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American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026

A 4-day expo for teams working across surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology.

Dates
Sep 26–29, 2026
Location
Walter E. Washington Convention Center · Washington, DC
Format
Washington, DC
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12,000
Expected attendees
2026 projection
155
Expected exhibitors
2026 projection
300+
Sessions
2026 programme
185
CME credits
maximum available
QUICK ANSWER

What is American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 runs from 2026-09-26 through 2026-09-29 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The programme covers surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology for surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers. Exhibitors can use the current schedule and directory to select accounts, protect meeting windows and route each qualified conversation into measurable follow-up.

WHY IT MATTERS

ACS Clinical Congress 2026 brings surgical practice buyers into one planning window.

The 2026 event gives medical-device, instrument, surgical technology, education, publishing, recruitment and health-system vendors a concentrated place to compare current buyer problems, product requirements and operating priorities.

A strong plan begins with named accounts and booked conversations, then preserves the buying role, blocker and next step for follow-up.

AGENDA & SESSIONS

What's on the floor

8:00 AM
Clinical Congress programme begins
Convention Center
Conference
6:00 PM
Convocation Ceremony
Convention Center
Ceremony
8:00 AM
Opening Ceremony
Convention Center
General
9:00 AM
Exhibit Hall opens
Hall D
Exhibits
9:00 AM
Exhibit Hall opens
Hall D
Exhibits
9:00 AM
Scientific and clinical education
Convention Center
Education
9:00 AM
Final Exhibit Hall day
Hall D
Exhibits
2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall closes
Hall D
Exhibits
Panel SessionsScientific ForumVideo-Based EducationDidactic and Skills Courses
WHO ATTENDS

The audience your booth is buying access to

INDUSTRIES ON THE FLOOR
Surgical PracticeEducationResearchPatient CareMedical Devices And Clinical Technology

Is your buyer here?

Best suited to medical-device, instrument, surgical technology, education, publishing, recruitment and health-system vendors. It is a weaker fit for products unrelated to patient care, patient safety or the practice of surgery. Use current organizer data to test named-account overlap before committing travel and booth budget.

COST & ROI

Do the booth math before you commit the budget

ACS publishes 2026 exhibit rates of $45.50 per square foot for corner booths, $44.50 for inline booths up to 399 square feet, $42.50 for islands of 400 square feet or more, and $24 for qualifying nonprofit inline space.

Booth ROI inputs

68
Qualified conversations
35
Meetings booked
Modeled pipeline · 23.9x return
$2.6M
Your Leads-to-Meeting (LTM) rate is 52% versus an 8% industry average for badge-scanner-only teams. LTM metric moves your Pipeline. B2Brain moves your LTM.
LOGISTICS

Everything you need before you fly in

Venue

Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

Published hours

Sat, Sep 26: Conference opens; Sun, Sep 27: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM; Mon, Sep 28: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM; Tue, Sep 29: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Housing

onPeak is the official 2026 housing provider for Clinical Congress.

Final checks

Reopen the official registration, schedule and exhibitor pages before travel because operational details can change.

PASSES & PRICING
ACS Fellow
Early bird through Aug 10
$680
Resident or trainee
Early bird
$0
Nonmember physician
Early bird
$1,355
WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Reviews that you need to know about this show

Video — previous editions
Why Attend ACS Clinical Congress 2026? Welcome to Washington, D.C.
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Clinical Congress 2026: Expert Panels and Multidisciplinary Education for Every Surgeon
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Welcome to ACS Fellowship at Clinical Congress 2026
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B2BRAIN VS THE BADGE SCANNER

What the event's own tool leaves on the table

American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 does not name a current lead-retrieval product on the reviewed public 2026 pages. The organizer column therefore records confirmation questions rather than assumptions.

