25Rooms mapped, now to December 2027
14Associations you can rent access to
862Multi-site groups worth calling
57Days until the NAATP window shuts
01 How it was built

Verified against the source, not aggregated.

Every date and venue was checked against the organiser's own site. 16 entries are confirmed that way. Seven rest on third-party listings and are marked probable — worth confirming directly before booking travel. Two are recurring events whose next dates are not yet announced. Association and facility data come from the organisations themselves and from federal records.

02 Time-sensitive

Four dated items.

57
Days until the NAATP speaking window closes
The fixPresentation abstracts for the 2027 National Addiction Leadership Conference are accepted 1 August – 30 September 2026.
49
Days until Behavioral Health Tech, Nashville
The fix22–24 September 2026. Health plan executives, benefits leaders, health systems, providers and investors.
42
Days until Psych Congress, New Orleans
The fix15–19 September 2026. Too near to arrange a booth, but the full named exhibitor and sponsor floor plan is already public.
0
Days left on the IMSH 2027 speaking slot
The fixAbstracts closed June 2026. Registration opens autumn 2026 for the January meeting.
03 Layer one · the rooms

Twenty-five rooms, ranked by what to do.

Scores weight how close the audience sits to a purchasing decision, whether names can actually be extracted, timing, and how well the source is verified. A big conference full of the wrong people scores below a small one full of the right ones.

Attend4

Buyer density and timing both work. These justify travel and a booth.

84

HIMSS27 Global Health Conference and Exhibition

5–8 Apr 2027 · McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL

Health-system IT and procurement — the people who actually sign platform contracts. Large public exhibitor directory.

OperatorConfirmed
82

HLTH USA 2026

15–18 Nov 2026 · The Venetian Expo, Las Vegas, NV

950+ exhibitor floor, payer and health-system executives, startup pitch tournament. The broadest commercial room in US healthcare.

PayerConfirmed
76

Behavioral Health Tech 2026

22–24 Sept 2026 · Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, TN

Health plan executives, benefits leaders, health systems, providers and investors. The highest concentration of commercial decision-makers on the list.

PayerConfirmed
72

ViVE 2027

14–17 Mar 2027 · Music City Center, Nashville, TN

Digital health decision-makers, ROI-focused. Sister event to HLTH — attending both gives two shots at one buyer pool in a single cycle.

PayerConfirmed
Take the stage1

A submission window is open. Free podium time in front of the buyer.

Harvest2

Names are already public. These produce a list without a booth.

78

ATA Nexus 2027

14–16 Jun 2027 · Orlando, FL

Telehealth delivery and reimbursement policy. Directly relevant once PDAC clears and the insurance-coverage story goes public. Public exhibitor page.

PayerConfirmed
72

Psych Congress 2026 (39th)

15–19 Sept 2026 · Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA

The leading practical psychopharmacology conference, 39th year. Too close to book a booth — but the full named exhibitor and sponsor floor plan is public today.

The full exhibitor and sponsor floor plan is public at uspc2026.mapyourshow.com.
ClinicianConfirmed
Buy presence11

Worth a footprint or a sponsorship, not a full build-out.

68

IMSH 2027

23–27 Jan 2027 · Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA

Simulation-in-healthcare — a heavily VR-oriented buyer base in clinical training.

Abstract deadline closed June 2026. Registration opens autumn 2026.
OperatorConfirmed
66

AACAP 73rd Annual Meeting

26–31 Oct 2026 · Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA

Child and adolescent psychiatry. Relevant to VR adoption in youth anxiety and phobia treatment.

ClinicianConfirmed
62

ADAA 2027 Annual Conference

1–3 Apr 2027 · Marriott Atlanta Marquis, Atlanta, GA

The 2027 theme is innovation and dissemination — bringing effective treatment to more people across settings and stages of care. That is an open invitation for this story.

ClinicianConfirmed
61

ISTSS 42nd Annual Meeting

23–26 Sept 2026 · San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX

PTSD and traumatic stress researchers and clinicians — the core clinical audience for VR exposure therapy. Official exhibitor prospectus published.

ClinicianConfirmed
61

ABCT 60th Annual Convention

12–15 Nov 2026 · Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor and Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD

The professional home of exposure-therapy clinicians. Arguably the most on-thesis clinical audience on the list.

ClinicianConfirmed
58

ECNP Congress 2026 (39th)

10–13 Oct 2026 · ICM International Congress Center Messe Munchen, Munich, Germany

Europe's largest applied and translational neuroscience meeting — 7,600+ attendees from almost 100 countries.

ClinicianConfirmed
58

ACA 2027 National Conference

13–19 Feb 2027 · Louisville, KY

Large counsellor and therapist audience — the practitioner end of the funnel rather than the budget holder.

ClinicianProbable
57

National Psychopharmacology Update (32nd)

10–13 Feb 2027 · Paris Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Over 2,000 mental health clinicians plus exhibitors. High clinician density for a mid-size event.

