Current listing
What this event is
Attendee registration is open. The July 20–24 Early Action window for eligible provider members has ended; the organizer's other published categories and rates remain available.
This guide is an independent editorial listing, not the registration provider. The organizer controls the final agenda, eligibility, accreditation, prices, availability, and cancellation terms.
Plan the exhibit hall
Use the live official directory
We verified the organizer's current-edition directory. Internal company briefings appear only when our source review adds practical attendee value.
LeadingAge's official E2 page links this edition-specific 2026 exhibitor gallery and floor plan.
Fit for consultant pharmacy
Why it may be worth your time
- LeadingAge says the meeting brings together more than 6,000 aging-services professionals.
- The audience includes provider and business organizations, making it useful for understanding enterprise buyers outside the pharmacy department.
- The published education list includes SNF regulations, external audits, survey readiness, and an applied AI session that references medication and fall-risk detection.
Prior-event evidence
What earlier coverage suggests
Prior coverage supports the meeting's scale, networking, and broad aging-services operations and technology value. It does not establish MRR-specific educational depth or a return on attendance for an independent consultant pharmacist.
Professional attendee recap · 2023 Annual Meeting
A professional-association attendee found a wide operational agenda
A state hospital association executive's firsthand recap highlighted AI and technology, PACE, workforce shortages, payer and regulatory pressure, partnerships, and in-home models. It suggests the meeting can be useful for understanding the priorities surrounding aging-services providers.
Limit: This is one positive executive perspective from a LeadingAge-affiliated state association. It is not a pharmacist review and does not analyze cost, MRR relevance, or representative attendee experience.
Trade-press coverage · LeadingAge 2024
Trade coverage illustrates the data and implementation depth
HealthTech's session coverage addressed resident engagement, value-based care, data governance, and implementation. That reinforces the event's usefulness for provider-operations and technology questions beyond the pharmacy department.
Limit: The article covers selected sessions, not the whole meeting. It does not evaluate logistics, registration value, pharmacy content, or the experience of an independent consultant.
LeadingAge24: How Data Can Transform Aging-Services Organizations
Organizer recap · 2024 Annual Meeting
LeadingAge reports scale and satisfaction, but not enough survey detail
LeadingAge reported 6,179 attendees, 2,819 providers, 1,015 provider organizations, 475 exhibitors, and a 96% attendee satisfaction figure. The counts support the event's scale; the satisfaction figure should be read only as an organizer-reported metric.
Limit: The annual report does not provide the satisfaction question, denominator, response rate, or method. It is not independent evidence and cannot show value for a consultant-pharmacist subgroup.
Decision checklist
What to confirm before you book
- The event is much broader than pharmacy. Build an agenda around medication management, quality, data, or technology sessions before committing.
- Consultants are excluded from LeadingAge's Provider category and generally need Business/Non-Exhibitor registration unless exhibiting; verify the category before budgeting.
- LeadingAge lists Business/Non-Exhibitor full-registration rates of $1,925 for member early bird, $1,975 for member regular, and $2,950 for nonmembers.
- LeadingAge says official conference hotel reservations move to space-available status after August 13; group deadlines may be earlier.
- Early-bird pricing ends September 1. Cancellations received by September 29 receive a full refund; no refund applies from September 30.
Organizer-controlled details
Check the live event page
Use the organizer’s page to confirm current registration, agenda, venue, credit, eligibility, and cancellation information before spending money or making travel arrangements.
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