New forum for the sector delivers impetus for the healthcare industry

Health Impulse Days 2027: 16 to 18 March 2027

11.11.2026

Wolfertschwenden, 11 November 2026 – Stricter regulatory requirements, ambitious sustainability targets, a growing shortage of skilled staff, and greater complexity in production due to increasingly individualised therapies: The medical and pharmaceutical industries are faced with a fundamental transformation. At Health Impulse Days, which runs from 16 to 18 March 2027, decision-makers and experts in the sector will be discussing, how this can be shaped. MULTIVAC Health Packaging is hosting the new forum together with Harro Höfliger, pester pac automation, Südpack Medica and other partners at MULTIVAC's headquarters in Wolfertschwenden. On the agenda will be AI and automation, as well as patient-focused solutions, networked production, concepts for optimising the use of packaging materials, and future technology for healthcare applications.

The underlying principle of the event is "Practical experience instead of theoretical concepts". Top-class experts within the industry will be shar-ing their knowledge in a wide range of sessions, and they will also be open to discussion with those participating in the event. “If added value in the healthcare industry is to be rethought, the right players have to be at the table. By organising Health Impulse Days, we want to create a platform for exchanging information and views between manufacturers, suppliers, science and test institutes,” says Dirk Bauernfeind, Corporate Product Manager for Health Packaging at MULTIVAC. “The dialogue will deliver valuable impetus for concepts such as those, which optimise the use of packaging materials, digitalise production and create a resilient supply chain.“

From the Smart Factory to the packaging of tomorrow

The conference day on 17 March 2027 will be opened by Dr Bertalan Meskó, Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, with a keynote speech, which will reveal how AI, digital healthcare technology and new innovations are changing the healthcare sector. The program is then divided into two sets of topics. The first is dedicated to digital transformation and Smart Manufacturing: How can AI and intelligent automation be used in pharmaceutical and medical technology? How do patient-focused drug delivery solutions become scalable? And how do flexible manufacturing and intelligent planning succeed in the healthcare supply chain? The second set of topics is focused on healthcare packaging in the future. It follows the progress of forward-looking packaging concepts, ranging from the regulatory requirements right up to market-ready solutions, and it sheds light on packaging systems of the next generation throughout the entire product life cycle, as well as illustrating how a collective database can be created for networked manufacturing. Each session ends in a Round Table, where the topics are discussed again in greater detail with all the participants.

Voices from industry, clinics, research and test bodies

The field of contributors is equally wide – from representatives of the pharmaceutical industry and suppliers, through to scientists and hospital managers, right up to representatives from the test organisations. Among those officially confirmed are Frank Maurer (Boehringer Ingelheim), Imge Yilmaz (Miltenyi Biotec), Dr Tatiana Dias (DuPont), Marie Lindow (Charité), Tatiana Ignashkova (Vetter Pharma), Prof. Dr Markus Schmid (Sustainable Packaging Institute, University of Albstadt-Sigmaringen) and Dr Jan Havel (TÜV SÜD).

Time for meeting

In addition to the lectures, there is also space left for networking and interpersonal discussion: The program is rounded off with a Welcome Dinner on 16 March, a Bavarian Evening on 17 March and a range of Industry Insight Tours by selected cooperation partners on 18 March.

Further information about the event, as well as the opportunity to register, can be found at: https://health-impulse-days.com

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