Summit Overview

COLLABORATIVE AIRWAY MANAGEMENT SUMMIT (CAMS)

The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans

October 16–18, 2026

KNOWLEDGE • IMPLEMENTATION • TRANSFORMATION

SUMMIT VISION

The Collaborative Airway Management Summit (CAMS) is being designed as a highly curated interdisciplinary educational and implementation-focused summit centered around obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), airway-focused healthcare, diagnostics, collaborative treatment pathways, and long-term patient management.Unlike traditional conferences or vendor-driven meetings, CAMS is intentionally structured to create a boutique collaborative environment emphasizing:

  • meaningful interdisciplinary relationships
  • practical implementation strategies
  • immersive educational experiences
  • real-world patient pathways
  • physician and dental collaboration
  • long-term continuity of care and transformation of clinical practice through collaborative airway management principles.The overall summit atmosphere is intended to feel elevated, relationship-driven, immersive, and implementation-focused rather than lecture-heavy or trade-show oriented.

 

JACK & JILL — LONGITUDINAL PATIENT JOURNEYS

The summit will utilize two evolving hypothetical patient archetypes — “Jack” and “Jill” — as longitudinal interdisciplinary case narratives woven throughout the educational experience.These patient journeys will allow attendees to follow:

  • screening recognition
  • diagnostic pathways
  • testing interpretation
  • treatment selection
  • implementation barriers
  • patient communication and long-term follow-up considerations across multiple educational sessions and immersive experiences.Jack & Jill will continue progressing throughout the summit and accompanying CAMS Collaborative Field Guide, allowing attendees to follow realistic interdisciplinary patient journeys from recognition through long-term care and implementation.

IMMERSIVE SESSION STRUCTURE

CAMS immersive sessions are intentionally designed to avoid the atmosphere of a traditional vendor exhibit hall.Instead, immersive experiences will function as:

  • guided collaborative round table environments
  • structured interdisciplinary learning stations
  • implementation-focused discussion groups and hands-on educational experiences.

 

Attendees will remain within assigned collaborative groups:

  • Group A
  • Group B
  • Group C
  • Group D

 

Each group will rotate together through designated stations in a controlled and intentional format.

Estimated immersion timing:

  • 15-20 minute station interactions
  • 2-minute transitions between stations
  • approximately 75–90 minutes total immersion time depending on session structure.

 

THE CAMS FIELD GUIDE

Attendees will receive a curated CAMS Collaborative Field Guide designed to flow alongside the summit experience.

The field guide is intended to function as:

  • a summit companion
  • implementation workbook
  • collaborative airway reference guide and practical note-taking resource.

 

The guide may include:

  • summit itinerary
  • faculty information
  • Jack & Jill patient narratives
  • session summaries
  • note-taking sections
  • immersive station pages
  • implementation prompts
  • workflow considerations
  • collaborative referral concepts and long-term implementation resources.