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Under the patronage of the Ministry of Economy and Tourism, and in partnership with American Hospital Dubai, the Forbes Middle East Medical Tourism & Wellness Summit 2026 brings together leaders shaping the future of global medical tourism and wellness.
Global healthcare mobility is entering a new phase. Patients are becoming more informed, mobile, and outcome-focused, while wellness, preventive care, longevity science, and digital innovation are reshaping expectations around treatment, recovery, and long-term wellbeing. Medical tourism is evolving beyond clinical intervention into integrated ecosystems that combine advanced medicine, personalized wellness, hospitality, recovery, and lifestyle transformation.
As destinations compete to attract international patients and build world-class medical tourism ecosystems, the convergence of healthcare, tourism, hospitality, technology, and investment is becoming increasingly critical. The summit examines how destinations can create seamless patient journeys, strengthen international partnerships, attract investment, and deliver experiences that extend from arrival and treatment through recovery and long-term wellness.
Now in its third edition, the summit convenes policymakers, healthcare leaders, investors, wellness innovators, hospitality groups, technology providers, and destination authorities to explore the forces shaping the next generation of medical tourism.
With the UAE strengthening its position as a leading global destination for healthcare, tourism, and wellness, the summit provides a strategic platform to advance dialogue, foster cross-sector partnerships, and explore the policies, investments, technologies, and destination strategies that will shape the future of medical tourism and wellness worldwide.
Explore how government strategy, policy, investment, innovation and international partnerships are advancing Dubai’s position as a leading global medical tourism destination and shaping the next phase of its growth.
In the UAE’s Year of Family, explore how national strategy, healthcare policy and public-private collaboration are strengthening the health and wellbeing of families across generations, and how Dubai’s healthcare ecosystem and leading hospitals are translating this vision into accessible, integrated and family-centered care.
Examine how airlines, tourism authorities, hospitality groups, and travel ecosystems are enabling seamless patient mobility and strengthening destination competitiveness.
Explore how leading healthcare systems are attracting, developing and retaining world-class medical talent, while advancing specialist expertise, continuous education and international knowledge exchange to meet the evolving needs of patients.
Explore how specialized centers, multidisciplinary expertise and complex-care capabilities are becoming powerful drivers of international patient choice and how healthcare institutions can build global recognition around clinical specialization.
Explore how leading medical destinations are combining world-class medicine, personalized care, hospitality, and concierge services to deliver seamless experiences for high-net-worth patients—from arrival through recovery.
Explore how hospitals and destinations use digital reputation, online reviews, social media, and marketing strategies to attract international patients.
Explore how mental health is becoming an integral part of everyday healthcare, and how greater awareness, earlier intervention and more accessible models of care are reshaping the way individuals and communities’ approach emotional wellbeing.
Discuss how healthcare organisations can harness data and AI responsibly while protecting patient privacy, strengthening cybersecurity, and building trust in digital medicine.
Discuss how diagnostics, technology, and personalised wellness programmes are transforming prevention and long-term health.
Explore how regulation, quality standards, patient safety and clinical governance are advancing healthcare excellence in Dubai and how regulators and healthcare providers are working together to deliver trusted, high-quality care aligned with international best practices.
Explore how specialized training, advanced technology and international collaboration are developing the next generation of robotic surgery expertise and strengthening surgical excellence across the region.
Explore how sports medicine, rehabilitation, recovery and wellness are coming together to shape new approaches to injury prevention, physical performance and long-term health, while opening new opportunities across the global health and wellness economy.
Explore how insurers, employers, governments, and providers are developing innovative models for international coverage, affordability, and access to care.
Explore how advances in nutrition and our understanding of the gut microbiome are reshaping approaches to health, immunity and long-term wellbeing, and the growing role of personalized nutrition in preventive care.
Explore the growth of longevity science, healthy ageing, and preventive medicine as destinations compete to attract the next generation of health-conscious travellers.
Explore how virtual consultations, international second opinions, digital referrals and coordinated care are transforming the international patient journey — enabling patients to access specialist expertise before they travel and maintain continuity of care after they return home.
Explore how green hospitals, sustainable wellness resorts, and ESG-driven investment are creating resilient, future-ready medical tourism ecosystems.
Explore how greater attention to women’s health across different life stages is advancing prevention, earlier diagnosis and personalised care, and creating new opportunities for healthcare systems to address historically underserved needs.
Explore how individuals and organizations can create healthier ways of working and living addressing stress, burnout, boundaries and everyday habits while supporting sustained wellbeing in an increasingly demanding world.
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Forbes Middle East is a licensee of Forbes Media and extends the Forbes brand of journalism across the Arab world. Forbes Middle East’s distinctive editorial style attracts a readership of Arab leaders, entrepreneurs, C-level executives, government officials and investors united by a belief in the spirit of free enterprise and entrepreneurial values.Across the region, Forbes Middle East sets the pace for preemptive business journalism. By uncovering trends and anticipating opportunities in the regional marketplace, each monthly issue brings top executives the information critical to their success – in both Arabic and English language editions. The magazine researches and publishes original rankings, based on methodologies set by Forbes Media.
