The 2026 annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is quickly approaching. Set for April 30 through May 2 as an online event, the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting is completely virtual. The annual event also includes three pre-conference days, April 27 through April 29.

Today, we’re showcasing some of the sessions that primary care providers will not want to miss, as they are directly related to the conference’s clinical practice track. Topics range from cannabis use among older adults to vaccination strategies in older adults. All dates and times are current as of March 17, 2026. Visit the AGS 2026 official program schedule for the most up-to-date session information. 

Wednesday, April 29
  • Cannabis and the Older Adult
    • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    • Description: This is an interactive, interprofessional pre-conference session aiming to provide health professionals with the knowledge and skills to be able to discuss cannabis with their older adult patients and/or care partners, as well as assess for risky use and apply harm reduction strategies.
  • What Every Geriatrician Needs to Know About Dementia Diagnostics and Treatment
    • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    • Description: This pre-conference session provides practical, up-to-date guidance on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of dementia, with a focus on emerging Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics, biomarker use in primary care, and evolving care models.
Thursday, April 30
  • Translational Geroscience: From Biology of Aging to Precision Clinical Care
    • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    • Description: This session will explore the biology of aging and its direct relevance to clinical care, highlighting advances in precision geromedicine, biomarkers, artificial intelligence, and national research priorities.
  • Point-Counterpoint: Are Dementia Vsed Advance Directed Ethical, And Should Clinicians Honor Them?
    • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    • Description: In this point–counterpoint session, two experts will debate whether dementia-specific VSED advance directives are ethically justifiable and whether physicians and interdisciplinary teams should assist in drafting, interpreting, and operationalizing them in clinical and long-term care settings.
  • Common Newer Medications for Mental Illness in Older Adults: Practical Prescribing for Primary Care
    • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
    • Description: This session will provide a pragmatic, evidence-informed approach to prescribing newer medications for common mental illnesses in older adults. Faculty will review indications, comparative effectiveness, safety concerns specific to aging physiology, drug–drug interactions, deprescribing considerations, and cost/access issues. Emphasis will be placed on integrating these medications into comprehensive care plans while minimizing harm and aligning treatment with patient goals and quality of life.
  • Anticoagulation Update: What Geriatrics Providers Need to Know
    • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
    • Description: This symposium will provide geriatrics providers with an evidence-based update on anticoagulation management in older adults, addressing atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism, emerging therapies, deprescribing, and individualized decision-making across care settings.
  • Navigating SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Agonists Use in the Older Adult: A Guide to Benefits, Risks, and Shared Decision-Making
    • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
    • Description: This symposium will address the professional practice gap in the practice of prescribing and management of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists in older adults with chronic kidney disease and geriatric syndromes.
Friday, May 1
  • Addressing Care Delivery in PALTC – How to Bridge the Gaps in Deliver Excellent Geriatric Care in Nursing Homes
    • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    • Description: This session will examine gaps in care delivery within post-acute and long-term care (PALTC), particularly in nursing home (NH) settings, where clinical complexity often outpaces available resources and systems.
  • Managing Chronic Pain and Opioid Complexity in Older Adults
    • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    • Description: This clinically focused session will use a case-based approach to highlight evidence-based strategies for assessing and treating chronic pain and managing opioid complexity. There will be a focus on the clinical use of buprenorphine, non-pharmacological interventions, and discussions about other modalities.
  • Pharmacotherapy Update: 2026
    • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
    • Description: The purpose of this symposium is to educate the audience and summarize the changes over the past year in pharmacotherapy. The speakers will examine information regarding newly approved medications, as well as clinical implications, including potential adverse effects, related to medication formulations.
  • Acute Illness, Resilient Responses: Advancing Physical Resilience in Geriatric Acute Care
    • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
    • Description: This symposium will explore innovative approaches to understanding and predicting physical resilience in older adults within acute care settings. Anchored by a newly proposed conceptual framework of physical resilience in geriatric medicine, the session will integrate perspectives from clinical research, data science, and emerging technologies to highlight how resilience can be measured, monitored, and supported during episodes of acute illness. 
  • An Update on Sleep Apnea and Sleeping Pills in Older Adults: Navigating New Evidence and New Sleep Medicines
    • 2:45 PM – 3:45 Pm
    • Description: This symposium will provide an evidence-based, clinically focused update on three common and important sleep management issues [clinicians] face in helping [...] older patients.
  • Alzheimer’s Disease: What a Geriatrician Should Know About the New Treatments and Tests
    • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    • Description: The session will address current evidence and care recommendations for anti-amyloid antibody therapy and blood-based biomarkers. The speakers will share their experiences with how new diagnosis and treatment modalities are impacting providers and patients and their families.
Saturday, May 2
  • Wound Care Updates: Reclaiming A Lost Geriatric Syndrome
    • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    • Description: Significant deficiencies exist in wound care education for geriatric healthcare professionals. Numerous healthcare professionals express a deficiency in both knowledge and confidence when addressing these concerns, which includes a lack of familiarity with evidence-based wound care practices.
  • Geriatrics Literature Update: 2026
    • 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
    • Description: The Geriatrics Literature Update is always one of the most popular sessions at the annual meeting. The session will focus on the year's most important published papers in Geriatrics and focus on the significance of findings and application to patient care.
  • 2026 Update on Vaccination Strategies for Older Adults
    • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    • Description: This session is intended to provide the latest information for healthcare professionals on vaccinations for older adults and to share how the AGS’s Older Adults Vaccine Initiative has made strides to increase vaccinations. 
  • Artificial Intelligence in Geriatric Primary Care: Practical Tools for Diagnosis and Clinical Efficiency
    • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    • Description: This symposium demonstrates how primary care geriatricians can integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into daily practice to improve diagnostic accuracy and clinical efficiency. Through practical demonstrations and real-world examples, participants will learn actionable strategies for using AI tools to support differential diagnosis, streamline documentation, and reduce administrative burden while maintaining patient-centered care.
  • Deprescribing at the End of Life
    • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    • Description: This session will explore practical, patient-centered approaches to deprescribing in frail older adults with limited life expectancy.

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