ClinicianProbable
55

Behavioral Health Tech 2027

1–3 Dec 2027 · Venue to be announced

Follow-on year of the highest commercial-intent room on this list. Venue not yet announced — placeholder for the 2027 budget cycle.

PayerProbable
Watch7

Dates unannounced, access unverified, or the wrong room for lead volume.

59

NatCon27

Dates to be announced · Venue to be announced

The largest behavioral health conference in the United States and the highest-value room here. NatCon26 ran in Denver in April and has passed.

Dates not yet announced. Exhibitor and sponsorship prospectuses publish months ahead.
OperatorRecurring
54

mhca Winter Conference 2027

23–25 Feb 2027 · Clearwater Beach, FL

A members-only network of behavioral healthcare CEOs. Small, dense room of budget holders — but access is likely gated.

OperatorProbable
53

ASAM 58th Annual Conference

4–7 Nov 2027 · Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN

Physician-level addiction medicine, complementing NAATP's operator audience. Long lead time.

ClinicianProbable
49

Frontiers Health 2026

20–21 Oct 2026 · bcc Berlin Congress Center, Berlin, Germany

Berlin. Digital health and pharma leaders, startups and investors. A partnership and investment room rather than a purchasing one.

EcosystemConfirmed
48

AWE USA 2027

14–17 Jun 2027 · Long Beach, CA

The largest AR/VR industry expo. Partnerships, hardware relationships and press — not clinical buyers.

EcosystemConfirmed
35

CYPSY30 — CyberPsychology CyberTherapy and Social Networking

Dates to be announced · International

The VR-therapy-specific academic conference, run by an association whose stated purpose is promoting VR as a therapy adjunct. The most ideologically aligned room on the list.

Scores low because this model measures lead volume, and an academic conference with no announced date generates few leads. Its value is clinical credibility rather than pipeline.
AcademicRecurring
04 Layer two · the channels

An association is a channel you can rent.

Thirteen of these 14 publish paid access to their membership — a media guide, a sponsorship prospectus, or a partnership programme. Several also run member directories and newsletters.

Most are clinician bodies. Four represent budget holders instead: NASMHPD, whose annual meeting is for state mental health commissioners and their executive teams; NAATP and the National Council, both provider-organisation bodies; and SSH, whose members run simulation centres with equipment budgets.

Budget holders4

Provider organisations and state agencies — these people sign.

72

NAATP — National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers

Addiction treatment providers · Affiliate program membership

Two public directories: member treatment centres and affiliates (industry vendors). Publishes a National Rate Benchmark Report drawn from 8,000+ providers. Conference abstracts open 1 Aug – 30 Sept 2026.

OperatorConfirmed
60

National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Behavioral health provider organisations · Partner program tiers below booth cost

Publishes a current partner list — a ready-made competitive map of who is already paying for access. Full sponsorship and exhibitor prospectus PDFs published each NatCon cycle.

OperatorConfirmed
60

NASMHPD — National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

State mental health commissioners · Sponsor tier at a small meeting

The single most concentrated room of public budget holders in US behavioral health — the meeting is explicitly for state mental health commissioners and their executive teams. 2026 meeting ran 26–27 July at the Hilton Washington DC National Mall and has just passed; the cadence is late July in DC.

OperatorConfirmed
60

SSH — Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Simulation centre directors and medical educators · SIMOPS exhibit

Two events not one — IMSH in January and SIMOPS separately. Simulation centre directors are an operator audience with equipment budgets and an existing appetite for immersive technology.

OperatorConfirmed
Payers1

Reimbursement and virtual care policy.

59

ATA — American Telemedicine Association

Telehealth and virtual care · Nexus exhibit

Heavily policy- and reimbursement-oriented — publishes detailed comment letters on Medicare physician fee schedule rules. That makes it the most useful association on this list for the PDAC/insurance-coverage story specifically.

PayerConfirmed
Clinician bodies8

The people who would use it, and who influence the purchase.

70

ADAA — Anxiety and Depression Association of America

Anxiety and depression clinicians and researchers · Exhibit and advertising application

The most developed advertising operation of any association on this list — a standing advertise-with-us page, a published media kit, and a separate conference sponsorship prospectus. Also runs a public Find Your Therapist directory.

ClinicianConfirmed
52

APA — American Psychiatric Association

Psychiatrists · Mental Health Innovation Zone sponsorship

Runs a dedicated Mental Health Innovation Zone with its own sponsorship track — a purpose-built showcase for exactly this kind of product, separate from the main exhibit hall. Second event (IPS) has its own prospectus.

ClinicianConfirmed
52

NAADAC — Association for Addiction Professionals

Addiction counsellors · Programme advertising

Publishes an actual media guide with rates rather than a gated request form — the fastest association here to price a campaign against. Conference exhibit/sponsor/advertise page live for AC26.

