Putting the success of the two events in a nutshell, Wilhelm Niedergöker, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf, has concluded that despite the worldwide financial crisis MEDICA and COMPAMED have confirmed their leading rank as the World Forum for Medicine.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Over the past 60 years, investment and innovation in the service has transformed healthcare delivery and, as a result, the NHS has been seen as a model of healthcare service world-wide.

MEDICA, the world's largest medical trade show, is once again in 2008 the central market platform for the medical equipment industry. Marking its 40th anniversary, this world forum of medicine is set to match the two previous years' record numbers: from November 19 - 22, over 4,300 exhibitors from 66 countries will present their products on 118,300 m² (net).

25-27 November, 2008, Lyon, France
The next ten years will see major transformations in the technological, industrial and business landscapes surrounding information and communication technologies, or "ICT". ICT 2008 will set the agenda for ICT research and innovation in Europe during this crucial decade.

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the scheme aimed at delivering connected computing to remote, poor and underserved regions of the world, is to launch its 'Give One, Get One' scheme in Europe this year as well as the United States, the project's founder, Professor Nicholas Negroponte told delegates at the World of Health IT conference in Copenhagen.

Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, is announcing this week at the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark, the first mobile clinical assistant (MCA) user conferences to be hosted by Tracline, a valuable Motion partner and leading reseller of C5 MCAs across Europe.

Copenhagen, 4 November 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to be with you here today at the opening of this year's World of Health IT conference. Health IT is becoming increasingly important for citizens, industry and healthcare authorities. The potential of eHealth and the interest it generates are demonstrated by the high level of participation in today's conference.