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MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM

Driving innovations for a healthier world

Hall 12, Stand 12E37

What you can expect from MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM in 2022

The 9th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM connects health innovators, tech entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts. It is the global hotspot for the latest tech and innovations that drive digital health transformation.
 
More than 120 speakers present and discuss breakthrough innovation and best practice growth journeys at the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM in keynotes, tech talks and pitch sessions. Key topics of the 4-day program in 2022 are: Connected medical things, AI & big data, robotics, health metaverse, future hospitals and care centers, health monitoring and diagnostics, mobile health, digital therapeutics, mental health, and more. The MEDICA DISRUPT sessions present 100 selected startups and scale-ups in the pitch including the prestigious finals of the 11th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and the 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup.
 
The Forum promotes open innovation and business development, accelerating market access and implementation of innovations for a healthier world.

Focus topics of MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM 2022

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Overview MCHF Topics

  • MEDICA DISRUPT – 100 start-ups in the pitch
  • 11th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION – AI in healthcare, health apps, lab diagnostics, robotics & others
  • 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup – Connected devices, wearables, smart patches / implants & more
  • Connected medical things – Advancing future healthcare with IoT technologies
  • AI & Big Data – Thriving, surviving and discovery in the data age
  • Robotics – Advancing surgeries, rehabilitation and processes to the next level
  • Future hospitals and care centers – Technologies meet sustainability
  • Health metaverse – Creating the future of immersive healthcare
  • Tackling future pandemic – Improving infectious disease surveillance and response
  • Certifications & market access - Access to healthcare markets, certifications and regulations

MEDICA DISRUPT start-up session topics

  • 11th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION – AI in healthcare, health apps, lab diagnostics, robotics & others
  • 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup – Connected devices, wearables, smart patches / implants & more
  • Preventing chronic diseases with diagnostics and analytics – Diagnostics and health monitoring, chronic disease prevention and care 
  • Improving healthcare at home and at the point of care – Mobile health, remote patient monitoring & care
  • Pushing the frontiers of diagnostics – Diagnostics and health monitoring
  • Understanding mental health – Mental health, braintech
  • Future of therapy – Therapeuticals and new treatment approaches, tech to watch
  • Improving health equity of vulnerable populations – Public health access, child, female & senior care

Program of MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM 2022

The forum language is English.
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Monday, 14 November 2022

  • CONNECTED MEDICAL THINGS – Advancing future healthcare with IoT technologies
  • 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup pitch and award ceremony
  • AI & BIG DATA – Thriving, surviving and discovery in the data age    

11:00 – 13:00 h

CONNECTED MEDICAL THINGS – Advancing future healthcare with IoT technologies

  • Smart connected medical things – from wearables to medtech devices to implants
  • Interoperability in the Internet of Medical Things infrastructure
  • Connectivity options – 5G, low power connectivity and more
  • Cybersecurity and data privacy


13:00 – 15:00 h

14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup pitch and award ceremony

  • Top12 Health Techpreneurs 2022 pitching their solutions
  • Categories: IoMT devices, wearables, digital biomarkers, smart patches, smart implants
  • Panel discussion: HealthTech trends 2022 – What’s next?
  • Award ceremony – Announcement of the Top3 Health Techpreneurs 2022


15:00 – 17:00 h

AI & BIG DATA – Thriving, surviving and discovery in the data age

  • AI-guided medical devices
  • Real-time analytics
  • Precision medicine
  • Personalization of treatment with AI


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Tuesday, 15 November 2022

  • ROBOTICS – Advancing surgeries, rehabilitation and processes to the next level
  • HEALTHCARE ACCELERATORS – Scaling up future health innovations
  • 11th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION pitch and award ceremony
  • MEDICA DISRUPT – Preventing chronic diseases with diagnostics and analytics

11:00 – 12:00 h

ROBOTICS – Advancing surgeries, rehabilitation and processes to the next level

  • Autonomous robots
  • Robot-assisted surgery
  • Robotic solutions in hospitals and care centers


12:00 – 13:00 h

HEALTHCARE ACCELERATORS – Scaling up future health innovations

  • Corporate partner 1
  • Corporate partner 2
  • Corporate partner 3


13:00 – 15:00 h

11th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION pitch and award ceremony

