2027 AAMC External Relations Conference

The AAMC External Relations Conference is the only conference designed exclusively for institutional advancement professionals working at medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals. Meet and learn from your academic medicine peers in alumni relations, communications, community relations, development, and marketing. The conference features a peer-to-peer educational model, with institutional advancement professionals serving as the primary conference speakers. They are complemented by consultants, deans and CEOs, faculty members, AAMC leaders, and other industry experts. Highlights include plenary speakers, practical concurrent sessions, networking events, awards presentations, a film festival, and an exhibit hall. Exciting and inspiring thought leaders anchor the conference and provide insights. You can meet more than 600 of your peers who are experienced in and passionate about advancing the work of academic medicine institutions and willing to share and discuss new ideas, best practices, tips, and lessons learned related to the very work you’re doing.