Healthcare Week Luxembourg (HWL) is returning for a second edition at Luxexpo The Box in Luxembourg-Kirchberg on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 October 2024.
This exhibition, designed as a cross-border and European platform for exchange, intends to tackle the challenges and issues facing the sector with a richer and more varied programme this year. It explores the theme of "The future of health: added value for all". Registration for the event is now open at https://www.hwl.lu/hwl/.
As reported by the organisers, HWL aims to develop cooperation between players in the sector in the Greater Region (Luxembourg and neighbours France, Germany and Belgium). As an incubator for ideas, partnerships and innovation, the event aims to help shape a stronger and more resilient healthcare ecosystem, provide a model for Europe and attract the attention of leading European healthcare professionals, companies, investors and startups.
"In September 2023, the first edition of Healthcare Week Luxembourg was a great success and attracted more than 2,500 visitors, proving the healthcare sector's interest in this type of event. The future of healthcare in the Greater Region lies in placing value creation at the heart of the system. To achieve this objective, it is crucial to rethink the healthcare ecosystem towards a personalised and sustainable medicine, exploiting organisational, therapeutic, technological and artificial intelligence advances to innovate and create value for patients, professionals, institutions and public health. This will be the common thread of Healthcare Week Luxembourg 2024," explained Dr Philippe Turk, President of the Luxembourg Hospital Federation (Fédération des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois - FHL), co-organiser of HWL in collaboration with the events agency Quinze Mai (QM).
On 1 and 2 October, the European healthcare ecosystem is invited to Luxexpo The Box for this second edition of HWL, which is primarily aimed at professionals from the healthcare, research and technological innovation, education and economic sectors, as well as representatives of state, professional and social institutions. On-site, visitors will have the opportunity to discover the stands of around 100 exhibitors with a wide range of specialisations (building equipment and management, hotels and logistics, medical equipment, ICT technologies and digital applications). Above all, they will be able to take part in conferences, roundtables and debates. The aim is to inspire and catalyse advances, particularly in the fields of a personalised and sustainable medicine, artificial intelligence, the digital transformation of healthcare and health teaching and research in the Greater Region. These topics will be addressed by national and international experts over the course of the two days.
This year, HWL is also repeating a highlight from its first edition: the presentation of awards for innovative, ambitious and promising projects that contribute to the improvement of the entire healthcare sector. The prizes are awarded in three categories: innovation in Hospital Management, Medical Research and Startups. Submissions are open until 15 August 2024 and can be made online at https://www.hwl.lu/awards. Selected by a jury panel, the finalists will be announced on 10 September 2024 and will be asked to pitch their project to a panel of experts on 1 October 2024. The winners will be announced and the prizes awarded on the same day.
