DMEA 2026

DMEA 2026 - Selected programme items

• BIH Info Booth

  Location: 3.2 | D-103
  daily 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
  
  We invite you to the trade fair appearance of Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH). Come to our booth and learn more about the working groups in translational research at BIH. The following teams await you and look forward to talking to you.

  • AG Roland Eils - Digital Health
  • AG Petra Ritter - Gehirnsimulation
  • AG Sylvia Thun - Core Unit Digitale Medizin und Interoperabilität
  • Charité-BIH Clinical Study Center
  • Match & Connect
  • Personnel - If you are interested in BIH as an employer, why not drop by the BIH stand on Tuesday afternoons or Thursday mornings?
  • EHDA e.V. - Here you can also meet colleagues from the Roland Eils - Digital Health working group.

  >> The Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) is represented at the joint stand of the Berlin-Brandenburg Capital region.

• April 21, 12:15 pm | DMEA Nova Award | Live Pitches (Session 1/4)

  Location: Hub 2 | Hall 5.2
  12:15 - 1:00 pm
  Session language: Englisch

  DMEA Nova Award: The Road to the Finale
  Which digital transformation idea will take the lead this year? Join 20 startups nominated by our expert jury as they face off in four thrilling preliminary rounds of live pitches.
  Immerse yourself in the visions of young founder teams bravely rethinking the future of healthcare. Punchy presentations and tough questions from the expert jury will determine who secures their ticket to the Grand Finale on April 23rd. Don’t miss out when fresh perspectives meet market readiness—expect a session full of excitement and inspiration!
  
  
  Taking the stage in this preliminary round:
  
  • Prof. ValMed
  • AlongHealth
  • Synagen GmbH
  • LipoCheck
  • Dehaze
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  >> This session is organized and hosted by the German Association of Health-IT Vendors - bvitg e.V.

• April 22, 2:15 pm | From Insight to Impact: How AI Turns Clinical Data into Better Care

  Location: Hub 1 | Hall 1.2
  2:15 - 3:00 pm
  Session language: Englisch

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds tremendous potential to transform clinical data into actionable insights that enhance safety, improve quality, and drive better outcomes across healthcare systems. Yet, turning “insight” into measurable “impact” requires more than algorithms: it depends on robust frameworks spanning ethics, data engineering and standardized observational models.
  
  This session brings together leading experts in digital public health ethics, data engineering, clinical AI, and OMOP / OHDSI standardization to explore pathways for bridging research and routine care in complex health systems.
  
  Through a moderated discussion and interactive participant engagement, the panel will explore how robust governance frameworks, rigorous data standardization, ethical safeguards, and transparent evaluation methodologies can enable responsible and trustworthy AI adoption in healthcare and public health.
  
  Attendees will gain practical and actionable insights to translate multidisciplinary and AI-driven research into measurable improvements in clinical care.
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  >> This session is organized and conducted by D4L data4life gGmbH & Hasso Plattner Institute.

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• April 22, 4:15 pm| #shehealth: What I Wish I Had Known at 25

  Location: Box 1 | Hall 4.2
  4:15 - 5:00 pm
  Session language: German

  A #shehealth fishbowl: Three women. Three career stages. One question: What would you say to your 25-year-old self?
  
  This session isn’t a panel discussion—it’s an open fishbowl conversation about careers, mindset, and health in the digital transformation. In the inner circle, Prof. Dr. Sylvia Thun, Irit Nachtigall, and Inga Bergen discuss what truly shaped them: networks, visibility, the courage to embrace uncertainty—and what nobody told them back then. An empty chair in the circle invites the audience to join the conversation. For young women just starting out. And for everyone who still remembers what that felt like.
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  >> This seminar is organized and hosted by #shehealth

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• April 22, 5:15 pm| Women's health is not a niche issue!

  Location: Box 2, Hall 6.2
  5:15 - 6:00 pm
  Session language: German

  Women make up more than half of the population. Around two-thirds of healthcare workers are women. And yet they are still not given equal representation in healthcare decision-making—let alone receiving gender-specific treatment.
  
  Prevention, diagnosis, and therapy still follow male-dominated study logic. In addition, there are women-specific symptoms and diseases that have not yet received sufficient attention.
  
  In this panel, experts from the fields of science, business, politics, and practice will discuss the need for a separate women's health strategy. Because women's health needs to be sustainably anchored in the healthcare system!
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  >> This session is organized and conducted by Spitzenfrauen Gesundheit e.V. and Healthcare Frauen e.V.

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• April 23, 10:15 am| Rethinking inclusive medicine: Focus on cycle-related health and women's health

  Location: Stage 5.2, Hall 5.2
  10:15 - 11:00 am
  Session language: German

  The medicine of the future must not only recognize gender-specific differences, but also make targeted use of them—for better care, greater participation, and new business models. This session focuses on the question of how medical research and care can be made more inclusive, for example by taking into account the female cycle and other biological differences. Together, we will discuss how gender-sensitive medicine can become a source of innovation – for patients, professionals, and the healthcare industry.
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  >> This session is organized and conducted by the Berlin-Brandenburg Healthcare Industry Cluster – HealthCapital.

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