Research and Innovation Symposium
Agenda
| Time | Session | Speaker/Chair |
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09:00 |
Registration and refreshments |
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Morning session |
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09:30 |
Welcome from the CEO of Sonic Healthcare UK |
David Byrne |
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09:35 |
Keynote address: Pathology Transformation – Review 2026 |
Lord Carter of Coles |
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10:10 |
Coffee, meet the sponsors, view the poster presentations and engage with the QMG and Learning and Development teams |
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From Slides to Systems: Innovation Across the Laboratory |
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10:50 |
Welcome to the morning session |
Tim Herriman |
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10:55 |
Featured sponsor presentation: Innovation – A Collaboration with Industry |
Dr Allan Pamba Dr Peter Hampson |
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11:20 |
The Digital Gut: How Virtual Slides are Rewriting Gastrointestinal Research |
Prof. Manuel Rodriguez-Justo |
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11:40 |
Future of Parasitology Diagnostics in the AI Era |
Dr Spencer Polley |
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12:00 |
The Importance of Clinical Synergy: When the Lab and IPC Collaborate |
Hannah Bysouth Damion Cotterell |
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12:20 |
Lunch, meet the sponsors, view the poster presentations and engage with the QMG and Learning and Development teams | |
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Afternoon session |
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Expanding Access Beyond the Clinic |
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13:20 |
Introduction to the afternoon session |
Dr Rachael Liebmann OBE |
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13:25 |
RADIX: Interventional, Integrated and Intelligent |
Prof. Steve Harris |
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13:50 |
Self-sampling for Cervical Screening – Challenges and Opportunities for the Laboratory |
Dr Kate Cuschieri |
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14:15 |
Small Volume Capillary Blood Testing for HIV & Hepatitis B |
Dr Stuart Flanagan |
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14:40 |
Coffee break | |
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Innovation at Sonic Healthcare UK |
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15:05 |
Introduction to the afternoon session |
Dr Rajeev Gupta |
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15:10 |
Haemophilia Gene Therapy: Translating Scientific Innovation into Clinical Practice |
Dr Paul Batty Anne Riddell |
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15:35 |
Molecular Haematological Malignancies |
Robert Baker |
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15:55 |
Top 3 poster abstracts: quick-fire presentations |
Sofia Carneiro Shelley Chaytor Yordanka Vasileva |
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16:20 |
Poster prize awards |
Dr Rachael Liebmann OBE Dr Rajeev Gupta |
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16:25 |
Closing remarks |
Dr Rachael Liebmann OBE |
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16:30 |
Symposium close | |