Medical care is one of the most important cornerstones for the survival and development of human civilization. It also runs through everyone's entire life course from birth to death. Nowadays, the rapid development of information technology and artificial intelligence has caused the digital wave to sweep across all walks of life. The popularity of concepts such as digital twins and metaverses makes us feel that the parallel between the virtual world and the real world is about to happen. However, the ancient industry of medical care has long presented a situation where cutting-edge and traditional coexist . On the one hand, AI allows us to screen drug molecules at an unprecedented speed, and gene editing brings precision adjustments that were previously unimaginable. Advanced medical technology is undoubtedly one of the signs of a highly developed civilization; on the other hand, when you are sick, going to the doctor is still a collective consensus. "What makes you uncomfortable?" is still a question that most patients have to answer. Even the process from diagnosis and prescription to taking medicine and treatment is the same as it was thousands of years ago.
We moved forward, but it seemed that we didn’t go too far. It is true that human beings' increasing demands for the quality and length of life have destined medical technology to be at the forefront of science and technology, but the almost infinite complexity of life itself, as well as the reverence and cherishment of every life, have allowed many traditions to be preserved. However, times do change. Now in some hospitals, we no longer have to run up and down with paper medical records and X-rays, and nurses no longer have to read the "special features" of doctors' prescriptions. Although they all have far-reaching impacts, unlike high-precision technologies such as AI pharmaceuticals, digital medical will be the first future that each of us comes into contact with in the current era. It is the embodiment of the power of "technology for good" in daily life, and faces huge historical opportunities and development prospects.
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In the context of the development of the digital economy era of the "14th Five-Year Plan", digital power is bringing disruptive changes to the medical field, and the integration of digital technology and medical care has become a general trend. As early as 2003, Zhejiang was the first in the country to propose the construction of "Digital Zhejiang", and achieved phased results in 2019. As the capital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou follows the general trend of digital medical transformation, actively seeks industry talents, and provides favorable policies for high-quality talents. Yuhang, as the first zone of digital economy, integrates digital technology into the construction of a healthy Zhejiang, taking the two major industries of digital industry and health industry as important driving sources of innovation and development, launching the "digital" sign of Yuhang's health construction, has formed the main position for the development of biomedicine and health industries guided by Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City .
In this context, 2023 "MIT Technology Review" China·Future Health Forum and CB Insights Digital Health 150 Release and Interpretation Conference will be held on February 17, 2023 in Hangzhou Future Technology City. This forum will bring together many key opinion leaders in the industry chain in the digital medical field to share the digital collaboration of the medical and health industry from industry, policy, technology, capital and other aspects, and conduct forward-looking thinking and research on the digital medical industry from different perspectives from the scientific research end to the industrial end.
The 2022 CB Insights Digital Health 150 (Top 150 Global Digital Health) will be released at this forum. As a world-renowned technology market data research platform, CB Insights focuses on the field of digital health and released the world's first "digital health" concept list for the first time in 2019. It has now become one of the most authoritative lists in the field of digital health recognized globally and is also a vane of global digital health development trends.
At the same time, under the general trend of global development of digital health, China's digital health industry has a considerable population audience base and good mobile Internet infrastructure. The market is very broad and deserves special attention.To this end, this conference will also release the 2022 DeepTech Insights China Digital Healthcare Enterprise Map, and interpret the foundation and development opportunities of the current digital healthcare industry in the Chinese market on-site against the background of the global digital healthcare trend.
In addition to the release of lists and maps, the site will also focus on the theme of "Technology for Good, Make Life Better" to release the innovative results of innovative enterprises and the innovation strategies of listed companies respectively. At that time, representatives of innovative companies will release their latest product results on site, visually demonstrating how cutting-edge technology can transform from "technology" to "products or even commodities" to better improve human health; while representatives of listed companies, as pioneers in the field of cutting-edge technology, will release the strategic direction of future innovation of their respective companies on site, bringing a forward-looking perspective to the industry and industrial ecology. In addition, there will be a high-end dialogue on "How to jointly promote the sustainable development of future healthy ecology ". Big names from the industry and investment circles will focus on the core goal of "co-building and sharing national health" to discuss how digitally empowered health will benefit mankind, as well as the opportunities and challenges of the future health industry driven by data elements.
In addition, the forum also has theme sections, including "Over the Hills - The Road to Exploring Hospital IT", "Being in the Microcosm - Pioneers of Digital Therapy", and "The Future is Here - The Next Frontier of Digital Health". Dozens of scholars, experts, entrepreneurs and investors who are exploring the forefront of the industry will share and discuss these emerging application scenarios and themes. It is worth mentioning that this event also set up a theme exhibition "Make Technology a Greater Force for Good". The exhibition focuses on digital application scenarios in the medical field, and showcases the most cutting-edge innovations in the industry, injecting new imagination into empowering medical health with technology for good and creating a better life in the future.
One exhibition gathers one "city". In recent years, Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City has seized the major historical opportunities for the development of the digital health industry and made every effort to create strong competitiveness in the life and health industry. It has initially formed an emerging industry characterized by talent leadership and hard-core innovation. The 2023 MIT Technology Review China Future Health Forum and CB Insights Digital Health 150 Release and Interpretation Conference will be held here, which will bring more possibilities for the development of digital technology and digital health industry in the future science and technology city, and point out a direction worth striving for for the booming Chinese digital health industry.
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