  • Top12 Medical Start-ups 2022 pitching their solutions
  • Categories: AI in healthcare, health apps, lab diagnostics, robotics & others
  • Panel discussion: Successful health innovations – Key drivers and disruptors 2022
  • Award ceremony: Announcement of the Top3 Medical Start-ups 2022


15:00 – 17:00 h

MEDICA DISRUPT – Preventing chronic diseases with diagnostics and analytics

  • Diagnostics and health monitoring
  • Mobile health


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Wednesday, 16 November 2022

  • FUTURE HOSPITALS & CARE CENTERS – Technologies meet sustainability 
  • HEALTH METAVERSE – Creating the future of immersive healthcare
  • MEDICA DISRUPT – Future of therapy
  • TACKLING FUTURE PANDEMIC – Improving infectious disease surveillance and response

11:00 – 12:00 h

FUTURE HOSPITALS & CARE CENTERS – Technologies meet sustainability

  • New tech for hospitals and care centers
  • Decarbonization in healthcare


12:00 – 13:00 h

HEALTH METAVERSE – Creating the future of immersive healthcare

  • Immersive environments for educational, assistive and therapeutic purposes
  • AR/VR/Mixed reality
  • Digital twins for new insights into health decision making


13:00 – 15:00 h

MEDICA DISRUPT – Future of therapy

  • Therapeuticals and new treatment approaches
  • Chronic disease treatment
  • Tech to watch


15:00 – 17:00 h

TACKLING FUTURE PANDEMIC – Improving infectious disease surveillance and response

  • Covid-19 learnings in digital health
  • Best practice in tech
  • Solutions for prevention and control


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Thursday, 17 November 2022

  • CERTIFICATIONS & MARKET ACCESS – Scaling up healthcare innovation
  • MEDICA DISRUPT – Pushing the frontiers of diagnostics
  • MEDICA DISRUPT – Understanding mental health
  • MEDICA DISRUPT – Improving health equity of vulnerable populations

11:00 – 12:00 h

CERTIFICATIONS & MARKET ACCESS – Scaling up healthcare innovation

  • Access to healthcare markets
  • Certifications and regulations


12:00 – 14:00 h

MEDICA DISRUPT – Pushing the frontiers of diagnostics

  • New approaches in diagnostics and monitoring
  • Technologies and tools


14:00 – 15:00 h

MEDICA DISRUPT – Understanding mental health

  • Cognitive and mental health
  • BrainTech


15:00 – 17:00 h

MEDICA DISRUPT – Improving health equity of vulnerable populations

  • Public health access
  • HealthTech for children
  • FemTech
  • Elderly care

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11th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® – Register now!

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Take part in the 11th edition of the MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and present your start-up at MEDICA. The competition is looking for Health Apps, AI in healthcare, Lab Diagnostics, Robotics, and Other.

The solutions must be available on the market by the end of Q2 2023 and must not have been launched before 2019. Conformity with the Medical Device Directive, the Medical Device Directive or an FDA Approval is not required. Besides the participation in the official finals at MEDICA, there are cash prizes and valuable business connections to be won.

The 14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup®, the globally established platform for health innovations, has been catalyzing and accelerating international health techpreneurs for over 14 years. In the final, the Top12 present their solutions in a pitch at MEDICA. The competition is looking for the next generation of smart health devices, wearable technologies, digital biomarkers, intelligent patches and smart implants.

Apply for the awards in 2022!
Participation in both competitions is free of charge.

Partner and Exhibition Options

Companies can become partners of the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM. The following partnering options are available:
  • Partner MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION
  • Speaking MEDICA DISRUPT Accelerator Session
  • Gold Partner MCHF
  • Branded Exhibition Counter MCHF
  • Counter MEDICA START-UP PARK (with / without speaking)

For more information, please see the MCHF brochure and application form.

MCHF brochure 2022

MCHF application form 2022

Organization of the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM

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Navispace GmbH

Program:
Dr. Sonja Sulzmaier
Managing Partner Navispace GmbH
Phone +49 8152 99886-23
Email: s.sulzmaier@navispace.de
Exhibition area and organization:
Marcos Toribios McGauley
Project & Event Manager
Email: m.toribio@navispace.de