Capability
Official tool details to verify
B2Brain
Conversation context
Confirm current capture fields in the exhibitor order form.
Captures process, blocker, buying role and next step with the contact.
Floor workflow
Confirm offline and device support with the organizer.
B2Brain reports capture in under 30 seconds per conversation.
Meeting commitment
Confirm whether meeting booking is included for exhibitors.
Books the next meeting during the floor conversation.
CRM attribution
Confirm export and CRM options in current 2026 documentation.
B2Brain reports deal and opportunity creation, not contact sync alone.
HOW TO WIN AT AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS CLINICAL CONGRESS 2026

Turn American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 from "event spend" to Pipeline Channel

Motion 01 — Pre-event · target list

Prioritize surgical practice accounts before Washington, DC

Separate customers, open opportunities, partners and ICP accounts. Brief each rep on the buyer role, likely problem and meeting reason. B2Brain reports 2.4 times more booth meetings than cold floor-walking when reps work a pre-event briefing.

Take a demo, learn how, and go back with the list for free.
Motion 02 — On the floor · capture + book

Capture education context while it is specific

Record the account, buying role, current process, blocker and agreed next step. B2Brain reports capture in under 30 seconds per conversation and 52 percent Leads-to-Meeting on the floor against an 8 percent industry average for post-event follow-up.

Motion 03 — Post-event · LTM + attribution

Route every qualified Washington, DC conversation before travel

Give each qualified record an owner, due date and CRM opportunity path. B2Brain reports event-to-CRM deal and opportunity creation plus a morning-after offline-to-pipeline report to the CMO by 9am.

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THE FULL BRIEFING

Everything you need before you go

KEY TAKEAWAYS

What to know before American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026

  • The event runs from 2026-09-26 through 2026-09-29 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
  • The programme is built for surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers.
  • The strongest exhibitor fit is medical-device, instrument, surgical technology, education, publishing, recruitment and health-system vendors.
  • Use the current American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 organizer pages for registration, show hours and roster changes.
  • Treat qualified surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology conversations and booked meetings as stronger outcomes than scan volume.
  • Compare the Washington, DC organizer capture route only from current-edition documentation.

What is American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026, and why does it matter?

ACS Clinical Congress 2026 is a 4-day expo in Washington, DC for surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers. Its value comes from the concentration of surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology in one programme, with current organizer pages separating 2026 facts from prior-edition context.

American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 runs September 26 through 29 in Washington, DC. The current programme lists more than 300 sessions and more than 500 faculty and speakers. In-person participants can earn up to 185 continuing medical education credits.

The official Washington, DC surgical practice expo name, organizer, format and current edition are explicit. The 2026 prospectus labels its demographic figures as 2025 data; those counts are separated from current 2026 projections. No co-located surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology property is treated as confirmed unless the 2026 organizer names it, and every changing operational detail stays linked to a current page.

B2Brain supports compare the show with other current event dates for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

Who should attend or exhibit at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

ACS Clinical Congress 2026 fits teams that sell into surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology. The clearest exhibitor case belongs to medical-device, instrument, surgical technology, education, publishing, recruitment and health-system vendors; products unrelated to patient care, patient safety or the practice of surgery have a weaker reason to buy floor space unless named customers or open opportunities justify the trip.

Registration is open to physicians and other healthcare professionals. The exhibit programme expects an audience that is nearly 80 percent general surgeons. New exhibitor applications are limited to products related to patient care, patient safety or surgical practice.

The Washington, DC decision separates attending from exhibiting. A new-logo motion for surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology needs reachable buyers and a reason to meet; customer expansion can justify a smaller presence when existing accounts are in the room. The weak-fit test protects budget from broad traffic outside surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers.

For this show, B2Brain helps turn audience fit into a target-account shortlist for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

When is American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026, and what are the show hours?

From 2026-09-26 through 2026-09-29, ACS Clinical Congress 2026 operates in Eastern Time. Plan carefully around the published expo windows at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, then protect meeting time around education and evening programmes because Washington, DC traffic changes sharply when the floor opens or closes.

