The event for leaders transforming healthcare
What is PLS?
The PLS conference – Première ligne en santé is the largest gathering in Quebec — and now in Canada — dedicated to innovation, primary care, and community-based services.
PLS, it is the meeting place for decision-makers, managers, clinicians, researchers, innovators, elected officials, and partners who are leading major transformations in the healthcare system.
Every year in Montreal, over 1,500 leaders from the political sphere, public administration, industry, community sector, clinical settings, research, and innovation come together to advance the organization of care.
Designed for those who influence, build, and transform the system, PLS offers a strategic, bilingual, and immersive experience. It’s a place to explore practical solutions, foster lasting connections, and bring to life the ideas that drive the healthcare network forward.
Are you a change-maker? PLS is your must-attend event.
What to expect
- A high-level program with keynote sessions, visionary panels, dynamic workshops and masterclasses
- Dedicated spaces to connect decision-makers, executives, professionals and innovators
- A platform for collective action on the major challenges of access, performance, prevention and digital transformation
- A playful and engaging approach to learning, through unique formats that bring energy and collaboration
Our DNA
PLS is more than a conference. We come for the expertise; we build alliances and leave with solutions.
Here, art meets science, play sparks discussion, and rigor meets creativity. The formats are designed to inspire reflection and participation, and the spirit of hospitality is key to nurturing meaningful exchanges and creating the conditions for decisive encounters — from ministers to CEOs, from managers to clinicians, from researchers to innovators and investors.
Our guiding principle is simple: build meaningful connections, share useful knowledge, and open the way to transformation. Every partnership is tailor-made, co-created and impact-driven — visibility spaces, reverse showcases, targeted dialogues, editorial content, and support from the coaching squad — all woven into a coherent storytelling experience that extends well beyond the two-day event.
PLS is where people understand, connect — and set the next steps in motion.
Heading into 2026
with new features that reinforce PLS’s mission
Each year, PLS evolves its format to better meet the needs of leaders, managers, and professionals across the health network. The 2026 edition will introduce several new initiatives, designed to create value, spark dialogue, and bring forth concrete solutions.
PLS continues to evolve to stay aligned with the issues, ideas, and energy of the moment — in Québec, across Canada, and beyond.
This year’s highlights include:
- CONNECT PLS, a dedicated B2B space to facilitate strategic meetings, matchmaking, and project delivery.
- The Canadian Summit on Digital Innovation in Primary Care, a unifying initiative to accelerate innovation and interoperability nationwide.
- The PLS Signature Gala, a bold new evening that showcases the PLS Awards in a strong visual setting, with reserved seating for key leaders and partners.
- An enriched program, more structured and more targeted, with a strong Québec / Canada balance and broader international reach.
- An expanded innovation showcase, featuring a redesigned layout, a coaching squad, and increased presence of incubators, startups, and solution creators.
Chart your path
Three journeys. One goal: transforming healthcare — together.
Join us for two immersive days to explore, reflect, and move forward.
PLS welcomes those who drive change on the ground — in clinics, institutions, ministries, or communities.
Access bilingual content, diverse formats, key encounters, and practical tools to strengthen your impact.
Place your ambassadors where the energy is.
At PLS, you don’t rent a booth — you take a stance. Your presence becomes a relational anchor point, but the real action happens elsewhere — where ideas emerge, conversations start, and decisions take shape.
These spaces are strategically designed to get you seen, heard, and remembered.
Join our ecosystem and be among those who move ideas forward.
Our partners aren’t there for show. They’re part of the conversation. They carry messages, spark dialogue, and help shift perspectives.
Each partnership is designed to let you voice what matters — in the right energy, at the right moment, to the right people.
Immersive workshops
to transform practices and explore innovation in primary care
Turning vision into action
Networking creates
links between players
in the healthcare sector.
Sharing knowledge
gives rise to new ideas
Apprenticeship opens
the door to passion and
and innovation.
Solutions that
propel the movement,
one professional at a time.
participants
exhibitors
conferences,
activities and workshops
ABOUT US
- Organizations involved in primary care and community services
- Suppliers of products and services
- Healthcare professionals
- Healthcare industry management
A word from our partners
Congratulations on organizing this event
event; just unfortunate that there's only one edition per year.
Very nice congress, thank you to all the team for your involvement in the success of this event.
I LOVED my experience. Hats off to the entire team for organizing such an interesting and relevant event!
Congratulations on organizing this event
event; just unfortunate that there's only one edition per year.
Very nice congress, thank you to all the team for your involvement in the success of this event.
I LOVED my experience. Hats off to the entire team for organizing such an interesting and relevant event!
