Medi'Nov Connection · 2026

Agoris analysis · updated October 2026

Key takeaways

• A B2B business convention dedicated to medical devices and health technologies, held in Lyon in early July.
• Organised by Proximum SAS (a subsidiary of the Comexposium group), with the support of the long-standing co-founders David Bilman and Xavier Kessous. Lyonbiopole, BioValley France, Eurobiomed and Medicen are partners, under the Enosis Santé alliance.
• 14th edition on 1 and 2 July 2026 at the Centre des Congrès de Lyon, Cité Internationale.
• A convention format: qualified one-to-one meetings, innovation showrooms and expert conferences, rather than a classic stand-based trade show.
• 2025 edition: 1,250 participants, 130 exhibitors, 60 speakers, 30 conferences (organiser figures).
• Announced theme for 2026: the place of AI throughout the life cycle of the medical device.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

Medi'Nov Connection brings together the players across the medical device value chain: medtech manufacturers and industrial firms, healthcare establishments, e-health experts, subcontractors and technical service providers, investors and financial backers. The model is that of a business convention: participants come for one-to-one meetings scheduled in advance, not to walk the aisles of stands.

Notable exhibitors

The list of the edition's exhibitors and partners is published on the official participants' platform. On the ecosystem side, the event draws on the health competitiveness clusters Lyonbiopole, BioValley France, Eurobiomed and Medicen, brought together within the Enosis Santé alliance.

Quality of the audience

For the 2025 edition, the organiser reports 1,250 participants and 130 exhibitors. The one-to-one format favours the qualification of meetings: appointments are scheduled according to the profiles and projects declared, which orientates the event towards business matchmaking rather than mass attendance.

Events & community

Conference programme

The programme combines plenary conferences, Flash Conferences, thematic round tables and an experimentation space, the Medi'Nov LAB. For 2026, the organiser announces a guiding thread centred on artificial intelligence in the life cycle of the medical device, with two round tables and seven plenary conferences on this theme. The detailed programme is put online on the dedicated congress page as the event approaches.

Awards and prizes

The event runs an innovation competition, which selects 8 start-ups to pitch before the medtech community during a session of 5 minutes each. The vote is split between the public (75%) and a jury (25%), with the ceremony on the evening of 1 July. The 2026 edition notably features feedback from previous winners.

Community & networks

Medi'Nov Connection is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes health ecosystem and beyond, through its cluster partners (Lyonbiopole, BioValley France, Eurobiomed, Medicen) gathered under the Enosis Santé alliance. Thematic guided tours and visits organised by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises are also offered around the event.

On site: what you need to know

For access, parking and accommodation, see the listing for the Centre des Congrès de Lyon, located at 50 Quai Charles de Gaulle, in the Cité Internationale (Lyon Part-Dieu station around 15 min away, Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport around 30 min away, underground car park with charging points).

Specific to the edition: on 1 and 2 July 2026, announced opening hours are 9am to 6pm on 1 July and 9am to 5pm on 2 July. Registration and appointment booking are done on the event's digital platform (medinov.vimeet.events), which serves as the matching tool for the one-to-one meetings.

How much it costs to exhibit

Medi'Nov Connection is a business convention with no classic stand model: participation is organised around exhibitor or participant packages giving access to the scheduled one-to-one meetings, the innovation showrooms and the conferences, rather than to a surface area in square metres. The price lists are not published in open access: they are obtained from the organiser via the exhibitor page. The total cost depends on the package chosen (number of meetings, visibility, sponsorship) and on the additional costs of travel and accommodation in Lyon.

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• 4 to 3 months before: validate your participation package with the organiser and complete your profile on the platform (offering, projects, target audiences sought).
• 2 months before: prepare your showroom materials and your value proposition for the one-to-one matching.
• 3 to 2 weeks before: confirm your schedule of booked meetings and identify the conferences to follow.
• 1 week before: confirm logistics, access to the Centre des Congrès and accommodation.

For the decision-maker visitor

Register in advance on the platform to activate the matching, set out your needs precisely (sourcing, technical partnerships, financing), then build your schedule of meetings and select the relevant conferences before the event. As the format is centred on scheduling, the value is captured above all by preparing your meetings in advance.

CSR policy & initiatives

No structured CSR policy specific to the event is publicly documented on the website to date. As the event is organised by Proximum SAS (Comexposium group) and hosted at the Centre des Congrès de Lyon (operated by GL Events), sustainability commitments at the level of the organising group and the venue may apply, but are not detailed at the level of the convention.

How the trade show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

Launched in 2013, Medi'Nov Connection has established itself as the benchmark medtech business event in the Lyon region, capitalising on the density of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes health ecosystem. The event approaches its 14th edition in a context of operational transition: historically run by the agency First Connection, it is now organised by Proximum SAS, a subsidiary of the Comexposium group, with co-founders David Bilman and Xavier Kessous supporting the handover. This attachment to a major events operator may broaden the convention's resources and reach, while retaining its differentiating format of one-to-one meetings, set apart from the stand-based trade show model embodied by the major European medtech events.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (medinov-connection.com).