World Health Expo Dubai 2027 (Formerly Arab Health)
25 Jan 2027 – 28 Jan 2027 · Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City & Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · In-Person
World Health Expo Dubai 2027 (WHX Dubai) — formerly Arab Health — takes place 25–28 January 2027 across two venues: the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City and the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), United Arab Emirates. Organised by Informa and held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Health & Prevention (MOHAP), WHX Dubai is the largest healthcare business and education gathering in the Middle East and one of the biggest in the world.
The scale of WHX 2027: 235,000+ professional visits · 90,000+ unique attendees · 4,200+ exhibitors · 195+ countries represented.
Content & CME programme. WHX delivers a reimagined conference experience across 6 stages, with 145+ healthcare business sessions, 175+ clinical sessions and 190+ CME-accredited sessions spread over 15 CME conferences. The programme spans AI and digital health, policy and health economics, sustainability, surgical and clinical excellence, imaging and laboratory medicine.
Stages at DEC, Expo City
• Visionary Stage (South Hall) — CEO Summit · Capital & Investment Summit · Global Public Health Summit · Health Economics & Insurance Summit
• Access Stage (South Hall) — Buyers Agenda · New Power Players · Future Care Models · Healthcare Without Borders
• Care Delivery Stage (North Hall, CME) — Hospital Performance & Management · Surgical Excellence · Quality & Patient Safety
• Radiology Stage (North Hall, CME) — Radiology & Imaging End to End · Sub-Specialties Frontiers · Radiology at the Centre of Modern Medicine · Practice & Future
Stages at DWTC
• Labs Stage 1 (CME) — Laboratory Management · Clinical Chemistry · Molecular Diagnostics & Genomics · Laboratory Quality
• Labs Stage 2 (CME) — Haematology · Clinical Microbiology · Blood Transfusion Medicine & Cellular Therapy · Histopathology
• Healthspan — Longevity Medicine & Precision Health · Wellness & Mental Wellbeing
Who attends. Hospital owners and C-suite leaders, clinicians and surgeons, radiologists, laboratory and diagnostics professionals, policymakers, investors, distributors and health-tech innovators from across the GCC, Africa, Asia and Europe. Delegates can earn CME credits, meet 4,200+ exhibiting brands, and take part in the Connections Programme for structured buyer–supplier matchmaking.
Part of World Healthcare Week, WHX Dubai runs alongside WHX Labs Dubai and WHX Leaders, creating a single week where the entire healthcare value chain — care delivery, diagnostics, technology and leadership — meets in Dubai.
Partners & sponsors (published to date): Emirates Health Services · Dubai Health · American Hospital Dubai · PureHealth · M42 · GE HealthCare · Canon Medical · Dräger · GMG · Gulf Drug · Masimo · Philips · Saudi German Health · Siemens Healthineers · Turkish Healthcare · United Imaging · Apex Health · Aster Pharmacy · DNV · Dubai Healthcare City · Dubai Science Park · Leader Healthcare · Mindray.
The detailed session-by-session agenda and the 2027 speaker faculty have not yet been published by the organiser; this listing will be updated as soon as they are released.
