The next one-day conference hosted by POCT Innovators - Power to Disrupt: Clinical Diagnostics Now, which will take place Monday 16 November, in Oxford – has unveiled its speaker line up.
The 13th face-to-face event hosted by Tony Cambridge and Thornhill Healthcare Events will have a packed agenda of hot topics across the point of care, rapid diagnostics and healthcare sectors. This will be an essential day for all to attend across the health sector, especially relevant for clinical and operational leads, service providers, network leads, commissioners, independent diagnostics advisors, point-of-care and rapid diagnostics providers.
Taking place at the Royal Leonardo Hotel, Oxford, OX2 8AL, the day runs from 08.30 to 16.00. Full agenda is below.
As with previous events attendance is free to those working in the NHS, with commercial places also available at £249 plus VAT. The event will also be supported by an exhibition featuring a large variety of diagnostic firms.
Click here to book your place now: Power to Disrupt – Clinical Diagnostics Now Monday 16th November Leonardo Royal Hotel, Oxford, UK – Point of Care Testing Innovators
AGENDA
08.30 Registration and exhibition opens
09.10 Introduction from Event Producer, Tony Cambridge
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09.15 Diagnostics in the New NHS World - David Thorne, Transformation Director for Well Up North, BIVDA Head of NHS Policy
09.35 Core Competencies for Biomedical Scientists working in POCT - Dr Lee Peters, Blood Science Service Manager
10.10 SAMBA III - Bringing Molecular Diagnostics of STIs and Norovirus to the Point of Care - Mr Sonny M. Assennato, Vice President Research and Development
10.40 POCT Connectivity Survey Outcomes - Lauren Campbell, POCT Product Manager, Biomerieux
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11.15 BREAK and Exhibition
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12.00 Panel – Challenges and Progress Across Diagnostics in 2025-26. Chair – Lucy Lehane, BIVDA and Lehane Consulting.
Panellists - Sarah Brooks (Thermo Fisher Scientific), Paul Meakin (Centre for Advanced Diagnostic Development and Application), Panellist 3 TBC
12.45 Chasing Value in Diagnostics: How AI Will Change Our Focus - Jamie Sykes McLeod, Diagnostics Artificial Intelligence Consultant
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13.10 LUNCH, Networking and Exhibition
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14.15 Real World Data Using PPD Vantage - Sarah Brooks, Head of Account Management, Thermo Fisher Scientific
14.50 Transforming Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) through Self-Administered Screening - James Jackson, Digostics Digital Diagnostics
15.25 Transformation is Possible for Clinical, Cost and Patient Benefit: the UTI Diagnostic Pathway - Giovanna Forte, CEO Forte Medical
16.00 Event closes