Welcome & Event Overview
The HFES Health Care Symposium 2026 offers sponsors and exhibitors an unparalleled opportunity to connect with leading human factors, ergonomics, and health care professionals who are shaping the future of patient safety, health care technology, and clinical practice. This premier event draws a highly engaged audience of researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers from across the health care ecosystem—providing direct access to thought leaders, innovators, and potential partners. By showcasing your products, services, and solutions at the Symposium, you not only gain visibility among your target audience, but also position your organization as a trusted collaborator in advancing health care quality and outcomes.
Why Sponsor?
Becoming a sponsor of Health Care Symposium you increase:
- Brand visibility to a targeted audience
- Direct engagement with potential customers or partners
- Thought leadership through speaking or panel opportunities
- Community goodwill by supporting an impactful initiative
Attendee Snapshot
Job Titles
Job titles found among attendees at the Health Care Symposium reflect the diverse range of specializations within the field.
Common job titles include:
VP, Client Solutions and Strategy
Principal Human Factors Engineer
Principal, Regulatory Affairs & Human Factors
Senior Director, Human Factors Engineering & Industrial Design
System Director, Quality & Performance Improvement
Chief Quality Officer
Executive Director, Global Human Factors
Global Head, Office of Health Literacy
Attendees may also hold positions such as:
Director, Human Factors Practice
Director, Research & Human Factors
Director, Strategic Design
Director, Surgical Safety and Human Factors Research
Medical Director of Human Factors
Head of Human Factors Engineering
Senior Manager, R&D Clinical Engineering
Senior Principal, Research & Strategy
Innovation Design Director
Human Centered Design US Lead
Behavioral Health Clinical Safety Officer
Professor & Assistant Professor (in academia)
Professor, Assoc. Dean of Women's Health
Endowed Chair in Human Factors
Chair, Department of Health Systems and Implementation Science
Clinical Informatics Fellow
Patient Care Oriented Research Portfolio Lead
Human Factors Engineers
These professionals work in various settings, including:
Industry
Academia
Government Agencies
Consulting Firms
Military Research Centers
Past Attendee Data





Past Exhibitor List
Agilis
Battelle
Bold Insight
Crux Product Design
DAZL Innovations Inc.
Design Science
Emergo by UL
ergoCentric
Eurofins
Farm Design, Inc. A Flex Company
Fieldwork
Goddard
Human Factors Design Consulting Inc.
Inertia
Intuitive
Ipsos
J.S. Held
Mayo Clinic
Noble International
OpenBCI
Research Collective
Rimkus
Sabai
SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Service
Thay Medical
The Magnet Way
Thrivable
Thrive
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Veranex