January 26-28, 2027
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
MECC Maastricht, The Netherlands
Where healthcare transformation comes together
From innovation to implementation
Healthcare is changing rapidly and increasingly visibly in practice. Clinical AI supports decision-making in hospitals, digital triage is becoming commonplace in primary care, robotics and smart logistics alleviate workload, and interoperable data infrastructures connect regions and countries. At the same time, staff shortages, financial pressure, and organizational complexity are increasing. Innovation is no longer the greatest challenge. The challenge lies in coherence, implementation, and governance choices.
10,000 healthcare professionals, one agenda
The ICT&health World Conference brings together more than 10,000 healthcare professionals, administrators, policymakers, and innovators to demonstrate what works, what is scalable, and what choices are needed to actually realize healthcare transformation. The conference is one of the leading healthcare gatherings in Europe and builds on previous editions where healthcare, policy, and technology came together on a large scale around concrete implementation issues.
The Netherlands as frontrunner
More than seventy percent of the participants work in healthcare itself, from administrators and medical specialists to nurses, CIOs, and policymakers, in direct interaction with technology partners, universities, governments, and international organizations. From the Netherlands, with Limburg as a meeting place in the heart of Europe, the congress is increasingly developing into an international meeting place for organizations working on the future of healthcare.
On the exhibition floor, it becomes visible what is already working today and what is coming. From AI in radiology and primary care to robotics, home monitoring, and hybrid care models. It also becomes visible how data is shared securely and how digital infrastructures are being built to be interoperable.
Not a promise, but proof
The discussions are not about promises, but about implementation, governance, scaling up, and financing. This makes the difference between hype and proven practice visible. The program comprises over 150 substantive sessions spread over three days, with international keynotes, executive panels, deep dives, strategic workshops, and live demonstrations that together form one integrated whole.
Many sessions fill up quickly, and organizations are increasingly participating with multidisciplinary teams. By bringing governance, care, IT, and policy together simultaneously, space is created for joint decision-making, better alignment between teams, and direct translation into practical implementation.
Themes shaping the healthcare of tomorrow
The program connects practice, policy, leadership, and science into one coherent whole. In 2027, the following themes, among others, will be explored in greater depth:
- AI, data availability, and interoperability
- leadership, behavioral change, and workforce transformation
- the European Health Data Space and international cooperation
- digital healthcare infrastructures and data governance
- diagnostic innovation and acceleration of care processes
- hybrid care models, home monitoring, and remote care
- nursing innovation and future-proof healthcare organizations
- cybersecurity, governance, and sustainable financing
Over the course of three days, the program continuously connects vision, implementation, and practice, ranging from clinical applications and technological innovation to governance choices, scaling up, and impact on the shop floor. All perspectives come together, from medical specialists and nurses to administrators, CIOs, policymakers, and innovators, enabling complex issues to be approached integrally and making acceleration truly possible.
The strength of the congress lies in the coherence between the days, the disciplines, and the participants. Insights from practice are linked to strategic choices and policy development, and vice versa. As a result, not only is an understanding of what is at play created, but also room to take concrete steps towards implementation and scaling up.
What is discussed during the conference does not stop after three days. Via the international ICT&health platform, interviews, podcasts and editorial reporting, knowledge sharing and collaboration run throughout year round.
Anyone working on better healthcare knows that innovation alone is not enough. It requires collaboration, choices, and responsibility. The ICT&health World Conference brings together the people who make these choices and actually realize them in practice.
For more information about participation or strategic partnership: events@icthealth.nl