DMEA—Connecting Digital Health
Format | Trade fair and conference |
Cycle | Annually |
Organizer | German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors (bvitg e. V.) |
Organizer | Munich Trade Fair Company |
Location from 2027 | Munich |
Date 2027 | April 13 to 15 |
DMEA: Definition
DMEA is an annual trade fair and congress event for digital health in Germany. It is organized annually by the German Association of Healthcare IT (bvitg e. V.). The event is aimed at professionals from the healthcare sector, politics, science, and industry.
DMEA combines a trade fair and congress with networking formats. It is one of the leading industry events in the field of digital health and digital healthcare in Germany and Europe.
DMEA: Event Profile
Designation | DMEA – Connecting Digital Health |
Abbreviation | DMEA |
Format | Trade fair and conference |
Cycle | Annually |
Language | German, English |
Access | Subject to a fee |
Organizer | German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors – bvitg e. V. |
Organizer | Munich Trade Fair Company |
DMEA: Event Structure
Trade show
The trade fair forms the core of DMEA. Exhibitors present products, solutions, and services from the fields of health IT, hospital information systems, telemedicine, interoperability, and digital infrastructure. The exhibition spectrum ranges from software and platforms to consulting services and integration projects.
Congress
The congress includes lectures, panels, workshops, and technical sessions. The content is aimed at a specialist audience and covers regulatory developments, technical standards, practical reports, and research findings. Speakers come from clinics, companies, associations, politics, and science.
Networking
DMEA offers structured networking formats for professional exchange. These include topic-specific meetups, matchmaking opportunities, and informal exchange formats such as DMEA sparks.
DMEA: Attendee Structure
Groups of visitors
DMEA is aimed at trade visitors from the healthcare sector. Typical visitor groups include IT managers and decision-makers from clinics and hospitals, representatives of health insurance companies and cost bearers, employees from health authorities and government agencies, scientists and researchers from the field of medical informatics, as well as consultants and project managers for digitization projects in the healthcare sector.
Exhibitor groups
Exhibitors include manufacturers of hospital information systems (HIS), hospital IT solutions, and practice software, as well as medical care center systems, providers of telemedicine solutions and remote care solutions, digital health applications (DiGA), companies specializing in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity in healthcare, consulting firms for digitization and interoperability, including FHIR-based interfaces and TI connectivity, and providers of solutions for electronic patient records (EPR), medical documentation systems, and data exchange.
In addition, companies will present AI-supported diagnostics and data analysis applications, digital care and rehabilitation solutions, medical IT and connected devices (IoMT), as well as research and university solutions in the field of medical informatics and research data management.
DMEA: Key Topics
DMEA covers topics in digital health. Key thematic areas include:
- Health IT and hospital IT
- Electronic health records
- Telemedicine and digital health applications
- Interoperability and standards
- Artificial intelligence in healthcare
- Data privacy and cybersecurity
- Digital care models
- Medical informatics
DMEA: Key Data 2027
Date | April 13–15, 2027 |
Venue | Trade Fair Center Munich Exhibition Center |
Address | Messesee 2, 81829 Munich |
State | Bavaria |
Country | Germany |
Organizer | German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors – bvitg e. V. |
Implementation | In cooperation with Messe München |
Format | face-to-face event |
DMEA: Scale and Significance
In 2025, around 900 exhibitors from almost 30 countries and 20,500 trade visitors took part in DMEA. The congress program comprised over 200 sessions with 470 speakers. The event spanned six exhibition halls.
DMEA is seeing increasing international participation. In 2025, exhibitors and trade visitors came from Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Scandinavia, the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, China, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, among other countries.
DMEA: Market position and classification
DMEA is an established industry event in the German health IT market. In the field of digital health, it serves as an annual industry meeting place for providers, healthcare institutions, politicians, and researchers.
DMEA is considered the central annual platform for structured exchange in the German digital health market.
The event combines national specialist topics with international participation. The range of exhibitors includes established companies in the health IT industry as well as start-ups and research institutions.
DMEA: History and Development
Until 2018
Event under the name conhIT in Berlin
2019
Renamed to DMEA – Connecting Digital Health
2019 to 2026
DMEA is held annually in Berlin
From 2027
DMEA will continue at the Munich location
DMEA was held in Berlin from 2019 to 2026. From 2027 onwards, DMEA will continue in Munich. The change of location does not represent a reorientation in terms of content, but rather an organizational relocation of the event venue.
DMEA: Organization
DMEA is organized by the German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors (bvitg e. V.). Founded in 1995, bvitg is the trade association for the health IT industry in Germany. It represents companies in the fields of hospital information systems, digital health applications, telemedicine, and IT infrastructure in healthcare.
From 2027 onwards, DMEA will be held in cooperation with Messe München. The event will be held as an in-person event.
DMEA: Frequently Asked Questions
DMEA is an annual trade fair and congress for digital health in Germany, organized by bvitg e. V.
DMEA will take place in 2027 at the Munich Exhibition Center.
DMEA is organized by the German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors (bvitg e. V.), and from 2027 onwards in cooperation with Messe München.
Health IT, telemedicine, electronic patient records, interoperability, artificial intelligence in healthcare, hospital IT, data protection, and cybersecurity.
From April 13 to 15, 2027.
To a specialist audience from the healthcare sector: decision-makers from hospitals, medical practices, health insurance companies, industry, politics, and science.
DMEA: Official Sources
Website
dmea.de
Organizer
bvitg.de
Wikipedia
DMEA (Wikipedia)
LinkedIn
DMEA on LinkedIn
DMEA: Currency and Maintenance
This facts page is updated regularly, particularly with regard to event dates, participant numbers, and organizational details.
Last update: March 3, 2026