A big stage for healthcare innovations and the start-up scene

The MEDICA INNOVATION FORUM, which was relaunched in 2024, is being expanded this year to include the topics of the previous MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM, making it the central location and programme format for the complete range of tech, digital and IT innovations in the MEDICA ‘Digital Health’ sphere. The two popular pitch competitions for start-ups and scale-ups, the MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and the HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WORLD CUP, will remain on the programme and will continue to showcase creative product solutions from the young start-up scene on the forum stage (in Hall 13). The forum will address the ‘hot topics’ of the healthcare industry, which will also be a recurring theme in the other topics and exhibitors at MEDICA 2025. These include, for example: AI/generative AI, robotics and assistive systems, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), solutions for integrated care/telemedicine and the hospital of the future.