AAMI Announces neXus 2026 Advisory Council and Location

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is pleased to announce the Advisory Council and location for the premier medical device industry conference coming in the spring of 2026. The 2026 AAMI neXus will be a confluence of learning, collaboration, and innovation. Co-sponsored by the FDA, the inaugural 2024 AAMI neXus attracted more than 400 industry and regulatory professionals and was hailed as an international success. The 2026 AAMI neXus will feature a wealth of FDA experts alongside industry members and AAMI’s constituencies, including medical device regulators and manufacturers, standards developers, and industrial sterilization professionals.    

AAMI’s Vice President of Industry and Emerging Technologies, Timothy Hsu, said, “Our conference advisory council is focused on bringing the most up-to-date information and the best experts from across the world to engage in learning, collaboration, and innovation at the confluence of health technology, regulations, and standards. AAMI can promise that this conference will serve as an essential convening of the medical products industry, global regulatory officials, and standards developers.”

We are pleased to announce the esteemed AAMI neXus 2026 advisory council members. This respected group of thought leaders will collaborate with AAMI to develop robust, cutting-edge conference programming.

AAMI neXus 2026 Advisory Council

• Richard Bancroft, STERIS
• Steven Bipes, AdvaMed
• Lena Cordie-Bancroft, BSI
• Aaron Dunbar, Boston Scientific
• Gerald McDonnell, J&J
• Bakul Patel, Google
• Fatemeh Razjouyan, Medtronic
• Linda Ricci, FDA
• Thor Rollins, Nelson Labs
• Monica Wilkins, Abbott
• Terry Woods, FDA
• Diane Wurzburger, GE Healthcare
• Timothy Hsu, AAMI

The conference will be held from April 14 to 17, 2026, at the Lansdowne Resort in Virginia. Just 30 miles outside Washington, D.C., and 12 miles from Dulles International Airport, this resort and conference center is tucked away in an idyllic setting in Leesburg, Virginia, on 500 picturesque acres overlooking the Potomac River Valley.

Join us for this premier international event focusing on the development, adoption, and application of medical device standards to hear directly from FDA experts and network with like-minded professionals within the medical device industry.

Questions? Reach out to the AAMI team at events@aami.org.