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Congress and Expo for Medical XR
September 18—20, 2024
Live and on site in Heidelberg, Germany

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Experience the power of deep in-person physical networking at Europe’s most valuable Medical XR Congress

Since 2019, Shift Medical has established itself as Europe’s leading community for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality in healthcare. 3,500 members are actively engaged in our worldwide community by attending virtual and physical events and continuously advancing Medical Extended Reality by building strong collaborations across academia, industry and government agencies.

In 2024, our flagship congress Shift Medical will again focus on strengthening the open and structured knowledge exchange between healthcare providers, businesses, governments and the general public with an exclusive in-person congress in the beautiful city Heidelberg in Germany.

If you are bored by anonymous online conferences, shake your head watching overpromising marketing claims and biased self-promotional talks, and you miss deep in-person networking opportunities with colleagues who care about a sustainable Medical XR ecosystem, then Shift Medical 2024 is your congress.

Dedicated to evidence-based principles we will continue to shape ethical, regulatory, technological and data safety standards across the world for virtual, augmented and mixed reality in medicine.

Program

Experience the whole MXR continuum – from CME accredited status quo talks to scientific research and industry presentations

Photos by Patrick Paetz

Parallel to the congress we will offer businesses and academic institutions the opportunity to exhibit their products and services in our Medical XR tech area.

During the whole congress our guests from industry, academia, and individual developers will have the opportunity to demonstrate their Medical XR solutions in our Medical XR tech area, 1:1 or in small groups without an extra exhibition fee. Information regarding additional sponsoring opportunities can be found here.

Program will be announced soon

Statements

“A truly multidimensional experience.”

Karthik Patanjali, The New York Times

“An exciting example of the power of VR to truly bring people together.”

Christopher Patnoe, Google

“This is what I call walking the talk at Shift Medical.”

Razvan Ionasec, Amazon Web Services

Topics

Deeply connect with the European Medical XR community, critically discuss the status quo and shape the future direction of Extended Reality

Storytelling

UX & Human Factors

Regulatory Affairs

Re-imbursement Strategies

Reimbursement Strategies

Training & Education

Ethics

Hardware & Software

Spatial Audio

AI for XR

Security

Clinical Integration

Evaluation

Your application

Just buying a congress ticket would be way too easy – submit your personal application now!

Take the unique opportunity and apply now for the exclusive Shift Medical congress 2024 – live and on site in Heidelberg, Germany. Please apply as soon as possible, as we expect this event again to be oversubscribed.

Our application process in a nutshell:

Statements

“Thank you for the opportunity to present at your fantastic event. A great honor.”

Elizabeth Hyman, XR Association

“This is the most interactive way of holding a conference I have seen so far.”

Jürgen Klöckner, Handelsblatt

“Not only because of the great speakers, I really enjoyed the meeting.”

Christian Elsenbast, Fraunhofer IESE

Venue

Nature, history and deep personal connections to shape virtual medicine

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Europe’s largest Medical XR Congress Shift Medical this year will be hosted at the magnificent BDC Heidelberg in the centre of the Heidelberg Innovation Park.

With well over 100 attendees this state-of-the-art facility is offering a unique environment, perfectly suited for our congress. With its world-class infrastructure and commitment to technological advancements, the BDC Heidelberg sets the stage for a truly remarkable event.

Patronage

Prof Dr Würzner will assume patronage of our congress

Prof Dr Eckart Würzner
Mayor

Heidelberg City

Partners

We work with trusted long-term partners that share our mission of an open and unbiased knowledge exchange

Heidelberg Technology Park

City of Heidelberg

Heidelberg Startup Partners

Institutions

We proudly present the institutions of previous congress participants

Heidelberg University Hospital

Elsevier

Google

Harvard Business School

Imperial College London

Siemens Healthineers

Stanford School of Medicine

The New York Times

Smart City

Shift Medical is based in the University City of Heidelberg

Heidelberg was mentioned for the first time in 1196 and is well known for Germany’s oldest university, the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, founded in 1386. The city is also home for the world famous Heidelberg University Clinic, the German Cancer Research Centre, the National Center for Tumor Diseases, four Max Planck Institutes and the European Molecular Biology Laboratories (funded by 40 nations).

As one of the leading biotechnology hubs in Europe, Heidelberg is an extremely attractive location for businesses and technology providers. Due to the close cooperation with many of the companies, institutions, the university, the university clinic, the city of Heidelberg and the state of Baden Württemberg, we have an ideal biotope for the further development of our European Shift Medical Network.

Have a bird’s eye view of the many faces of the city Heidelberg

Heidelberg Image Film presented by Heidelberg Marketing

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Photo by Tobias Reich

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    Sebastian Smieja

    Managing Director

    Dr. Lars Riedemann

    Scientific Director

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