The scientific meeting spans four days from Saturday through Tuesday. Hall D is open from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM on Sunday and Monday. The final Exhibit Hall day runs from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Tuesday.

Use 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-29 for surgical practice travel planning, the Washington, DC expo hours for booth staffing and the full programme for meeting buffers. At Walter E. Washington Convention Center, registration windows and special functions can follow different clocks. Reopen the live surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology schedule before each day because a saved calendar can miss a room or time change.

B2Brain recommends protect meeting windows across the published schedule for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

Where is American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026, and how is the venue organised?

The official Washington, DC venue for ACS Clinical Congress 2026 is Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001. Treat that layout as part of the surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology sales plan: hall location, registration, meeting points and walking time affect how many account conversations a rep can reach.

Walter E. Washington Convention Center is the official 2026 venue. The published address is 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001. The Exhibit Hall is located in Hall D.

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center plan covers official halls, badge pickup, entrances, food, accessibility and security rules. Save its floor plan on every surgical practice rep's phone and choose one Washington, DC meeting point. That protects a fifteen-minute surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology account slot from avoidable walking and navigation delays.

The B2Brain workflow connects brief reps on venue-specific account routes for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

How do attendees register for American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026, and which pass should they choose?

Register for ACS Clinical Congress 2026 through the organizer's 2026 registration path and select the pass carefully by access, not label alone. At this Washington, DC expo, surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology education, expo entry, buyer classification and separately ticketed activities change the useful time available to each attendee.

The early in-person rate for an ACS Fellow or Associate Fellow is $680 through August 10. Residents, surgical trainees and medical students have a $0 early rate and a $65 standard rate. The early nonmember physician or hospital-administrator rate is $1,355.

The ACS Clinical Congress 2026 pass choice includes published prices, deadlines, discounts and access boundaries. Categories for surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers can carry different rules. Record every paid surgical practice workshop or special event separately so the Washington, DC ticket budget and working agenda agree.

B2Brain preserves connect pass access with the team's meeting plan for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

Which exhibitors, sectors, and products are represented at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

The ACS Clinical Congress 2026 market spans surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology. Use its current directory to distinguish confirmed 2026 exhibitors from prior-edition participants, then group companies by their buyer, partner and competitor relevance to surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers before outreach begins.

ACS expects 155 exhibiting organizations for the 2026 congress. A September 2026 update lists more than 135 organizations already set for Hall D. Published categories include surgical instruments, robotics, pharmaceuticals, recruitment, patient monitoring and wound management.

The Exhibit Hall includes medical devices, surgical instruments, robotics, pharmaceuticals, education, recruitment and health-system services. Current surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology names come from the live directory; older recaps are labelled by year. Pavilions, sponsors and product zones may reveal surgical practice account clusters in Washington, DC, but they do not prove that every prior brand has returned for 2026.

B2Brain supports separate buyer, partner and competitor accounts for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

Which sessions, speakers, and floor formats matter at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

The most useful ACS Clinical Congress 2026 programme choices connect current sessions and floor features to an active account question. For surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology, protect time for tracks that match buyer problems while leaving open space for booked meetings and relevant demonstrations in Washington, DC.

The education programme includes panel sessions, a Scientific Forum and video-based surgical education. The 2026 programme also offers 15 didactic and surgical skills courses. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 8:00 AM.

Map the ACS Clinical Congress 2026 keynotes, sessions, demonstrations and networking formats to target-account questions about surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology. Speaker research can reveal priorities before outreach. Leave gaps around high-traffic surgical practice sessions in Washington, DC so a rep is available when relevant attendees return to the floor.

For this show, B2Brain helps brief each rep on the sessions tied to named accounts for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

Who attends American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026, and does the audience match the ICP?

The audience at ACS Clinical Congress 2026 matches an exhibitor's ICP only when published roles, sectors and company context overlap with named target accounts. Its Washington, DC scale helps size the floor, but cannot replace account-level fit among surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers and an owned meeting plan.

