2026 Conference Agenda (Draft)

All dates, times, and topics are subject to change.

Wednesday  October 21st, 2026 

• 4:00pm - 5:30pm Certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP) Preparation 
• 5:30pm - 7:00pm Registration Desk Open 
• 5:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Reception (Wizard of Oz Themed Attire)

Thursday October 22nd, 2026 

• 7:30am - 9:00am Registration Desk Open 
• 7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast 
• 8:00am - 8:10am Welcome and Opening Remarks Kelly Silver, CAHPMM President  
• 8:10am - 9:00am Keynote: The Growth Code - Leading with Clarity & Resilience in Complex Healthcare Systems Dr. Donya Ball 
• 9:00am - 9:50am From “No” to “Know”: The Real Work of Value Analysis  Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Jackie Meagher 
• 9:50am - 10:00am Break 
• 10:00am - 10:50am ChargeRight - End to End Supply Management from Procure to Billing Stanford Health Care: Omar Devlin 
• 10:50am - 11:40am From Data to AI-Driven Action: How “ChainInsights” Bridges Nursing, Supply Chain, and IT Cedars Sinai: Nausheen Ahmed, Jack Sinclair  
• 11:40am - 12:00pm Lifetime Member Presentation 
• 12:00pm - 12:50pm Lunch 
• 12:50pm - 1:40pm Mastering Multi-Site Clinical Inventory with Electronic Shelf Label Technology MultiCare Health System: Alex VandenBroek with Lana Makhani from VueMed
• 1:40pm - 2:30pm Lean, Mean, Supply Expense-Managing Machine Adventist Health System/West: Ivana Drahotuski​ and Nick Scotton 
• 2:30pm - 5:00pm Products and Technology Supplier Fair 

 
Friday October 23rd, 2026 

• 7:30am - 8:00am Breakfast 
• 8:00am - 8:50am Approval Isn’t the Finish Line, Where Healthcare Decisions Go to Stall (and How to Fix It) Legacy Health: Angelique Beslic 
• 8:50am - 9:40am Utilizing AI to Streamline Distribution and Improve Service Levels Medline: Nehala Khan; Cedars Sinai: Nausheen Ahmed
• 9:40am - 10:00am Break 
• 10:00am - 10:50am Building a High-Performing Medical Device Reprocessing Program UCLA Health: Noah Bidna 
• 10:50am - 11:30am Business Meeting and Raffle– All Attendees and Vendors (MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN)
• 11:45am - 12:15pm Lunch  
• 12:15pm Best Practices Round Table (Providers Only)