Jacksonville UK Trade Mission: Health Tech & Innovation Summit
Beyond the Special Relationship: Why State-Level Deals Are Doing the Work a Federal FTA Can't.
The US healthcare economy is worth $5 trillion, and Florida's share is more than $200bn a year, the fourth-largest state market in the US. Jacksonville (a medical-tourism hub that draws patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries) is a way in for UK companies.
Senior leaders from Mayo Clinic, UF Health and Baptist Health are travelling with the delegation, all three investing in expansion and research. The panel covers where UK capability fits, including diagnostics, medtech and digital health, and what it takes to sell into a US health system.
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Dedicated Networking Opportunity
This session is followed by scheduled networking with the delegation and guests at JW Marriott Grosvenor House.
Sponsor and participants
Sponsor: Florida Blue / GuideWell
UK partner: ABHI (Association of British HealthTech Industries)
Panel:TBC
About Jacksonville's 2026 Trade Mission
Jacksonville, Florida brings its annual trade and investment mission to London from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2026. It is led by Donna Deegan, Mayor of Jacksonville, joined by Shad Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham Football Club, and more than 50 business and civic leaders from the region.
Jacksonville is ranked the #3 large US city for economic growth. Florida has no personal income tax, leads the US in net business relocations, and saw some 698,000 new businesses formed in 2025, more than any other state; Jacksonville is where much of it lands. The city has been called the Wall Street of the South: FIS, Fidelity National Financial and GuideWell are headquartered there, and global banks including Bank of America, Citi and Deutsche Bank run major operations in the city.
The UK connection is already working. The UK and Florida signed their trade and economic cooperation agreement in Jacksonville in November 2023, and Jacksonville's City Council holds a Memorandum of Friendship with the City of London. JAX Hub, the city's fintech innovation programme, is accepting applications from UK companies for its 2026 cohort.
The mission exists to help UK companies succeed in US markets, with summits across finance and fintech, defence, aerospace and space technology, medical services and medtech, construction and real estate, retail and consumer brands, legal services and lawtech, AI and cyber security. Each pairs Jacksonville decision-makers with their UK counterparts. JAXUSA Partnership, the city's economic development agency, travels with the delegation and advises UK companies on entering the market.