Workshops & Networking Events

Discover practical insights on the third day of the fair!

Exciting workshops and exclusive client events await you in the care:xpo conference area on the final day of the fair. Take this opportunity to deepen your specialist knowledge, discover new solutions and exchange ideas directly with industry experts. Book your place now and be there! 

VDMA Workshop invitation

‘Experience and shape automation’

Thursday 23 April: 10:30-11:30 Conference Room E

Discover the future of care up close: in our interactive workshop, Micurapharm, Smart Living and Health Centre and the United Robotics Group will present their solutions in short, concise 3-minute pitches.

Afterwards, as a workshop participant, you will have the opportunity to evaluate the products on display and provide feedback to the manufacturers. This creates a lively exchange between developers and users.  

Be there and take advantage of this unique opportunity to share your perspective and help shape products that meet your needs – for a better and more sustainable world of work and care.  

We look forward to seeing you on 23 April 2026.

Please register with your name and email-adress.

Exchange of experiences between the Ruhr Area Care Conference and “ZukunftPflege NRW” 

Networking session – “IT – but how!?”

Thursday, 23 April 2026, 10:00–12:00 Conference Room K

As part of ALTENPFLEGE 2026 in Essen, the Ruhr Area Care Conference and the “ZukunftPflege NRW” network, together with the trade fair organisers, invite you to a networking event entitled “IT – but how!?”

On 23 April 2026 from 10:00 to 12:00, the focus will be on practical exchanges between care providers. The aim is to discuss concrete ways of implementing digital innovations and to learn from one another.

The format deliberately focuses on the collegial exchange of experiences rather than a lecture: three moderated discussion tables provide space for exchange, discussion and examples of best practice.

Each discussion table will be opened with brief insights from practice, facilitating the start of an in-depth discussion.

The three themed tables:

  1. AI – but how!?
    Applications and limitations of artificial intelligence in care practice – from documentation and shift planning to decision support – presenter Christian Schultz (Diakonie-Stiftung-Salem)
  2. TI – but how!?
    Integrating care into the telematics infrastructure – prerequisites, challenges and concrete steps towards integration. Presenters: Silke Gerling (Diakoniewerk Essen) and Christian Westermann (Engel vonne Ruhr)
  3. Cyber-Safe – but how!?
    Effective protection against cyber-attacks – prevention, raising staff awareness and professional handling of security incidents. Keynote speaker: Helmut Wallrafen (Sozial-Holding Mönchengladbach)

The networking event is aimed at managers, digitalisation leads and practitioners from outpatient and inpatient care facilities who wish to actively shape digital developments. The aim is to gain inspiration, strengthen networks and discuss concrete solutions for their own organisations.

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