Events

Early bird pricing for W Group's two flagship October summits - Women's Health Week Europe 2026 and Women's Sport Summit Europe 2026 - closes on 11 September. Both events take place at Emirates Stadium, London, bringing together founders, investors, corporates, and industry leaders shaping the future of women's health and sport. Women's Health Week Europe [...]

Applications close 2 September at 12pm BST for W Accelerate with Merck KGaA and M Ventures, a fast-track programme offering startups, scaleups and spinouts in reproductive and maternal health direct access to decision-makers at one of the world's leading reproductive health companies. With a single application, innovators connect with Merck KGaA's partnership team and investment [...]

The Women's Health Innovation Summit (WHIS), the event uniting the global  women's health ecosystem, has just announced 18 new speakers joining the agenda for  its 2026 summit, taking place October 13–15 at Encore Boston Harbor. The latest additions bring further depth across pharma, clinical research, health  systems, venture, and policy, reinforcing WHIS's role as the [...]

By Women’s HealthX As healthcare organisations navigate tightening compliance mandates, evolving reimbursement frameworks, and shifting health economics, the single most critical asset for leadership is operational visibility into what their industry counterparts are executing right now. Ahead of the Women's HealthX marketplace in Boston this December, a cross-functional steering committee of health plans, hospital networks, [...]

The Women's Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) has reminded startups that applications for its 2026  Innovation Showcase close on Tuesday, August 18. The Showcase gives early and growth-stage companies the  opportunity to pitch live on stage to the most influential audience in women's health, at a summit that convenes more than 1,000 senior decision-makers from across [...]

Women's Health Week Europe 2026 has released its fully populated speaker and session lineup ahead of the event's return to The Emirates Stadium in London on 7–8 October, with 80+ speakers now confirmed across two dedicated stages. The programme The agenda runs across two dedicated stages in parallel, plus two pitch competitions across both days. [...]

An endometriosis musical by two US writers will debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. “Endometriosis: The Musical” follows Jane, a woman trying to discover why she is living with chronic pain. Maria Bartholdi and Kristin Stowell first developed the production for the 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The full show premiered at [...]

Hosted by Amanda Ducach, CEO, and Morgan Rose, chief science officer, EmaEQ Healthcare companies have spent the last two years hearing the same advice: get AI into your product. Few have been told what that actually takes. Most default to the fastest option. Plug in a general-purpose model, wrap it in a chat window, and [...]

From AI embryo analysis in India to couples fertility care launching in the US, Korea's women's health startups are going global, and US investors are taking notice. Vespexx, the femtech company behind couples preconception health platform Soonr, hosted Korea Femtech Summit 2026 on June 30 in Seoul, convening founders, clinicians, and investors from Korea, Singapore, [...]

Women's Health Week Europe 2026 has released its full programme ahead of the October event at The Emirates Stadium in London on 7–8 October, with 700+ senior decision-makers and 80+ speakers confirmed across what will be the organisation's most ambitious edition to date. For the first time, the event will run across two dedicated stages, [...]