Annual Rural Health Conference

Fill your sails with insight. Chart a course to calmer seas.

• Live keynote presentations with extended Q&A opportunities
• Access to over 85 concurrent sessions across 9 content tracks
• Live Q&A during and after presentations from over 200 speakers
• An interactive exhibit hall experience featuring live networking chats
• Unique chances to socialize: Host a video meet-up with colleagues
• Robust research poster sessions and 2020 NRHA Award winner profiles
• And many more additional features to come.

The best part: You can experience all Annual Conference content on demand up to a year after the event occurs.
 

There's even more in store

We’ll help you navigate the shifting currents of rural health with more than 60 innovative, practical, and cost-saving sessions — and even more at NRHA’s 5th Rural Hospital Innovation Summit.

Unique sponsorship opportunities

Medical education and health equity events

The annual Rural Medical Education Conference and Health Equity Conference (formerly the Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference) will both be held directly prior to the Annual Rural Health Conference.

Scholarship funds are now available for students and community members with a critical need for financial support with conference expenses. Please see the Scholarships menu below for more info.

• icon-agenta Agenda

  2020 agenda:

  
  2020 Annual Rural Health Conference agenda DRAFT (updated 05.08.20)

  
  Past agendas:

   

  • 2019 Annual Rural Health Conference agenda
  • 2018 Annual Rural Health Conference agenda
  • 2017 Annual Rural Health Conference agenda

  
  Medical education and health equity events

  The annual Rural Medical Education Conference and Health Equity Conference (formerly the Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference) will both be held May 7 directly prior to the Annual Rural Health Conference.
  
  NRHA certificates of attendance will be available at the registration desk. Attendees may use these certificates with third-party organizations or their employer as documentation of having received conference hours of instruction.

• icon-scholarships Scholarships

  At this time, all scholarship funds have been awarded.  
   

• icon-field-visits Field Visits

• icon-rates Rates

  Register online for NRHA's virtual events

  
  You may also register via downloadable PDF form email to [email protected], mail or fax.
  
  NRHA is offering a no-risk registration policy due to COVID-19. Cancellations will be either refunded in full or reserved as a credit toward a future event.
  
  Registration rates
  $368 members
  $418 non-members*
  $184 student members
  
  * Price includes a one-year complimentary membership for first-time NRHA members.
  
  Contact [email protected] or 816-756-3140 for more information on registration.

• icon-exhibitors Exhibitors

  Exhibitors, sponsors and advertisers

  Don't miss the opportunity to increase your visibility in the rural market with ads and sponsorships or by becoming a vetted NRHA Partner.
  
  Download NRHA's 2020 Annual Conference virtual engagement guide and non-profit virtual engagement guide, or contact Colleen Bay to learn more.
  
  NRHA offers sponsorships for all events, providing a valuable opportunity for your organization to gain visibility. These sponsorships, ads and partnerships are great ways to get your company's message in the hands of hundreds of attendees. Remember, one-third of all U.S. hospitals are rural facilities.
   

• icon-building Accommodations

  Current registrants have already been notified by the San Diego Sheraton Hotel that their attendee room reservations have been refunded. If you reserved accommodations outside NRHA’s block at the Sheraton, you are advised to cancel your reservation at least 72 hours prior to your date of stay and to cancel any flights immediately.