• The 2025 edition of SantExpo highlighted a shift toward more concrete and streamlined digital health solutions.
• The health ecosystem of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis was showcased as a structuring framework for applicable projects.
• This participation strengthened ties between local stakeholders and national health innovation networks.
A trade fair at the heart of French health dynamics
On May 20 and 21, 2025, Sana Bouyahia, Health & Sport Project Manager for Team Nice Côte d’Azur, took part in SantExpo, France’s leading health sector trade fair. The event, organized by the French Hospital Federation at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, brought together over 30,000 visitors, 700 exhibitors, and 350 speakers from hospital, institutional, and industrial sectors.
Team Nice Côte d’Azur’s presence was part of a targeted strategy: showcasing the strengths of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, strengthening interregional partnerships, and supporting the development of structuring health projects.
Field insights: moving toward digital health maturity
During her mission, Sana Bouyahia observed a paradigm shift in the approaches on display. She noted:
The ecosystem now seems less focused on presenting new technologies and more on streamlining existing solutions. This return to concrete use cases reflects a growing need for maturity and efficiency, where innovation is measured by its real-world impact.”
This trend aligns with the vision of the Metropolis, which structures its ecosystem around the valorization of health data, artificial intelligence, and an innovation approach based on experimentation.
Structuring cooperation around projects from the Côte d’Azur
The mission also helped position locally driven projects—such as RespirERA, the Health Campus of Université Côte d’Azur, and initiatives supported by Eurobiomed—within the national landscape. Discussions were initiated with several networks to identify concrete synergies.
This participation confirmed the territory’s appeal to digital health solution providers and partners seeking solid experimentation frameworks, embodied by infrastructures such as the Nice University Hospital and associated research centers.
