By Simona Shemer| NoCamels | May 13, 2019
Israel’s annual Mixiii-Biomed conference, the prestigious three-day life science and biomed event now in its 18th year, is kicking off in Tel Aviv this week with a focus on the “full spectrum of healthcare.” The conference, co-organized by leading Israeli and international healthcare institutions, highlights health industry trends as well as new developments in digital health, biotech, and med tech.
This year, the confab, which runs May 14-16, spotlights the shift of clinical care from cure to prevention, as well as the importance of rehabilitation to quality of life, gathering over 6,000 industry executives, scientists, doctors, engineers and investors, including some 1,000 international participants from over 45 countries.
The event will also feature an exhibition with 150 exhibitors and a Start-Up Pavilion showcasing 45 different local startups. The exhibition is sponsored by the Israel Innovation Authority, the support arm of the Israeli government in the national development of industrial R&D.
The three-day event is set to include sessions and panel presentations by some 150 local and international speakers on developments in areas such as gene editing, cell therapy, cancer therapies, personalized medicine, medical cannabis, and the use of advanced technologies in rehabilitation processes.
The rehabilitation track, officially called “Prevention and Rehabilitation: Should the Underdog Begin Barking?” will be chaired by Dr. Naomi Gefen, the deputy director general of Jerusalem’s ALYN Hospital, a world leader in pediatric rehabilitation for physical disabilities.
“As technology continues to advance at a rapid rate, we are seeing an impressive spike in rehab and assistive technologies in Israel and around the world,” the conference said in a statement. “This rehabilitation track at MIXiii-BIOMED will highlight the novel technologies being developed in this space.”
Gefen tells NoCamels that a lot of today’s advanced technology began with a concept of trying to “help people with disabilities function in society.”
Source: http://nocamels.com/2019/05/biomed-confab-advanced-tech-rehabilitation/
