Rapid News Group has announced its decision to reschedule Med-Tech Innovation Expo, the UK’s flagship event for the medical device industry, to 28 – 29 September 2021. The venue for the event, the NEC, Birmingham, UK remains unchanged.
The organisers have moved quickly to secure these new dates to enable the community to plan for the next period with confidence.
The rescheduling of the show reflects the highest regard Rapid News Group places on the health, safety and wellbeing of all attendees. In order to ensure the event is demonstrably safe and secure the UK and worldwide vaccine programmes must be given enough time to have their maximum effect.
A September dateline offers more time for this programme to take effect and offers a better route to achieving and exceeding the aims of delivering a substantial community gathering to facilitate learning, networking and deliver value for confirmed exhibitors.
Commenting, Duncan Wood, CEO of Rapid News Group, said:
“The latest information in the UK means the right thing to do is to reschedule the event to enable a further 13 weeks of vaccinations to take place ahead of the event.
On current deployment projections this has the potential to have a huge impact on attendee’s ability to visit and of course the subsequent ability for our community to come together for education, insight, networking and to do business. As an organiser we recognise these connections are what makes live events work and this adjustment means we can be sure of creating more of these connections for the community whilst safeguarding the health and wellbeing of all attendees.
“We are grateful to the NEC for working alongside us to identify a new dateline and I must also recognise the support of our key supporting associations and major exhibitors who have been steadfast in their support. This support gives us renewed resolve to deliver the event the industry deserves when we get to September.”
Visitors to the show in 2021 can look forward to a comprehensive conference programme delivered across multiple stages, with live stream feeds for a worldwide audience.
There will also be a host of interactive features, pavilions, content and networking events including a meetings programme and a new community platform that enables a credible digital complement for the physical event. This will offer even more ways to connect with the community both before and during the show.
Med-Tech Innovation Expo will be co-located alongside Rapid News Group's other highly successful industrial events: Interplas, the UK's no.1 plastics show; as well as TCT 3Sixty, the event for 3D printing and additive manufacturing intelligence.
Med-Tech Innovation Expo, 2021 will take place from 28 – 29 September 2021 in Hall 2 of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, UK.