CleanMed 2027 Call for Proposals

Share your insights and spark change across the healthcare sector

Call for proposals open until September 10.

Submission timeline and key dates

• Accepting proposals: August 10-September 10
• Submission deadline: September 10
• Review period: September 21-October 19
• Acceptance notifications sent: October 20 
• Last day to confirm acceptance: November 6
• Presenter registration and hotel booking deadline: December 1
  

Who should submit?

CleanMed 2027 welcomes proposals from diverse perspectives and voices. We prioritize sessions led by speakers working directly in healthcare facility settings, with preference given to current Practice Greenhealth partners. 

Proposals should share real-world solutions and lived experiences, elevate diverse voices and communities, and foster collaboration between hospitals and healthcare systems, product manufacturers and suppliers, and advocacy and community leaders – with direct takeaways that attendees can adapt and implement within their own organizations.

What we’re seeking:

• Real solutions that work: Share your successes, failures, and lessons learned – with clear data on what actually moves the needle.
• Collaboration in action: Showcase partnerships between departments, providers, industry partners, and communities that drive real change together.
• Equity-centered approaches: Deliver engaging sessions that center community voices and advance environmental justice.
• Interactive experiences: Break the lecture mold with hands-on learning, group activities, engaging formats, and thought-provoking STAT! Talks.

To guide your submission, please review our conference themes and content pathways below.

All presenters must register for the conference and attend in person.

Themes and content pathways

Your proposal must align with one or more of the following themes for CleanMed 2027. 

Themes are intended to communicate the broader ideas and priorities we want to see reflected across the conference: leadership, collaboration, and progress. 

Content pathways organize the program by subject matter to ensure the best fit for your presentation and allow attendees to build a tailored agenda that is relevant to their work. 

Note: Content pathways serve as the primary structure for proposal submission and review. Select the pathway that best fits your proposal. Our review team will confirm or adjust as needed. 

CleanMed 2027 themes

Theme 1: Executive leadership and governance for enterprise sustainability

Progress starts with people willing to lead. How can people at every level build the leadership, support, and structures needed to make sustainability part of how healthcare organizations set priorities and make decisions?

Theme 2: The power of networks and partnerships to accelerate change

Progress grows through connection and collaboration. How can healthcare organizations, professionals, suppliers, and other partners work together to move further and faster than they can alone?

Theme 3: Using data to cut through complexity and drive measurable results

Progress is amplified when we learn, adapt, and improve. How can we use data, evidence, and shared learning to make better decisions, demonstrate progress, and continuously improve?

CleanMed 2027 content pathways

Mitigation & cost savings

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while improving efficiency, reducing costs, strengthening organizational performance, and advancing climate goals

Resilience & continuity

Preparing healthcare organizations and communities for climate-related disruption while strengthening continuity of operations and long-term resilience

Procurement & supply chain

Using purchasing, supplier engagement, and circular supply chain strategies to reduce emissions, improve value, and accelerate market transformation

Clinical sustainability & health professional leadership

Advancing sustainable healthcare through evidence-based clinical practice change, quality improvement, patient care, and the leadership of health professionals

Sustainability fundamentals & governance

Building the structures, leadership, strategy, and capabilities needed to establish, advance, and scale a successful sustainability program

Presentation formats

The length and structure of your presentation will vary by format. Select the format most appropriate for your session content to ensure the best chance of approval. 

All conference sessions will take place in person at CleanMed 2027 May 18-20 in Detroit.

60-minute sessions

Designed for topics that benefit from deeper exploration, multiple perspectives, facilitated discussion, or participant interaction

20-minute case study clinics

Short, focused sessions designed to share a specific example, intervention, lesson, or practical approach

STAT! Talks*

High-energy, TED-talk style presentations that take place during plenary sessions and allow changemakers to share bold ideas, urgent insights, or personal stories in just 7 minutes

Posters

Visual presentations that allow attendees to explore projects, research, emerging practices, and results through informal discussion with presenters

*STAT! Talks presenters must be clinical health professionals and members of the Climate-Smart Collective.

Proposal guidelines & selection process

CleanMed prioritizes proposals that are relevant, practical, specific, and designed for the live conference experience. Strong proposals will: 

• Address a clear challenge or opportunity and provide tangible actions that attendees can apply within their organizations
• Be grounded in real-world experience, evidence, results, or meaningful lessons learned rather than focused on broad awareness-building content
• Make intentional use of the live format and create value through deeper learning, interaction, discussion, storytelling, or peer exchange

How it works

1. Potential presenters select the best, pathway, and format for their content, using the submission form to submit their proposal by September 10.
2. CleanMed reviewers complete individual reviews and score proposals using specific criteria for their session format, then meet to discuss and finalize their recommendations.
3. The Content & Design Team conducts a final cross-check of the recommended program to identify remaining gaps and further develop content where needed.
4. Final program recommendations are approved through the CleanMed content governance process.
5. Presenters will be notified via email from presentations@practicegreenhealth.org by October 20 if their proposal has been approved. If approved, they must register and book their hotel for CleanMed 2027 and attend in person.

Healthcare sustainability is a collaborative effort

Representing 18% of the U.S. economy and 10% of the global economy, the healthcare sector has the power to drive transformative change. Only by working together with our industry peers, community leaders, and environmentally responsible business partners can we lead the way toward a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future.

Share your climate leadership at CleanMed 2027.

Questions? Contact us at cleanmed@practicegreenhealth.org