ClinicianConfirmed
52

ISTSS — International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Trauma and PTSD researchers and clinicians · Institutional membership

2026 prospectus already published. Runs StressPoints as a member newsletter — an editorial as well as advertising surface. Institutional membership is a separate access route.

ClinicianConfirmed
52

AACAP — American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Child and adolescent psychiatrists · Literature Table

Offers a Literature Table as a distinct low-cost alternative to a full booth — the cheapest way onto the floor of a major psychiatry meeting on this list. Call for Papers portal runs on confex.

ClinicianConfirmed
52

ABCT — Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

CBT and exposure therapy clinicians · Convention exhibit

Publishes a full named staff contacts page — unusually open for this list, and the clearest route to a named human. Most on-thesis clinical membership for VR exposure therapy.

ClinicianConfirmed
52

ASAM — American Society of Addiction Medicine

Addiction medicine physicians · Organisational membership

Runs an organisational membership tier with its own benefits page — a standing relationship rather than a one-off booth. Exhibit prospectus published as PDF.

ClinicianConfirmed
48

APA — American Psychological Association

Psychologists · Journal and site advertising

Runs one central advertising desk across its publications and site rather than per-event prospectuses. Large but diffuse audience; lower buyer concentration than the operator associations.

ClinicianProbable
Ecosystem1

Credibility and partnership rather than pipeline.

14

Mental Health America

Consumer advocacy and affiliates

Advocacy and public-education body with a large affiliate network. No commercial advertising or exhibitor programme surfaced in mapping — treat as a credibility and partnership contact rather than a lead channel.

EcosystemProbable
05 Layer three · the accounts

862 groups worth a phone call.

From SAMHSA's 2025 National Directories — the federal listing of every state-approved mental health and substance use treatment facility in the country. 27,563 facilities, rolled up to 11,305 parent organisations.

Each record carries coded service data. Three codes matter here: telehealth already in use, CBT, and EMDR — the modalities VR exposure therapy fits alongside. 9,102 organisations already deliver telehealth.

Ranking favours multi-site groups, where one relationship covers many locations. 5,538 organisations run more than one site; 862 are commercial groups with six or more.

27,563
Facilities in the federal directories
The fixEvery state-approved mental health and substance use treatment facility in the US.
11,305
Parent organisations after rollup
The fixGrouped by operator, because you sell to the group and not to the building.
9,102
Already delivering telehealth
The fixThe clearest technology-adoption signal available in the dataset.
862
Multi-site commercial groups
The fixSix or more sites, with no unresolved name ambiguity.
Top of the list12

Highest-scoring commercial groups. VA facilities and unverified rollups excluded.

95

Brightli

81 sites · 4 states · IL,KS,MO,OK

68 telehealth · 77 CBT · 12 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Newport Academy

68 sites · 10 states · CA,CT,GA,MD,MN,NC,UT,VA

68 telehealth · 68 CBT · 39 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

SaVida Health

46 sites · 6 states · MA,ME,NH,TN,VA,VT

46 telehealth · 44 CBT · 19 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Centerstone

35 sites · 3 states · FL,MO,TN

32 telehealth · 35 CBT · 5 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Frontier Health

35 sites · 2 states · TN,VA

34 telehealth · 33 CBT · 18 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Pathways

34 sites · 3 states · KY,MD,VA

34 telehealth · 34 CBT · 3 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Guidance Center

24 sites · 5 states · AZ,CA,KS,MI,PA

22 telehealth · 24 CBT · 2 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

High Country Behavioral Health

24 sites · 2 states · ID,WY

24 telehealth · 24 CBT · 12 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Newport Institute

24 sites · 5 states · CA,CT,MN,VA,WA

24 telehealth · 24 CBT · 15 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Communicare

23 sites · 2 states · KY,MS

21 telehealth · 23 CBT · 8 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

18 sites · 5 states · CA,MN,OR,WA,WI

16 telehealth · 18 CBT · 1 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
95

Mayo Clinic Health System

18 sites · 2 states · MN,WI

18 telehealth · 18 CBT · 3 EMDR

OperatorFederal data
06 Notes

Two date collisions, and the European events.

Behavioral Health Tech (22–24 September) overlaps ISTSS (23–26 September). BHT is the commercial audience — payers and health plans. ISTSS is the clinical and research audience.

ATA Nexus and AWE USA both run 14–16/17 June 2027. ATA Nexus covers telehealth delivery and reimbursement policy. AWE is the XR industry itself — partnerships and press rather than clinical buyers.

Four European events are included: ECNP in Munich this October, which draws more than 7,600 attendees from almost 100 countries; Frontiers Health in Berlin; EPA in Florence next April; and CYPSY, which rotates.

07 Limits

What this does not claim.

Every entry links to its source.

Dates, prospectuses, directories and facility records all trace back to the organisation that published them. Happy to go deeper on any row, or to refresh the whole thing as new dates are announced.