The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) said it opened an online registration site for Medical Korea 2022, the nation’s largest healthcare conference, at www.medicalkorea2022.kr.

Medical Korea 2022, hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and organized by the KHIDI, will run in-person and online events.

The in-person conference will occur at Coex ASEM Ballroom in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, from March 10-11 and the virtual one from March 10-15.

The healthcare event will provide an opportunity for leading healthcare experts to share their insights and prospects of the global healthcare industry, KHIDI said.

Under the theme of “Global Healthcare, a New Leap Forward,” Medical Korea 2022 will have six sessions – global healthcare, smart elderly care services, digital healthcare future strategy forum, cooperation for co-prosperity between Medical Korea and the global healthcare industry, possibilities and the future of convergence and overseas expansion model of the health industry, and global healthcare policy and management forum.

Renowned scholars are joining the event.

Mauro Guillen, author of “2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything” and dean of the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, will deliver his keynote speech.

Daniel Kraft, faculty chair for Medicine of the Singularity University, and other health experts will discuss strategies for the global healthcare industry’s growth in the post-Covid-19 era, KHIDI said.

Various side events include a seminar on a new metaverse-based global healthcare strategy.

Korean health companies will attend business meetings in-person while foreign buyers can join online, according to KHIDI.

The event site will have digital healthcare showrooms using VR and AR technology to showcase advanced technologies of Korean healthcare companies, it added.