The exhibitor prospectus projects 12,000 attendees, including 7,000 to 8,000 physicians. The same prospectus projects 18 exhibitor and attendee contact hours from September 27 through 29. The prior 2025 demographic split was 72 percent United States, 1 percent Canada and 27 percent international.

Assess surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers by job role, seniority, sector, company size and region against the ICP. Use ACS Clinical Congress 2026 percentages only with their stated year and basis. For surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology, purchase influence matters more than total attendance, while exhibitor scale can raise partner density without increasing buyer access.

B2Brain recommends score ICP fit before floor time is committed for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

How can exhibitors identify target accounts for American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

Exhibitors can identify target accounts for ACS Clinical Congress 2026 without purchasing an attendee list. Begin with CRM customers and open opportunities, add companies and speakers tied to surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology from current official directories, then rank each account by ICP fit and a specific reason to meet in Washington, DC.

ACS provides a live exhibit list and floor plan for current company research. The programme publishes faculty, moderators and session topics for speaker research. The official housing and exhibitor pages warn teams into authorized booking and application paths rather than list sellers.

Reject attendee-list sales not authorized by ACS Clinical Congress 2026. Combine CRM history, active opportunities, surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology directory filters and speaker research, then assign account tiers and ownership. Outreach should name a credible surgical practice topic and propose a meeting window tied to the published Washington, DC programme.

The B2Brain workflow connects build owned target-account lists from authorized inputs for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

What can the official American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 app or show planner do?

The official planning layer for ACS Clinical Congress 2026 is Clinical Congress Meeting Platform and Program Planner. Use that layer only for documented surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology programme, exhibitor or navigation functions, while keeping private qualification and CRM ownership in the exhibitor's own workflow before the team reaches Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

ACS directs attendees to a current Meeting Platform for the latest programme. The downloadable Program Planner reflects the programme as of May 5, 2026. Registered participants also receive access to virtual content and on-demand recordings under their pass rules.

Confirm Clinical Congress Meeting Platform and Program Planner login, device access, schedule syncing, floor navigation, messaging and meeting functions for the current edition. Do not assume the ACS Clinical Congress 2026 planner stores private conversation notes or routes records to CRM. Keep an offline Walter E. Washington Convention Center plan for weak connectivity.

B2Brain preserves keep organizer planning data separate from private qualification for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

What does it cost to exhibit at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

The cost to exhibit at ACS Clinical Congress 2026 extends beyond floor space. Include its published booth basis, mandatory Walter E. Washington Convention Center services, travel to Washington, DC, staffing, connectivity, material handling and follow-up capacity before comparing expected pipeline with the full investment. That creates a defensible budget for surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology, not a deceptively cheap booth line.

A 2026 corner booth costs $45.50 per square foot. Inline booths up to 399 square feet cost $44.50 per square foot, while islands of at least 400 square feet cost $42.50. Four staff badges per 10 by 10 booth are included, and extra badges cost $50.

The ACS Clinical Congress 2026 budget includes the exhibit application, booth size, package inclusions and official contractors. Add Walter E. Washington Convention Center power, internet, furniture, freight, labor, insurance and floor-covering rules. Move-in deadlines can change the surgical practice cost in Washington, DC faster than the base rate, so keep the service calendar beside the booth quote.

B2Brain supports model event cost against meetings and pipeline for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

What official lead-retrieval tool is offered at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

The reviewed current public 2026 organizer pages for ACS Clinical Congress 2026 do not name a current lead-retrieval product. The comparison therefore stays neutral and lists the surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology details an exhibitor needs from the current order form before choosing a capture workflow in Washington, DC.

The reviewed 2026 exhibitor pages do not identify a named lead-retrieval product. The prospectus publishes booth contacts and floor access rules but no lead-scanning price table. Current public materials do not specify capture fields, supported devices, exports or CRM integrations.

