MEDICA 2024 & COMPAMED 2024 Makes Final Preparations

The final preparations for MEDICA 2024 and COMPAMED 2024 in Düsseldorf have begun. The event is expecting over 6,000 participants from approximately 70 countries. The trade fair takes place on November 11–14 2024.
 
MEDICA houses “Med Tech & Devices” and “Digital Health”, professional visitors who can benefit from thematic hall space allocation and a new location for the accompanying German Hospital Conference. To date, the flagship event for top managers of German clinics was held at the Congress Center Düsseldorf. It has now been moved to the heart of the trade fair in Hall 12. 
 
“Another world of experience that is relevant for our audience of decision-makers in the healthcare sector is “Digital Health”, which we have now placed just next door in Hall 13 including its themed stage program and the high-traffic special exhibitions”, said Christian Grosser, Director Health & Medical Technologies at Messe Düsseldorf.
 
This year, Hall 13 offers its audience of medical experts the MEDICA ECON Forum, organized by the Techniker Krankenkasse health insurance fund, addressing current themes in healthcare policy, particularly regarding the digitalization of healthcare. The MEDICA Innovation Forum and the special exhibitions “Hospital of the Future” (innovations on the topics of “Digital hospital infrastructure” and “Data usage exemplified by intensive care medicine”), the Wearable Technologies show and the MEDICA START-UP PARK as a hub for networking with the digitally based start-up scene.  
 
At MEDICA 2024, there are five worlds of experience promising a comprehensive range of innovations to treat outpatients and clinical use. In the past two years, the database of companies and products at the MEDICA.de internet portal listed over 12,000 innovations by exhibiting companies at the beginning of each trade fair. The trade fair’s worlds of experience are Lab & Diagnostics, Med Tech & Devices, Disposables, Physio Tech, and Digital Health.
 
This year, the hot topics at MEDICA include the current examples of AI applications and robots and assistive systems in day-to-day medical practice. Another focus is on the increasing connectivity in healthcare provision, specifically on innovations for the point of care, which means diagnostics and treatment near patients (usually outpatients). This includes telemedical applications to provide optimized cooperation across all sectors by all persons involved in the treatment process.
 
Another top issue at this year’s MEDICA is the human factor. The urgent lack of skilled professionals also affects almost all companies active in healthcare, leading them to search for solutions. These topics will be discussed in individual forums and at conferences that are appropriate for each target group.
 
One forum includes the MEDICA Health IT Forum, discussing IT topics like big data, artificial intelligence, and cyber security, as well as the new MEDICA Innovation Forum. This forum will replace the former MEDICA Connected Healthcare Forum. The MEDICA Innovation Forum will focus on the digital transformation of the healthcare industry in its entirety. 
 
About 750 exhibiting companies will present their specialized knowledge as manufacturers and suppliers at COMPAMED 2024, also in five worlds of experience: Manufacturing & Devices (e.g., components, parts, manufacturing processes), Services & Advice (e.g., research, development, services), Materials (e.g., plastics, glass, ceramics, metals, composite materials, adhesives, packaging), Micro-Tech (such as micro components, microfluidics) as well as IT in Tech (software development and maintenance for medical technology).