WHX Global Events Guide: Every World Health Expo Location and 2027 Dates

If you’ve tried to book travel for “Arab Health” or “Medlab Middle East” recently and hit a dead link, that’s because Informa Markets has folded its entire global healthcare events portfolio into a single brand: WHX, or World Health Expo. The rename affects Informa’s entire global healthcare events calendar, and it’s created real confusion about which event is which, when they actually run, and whether the show you attended last year even exists under its old name anymore.

This guide lays out every confirmed WHX location and date, distinguishes the flagship Dubai week from the regional shows, and flags which 2027 editions still don’t have confirmed dates so you’re not planning around a guess.

What Is WHX Global, and Why Did Arab Health Become WHX Dubai?

WHX is not a new event. It’s a rebrand of Informa Markets’ existing healthcare trade show portfolio, announced in early 2025. The company’s own materials describe the change plainly: the launch follows the announcement that Informa’s global healthcare events portfolio has been unified under the World Health Expo (WHX) brand, uniting all Informa Markets’ healthcare events worldwide, including WHX Dubai (formerly Arab Health) and WHX Labs Dubai (formerly Medlab Middle East). On the Dubai event’s own page, the transition is described the same way: formerly known as Arab Health, the event has evolved into World Health Expo (WHX), hosted in Dubai from 9–12 February 2026 at Dubai Exhibition Centre. That February 2026 edition has already taken place; the next one is the 2027 edition covered below.

The same pattern applies elsewhere. Asia Health is now WHX Bangkok, and Japan Health is now WHX Osaka, which originally launched in June 2025 as ‘Japan Health,’ with the inaugural event bringing together over 420 companies from Japan and abroad. Informa frames this consolidation as a way to present a single, cohesive identity across a portfolio that, company-wide, spans more than 550 international B2B events and brands across multiple industries, not just healthcare. If your team already covers general AI adoption trends, our plain-language guide to AI in healthcare is a useful primer before you walk any WHX show floor.

WHX Global Events Guide: Every Location and Confirmed 2027 Date

Here is the full run of WHX events with dates and venues as currently published. Some regional shows already ran in 2026 and don’t yet have 2027 dates; those are noted rather than guessed at.

Event	Next Confirmed Dates	Venue / City	Formerly Known As
WHX Nairobi	16–18 September 2026	Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	East Africa flagship
WHX Johannesburg	6–8 October 2026	Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa	Southern Africa flagship
WHX Leaders	28 January 2027	Al Multaqua Ballroom, DWTC, Dubai, UAE	Executive/policy forum
WHX Dubai	25–28 January 2027	Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City & Dubai World Trade Centre	Arab Health + Medlab Middle East
WHX Tech	27–29 January 2027	Dubai World Trade Centre	New brand, launched 2025
WHX Jakarta	31 March–2 April 2027	ICE Indonesia, BSD City, Jakarta, Indonesia	New addition to network
WHX Lagos	1–3 June 2027	Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria	West Africa flagship
WHX Miami	16–18 June 2027	Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, USA	Americas flagship
WHX Kuala Lumpur	13–15 July 2027	MITEC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Southeast Asia flagship
WHX Osaka	TBC	INTEX Osaka, Japan	Japan Health
WHX Bangkok	Not yet announced for 2027	Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Asia Health

World Healthcare Week 2027: Dubai’s Three Co-Located WHX Events

Dubai in late January is where the WHX calendar concentrates its biggest numbers. Organizers now market the cluster of shows there as “World Healthcare Week,” and describe it as bringing together the global healthcare community through three connected events across Dubai, with over 243,000 healthcare professionals and 4,500+ exhibitors from over 195 countries.

WHX Dubai (Flagship) — 25 to 28 January 2027

This is the direct successor to Arab Health. It now also absorbs the old Medlab Middle East show, since World Health Expo brings together the legacy of WHX in Dubai (formerly Arab Health) and WHX Labs (formerly Medlab Middle East) as one unified event. Organizers describe it as connecting the full healthcare ecosystem across two world-class venues (DEC & DWTC) in Dubai, and cite prior editions drawing 235K+ visitors, calling it the largest medical expo in the Middle East. For a deeper breakdown of this specific show’s AI exhibitor list and floor plan, see our dedicated WHX Dubai (Arab Health) 2027 guide.

