Agenda
Six stages across two venues
Content built around your priorities, from leadership and investment to clinical care, laboratory medicine and healthy ageing. CME accredited learning runs on four stages.
About WHX
Where the world of healthcare meets
For more than 50 years, we've brought the people who deliver care, buy it, build it and shape it together in Dubai.
The story behind WHX
Five decades of bringing healthcare together
The name has changed over the years. The purpose has not: bringing the right people together for a healthier world.
1975
Where it started
The show is first held in Dubai, bringing the region's healthcare trade together.
2019-2025
A global show
At Dubai World Trade Centre, it grows into a meeting point for buyers and suppliers from around the world.
2025
A new name
The show becomes World Health Expo, the flagship of 15 international WHX events.
2026
A new home
WHX opens at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City.
Where to find WHX
Two venues. One connected WHX.
Each venue brings together a different part of healthcare, so you can follow the full patient pathway across one city. One ticket covers both, with a free shuttle between them every show day.
Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City
Best for healthcare providers, hospital leaders, clinical specialists and medtech buyers.
Zones:
- International HallsÂ
- Medical Equipment & DevicesÂ
- Imaging & DiagnosticsÂ
- Orthopaedics & RehabilitationÂ
- Infrastructure, General Services & IT Systems
Stages: Visionary Stage, Radiology Stage, Care Delivery Stage
Dubai World Trade CentreÂ
Best for lab professionals, pharma leaders, biotech innovators and wellness specialists.
Zones:
- Labs ZoneÂ
- Pharma & Biotech Zone (new)Â
- Wellness & Longevity Zone (new)Â
- Medical Equipment & DevicesÂ
- Disposables & Consumables
Stages: Labs Stage 1, Labs Stage 2, Healthspan
WHX today
One event. Two world-class venues. One city.
In 2027, World Health Expo runs across Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City and Dubai World Trade Centre. Every ticket includes exhibition access at both venues, and a free shuttle runs between them on every show day.
Over four days, the global healthcare community comes together to discover solutions, share expertise and source what they need.
235,000+
professional visits
4,200+
exhibitors
195+
countries represented
550+
speakers
World Healthcare Week
The most important week in global healthcare
On January 2027, three co-timed events bring trade, innovation and policy together in Dubai.
DEC, Expo city and DWTC
Where the world of healthcare meets
The global healthcare exhibition and conference across two venues
Ideal for: Buyers, procurement teams, clinicians, distributors and healthcare professionals seeking new products, partnerships and industry knowledge.
DWTC
Where innovation comes to life
Digital health, connected care, AI, start-ups, and investments.Â
Ideal for: Technology leaders, innovators, startups, Â investors, digital health professionals and organizations driving healthcare innovation.
DWTC
Where the world’s health leaders convene
A forum for health ministers, CEOs, investors, and innovators.Â
Ideal for: Ministers, policymakers, CEOs, investors and senior healthcare executives driving strategic healthcare decisions.
What's new at WHX 2027?
Two venues
Experience WHX across DEC, Expo City and DWTC for greater scale, more innovation and more ways to connect.
Six content stages
Expert-led content across the Visionary, Care Delivery, Radiology, Labs and Healthspan stages.
New and expanded zones
Longevity, Pharma and Biotech zones extend the event’s reach across the healthcare ecosystem.
Labs zone
A dedicated destination for laboratory medicine, diagnostics, genomics, pathology and emerging technologies.
Expanded country pavilions
Discover healthcare excellence from every continent.
Upgraded WHX Events App
Improved matchmaking, personal schedules and lead management.
Labs at WHX
The lab community, now part of WHX
From 2027, the laboratory and diagnostics community joins World Health Expo. The lab suppliers, products and content that visitors know from Medlab Middle East or WHX Labs now sits inside WHX, alongside hospitals, distributors, clinicians and procurement teams.
Labs ZoneÂ
Dubai World Trade Centre
A dedicated destination for laboratory medicine, diagnostics, genomics and pathology.
Explore:
- Lab equipment and diagnostics suppliers
- Molecular diagnostics and genomics
- Pathology and laboratory quality
- Next to the Pharma & Biotech and Wellness & Longevity zones
CME accredited lab conferences
Two dedicated Labs stages at Dubai World Trade Centre, included with the Platinum Ticket.
Conferences include:
- Laboratory Management and Laboratory Quality
- Clinical Chemistry and Haematology
- Molecular Diagnostics & Genomics
- Clinical Microbiology, Blood Transfusion Medicine & Cellular Therapy, Histopathology
At Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City
Visionary Stage
Leadership, policy and investment.
Radiology Stage (CME)
Imaging and clinical best practice.
Care Delivery Stage (CME)
Accredited clinical education.
At Dubai World Trade Centre
Labs Stage 1 (CME)
Lab management, molecular diagnostics and quality.
Labs Stage 2 (CME)
Haematology, chemistry, microbiology and transfusion.
Healthspan Stage
Longevity, prevention and healthy ageing.
Visionary Stage and Healthspan are included with the Advantage Ticket. All six stages are included with the Platinum Ticket.