mark III (also known as NVIDIA) helps organizations build and scale modern AI infrastructure—bringing together AI factory strategy, GPU-accelerated platforms, and end-to-end enablement for production AI.
Gold Sponsors
TEKsystems partners with leading healthcare organizations to accelerate digital transformation and optimize clinical outcomes through agile technology solutions. Our focus on data modernization, advanced analytics, and AI/ML helps create more efficient, patient-centered healthcare ecosystems.
- Advanced analytics, AI/ML, and cloud-based infrastructure
- EMR and clinical data integration to enhance patient care
- Deep healthcare-IT expertise to accelerate transformation
United Imaging is driven by the mission “Equal Healthcare for All™” and the vision “Leading Healthcare Innovation.”
- Born with AI: AI integration starts at the design phase
- AI-empowered imaging for faster exams, seamless workflows, and lower-dose advancements
- Deep-learning capabilities (e.g., noise reduction, motion correction, cardio modules)
GE HealthCare is a leading global healthcare solutions provider and trusted partner, innovating medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and integrated, cloud-first AI-enabled solutions that empower clinicians, health systems, and researchers to improve patient outcomes at scale.
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics is Transforming Data to Power Human Health.
- Collect, process, and convert data into actionable information, knowledge, and intelligence
- Educate current and future leaders, innovators, and problem solvers across Texas, the nation, and the world
- Disrupt, transform, and innovate to elicit biomedical discoveries and improve healthcare delivery
Silver Sponsors
Operationalize AI on trusted data—securely and at scale.
Palantir’s platforms help organizations integrate data, build decision-ready workflows, and deploy analytics and AI with governance built in.
- Foundry: unify siloed data into a governed data & workflow layer for real-time decisions
- Gotham: accelerate mission-critical insights by connecting data to operations
- Apollo: continuously deliver and manage software across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments
- AIP: bring AI/LLMs into production with security, control, and human-in-the-loop workflows
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