Foreign Trade Day for the Healthcare Industry 2025: Fit for the Global Market − Trends, Geopolitics and Diversification

Overview of the events within the framework of the Foreign Trade Day:

• April 7, 2025 | 11.30am-14pm CEST
  Hybrid exchange of GHA AG chairmen (Details)
• April 7, 2025 | 15:30-18:30 CEST
  Pre-Reception AWT – Navigating Research and Manufacturing Opportunities in
  India's Medtech, Labtech, and Pharma Sectors | Indian Embassy, Berlin (Details)
• April 8, 2025 | 08:30-17:00 CEST
  Foreign Trade Day (AWT) | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
• April 8, 2025 | 18:00-21:00 CEST
  Evening Reception -Wisconsin and Hessen – Driving the Future of Biohealth | Hessian State Chancellery, Berlin (Details)
• April 9, 2025 | 18:30 p.m. – 21:00 p.m. CEST
  Evening Reception at the Polish Embassy: Lower Silesian MedTech Business Mixer (Details)

Dear Member,

that GHA – German Health Alliance, the industry association SPECTARIS and the Federal Foreign Office together with the associations Pharma Deutschland, vfa and ZVEI as well as Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) invite you to

Foreign Trade Day for the Healthcare Industry 2025
International topics in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and laboratory technology
on 8 April at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.

Under the motto “Fit for the global market – trends, geopolitics and diversification” The event offers an exclusive platform for exchange with experts and decision-makers from business and politics. Take the opportunity to learn about current geopolitical and economic framework conditions to inform, valuable Impulses for your international business and expand your network in a targeted manner. Experienced partners who can actively support your business development are included, such as General Conditions of Purchase, Jüke Systemtechnik, PwC, Rödl & Partner, the Düsseldorf Trade Fair with the MEDICA and the Munich Trade Fair Centre with the analytica.

What can you expect?

• Top-class keynotes & impulse lectures – including the role of the industrial healthcare sector in foreign trade policy, geopolitical risks and corporate strategies in uncertain times.
• Regional forums – from Africa to Latin America: Find out what opportunities exist in important target markets, what challenges exist and how you can act strategically.
• Topic forums with expert discussions on key questions such as
  • Trade Compliance
  • Business development and location selection
  • Geopolitical Trends – The USA after the Election
  • Resilience of health systems and much more.
• Political dialogue – Representatives of leading federal ministries such as the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Federal Foreign Office will discuss with company representatives how the industrial healthcare sector can secure its international competitiveness.

Registration & further information

The Foreign Trade Day is aimed at managing directors and specialists from the areas of International Business Development, Export and Sourcing. Participation is for manufacturing companies in the target sectors (medical technology, pharmaceuticals and laboratory technology) and GHA members free of charge, For other guests becomes a Participation fee of 249,00 EUR (plus VAT) applicable.

All details about the program, travel information and other partners can be found in our flyers.

Link to the registration

Registration is possible until April 1, 2025.

Note: As part of the Foreign Trade Day, the GHA AGs are organizing the following panel discussions:

• Asia-Pacific Working Group (11:15 – 12:30h), IV India: The largest democracy as a beacon of hope (Medical Technology)
• AG MENA (11:15 – 12:30h), III MENA: Egypt as a Driving Force – A Look at the Region (Medical Technology)
• AG North America (13:45 – 15:00h), V Geopolitical Currents: The USA after the election and impacts on the industrial healthcare sector
• Working Group on Global Health & Development Cooperation (13:45 – 15:00h), IV Health Partnerships: The Role of Industrial Health Care in Strengthening the Resilience of Health Systems