Vitalis

The leading Nordic conference and exhibition for eHealth and digital health, held in Gothenburg, where clinical leaders, social-services managers, policymakers and healthtech innovators work through AI, health data, welfare technology and person-centred care across more than 450 sessions.

DATES
24–27 May 2027
VENUE
Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothenburg
ORGANISER
Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre
ATTENDANCE
~7,000 (organiser figure)

Definition

Vitalis is the leading Nordic conference and exhibition for eHealth and digital health, held annually at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg. Organised by the centre itself, which has run the event for more than two decades, it combines a large conference of more than 450 sessions, including over 70 in English, with a trade exhibition of around 200 exhibitors. The programme is rooted in the Nordic model of public healthcare and welfare, covering AI and ethics, digital infrastructure, health data management, welfare technology and person-centred care, and draws around 7,000 participants and 700 speakers.

What Vitalis is and who it is for

Vitalis is where the Nordic public-health system works through its digital transformation. It is built for the people who run and digitise care across the region: clinical leaders, social-services managers, policymakers, researchers and the healthtech vendors and start-ups serving them. The Nordic framing is the point. The programme treats digital health as a question of public welfare and person-centred care rather than a purely commercial market, which gives it a distinct character among European digital health events and makes it the reference gathering for the Nordic eHealth community.

Who attends Vitalis

What Vitalis covers programmatically

The conference is organised into thematic tracks:

Programme tracks and special formats

Vitalis runs more than 450 sessions across parallel tracks, including over 70 English-language sessions, alongside a trade exhibition and a digital access pass that gives remote attendees recorded content.

FAQ · Identity and audience

Is Vitalis a Swedish event or a Nordic one?

It is held in Sweden but functions as the Nordic eHealth gathering, drawing participants from across the Nordic health and welfare systems and a growing international audience. Its identity is explicitly the Nordic model of digital health.

How does Vitalis differ from HIMSS Europe or DMEA?

Vitalis is rooted in the Nordic public-health and welfare approach, with strong representation from social services and person-centred care, not only hospital IT. HIMSS Europe is a roaming pan-European health-IT congress and DMEA is the German digital health trade fair. Vitalis is the regional Nordic reference.

Who is Vitalis NOT designed for?
  • Vendors with no relevance to public healthcare or welfare technology
  • Teams seeking a purely commercial or investor-focused event
  • Specialty clinicians attending for continuing medical education unrelated to digital health
  • Consumer wellness brands without a care-system remit
  • Attendees wanting an English-first global event rather than a Nordic-anchored one

The venue: Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre

Vitalis is held at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Svenska Mässan, in central Gothenburg, one of the largest conference and exhibition venues in the Nordic region and the long-standing home of the event.

The organiser: Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre

The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre Group is both the venue operator and the organiser of Vitalis, which it has developed over more than twenty years into the leading Nordic arena for digital health, welfare technology and person-centred care.

Editorial take

Vitalis is the reference Nordic eHealth gathering: a Gothenburg conference and exhibition rooted in the Nordic public-health model, where clinical leaders, social-services managers and healthtech innovators work through AI, health data and person-centred care across more than 450 sessions.

How to register and what it costs

Registration is open through the official website. Vitalis offers tiered conference passes alongside a digital access pass that provides recorded sessions for remote participants. Specific 2027 prices were not yet published at time of verification.

FAQ · Access and practicalities

Where is Vitalis held?

At the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Svenska Mässan, in central Gothenburg, Sweden.

Is there a remote attendance option?

Yes. Vitalis offers a digital access pass giving remote participants recorded sessions alongside the in-person conference.

How much of the programme is in English?

More than 70 sessions are delivered in English, within a total programme of over 450 sessions.

Resources

Official website https://vitalis.nu/en/
Conference https://en.vitalis.nu/conference/
Tickets https://en.vitalis.nu/home/tickets/