Ausgabe zur MEDICA 2019

Ausg.Nr._22/2019 5 MEDICA / COMPAMED 2019 An explosion of innovations and exciting ideas for improving health MEDICA 2019 + COMPAMED 2019 bring in over 6,200 exhibitors A meeting point for the entire medical world 18.–21.11.2019 M ore dynamic, more digital and more net- worked than ever: the medical industry is taking strides into the future. If you want to be in peak condition for taking on the challenges of to- morrow, you need to keep your finger on the pulse, inform your- self and deepen your exchanges with specialists. MEDICA has been offering the best oppor- tunities to do this for almost 50 years. Exhibitors, visitors and medical representatives from all over the world will come together again at the world’s biggest leading medical trade fair, held in November in Düs- seldorf this year (run time: 18 – 21/11/2019). Three-quarters of the booked space of all 5,500 exhibitors will be accounted for by international participations. Trade visitors from over 170 na- tions are expected. This year COMPAMED will once again be taking place for the 28th time, in parallel withMEDICA 2019. It will host almost 800 exhibitors (in Halls 8a and 8b). COMPAMED, a supplier trade fair, has become the ultimate hotspot for complex high-tech solutions and services throughout the entire value-added chain for the medical technology industry and is now the interna- tional leading event in its segment. The increasing digitalisation of processes in the healthcare econ- omy will remain a top theme this year. This prevailing trend will not only be represented by exhibitor innovations at MEDICA 2019 but is also reflected in the programmes of the accompanying conferences and forums. For example, the 42nd German Hospital Conference (which looks at digitalisation projects within clinics among other elements), the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM (on IT topics such as big data, artificial intelligence and cyber security), the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM (hardware and software solutions for connected health- care) and the MEDICA MEDICINE & SPORTS CONFERENCE, held entirely in English, which takes a look at the use of applications which are used in close proximity to the body and wearables for monitoring vital signs, along with other items. New themed organization of the trade fair halls The MEDICA runs through the entire spectrum of needs for out- patient and inpatient care via a clearly structured schema: the halls are split into themes. The themes for the halls are as follows: Electromedicine / medical technol- ogy (approx. 2,500 exhibitors), laboratory technology / diagnos- tics, physiotherapy / orthopaedic technology, commodities and con- sumables, information and com- munication technology, medical furniture and specialist furnish- ings for hospitals and practices. This year, we have reshuffled the location of the themes in the trade fair halls. Due to the increasing convergence of software and hard- ware, especially in the fields of medical technology, the MEDICA information and communication technology segment will be moved from Hall 15 to Hall 13, where it is directly connected to the halls for medical technology and electro- medicine. Manufacturers of surgical instru- ments, on the other hand, will leave Hall 13 to move themati- cally closer to providers of imag- ing technology (e.g. endoscopy) as well as complete solutions for modern hybrid operating rooms in Halls 10 and 11. “With regard to performance and cost aspects, the operating room segment is possibly the most relevant inter- face of every treatment workflow and therefore particularly impor- tant for a clinic’s success. At MED- ICA, we show top decision mak- ers state-of-the-art technology and operating room organisation with short distances in concen- trated spaces,” says Wolfram Di- ener, emphasising the clear ben- efits the new hall structure offers visitors. The exhibitors in the laboratory technology & diagnostics area will be placed in the newly built Hall 1 for the first time ever. Here, Abbott and Euroimmun are two of the biggest stars on our list of re- nowned returning exhibitors.  Text & Image: Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Messeplatz Stockumer Kirchstraße 61 D-40474 Düsseldorf