(01/2022) Around 450 participants and 75 exhibiting companies attended the 13th Innovation Forum Medical Technology in October. A record for the organizers MedicalMountains GmbH, TechnologyMountains eV and IHK Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg. There were almost 50 lectures to be heard. Topics included additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing processes, the digitization of processes, but also the results of current projects and research projects.
When MedicalMountains Managing Director Yvonne Glienke stepped onto the stage of the Tuttlingen Stadthalle for the opening of the 13th Innovation Forum Medical Technology, emotions resonated: "What a great view of so many faces!" The interest in one of the first face-to-face events in the industry after the pandemic-related break was great with exhibitors and visitors. This hunger for personal exchange and networking was already noticeable in the run-up to the event. Glienke explained that the areas normally available were fully booked within a very short time. The solution was a large tent in front of the town hall, the so-called "InnoCamp", which could accommodate more than two dozen of the almost 70 exhibitors. The guiding principle of this year's forum was "Shaping the future - the decisive step ahead". Thomas Albiez, General Manager of the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, saw this as the challenge of being able to keep up with developments in view of the “incredible dynamic”. However, in order to gain a head start, you have to consider two things, as TechnologyMountains CEO Dr. Harald Stallforth explained. On the one hand, to use the advantage of medical technology, to analyze needs directly with the users and to react to them. On the other hand, to make the technological potential usable with cooperation partners. Both require communication. "That's why networks are so incredibly important."
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