Speakers
Amb Dr John N Nkengasong - USA
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative For Health Diplomacy
The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Dr George Alemnji - USA
Senior Technical Advisor for Laboratory Services, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (OGAC)
Renzo R. Guinto, MD DrPH - Philippines
Inaugural Director, Planetary and Global Health Program, St. Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine, Philippines
Dr Yenew Kebede - Ethiopia
Head of Division, Laboratory Systems and Acting Head, Division of Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, Africa CDC
Dr Suzanne Kiwanuka - Uganda
Senior Lecturer, Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University, School of Public Health
Prof Thirusha Naidu - South Africa
Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, Department of Behavioural Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Conveners
Dr Yewande Alimi - Nigeria
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programme Coordinator, Africa CDC
Christine Bales - USA
Vice president, Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) Global Impact
Dr Gama Bandawe - Malawi
Medical virologist and senior lecturer, Academy of Medical Sciences at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST)
Dr Silvia Bertagnolio - UK
Head of the Surveillance, Evidence, and Laboratory Strengthening (SEL) Unit, AMR Division, World Health Organization (WHO).
Stefano Bertuzzi PhD, MPH - USA
Chief Executive Officer, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Prof Adrian Brink
Head of the Division: Medical Microbiology, and member of the Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and the National Health Laboratory Services
Dr Adetoun Ejilemele - USA
Associate Director, University of Texas Medical Branch CMC Laboratories.
Prof Jude Kong - Canada
Executive Director, the Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium (ACADIC) and the Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network (AI4PEP).
Dr Colleen Kraft - USA
Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Science (MS), American Society for Microbiology
Prof Ramanan Laxminarayan - USA
Founder, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP)
Dr Virgile Lokossou - Benin
Health research, primary health care and health system strengthening (HSS), West African Health Organization (WAHO)
Lucy Maryogo-Robinson - USA
Director of the Global Health Program at the Association, Public Health Laboratories (APHL).
Dr Placide Mbala-Kingebeni - Democratic Republic of Congo
Virologist, Head of Epidemiology and Global Health Department, Institut National de la Recherche Biomédicale
Zee Ndlovu - South Africa
Regional Laboratory Advisor and Epidemiologist, MSF - Southern African Medical Unit (SAMU)
Dr Trevor Peter - USA
Senior Director, Diagnostics Services, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Prof Tahir Pillay - South Africa
Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and overall Pathology Head, University of Pretoria and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)
Prof Wolfgang Preiser - South Africa
Professor and Division Head of Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch / National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)