COMPAMED 2026
16 November 2026 – 19 November 2026
Messe Düsseldorf Fairground, Düsseldorf, Germany
COMPAMED is an international trade fair for high-tech components, materials and manufacturing technologies for the medical technology supply industry, covering components, advanced materials, sensor technology, microtechnology and manufacturing processes for medical devices. It is held alongside MEDICA in Düsseldorf, and its programme includes the COMPAMED HIGH-TECH FORUM by IVAM and the COMPAMED SUPPLIERS FORUM by DeviceMed.
82 sessions · 82 speakers
Agenda
- Opening 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- How to Successfully Transfer Your Medical Device Design to a Contract Manufacturer 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- OEM Customization in Medical Technology: Strategies, Challenges, and Practical Approaches 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- From Powder to Patient: Additive Manufacturing of Patient-Specific Implant Structures 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Process innovation amorphous metals: High-precision instrument parts injection molded in less than 90 seconds 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Speed Without Shortcuts: Taking a Medical Device Change from Engineering Solution to Validated Production 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Less Is More: Writing a Lean State of the Art That Holds Up in Review 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Smart Miniaturized Sensor Systems for One Health Applications 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Conductivity Measurements of Liquids in a Flow Cell Configuration for Simplified Integration 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Engineering Agility in MedTech 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Biosensors for Medical Devices: Continuous Glucose and Lactate Monitoring in Critical Care 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Smart Manufacturing – Enhancing Productivity and Process Reliability through Advanced Inline Quality Assurance 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Continuous and High-Speed Spinning of Microfibers Resembling In Vivo Collagen Architecture 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Protecting Advanced Medical Technologies with Conformal Coatings 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Small Motors, Big Impact: Optimizing Motor Performance for Robotic Surgery 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- A unique EtO abatement technology 16 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Micro-Assembly: The Key Pushing Forward the Limits of Miniaturization, for Innovative Sensor Solutions 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Bochum's Path Toward the Use of Autonomous Systems in Healthcare 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Celebrating Marketing Excellence: Nelipak Healthcare Packaging Award Winner Spotlight & Short Interview (to be confirmed) 16 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Pushing the Limits: Minimally Invasive Laser Therapies Powered by Advanced Fiber and Laser Technology 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Building a Better Hemostasis Valve: Insights from 175+ Years of Sealing Innovation 17 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Optics, Lasers and Illumination for Medical and Diagnostic Application 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Beyond Compliance: Engineering Patient Adherence Through Intelligent Fluidic Design 17 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Continuously Variable Filters: The Flexible Optical Component for Next-Generation Medical Diagnostic 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Transparent CMUT Technology for Compact Through Illumination Photoacoustic Imaging 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Advanced Biophotonic Sensing for Inline Quality Control and Medical Applications 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- How is the regulatory state of the art to be stated? – Regulatory compliance management within the product and process life cycle 17 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Faster Microstructured 3D Glass Parts for Bio/Medical, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Sensors and Electronics 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Digitalization of regulatory workflows: Shaping the regulatory software landscape 17 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Improving Medical Devices with Glass-Based Solutions 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Advanced Packaging Services for Microelectronics and Optoelectronics 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Acktar: Advanced Light Management for Medical Imaging & Photonics 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Optical Filters for Research and Industry 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- How to Minimize Surgical Handtool Surface Temperature Through Optimal Drive System Selection and System-Level Simulation 17 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- From Etched Microstructures to Medical Applications - How Metallic Microfluidics Enables Precise Fluid Control for Life Science and Medtec Applications 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Cybersecurity for suppliers: What your medical device customers need from you to stay compliant 17 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- How Microfluidics Enable Live-Changing Solutions 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Scalable Micro Structuring of Glass for Microfluidic and Photonic Applications 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Co-Optimization of Manufacturing Chains for Advanced Microfluidic Consumables 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Organoid and Spheroid Culturing Solutions 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- The Future of Precision Healthcare: Microfluidics, Smart Sensing, and Photonic Innovations 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Hands-on-Session with selected Microfluidic companies 17 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From Lab to Fab: Scaling the Next Generation of Medical Technology 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- The Invisible Muscle: Advanced Magnetics at the Core of Medical Device Innovation in Europe 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Advances in Fluid-based Assembly Energize Next-Gen Smarter Wearables 18 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Expanding Healthcare Manufacturing in Europe: Building Regional Supply for Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Packaging 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From Prototype to Production: Material and Design Decisions That Determine Medical Device Success 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Accelerating Medical Device Development Using Material Science 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- PFAS Free Low Friction Materials for Medical Devices 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Innovative Biocompatible Packaging Solutions for Improving Throughput and Protecting Delicate High-Value Medical Components 18 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Engineering Motion: Bionate® and Bionate® II Polycarbonate Urethanes for Orthopedic Implants 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Medizintechnik- und Zuliefererindustrie 18 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Evolving in an Ever-Changing Medical Device Coating Market 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From Ideation to Production: Purposeful Planning for the Development of Silicone Components 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Essentials of Conductive Silicones – Materials, Characteristics, Processes, and Real World Examples 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From Concept to Market: Full-Cycle Capabilities for Accelerating Silicone Medical Solutions 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Engineering Controlled Drug Delivery with Silicone Materials 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Transdermal active delivery study results: Superior release of active ingredients from silicone gel adhesives 18 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Illuminating Innovation: The Growing Role of Fiber Optics in Medical Technology 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Chip-on-Tip CMOS Image Sensors for Endoscopes – What Have We Learned in the Last 10 Years. What Are the Emerging Trends? 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- UV-cured Silicones: Reinventing Medical Device Manufacturing 18 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Interconnect Technologies Enabling the Next Generation of Miniaturized Neuromodulation Devices 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Accelerating the Transformation of Miniaturized Medical Devices to Multi-Analyte Intelligent Therapeutic Systems 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Advancing Minimally Invasive Procedures with Low Pressure Compliant Balloons 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Junkosha - Catheter Manufacturing Solutions 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From Lab to Fab: Scaling the Next Generation of Medical Technology 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Fighting Fibrin Sheath: Rethinking Dialysis Catheter Performance 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From IVD Assay Innovation to FDA-Ready IVD: a U.S.-Based Development and Validation Platform 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Entering the U.S. Market Faster: How AI is Reducing the Cost and Complexity of FDA Regulatory Strategy 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- From Classification to Post-Market Surveillance: A Comprehensive Comparison of FDA and EU IVDR Requirements for In Vitro Diagnostic Devices 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Panel Discussion: Challenges in Healthcare: Perspectives from MedTech SMEs in Europe and North America (to be confirmed) 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Opening Networking Europe meets North America 18 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Next-Generation of Glass Innovation for Life Sciences and Diagnostics 19 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Data that dies inside the device: No AI readiness without a data strategy 19 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to Industrial Microfluidics 19 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- AI Needs More Than Algorithms: The Critical Role of Precision Fluidics in Healthcare 19 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40
- Piezo Technology Meets Medical Applications 19 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Microfluidic Pumping – Moving Small Volumes in a Small Footprint 19 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- Microfluidics Made Easy, or at Least Easier! 19 November 2026 · Hall 8a / G40
- The Right Tool for the Job: A Practical Framework for AI Integration in the PMS Process 19 November 2026 · Hall 8b / G40