HIMSS24: Attendance Appears Equal to That of HIMSS23

As of Monday afternoon, March 11, attendance at HIMSS24 in Orlando, the annual conference sponsored by the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society, appeared even with attendance at HIMSS23, which took place in April 2023 in Chicago. A spokesperson for the HIMSS organization confirmed on Monday afternoon that the preliminary attendance total was approximately 35,000, the same figure as it was a year ago, when the HIMSS Conference was held April 17-20 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

The Chicago-based HIMSS organization will share final numbers this summer, but if this preliminary figure holds, it will mean that that level of attendance will have meant a steady level of participation two years in a row, and one 21.5 percent above the 2022 level, when HIMSS was held at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, as it is this year.