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MEDICA TECH FORUM

Interactive knowledge platform for the medical technology sector

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The MEDICA TECH FORUM provides practical insights into the topics currently shaping the medical technology sector. Experts will present technologies that are already in development and could significantly transform healthcare in the coming years.

Presentations and panel discussions will cover, among other things, specific applications in fields such as robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as their use in everyday clinical practice. At the same time, critical issues will be addressed, such as those surrounding the MDR or international market access.

The MEDICA TECH FORUM provides practical insights into current topics in medical technology. Experts will present technologies that could significantly transform healthcare in the coming years.

Presentations and panel discussions will cover, among other things, specific applications in fields such as robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as their use in everyday clinical practice. At the same time, critical issues will be addressed, such as the MDR or international market access.

AT A GLANCE

Location: tba.

Date: 16 - 19 November 2026

Price: Free admission with your trade fair ticket

Language: Partly German/partly English

Organization: SPECTARIS - German Hightech Industry Association, Medical Mountains GmbH

Here’s what the MEDICA TECH FORUM offers you:

  • Discussions on current challenges and trends in medical technology
  • Networking with stakeholders from industry, associations, and politics
  • Insights into selected practical examples from research and development

Share your knowledge on the international stage

Are you an expert in your field and would like to contribute to the program? Use the following link to let us know which subject area you would like to speak about.
Fill out our speaker application now

Review: program highlights of the MEDICA TECH FORUM 2025

  • AI / Next Generation AI
  • Robotics / Automation Technologies
  • Integrated Care / Telemedicine
  • International Markets: for example, China and Ukraine
  • Legal / Regulatory Issues: Patenting, MDR Update and others

The program is being organized by the industry associations SPECTARIS and MedicalMountains. Your host throughout the four-day event will be Tobias Wobbe from Euskirchen, who will guide the audience professionally from one session to the next. The forum language is primarily English.

Browse the complete program of 2025 in the event database

Review: Some of the speakers from the forum in 2025

Johanna Vogt

Johanna Vogt
Head of AI Testing Services - Medical
TÜV Rheinland
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Jan Kuschan

Jan Kuschan
Deputy Head of Robotics and Automation
Fraunhofer IPK
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Prof. Iain Hennessey

Prof. Iain Hennessey
Director of Innovation
Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust
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Vee Mapunde

Vee Mapunde
Co-Director
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Accelerated Surgical Care

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Ingo Werren

Ingo Werren
Director Digital Health
IBM iX Germany GmbH

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Dr. Thomas Heiliger

Dr. Thomas Heiliger
Co-Founder & CEO
ARON Surgical GmbH

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Hamish King

Hamish King
CEO
Cisema

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Prof. Dr. Ged Byrne

Prof. Dr. Ged Byrne
Director of Global Health
NHS England

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Dr. Andrew Keen

Dr. Andrew Keen
Clinical Director of Innovation
NHS Grampian
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Subramanian Murugan

Subramanian Murugan
Certification Decision Maker
CSA Group Healthcare Testing & Certification GmbH

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MED TECH & DEVICES
Imaging and diagnostics/ medical equipment & devices
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Organization of the MEDICA TECH FORUM

Foto: Marcus Kuhlmann, Managing Director, SPECTARIS association "Medical Technology"

Marcus Kuhlmann
SPECTARIS association "Medical Technology"

Grafik: Logo of SPECTARIS

SPECTARIS

SPECTARIS - German Hightech Industry Association

SPECTARIS is the German industry association for the high-tech medium-sized business sector and representative body in the areas of medical technology, optical technologies and analytical, biological, laboratory, and ophthalmic devices.

Logo MedicalMountains

MedicalMountains

MedicalMountains GmbH

The MedicalMountains cluster organisation offers a versatile competence network for knowledge and technology transfer - solidly built with their shareholders and expanded in the TechnologyMountains e.V. technology association. The cooperation and cross-fertilisation with regional, national and international partners provides small and medium-sized enterprises in particular with an important knowledge and technology advantage in Germany as a medical technology hotspot.

Julia Steckeler, Executive Board MedicalMountains GmbH

Julia Steckeler
Executive Board MedicalMountains GmbH

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