EBME Expo 2026 is less than a month away and promises to be the largest edition yet with more than 200 exhibitors taking part. Businesses are coming from across the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, including Turkiye, Germany, US, Italy, Pakistan, Holland and India, and a special feature will be a pavilion showcasing med-tech manufacturers and suppliers from China.
EBME Expo (https://www.ebme-expo.com/) has grown significantly since its launch in 2010. This year’s event, taking place on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th June 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena, offers unparalleled learning experiences across 5 separate CPD-accredited conferences and fantastic networking opportunities. More than 2,500 delegates involved in specifying, purchasing, and managing medical equipment will take part.
Based on 2025 figures, more than a third of those attending are clinical engineers (34%), while procurement teams (15%), NHS Supply Chain (13%), theatre and IT leads (17%), as well as importers and distributors (14%) are other major attendee categories. Visitors include senior NHS managers, buyers and procurement professionals, hospital management, head clinicians and practitioners, biomedical and clinical engineers, and inventory control analysts.
EBME Expo has been organised by BtoB Events since 2022. Exhibition Manager, Sunel Ahmed comments: “The EBME Expo is the UK’s only exhibition where you can showcase your medical technology and solutions to the professionals shaping the next generation of NHS hospitals.
“We are delighted that more than 200 businesses ranging from niche, very specialist SMEs to leading international healthcare equipment companies recognise the significance of EBME Expo as the UK’s must-attend event.
“The NHS in England budget for 2026-27 is in excess of £215 billion.* With £64 billion being invested through the NHS New Hospitals Programme, exhibiting provides a clear opportunity to position your solutions within upcoming hospital projects and procurement pipelines.”
Be informed
EBME Expo is renowned as the showcase event for so much new medical technology with demonstrations and workshops running across the event. Its conference programme, designed by EBME Expo founder and chairman Prof John Sandham, is highly respected with 70 eminent speakers discussing key developments from policy to practical applications of med tech equipment across five conference streams.
“With tens of billions of pounds being invested through the New Hospital Programme (NHP), we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink how we design, equip, and maintain our healthcare spaces. Central to this vision is our 2026 theme: The Intelligent Hospital,” says Prof Sandham.
Exceptional learning opportunities will be provided in each of the conferences:
- EBME Conference: Innovations in medical equipment technology and maintenance.
- Operating Theatre Conference: Navigating the high-tech requirements of modern surgical suites.
- Healthcare Procurement Conference: Strategic sourcing for the next generation of hospitals.
- Medical Devices Connectivity Conference: The backbone of the ‘Intelligent Hospital’ focusing on IoMT and data integration.
- Medical Device Training Conference: Ensuring clinical staff are proficient with increasingly complex technologies.
Multiple workshops will also take place across the two days of EBME Expo, led by companies including GE Healthcare, Dräger, Beckton Dickinson UK, Penlon, Mindray, Modality and GCE Medical. In addition, many exhibitors will be providing technical demonstrations.
Being part of EBMA Expo
Last year saw an 85% onsite rebooking rate, and space for EBME Expo 2026 is almost completely sold out. However, businesses wanting to enquire about last minute bookings or to discuss sponsorship opportunities or any other exhibition enquiries should contact Sunel Ahmed, Exhibition Manager, on +44 (0) 7967 966887, or via https://www.ebme-expo.com/Book_A_Stand.aspx or https://www.ebme.co.uk/contact.
Thanks to the support of our 200+ exhibitors, the EBME Expo is free to attend for all NHS staff and other healthcare professionals. This includes those working in operational roles in private or public healthcare organisations, staff from the military, and students studying in the healthcare sector. To speed up entry, visitors should pre-register at https://www.ebme-expo.com/pre-registration. Delegates also can enter a free prize draw.
* DHSC. ‘2026 to 2027 financial directions to NHS England’. Published 25 March 2026. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2026-to-2027-financial-directions-to-nhs-england/2026-to-2027-financial-directions-to-nhs-england
