Arrival, check-in, exhibition touring, and networking.

The Asia Pacific MedTech Forum 2026 will open with inspirational remarks from APACMed's new leadership, the APACMed Board, and the Government of Singapore. Together, these opening addresses will set the strategic vision for the Forum, highlighting the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of MedTech across Asia Pacific. Speakers will reflect on the importance of innovation, collaboration, and partnership in strengthening healthcare systems and improving patient outcomes, while reinforcing the collective role of industry, policymakers, and healthcare leaders in advancing the region's MedTech ecosystem.

Innovation remains the lifeblood of the MedTech industry, yet the journey from breakthrough technology to widespread adoption is often complex. In this keynote, a global industry leader will reflect on lessons learned from building and scaling a successful MedTech company, including the factors that enable sustained innovation, growth, and impact. The session will explore how emerging capabilities such as AI are reshaping the future of healthcare and what industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators should consider as they seek to translate innovation into better patient outcomes, better surgeon and care team experience, while expanding access to minimally invasive care and lowering the total cost to treat. Attendees will gain perspectives relevant to organizations at every stage of growth, from emerging innovators to established global enterprises.

MedTech innovation is no longer defined by devices alone. As healthcare systems across Asia Pacific and globally face rising demand, workforce constraints, cost pressures, and more complex patient needs, the industry's next frontier will be shaped by its ability to enable care delivery in more connected, efficient, and sustainable ways. This keynote will explore how the industry can move beyond standalone devices toward integrated models of care enabled by technology, digital health, data, and new partnership approaches. Drawing on global healthcare experience, the session will examine what it takes to translate innovation into real-world impact — improving outcomes for patients, supporting care teams, increasing operational efficiency, and helping healthcare providers manage complexity. Attendees will gain perspectives on how MedTech can continue to create value in a changing healthcare environment and help shape the future of patient-centered, technology-enabled care across Asia Pacific.

MedTech innovation is advancing rapidly through AI, connected health technologies, robotics, data-driven decision support, and preventive care solutions. Yet the true measure of innovation is not technological sophistication alone, but the ability to improve outcomes, expand access, and strengthen healthcare systems at scale. As Asia Pacific increasingly emerges as a source of innovation, new models of frugal, reverse, and locally driven innovation are reshaping how technologies are developed, adopted, and delivered. This executive panel will explore how healthcare leaders are translating breakthrough innovations into meaningful patient impact, overcoming barriers to adoption, and building the partnerships needed across industry, healthcare providers, regulators, and policymakers to accelerate access to care.

Healthcare delivery is evolving rapidly as new care models emerge to address workforce constraints, rising demand, and shifting patient expectations. Innovations such as virtual care, hospital-at-home, digitally enabled chronic disease management, and AI-supported clinical workflows are beginning to reshape how care is delivered across health systems. This fireside conversation will explore how these models are moving from concept to real-world implementation, what enables successful adoption, and how MedTech companies can work with providers, governments, and technology partners to scale these approaches across the Asia Pacific region.

Asia Pacific faces unprecedented healthcare challenges, from ageing populations and rising chronic disease burdens to healthcare workforce shortages and increasing pressure on healthcare systems. This session explores why the MedTech industry has an important story to tell today, and how a new branded series presented by APACMed and produced by BBC StoryWorks can help spotlight the industry's contribution to improving patient outcomes, expanding access to care and supporting more sustainable healthcare systems.

Lunch, exhibition touring, and networking.

Innovation requires more than breakthrough technologies - it requires organizations that are designed to consistently translate ideas into meaningful patient impact. Drawing on the transformation journey of a global MedTech company, this keynote will explore how operating models, governance, culture, talent, and AI can be aligned to strengthen innovation capability and accelerate value creation. The session will share practical lessons on measuring innovation, embedding new ways of working, and building organizations equipped to meet the evolving needs of healthcare systems. Attendees will gain insights into how MedTech leaders can create the conditions for sustained innovation and long-term competitive advantage.

Significant progress has been made across Asia Pacific in building the digital foundations of modern healthcare systems, including electronic health records, national digital health platforms, and connected medical devices. Yet important gaps remain in interoperability, data governance, cybersecurity, and the integration of new technologies such as AI into clinical environments. This panel will examine how health systems, industry, and policymakers can work together to strengthen the digital infrastructure required to support next-generation healthcare delivery. The discussion will explore practical lessons from recent initiatives (in Asia Pacific and globally) and identify priorities for achieving secure, interoperable, and scalable digital health ecosystems across the region.

Asia Pacific is playing an increasingly important role in the global MedTech innovation ecosystem, with multinational companies expanding R&D activities across the region to access world-class talent, diverse patient populations, manufacturing capabilities, and fast-growing healthcare markets. As a leading regional innovation hub, Singapore has demonstrated how strong partnerships between industry, healthcare providers, academia, and government can help accelerate research, product development, and commercialization. This fireside conversation will explore how global MedTech companies are structuring and integrating R&D programs in the region, highlighting successful collaboration models, emerging trends, and lessons learned. The discussion will examine how stronger innovation ecosystems can accelerate the development, adoption, and global impact of next-generation medical technologies.

Medical technology is reshaping how healthcare is delivered, experienced and accessed across Asia Pacific. In this conversation, leaders explore how storytelling can help bring important healthcare challenges to life, spotlight innovation that is improving patient outcomes, and foster dialogue on the role of MedTech in addressing the region's most pressing healthcare needs.

Medical innovation depends on the people and leaders who can translate new ideas into solutions that improve patient care and create value for healthcare systems. Asia Pacific offers an extraordinary depth and diversity of talent, but evolving business models, increasingly complex and matrixed organizations, and technologies such as AI are changing the capabilities MedTech companies need. This panel will explore what distinguishes talent across the region, how organizations can better develop and retain their strongest people, and what it takes to prepare Asian leaders for regional and global leadership roles. Senior industry leaders will share practical perspectives from their own experiences building teams, developing talent and leading organizations across Asia Pacific and globally.

Day 1 will conclude with a brief reflection on the key themes, insights, and areas of debate that emerged throughout the Forum's discussions on innovation and integration. Drawing together diverse perspectives shared, this session will highlight common opportunities and challenges shaping the future of MedTech across Asia Pacific. The discussion will also identify key questions and priorities that will carry forward into Day 2's focus on impact, access, and the future direction of the industry.

Informal flow with audience and sponsors.