Medical Fair Asia and Medical Manufacturing Asia 2024
Date: September 11 to September 13, 2024
Venue: Marina Bay Sands Conference and Exhibition Centre
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Target Audience: Canadian Companies providing medical and healthcare products and services
Sector: Life sciences
Event description
The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service in Singapore, in partnership with Ontario and Alberta is supporting Canadian client attendance at Medical Fair Asia and Medical Manufacturing Asia 2024.
This event is now in its 15th year and is the platform of choice for the industry as it brings together medical and healthcare innovations, technologies, equipment and supplies to a centralised marketplace. Thought-leadership and knowledge exchange run central to the event with a series of seminars and conferences by industry experts.
Canadian companies joining the trade delegation will benefit from:
- Tailored business-to-business meetings
- Access to a meeting space within the Canada Pavilion
- Market briefing on the Medical Technology sector in Singapore
- A networking reception
- Site visits
- Access to the exhibition and conference
Singapore has a dynamic and innovative MedTech landscape including considerable public/private sector collaboration, government funding and academic partnerships. SGInnovate and partners lead the way with their Deep Tech Central (DTC) a cross vertical strategic investment programme.
The current top 5 therapeutic areas of focus in Singapore are:
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Diabetes mellitus and other metabolic / endocrine conditions
- Oncology/Cancers
- Infectious diseases
- Neurological and sense disorders
As a result, the Trade Commissioner Service in Singapore sees medical and healthcare opportunities in the following areas:
- AI driven technology particularly descriptive and predictive analytics, chatbots for wellness coaching and imaging analysis.
- Leveraging Mobile technology to monitor and share health information is rapidly increasing and MedTech companies are leveraging devices such as smartphones and smartwatches to provide medical information and allow better health monitoring.
- Wearable technology to allow remote monitoring of patient's vital signs by the physician and hence avoiding the need to visit a clinic/freeing clinician time.
Register to attend
- Contact Mr. Andrew Threlfall (andrew.threlfall@international.gc.ca), Trade Commissioner (life sciences), with a cc to Ms. Norliyah Jamal (norliyah.jamal@international.gc.ca), Canadian Trade Commissioner Service in Singapore.
A pre-mission survey will be sent to you, for completion and return by July 12th, 2024, to confirm your registration to the trade delegation.
Why your organization should participate
- Compare your product/service with international competitors
- Develop a first-hand understanding of the opportunities and challenges of doing business in foreign markets
- Gain insights and market intelligence
- Increase visibility of your product or service
- Meet academic or research entities
- Meet key commercial entities, industry players, and potential buyers, investors and/or partners
- Meet key regulatory bodies
- Participate in networking events
- Participate in pre-organized business to business meetings
- Receive on-the-ground assistance from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service
Trade Commissioner(s) involvement
Activities organized by the Trade Commissioner Service
- Business-to-business meetings
- Export Café (individual meetings with Trade Commissioners from different international markets)
- Networking event
- Pavilion/exhibit
- Site visits
The Trade Commissioner, Andrew Threlfall (andrew.threlfall@international.gc.ca, specializes in the life sciences sector for the Singapore market and can provide information on this and other local events that you are considering, as well as advice on business development in the region. The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service offers services free of charge to Canadian exporters and companies that meet our client criteria.
