MEDICA

MEDICA is the world's largest event for the medical sector and is organised every year in November in Düsseldorf, Germany. This year, the event will take place from 16-19 November.

The MEDICA trade fair encompasses several sessions including:

• MEDICA Education Conference
  German Hospital Conference
  The European Healthcare Conference (EHC)
  The MEDICA Sports & Medicine Conference
  The MEDICA Physio Conference 
  The International Conference on Disaster and Military Medicine (DiMiMED) 
   

The primary topics that will be discussed during this conference include:

• Electromedicine/ Medical Technology
  Laboratory Equipment
  Diagnostics
  Physiotherapy/ Orthopaedic Technology
  Commodities and Consumer Goods
  Information and Communication Technology
  Medical Services and Publications
   

The European Hospital Congress (EHC0 will also be part of MEDICA 2015. EHC will address different political, medical and economic topics from across Europe and will include high-ranking speakers from the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE), the European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) and the Association of European Hospital Physicians (AEMH).  In particular, the EHC will discuss in detail patient oriented hospital care in the future and patient-oriented hospital care in the practice. A presentation on Patient orientation in the focus of EU Healthcare Policy will also be given on the final day of the Congress. It is expected that nearly 150 to 170 top decision-makers from Europe's hospital will attend the presentations.