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Europe´s Leading Digital Health Conference and Trade Fair

With more than 20,500 participants, 900 exhibitors, 200 sessions and over 450 speakers, DMEA – Connecting Digital Health – is one of Europe’s leading events for digital health. The aim of DMEA is to bring together experts from the digital health industry once a year to exchange information and knowledge, present new products and projects and generate new business contacts. DMEA is held from 21-23 April 2026 at the international congress center Messe Berlin.

The event offers a comprehensive overview of the most important and pressing topics in digital health:

  • AI (artificial intelligence) in medicine
  • Digital transformation in medicine and hospitals
  • Digital health in public healthcare
  • Smart hospital
  • Networking the various players in the healthcare sector

DMEA Startups & Innovation Area

The Startups & Innovation Area at DMEA offers young companies the ideal stage to present their digital healthcare solutions to a broad specialist audience and to meet potential customers, investors and strong partners. DMEA is the perfect place to create visibility, gain feedback and build sustainable networks.
Criteria to join the Startups & Innovation Area:
  • Startups should not be older than 5 years (expansion) and live the startup culture.
  • Each startup can only exhibit twice in a row in the special startup area.

DMEA nova Award

At DMEA 2026, 20 nominated startups will compete against each other in separate sessions (preliminary rounds). In the final session on April 23rd, the top four startups from the preliminary rounds will pitch for the DMEA nova Award 2026. The startup with the most compelling idea, as decided by the votes of the expert jury and the audience, will be crowned the winner and receive a Prize Kit valued at EUR 7,500.

Take this opportunity to showcase your project, build valuable connections with investors, partners, and clients, and significantly expand your network in the industry! Apply now for the DMEA Nova Award till January 15 2025!

Read more about DMEA Berlin.

Date: December 9, 2025
Source: DMEA Berlin