3rd Annual MarketsansMarkets Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Molecular Diagnostics Conference

WHAT TO EXPECT

Prenatal Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques for Medical Viruses
Addressing challenges of molecular diagnostics through Laboratory Information System (LIS)
A systematic approach to novel virus through infectious disease diagnostics • Advances in at-home and point-of-use testing: covid and beyond
Portable point-of-care testing systems and increasing global access to care
Recent advances in lab-on-a-chip technologies for viral diagnosis
Disease wise Diagnostics - Different types of samples with different methods for diagnostics
Point of Care Testing and Recommendations for Future Emerging Outbreaks: Advocacy, Education and Clinical Practice
Advances in testing and multiplexing
Multiplex Blood-Borne Pathogen Detection
The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on diagnostic innovation for infectious disease

Hospitals/Universities/Labs

Hospitals - Department of infectious diseases. Department of hematology, Department of Genomics, Diagnostics Department, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics
Hospital Designations - Senior scientist, scientist, Microbiologist, biologists, pathologist, General
Practitioners, Lab managers, Lab directors, medical directors, POCT coordinators
Universities Designations- Professors, Researchers, Associate professors, Deans, Senior Professors
Hospital Laboratories Designations- Pathologists, Lab managers, Lab Directors, Clinicians

Learn about innovative devices and procedures for effective diagnostics
Meet global heads of infectious disease and molecular diagnostics from the industry and Academics
120+ professionals attending
Case studies presented from leading technology collaborations
Interactive panel discussions

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Registration	08:15 - 08:55
Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets	08:55 - 09:00
Opening Remarks from the Chairman Sanjib Bhakta, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck, University of London and UCL	09:00 - 09:10
Keynote Presentation: Integrative interdisciplinary approaches in tackling extensively drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) on World TB Day Sanjib Bhakta, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck, University of London and UCL	09:10 - 09:40
IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ADVANCED MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
The Future of Clinical Microbiology” from a Molecular Diagnostic Perspective. Willem Melchers, Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, UK Track, University of Central Lancashire	09:40 - 10:10
The role for Next generation sequencing in Routine Clinical Microbiology Eric Claas, Molecular Medical Microbiologist, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Centre	10:10 - 10:40
Morning Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	10:40 - 11:30
Redefining molecular technology with the innovative qSTAR Susan Ward, Director of Channel Marketing, LumiraDx UK Ltd	11:30 - 12:00
The opening of a new era: How to find the unknown - NGS for infectious diseases Vanya Gant , Consultant in Microbiology, and Infection/Director, HSL Laboratories, UCL	12:00 - 12:30
Reimagining Diagnosis of Infection: Utilizing Optical Molecular SmartProbes from the Lung to the Cornea Beth Mills, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Translational Healthcare Technologies group, The University of Edinburgh	12:30 - 13:00
Lunch and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	13:00 - 14:00
Co-Diagnostics New Your Test PCR Platform Dwight H. Egan, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Diagnostics, Inc	14:00 - 14:30
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL VIRUSES
Diagnostics for Improved Antibiotic Stewardship Peter Munthali , Consultant- Bacteriology · Microbiology, University Hospital Coventry	14:30 - 15:00
Afternoon Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	15:00 - 15:50
PRIORITIZING CHALLENGES IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS AREA
Addressing challenges of molecular diagnostics through Laboratory Information System (LIS) Reshma Kadave, Biomedical Scientist & Senior IT Analyst, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK	15:50 - 16:20
The use of the Molecular Bacterial Load assay as a preclinical tool to accelerate TB drug discovery Dimitrios Evangelopoulos, Lecturer in Microbiology, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London	16:20 - 16:50
Breakout Session by chairman	16:50 - 17:20
Closing Remarks from the Chairman	17:20 - 17:20
Drinks Reception & Networking End of Day 1	17:50 - 17:50

Registration	08:15 - 08:55
Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets	08:55 - 09:00
Opening remarks from the Chairman Vanya Gant , Consultant in Microbiology, and Infection/Director, HSL Laboratories, UCL	09:00 - 09:10
Keynote Presentation-Next generation hematology analyzers for detection or management infectious diseases. Andre Van Der Ven, Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen	09:10 - 09:40
TAILORING MODEL’S AND ADVANCEMENTS UNDER INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS POINT OF CARE TESTING
miDiagnostics brings Ultra-fast PCR through innovative chip technologies at the point of need Tom Willshare, VP Product Development, miDiagnostics	09:40 - 10:10
Microfluidics for Sample Processing in Infectious Disease Detection and details on Cryptosporidium & TB & Legionella Helen Bridle, Associate Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot-Watt Research	10:10 - 10:40
Morning Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	10:40 - 11:30
Multiplex Assays for SARS-COV-2 and Variant Richard Hale, Biochemist & Molecular Biologist, AusDiagnostics	11:30 - 12:30
SHAPING THE POINT OF CARE ERA WITH BEST TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES
Diversity of detection of antibody to SARS CoV, what Ebola taught me Richard Tedder, Honorary Consultant Virologist, Dept of Clinical Microbiology, Kings College Hospital London	12:30 - 13:00
Lunch and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	13:00 - 14:00
Fungal Infections in Patients with Covid Paul Verweij, Consultant microbiologist and professor of Clinical Mycology, Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands	14:00 - 14:30
Decentralized Science (DeSci) – A Marketplace for Crowdsourcing and Sharing of Quality Research Outcomes through Blockchain Jens Ducree, Professor of Microsystems in the School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University (DCU)	14:30 - 15:00
New microbiology diagnostics in the era of consolidation Giovanni Satta, Infection Control Doctor/Consultant in Infection, University College London Hospitals	15:00 - 15:30
Closing Remarks from the Chairman End of Conference	15:30 - 16:00

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

ADVISORS

Soumini Vasan

Laboratory Director, Oxsed

Alice Street

Senior Lecturer in Medical Anthropology and Principal Investigator of the EU funded DiaDev project (investigating diagnostic devices in global health), University of Edinburgh