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WHX 2027 | Healthspan Stage

From prevention and healthspan
to the future of medicine

Venue

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC)

Dates

25–28 January 2027

Healthspan Stage content is included with the Advantage and Platinum ticket

Healthspan Stage

The Healthspan Stage explores how healthcare is moving from reactive treatment towards prevention, personalised health and longer, healthier lives. Bringing together healthcare leaders, wellness and longevity experts, biotech and pharma executives, researchers, investors and technology innovators, the stage connects scientific breakthroughs with the ideas, technologies and models shaping the future of medicine.

Why attend

The four-day journey

Across four days, Healthspan moves from scientific discovery and clinical innovation to prevention, healthy living and the future of longevity.

Biotech & Life Sciences

Day 1 | Monday, 27 January

Biotech & Life Sciences

Discovery, data and clinical development

Explore population genomics, precision medicine, clinical trials, AI-enabled drug discovery, TechBio and the science driving the next generation of medicine.

Key themes

  • From population genomics to precision medicine: Unlocking rare disease diagnosis and targeted care 
  • Global clinical trials for vaccines, biologics and advanced therapies: Evidence, regulation and site readiness 
  • From discovery to commercialization: Turning science into scalable companies and therapies 
  • Digital biology: How AI Is redesigning drug discovery
Biotech & Life Sciences

Day 2 | Tuesday, 28 January

Biotech & Life Sciences

Manufacturing, partnering and patient access

Discover how biomanufacturing, localisation, advanced therapies, partnerships and resilient supply chains are helping move innovation from pipeline to patient.

Key themes

  • Biomanufacturing without borders: Capacity, technology transfer and local value
  • From vaccines to complex medicines: Building resilient supply chains for patient access 
  • Where science and capital are converging: Oncology, GLP-1s, Metabolic disease and rare diseases 
  • Advanced therapies in the real world: From scientific promise to sustainable delivery
Wellness & Longevity

Day 3 | Wednesday, 28 January

Wellness & Longevity

Prevention, metabolic health and clinical longevity

Explore metabolic health, nutrition, healthy ageing, personalised prevention and the growing science behind clinical longevity.

Key themes

  • The GCC metabolic health challenge - What can we change now? 
  • Lessons learned from a healthy aging research clinic 
  • Building a hospital grade longevity service - governance, pathways and outcomes - 
  • Healthspan data stack - OMICS, biomarkers, AI and continuous monitoring and longevity optimization therapies
Wellness & Longevity

Day 4 | Thursday, 28 January

Wellness & Longevity

Healthy living, healthy places and scalable longevity

Examine how wearables, biomarkers, AI, healthy environments and new healthcare and wellness models can help people live healthier for longer.

Key themes

  • Women’s midlife health - The missing wellness and prevention opportunity
  • Muscle, strength & healthspan: The new science of healthy ageing 
  • From clinic to community - can longevity be designed into everyday life? 
  • Is longevity investable? Finding scalable models beyond luxury clinics

What you'll explore

From biotech and precision medicine to metabolic health and longevity, explore the science, technology and ideas shaping healthier lives and the future of medicine.

Be part of the conversation

Join the people shaping the next era of healthcare, from prevention and healthy ageing to biotech, life sciences and advanced medicine. Share ideas, challenge conventional thinking and discover where science, technology and investment are taking healthcare next.