‘2023 Medi Expo Korea’, a business exhibition in the medical industry, started with an opening ceremony on Friday, June 800th, with 350 companies participating in 6 booths, including cutting-edge medical equipment exhibitions and dental equipment exhibitions, focusing on the health and medical industry exhibition, and will be held on July 30nd. It was held at EXCO (East and West Buildings) until Sunday.
The opening ceremony was held at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 30, and was attended by about 2 guests, including Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo, Daegu Metropolitan City Council Chairman Lee Man-gyu, and Korea Health Industry Development Institute Director Cha Sun-do. Daegu Metropolitan City, domestic mid- to large-sized medical companies, Daegu Cheombok Foundation, and Daegu Techno A business agreement ceremony was also held to create a medi-startup zone specialized in bio and healthcare, with participation from parks and others, and to revitalize the local medical industry.
At this agreement ceremony, five companies, including Shinpoong Pharmaceutical, Donggwang Pharmaceutical, Hankook Pharma, BL, and Geopharm, whose founders moved from Daegu and have grown into global companies, will participate in the Medi-Start Medical Complex in the Daegu High-Tech Medical Complex (hereinafter referred to as ‘Daegu Cheombok Complex’). We decided to join forces with Daegu Metropolitan City to develop the local medical industry, including creating an upzone and fostering start-ups specializing in bio and healthcare.
The Medi Start-Up Zone is being created within Daegu Cheombok Complex in line with the plan to foster a high-tech industry global cluster announced by the government on June 6, and will attract investment from bio and healthcare startups, local medical schools, research institutes, clinical support institutions, and bio-specialized ventures. The plan is to develop the area into the most innovative area in the medical industry by concentrating (VC) and business support service organizations to realize active networking of management-investment-technology professionals and institutions within the area.
This ‘2023 Medi Expo Korea’ is the region’s largest order-taking expo with over 20,000 booths from 350 companies with an exhibition area of 800㎡, integrating the health and medical industry exhibition, advanced medical device and medical industry exhibition, and dental equipment exhibition. , you were able to check out the latest trends in the healthcare field, including cutting-edge medical devices, hospital equipment, dentistry, and equipment, all in one place.
In particular, this year, the nature of the business exhibition was further strengthened to provide practical help to participating companies, such as a medical device job fair, a business meeting to attract KOTRA buyers, and the establishment of an international pavilion with participation from the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, and Thailand.
The ‘Korea Health and Medical Industry Exhibition’, held at EXCO East Hall (Hall 4, Hall 5A), will feature over 150 booths from 300 companies, including leading domestic and foreign medical industry companies such as Samsung Medison, DK Medical, GE Healthcare, Bokuk Electronics, and Zespa. Participated in size.
In addition, a special diabetes hall was created within the health and medical industry exhibition to help citizens experience various diabetes-related services and receive blood sugar meters free of charge.
The ‘Korea International Advanced Medical Equipment Industry Exhibition’ (KOAMEX 5), held in halls 6B and 2023 of the East Building, is a specialized exhibition that is establishing itself as an innovative growth platform for the high-tech medical industry. This year, more than 150 companies, including Siemens, Plasmap, Prototech, and Careroom Medical Industries, exhibited diagnostic medical devices, clinical/examination devices, surgical and recycling devices, hospital equipment, and emergency equipment.
In particular, the ‘Digital Healthcare Hall’, where cutting-edge medical technology and medical robots based on IT and AI will be displayed, and the ‘International Hall’, where countries such as Indonesia, China, the Dominican Republic, and Taiwan will participate, have been created as special halls, raising interest and expectations from officials. raised it.
The Dental Equipment Exhibition (DIDEX) consists of the ‘Daegu International Dental Symposium’ and the ‘Equipment Exhibition’. The equipment exhibition, which will be held in Hall 2 of the EXCO West Building, will feature various oral products, including medical equipment, devices, instruments, materials, implant equipment, orthodontic equipment, and dental laboratory equipment. Major participating companies include Seshin Precision, Osstem Implant, Megagen Implant, Shinheung, Dentis, and Vatech M-Sys.
In addition, an academic conference attended by over 3 dentists and hygienists was held on the 2,000rd floor of the EXCO West Building on Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 1.
In addition, during the 2023 Medi Expo Korea, there will be a ‘Medical Company Export Consultation’ where 50 domestic and foreign medical companies and 16 buyers invited from 60 countries will have 1:1 consultations, and regional leading medical institutions, tertiary hospitals, specialty hospitals, public health centers, etc. A ‘hospital purchasing consultation’ was also held where about 25 public medical institutions and 30 companies met.
In addition, there are academic conferences by the Daegu Metropolitan Medical Association and the Daegu Metropolitan Pharmaceutical Association, as well as professional seminars such as ‘Domestic and foreign medical device companies’ response to the new European medical device law (MDR)’, job and continuing education, and medical device-related job fairs (KOAMEX- A variety of useful information exchange events such as INNO Job Fair 2023 were also held.
Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo, who attended the opening ceremony of the 6 Medi Expo Korea at 30:14 on June 2023, said, “With Daegu City selecting the medical healthcare business as one of the five new industries, the high-tech medical complex will take the lead in turning Daegu into a medical city.” “I ordered it,” he said.
He continued, “Like this, we are focusing on the medical care business as one of Daegu’s five new industries. “Together with all of you who are here today and working in Korea’s new industries, we will do our best to support Daegu so that it can be reborn as a new medical city center,” he said.
In addition, Daegu City and Gyeongsangbuk-do are preparing to emerge as ‘aviation industry hub cities’ based on the Daegu-Gyeongbuk (TK) New Airport, which is scheduled to open in 2030.
Regarding this, Mayor Hong Jun-pyo said, “Before 2030, a new skyway to the world will open in Daegu. “I understand that most medical products are requested internationally by air,” he said. “I believe that Daegu will be an even better location for investment because Daegu has skyways that are as good as those in Incheon.” “I hope that you will invest a lot in Daegu and that many people will come to Daegu,” he said.
Meanwhile, the main exhibition items of ‘KOAMEX 2023’ hosted by Daegu Metropolitan City and K-MEDI Hub are as follows. △Diagnostic and diagnostic devices such as scanners, measuring devices, and imaging devices △Clinical and inspection devices △Surgical and recycling devices △Hospital facilities and emergency equipment △Medical devices, parts, and services △Pharmaceutical devices △Medical services, SW
In addition, at MediExpo Korea 2023, △Medical Imaging Devices △Measurement Medical Devices △Rehabilitation Medical Devices △Healthcare Medical Devices △Surgery-related Devices △Medical Information System △Smart Health Devices △Pharmaceutical-related Devices △Medical Device Parts and Materials △Hospital Facilities △ Oriental medicine devices △dental devices △exercise-related devices △skin care beauty △senior-friendly products △health food and supplies △medical tourism △specialized hospitals were exhibited and introduced.
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