MEDICA 201214 - 17 November 2012, Düsseldorf, Germany.
The demand-side markets for medical technology and medicinal products are undergoing changes worldwide and the supply side is providing the right answers with its solutions for high-quality but also economic medical care. Everyone who attended the world’s largest medical trade fair MEDICA as well as the leading trade fair for upstream suppliers in medical production, COMPAMED in Düsseldorf, was able to see this for themselves.

EHTEL6 - 7 December 2012, Brussels, Belgium.
The waiting is over. We find much of what is considered future health already being implemented in many healthcare systems around Europe. Telehealth is often integrated in home care as is telemedicine integrated in clinical routines e.g. for stroke. Everyone in healthcare uses some digital communication. Yet while the tools are there, many conceptual, legal, organisational and educational challenges remain.

Health 2.0 EuropeHealth care is transforming quickly due to mobile and web technologies. The driving forces behind this development are not the traditional players but start-ups and software experts. To keep track of innovation, Health 2.0 held its annual European session in Berlin on November 6 - 7.

HIMSS Europe27 November 2012, 15:00 CET.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems provide a rich repository of medical knowledge that is largely untapped in clinical research. These vast data stores have the potential to improve patient recruitment, conduct feasibility studies, refine inclusion/exclusion criteria, enhance safety data and, in general, to inform clinical research.

Doctors 2.0™ & You6 - 7 June 2013, Paris, France.
The 3rd international and patient inclusive Doctors 2.0™ & You congress is still accepting applications for speakers, sponsors, posters and start-ups. Doctors 2.0™ and You, in pursuit of its mission to make things better for patients everywhere, is a "patient inclusive" conference patients includedwhich engages physicians and healthcare providers to interact with patients, industry, government and payers.

WHO3 - 4 December 2012, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
Interoperability has been  recognized as essential to achieving the full potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and medical devices in support of health systems as part of the overall socioeconomic development of countries.

Health 2.0 Europe6 - 7 November 2012, Berlin, Germany.
Healthcare is changing profoundly due to new web and mobile applications. The conference Health 2.0 Europe addresses recent developments in this emerging field. The 2012 edition features exciting live technology demos and panels dedicated to answering the most urgent questions in health care.

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