Day 1: A changing landscape for laboratory medicine: challenges and opportunities
Date: Wednesday, 13 December 20203
Time: 9.00am - 10.30am
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre

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Day 2: Meeting the challenge and taking the opportunity: the good, the bad and the unexpected

Date: Thursday, 14 December 20203
Time: 9.00am - 10.30am
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre

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Day 3: The road to transforming laboratory medicine for the 21^st century

Date: Friday, 15 December 2023
Time: 9.00am - 10.30am
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre

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Special Session 1:  The future of genomics in Africa

Date: 13 December 2023
Time: 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Sofonias Tessema (Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Placide Mbala (Institut National de Recherche Biomedical, RDC)

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Special Session 2: Transforming diagnostics: the role of AI, robotic technology and computer science

Date: Thursday 14 December 2023
Time: 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Colleen Kraft (American Society for Microbiology)
Madhukar Pai (McGill University)

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Session Highlight: Symposia #1: Mobile Laboratories: Driving change in laboratory diagnostics.

Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Dr Muna Affara (East African Community)
Prof Wolfgang Preiser (Stellenbosch University)

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Session Highlights Symposium #2: Recent advances in AMR detection and surveillance

Date: 13 December 2023
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Dr Yewande Alimi (Africa CDC)
Professor Adrian Brink (UCT)

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Session Highlight: Symposia #3: Bringing diagnostics to the community

Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Dr Noah Fongwen (Diagnostics Access Coordinator, Africa CDC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Zee Ndlovu (Regional Laboratory Advisor and Epidemiologist, Medecins Sans Frontières)

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Session Highlight: Symposia #4: Building the laboratory workforce to lead, innovate, coordinate and deliver.

Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Dr Fatim Cham-Jallow (The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)
Dr Suzanne Kiwanuka (Makerere University, School of Public Health, Uganda)

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Session Highlight: Symposia #6: Non-communicable diseases: the other killers

Date: Thursday 14 December 2023
Time: 3.00pm - 4.30pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Dr Alpha Diallo (HQSS-Guinee Conakry)
Dr Adetoun Ejilemele (University of Texas Medical Branch Cmc Labs)

Session Highlight: Symposia #7: Innovation in Waste Management

Date: Thursday 14 December 2023
Time: 3.00pm - 4.30pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Mr Monte Martin (United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Dr Collins Otieno Odhiambo (African Society for Laboratory Medicine)

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Session Highlights: Symposium #8 - Optimising laboratory networks and diagnostic services

Date: 14 December 2023
Time: 3:00pm-4.30pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Dr Marguerite Massinga Loembé (ASLM)
Kameko Nichols (The Nichols Group)

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Session Highlight: Symposia #9: Re-imagining bacteriology testing

Date: Friday, 15 December 2023
Time: 1.30pm - 3.00pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners: 
Dr Silvia Bertagnolio (WHO)
Prof Iruka N Okeke (University of Ibadan)

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Session highlights: Symposium #11: Adapting quality assurance to the future of diagnostics

Date: 15 December 2023
Time: 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:
Beatrice van der Puije (ASLM)
Tim Tucker (SEAD)

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Session Highlight: Symposia #12: The Crucial Role of Diagnostics in Achieving the 7-1-7 Target

Date: Friday, 15 December 2023
Time: 1.30pm - 3.00pm (1.5 hours)
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Co-conveners:  
Amanda McClelland (Resolve to Save Lives)
François-Xavier Babin (Fondation Mérieux)

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Roundtable panel discussion #1: Self-sufficiency is the new mindset!

Date: 13 December 2023
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Moderators:
Trevor Peter - CHAI
Abderrahmane Maaroufi (Institut Pasteur, Morocco)

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Debates & Roundtables #2: Family Feud: Can AI transform laboratory medicine?

Date: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Time: 5.00pm – 6.00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Moderators:
Jude Kong (McGill University)
Chad Centner (World Health Organization)

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Roundtable panel discussion # 3: The Laboratory and One Health: Transforming the jigsaw into answers

Date: 13 December 2023
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Moderators:
Anise Happi (The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases)
Yewande Alimi (Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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Roundtable panel discussion #4: “Knowing more and acting smarter: The power of communities of practices and knowledge communities”

Date: Thursday, 14 Dec 2023
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Moderators:
Manise Pierre (American Society for Microbiology)
Collins Otieno (African Society for Laboratory Medicine)

Roundtable panel discussion #5: Unlocking private sector partnerships for equitable access to diagnostics

Date: 14 December 2023
Time: 5.00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Conference Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Moderators:
Madhukar Pai (McGill University)
Heather Alexander (United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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Roundtable panel discussion # 6: Career opportunities and retention for African scientists
Date: 14 December
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre

Co-conveners:
Thandi Onami (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Gama Bandawe (Malawi University of Science and Technology)

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