Ask the surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology organizer for the current product name, provider, ordering path, deadlines, prices, licences, devices, badge method, training, onsite service and privacy terms. Until those items appear in 2026 material, the Washington, DC surgical practice copy cannot borrow a vendor from an older edition.

For this show, B2Brain helps compare documented capture jobs without guessing for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

Is B2Brain an alternative to the official lead-capture tool for American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026?

B2Brain can operate as an alternative or companion to the official capture route at ACS Clinical Congress 2026 when account briefing, conversation context, meeting booking and event-to-CRM attribution are required. For surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology, the comparison stays job by job and never invents capabilities for an unnamed or partially documented organizer tool.

B2Brain runs pre-event targeting, on-floor capture and booking, and post-event meeting conversion and attribution. B2Brain reports booth capture in under 30 seconds per conversation. B2Brain reports 52 percent Leads-to-Meeting on the floor against an 8 percent industry average for post-event follow-up.

B2Brain applies pre-event targeting, on-floor capture and booking, then post-event attribution to surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology. For ACS Clinical Congress 2026, LTM, or Leads-to-Meeting, means meetings booked divided by qualified booth leads. B2Brain reports capture in under 30 seconds per conversation and 52 percent LTM on the floor against an 8 percent post-event industry average.

B2Brain recommends capture buying role, blocker and next step with the contact for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

How should American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 leads be routed and followed up?

Route ACS Clinical Congress 2026 conversations while the surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology context is still precise. Each qualified surgical practice booth record in Washington, DC needs an owner, priority, agreed next step and meeting status, with the buyer's problem preserved so sales does not receive an anonymous contact export.

B2Brain delivers the morning-after offline-to-pipeline report to the CMO by 9am. B2Brain reports 100 percent event-to-CRM attribution through deal and opportunity creation, not contact sync alone. B2Brain reports conversation-to-conversion probability at about 85 percent within two hours and about 9 percent after one week.

A Washington, DC conversation's priority determines its follow-up clock. Confirm booked meetings first, route urgent surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology records to the named owner and use the captured context in the message. B2Brain delivers a morning-after offline-to-pipeline report by 9am and reports deal and opportunity creation rather than contact sync alone.

The B2Brain workflow connects route qualified conversations into CRM ownership for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

How should exhibitors measure American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 pipeline, ROI, and the decision to return?

Measure ACS Clinical Congress 2026 through full event cost, qualified conversations, meetings booked, opportunities created and attributable revenue pipeline. Badge scans around surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology remain only an activity count; a sound return decision depends on measurable commercial movement within an agreed post-event window.

B2Brain uses 31 scans per day as its productive-rep benchmark. LTM means meetings booked divided by qualified booth leads. B2Brain reports 2.4 times more booth meetings than cold floor-walking when reps work a pre-event briefing.

Calculate the full ACS Clinical Congress 2026 cost before setting its pipeline target. Track cost per qualified surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology conversation and per opportunity alongside accepted meetings and attributed pipeline. B2Brain uses 31 scans per day as a productive-rep benchmark, but the return formula still depends on qualification, conversion, contract value and the measurement window.

B2Brain preserves measure meetings, opportunities and revenue pipeline for ACS Clinical Congress 2026.

FAQ

Questions buyers actually ask

Answers are self-contained and structured for Google and AI-answer engines.

American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 runs from 2026-09-26 through 2026-09-29 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
The organizer targets surgeons, residents, medical students, allied health professionals, hospital leaders and surgical suppliers. Exhibitors should compare that audience with named CRM accounts and active opportunities.
The 2026 programme covers surgical practice, education, research, patient care, medical devices and clinical technology across the agenda and exhibition floor.
Use the official 2026 registration page. Pass inclusions, eligibility and current prices are set by the organizer.
Use the organizer's current directory or floor plan. Rosters can change, so this page does not copy a static list of unverified participants.
Yes. B2Brain supports ICP filtering across CRM accounts, open opportunities and authorized event research, then helps assign ownership and meeting outreach before American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026.
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