First medicine sports conference by Medical Fair Asia to launch in Singapore
The inaugural Medical Fair Asia Medicine + Sports Conference, organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia (MDA), will be held on the September 1and it will be co-located with Medical Fair Asia, the region’s premier medical trade fair at The Sands Expo & Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
The conference was inspired by the success over the past three iterations of the Medica Medicine + Sports Medicine Conference which was staged atMedica, in Düsseldorf, Germany, the world’s largest medical trade fair also organized by Messe Düsseldorf.
The Medical Fair Asia Medicine + Sports Conferenceaims to forge links within the international sports medicine ecosystem and the interdisciplinary exchange between international sports medicine experts, professional athletes and the sporting goods and healthcare industry. The Asia-Pacific sports medicine market is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 7% and is expected to be worth US$3.95 billion (S$5.3 billion) by 2019.
As well as catering to the sporting community and industries, Medical Fair Asia Medicine + Sports Conference also aims to contribute to preparing not only exercise experts but also primary healthcare providers and physicians for helping ageing populations prevent lifestyle and geriatric diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis. Asia’s growing middle classes and ageing populations are creating a huge market for such services; in Singapore alone, the healthcare expenditure is projected to reach S$12 billion by 2020 according to Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the budget debate in Parliament in March 2014.
The Medical Fair Asia Medicine + Sports Conference provides a networking platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and development of solutions. Attendees of the conference will be able to put their fingers on the pulse of the industry by tuning in to keynote speakers who will share their expertise on main topics such as physical activity as a key to disease prevention, defining health and fitness guidelines, creating the right activity programs for athletes and non-athletes, vital data and performance monitoring, and digital systems in elite and recreational sports as well as innovative sports medical solutions.
The program consists of four exciting and insightful sessions on important, innovative topics:
Session 1 – How to Create and Implement Health Guidelines
The aim of this session is to underline the importance of Exercise Medicine, the role of physical activity in healthcare as well as the development of suitable health and fitness guidelines. This will be done via keynote presentations and a panel discussion with industry experts.
Session 2 – Personalizing Training Programs& Equipment
Session 2 is all about the personalization of training. Presentations will delve into individual programs for training and regeneration, personalizing medical products and equipment and hybrid personal coaching and training.
Session 3 – Latest Innovations in Monitoring Vital Data and Sport Performance
Vital data and performance monitoring, new approaches and trends in monitoring as well as best practices in monitoring corporate health will be among the topics to be explored.
Session 4 – Digital Innovations in Recreational and Elite Sports
The conference presentations will conclude with an examination of the field of new technologies with speakers tackling digital systems in elite and recreational sports, wearable technologies, monitoring of different vital data parameters, and the measuring and training of cognitive and emotional parameters
Confirmed speakers include:
1. Dr. Ben Tan, Chief, Department of Sports Medicine Changi General Hospital and Chairman of Exercise is Medicine (EIM), Singapore.
2. Dr. Joni Kettunen, CEO, Firstbeat.
3. Dr. Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Executive Director, Zensorium.
4. Malia Ho, Principal Podiatrist, Singapore Sports Medical Centre.
5. Ping Kow, Director, Well Being Digital Limited.
6. Steve Leftly, Director, MYOVOLT.
7. Alexis Zervoglos, Chief Business Officer, Qardio.
