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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, regulation, investment, innovation, visa policies, and international partnerships are strengthening Dubai’s position as a leading destination for medical tourism.
Explore how Dubai’s strategy, partnerships, policies, and investments are shaping its position as a leading global medical tourism destination.
Examine how airlines, tourism authorities, hospitality groups, and travel ecosystems are enabling seamless patient mobility and strengthening destination competitiveness.
Explore how medical tourism is evolving from treatment-focused journeys into integrated experiences combining clinical excellence, wellness, hospitality, and lifestyle.
Explore how changing patient expectations, digital behaviours, transparency, and personalised care are reshaping destination choice and redefining global medical tourism.
Discuss how seamless patient journeys are created from discovery and arrival to treatment, recovery, and continuity of care.
Explore how premium healthcare models combine advanced medicine, personalised services, hospitality, and concierge care to meet the expectations of high-net-worth patients.
Explore how hospitals and destinations use digital reputation, online reviews, social media, and marketing strategies to attract international patients.
Explore how insurers, employers, governments, and providers are developing innovative models for international coverage, affordability, and access to care.
Explore how clinical outcomes, quality metrics, and value-based care models are shaping patient choices and destination competitiveness
Examine how robotics, genomics, and precision medicine are transforming treatment outcomes and strengthening the competitiveness of medical tourism destinations.
Explore how AI is enabling earlier diagnosis, predictive insights, and personalised medicine that shifts care from reactive treatment to proactive health management.
Discuss how healthcare organisations can harness data and AI responsibly while protecting patient privacy, strengthening cybersecurity, and building trust in digital medicine.
Explore emerging opportunities across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, laboratories, medical devices, and breakthrough medical technologies shaping the future of healthcare.
Explore the growth of longevity science, healthy ageing, and preventive medicine as destinations compete to attract the next generation of health-conscious travellers.
Examine how governments, healthcare providers, tourism authorities, investors, and technology partners can collaborate to accelerate medical tourism growth.
Explore how green hospitals, sustainable wellness resorts, and ESG-driven investment are creating resilient, future-ready medical tourism ecosystems.
Explore how sleep science, nutrition, mental wellbeing, recovery, and performance medicine are shaping the future of wellness tourism.
Explore how investors, sovereign wealth funds, and innovators are financing hospitals, wellness destinations, biotechnology, and breakthrough medical solutions.
Discuss how diagnostics, technology, and personalised wellness programmes are transforming prevention and long-term health.
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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.