WHX Tech — 27 to 29 January 2027

WHX Tech is the digital health and AI-focused piece of the week, run in partnership with HIMSS. Coverage of its 2025 launch noted it was hosted in partnership with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a global advisor to the health eco-system, and its inaugural edition drew over 300 innovative exhibitors and an elite audience of C-level decision-makers. Since HIMSS itself runs a separate flagship conference in the US, it’s worth comparing this Dubai-based event against our own HIMSS 2027 dates and AI track guide if your team is deciding which show fits your travel budget.

WHX Leaders — 28 January 2027

WHX Leaders is the executive and policy-focused piece of the week, aimed at ministers, CEOs and investors rather than a general exhibition audience. It runs as a single-day, invitation-only summit at the Al Multaqua Ballroom, DWTC, per the event’s own description as a gathering that unites global healthcare ministers, CEOs, investors, and innovators shaping the next decade of health policy and investment.

WHX Events With 2027 Dates Confirmed Outside Dubai

WHX Jakarta, Lagos, Miami and Kuala Lumpur

Four regional shows have confirmed 2027 windows well outside the January Dubai cluster: WHX Jakarta at ICE Indonesia in BSD City from 31 March to 2 April 2027, WHX Lagos at the Landmark Centre from 1 to 3 June 2027, WHX Miami at the Miami Beach Convention Center from 16 to 18 June 2027, and WHX Kuala Lumpur at MITEC from 13 to 15 July 2027. Miami is the only US-soil WHX event on the current calendar, which matters if your organization has a policy against international travel for smaller vendor evaluations. If Miami’s dates don’t fit your calendar, our guides to ViVE Conference 2027 and the Health 2.0 Conference cover two other US-based digital health events worth benchmarking against.

WHX Events Still Awaiting 2027 Dates

WHX Osaka and WHX Bangkok

Two shows in the network haven’t published 2027 dates yet. WHX Osaka’s 2026 edition ran from July 2 to July 4, 2026, at INTEX Osaka, Japan, but the official WHX events calendar currently lists its next edition simply as TBC. WHX Bangkok’s 2026 edition ran from 8–10 July 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, and as of this writing no 2027 dates have been published for it either. If you’re budgeting travel around either show, treat these as unannounced rather than assuming an annual repeat on the same weeks.

What US and Canada Health IT Teams Should Know Before Booking WHX Global

For hospital leaders and health IT teams based in North America, the practical takeaway is that most of the WHX calendar is not domestic. Miami is the exception, and even that show is newer and smaller in track record than established US conferences. If your goal is specifically AI vendor evaluation, procurement conversations, or peer benchmarking on tools like triage automation or patient intake, it’s worth weighing a Dubai trip against what’s covered in our AI triage and scheduling systems roundup or our independent ROI case studies, both of which draw on US and Canadian deployments rather than the Gulf or Southeast Asian markets that dominate most of the WHX portfolio. The scale is real, but scale alone doesn’t guarantee relevance to your specific health system’s procurement cycle.

FAQ

What is WHX Global and how is it different from Arab Health?

WHX is the rebranded, unified name Informa Markets now uses for its global healthcare events portfolio. Arab Health became World Health Expo, hosted in Dubai from 9 to 12 February 2026 at Dubai Exhibition Centre, with the next edition running in January 2027.

When and where is WHX Dubai 2027?

WHX Dubai 2027 runs 25 to 28 January 2027 at Dubai Exhibition Centre and Dubai World Trade Centre, as part of the broader World Healthcare Week alongside WHX Tech and WHX Leaders.

How many WHX events are there worldwide?

WHX describes itself as operating 15 international events across the world, spanning the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and now the Americas via WHX Miami.

Does WHX have a dedicated digital health or AI event?

Yes, WHX Tech, launched in 2025 in partnership with HIMSS, is the network’s digital health and innovation show. Its next edition runs 27 to 29 January 2027 at Dubai World Trade Centre.