Post by Dr. med. Elias J. Engelking (MBA)

🇰🇭 🤝 🇩🇪 ASEAN Delegation to German MedTech | Insight 5 Freiburg’s MedTech Ecosystem — and an Invitation Across the Next Gateway As I prepare to fly back to Cambodia, I am reminded of a short video I recorded on the day the new Phnom Penh airport opened — a sweeping architectural view of Cambodia’s new gateway to the world. It feels fitting to share it again, because this entire week in Germany has been about gateways: places where innovation, people, and ideas meet. And MedTech Networking in Freiburg captured exactly that spirit of founders, engineers, researchers, and policy shapers who together form the living DNA of a MedTech city. It was the final chapter of the delegation week, but also the beginning of intercontinental partnerships. The neurotechnology discussions with CorTec — Martin Schuettler and Dr. Carolina Remke — offered a glimpse into the frontier where microscale engineering meets human physiology. Nearby, Sebastian Mörth from Intuitive Surgical reflected on the federal momentum emerging from the Pharma- und Medizintechnikstrategie launched at the Bundeskanzleramt. The pharmaceutical and biotech dimension came from ChemCon GmbH, with Raphael Vogler and Ilka Noack explaining the precision and craftsmanship behind API manufacturing for oncology, diagnostics, and orphan diseases. AI and automation were strongly represented: Jonas Bermeitinger and Matías Gabriel S. from LABMaiTE GmbH advancing automated experimental workflows; Julian Kempf from anamedi presenting real-time, openEHR International-aligned clinical documentation; Niclas Matthias from VUSE XR showcasing no-code 3D and XR environments for MedTech training and product adoption. Across the room were digital builders and global innovators: Michael Lux (LUX Solutions), Tobias Salb (Mesalvo GmbH), Joerg Alexander Ronde (Resuscitec), Tobias Adomeit (Stryker). And anchoring the ecosystem were Hanna Böhme , Leonor Köhler, Franziska Hoferer (Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe), German Horn (KI-Allianz Baden Württemberg), and Dr. Christian Haverkamp & Dr. Lisa Lyssenko from FRAI.lab at Universitätsklinikum Freiburg. These conversations should not end in Freiburg. I would love to welcome all of you to Phnom Penh — to continue exploring collaborations through Intercare Hospital, EuroCham Cambodia’s Healthcare Committee, GIZ Cambodia, and the emerging Cambodia Digital Health Alliance (CamDHA). Cambodia is opening new gateways: infrastructural, digital, and institutional. There is room — and need — for meaningful, long-term German–Cambodian partnerships. This week would not have been possible without the dedication of Kai Neuber (Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce / AHK Singapur) and Tamara Henle (IHK-Exportakademie GmbH). Thank you for opening doors, curating encounters, and weaving together all the threads that made this delegation so special.

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