Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) will organise its 12th international conference, Telemedicon 2016, between November 10 and 12 at the Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bengaluru. For the first time the event is being held in collaboration with American Telemedicine Association (ATA).

This mega conclave is expected to see over 500 delegates from across the globe. It will help participants to tap into the digital health revolution and is expected to transact business worth US$ 20 million.

There is an exhibition of 50 stalls for companies to showcase their latest products and services. At the seminar notable speakers include Dr. Devi Shetty, chairman, Narayana Health; Jonathan Linkous, chief executive officer, American Telemedicine Association; Dr. BN Mohanty, president, Telemedicine Society of India; Dr. A S Kiran Kumar, chairman, ISRO; Dr. Sunita Maheshwari; president, Telemedicine Society of India, Karnataka Chapter; Dr. Nagendra Swami; president and group medical director, Manipal Hospitals; and Dr. Rana Mehta; partner PwC.

The panel discussions are on Digital Health – Practice, Legal & Policy, Technology, Hospitals, Defence, Govt. Initiatives and Wearable Technologies. TSI along with PwC and NDA will be releasing a White Paper on the Business of Digital Health and Legal aspects of Digital Health.

Healthcare is among the fastest growing industries expected to register revenues of $280 billion by 2020. India also faces problems like  lack of infrastructure and manpower, shift in disease burden to longer term non-communicable diseases and low insurance penetration. This picture actually presents opportunities for more investment and digital interventions, said the organisers.

Digital India, Common Services Centers, and Aadhaar have shown strong adoption in both the public and private sector. Telemedicine centers by major hospitals and opening innovation centers in India by global medical device manufacturers have encouraged a bustling startup scene and partnerships with MNCs in India have helped to place 3 Indian cities among the top 10 globally in the Innovation Index ranking, said Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Organizing Secretary, Telemedicon2016.

Digital technologies have evolved from EMRs to 3-D printing to disease diagnosis and treatment through machine algorithms, like IBM Watson. With India’s expanding smartphone and internet market, digital interventions improve access and affordability for many more innovations to be adopted in the primary healthcare sector, said the organisers.