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- Arrival of conference delegates
Registration and check-in
- Arrival of Minister of Health
Arrival of the Minister of Health in readiness for official opening.
- Welcome remarks by Platinum Sponsor
Remarks by a representative of the platinum sponsor(s)
- Keynote address
Keynote address
- Welcome Speech by BMSZ President
Welcome remarks by the President of the Biomedical Society of Zambia.
- Official Opening • Minister of Health
Opening of the Conference by the Guest of Honor, the Minister of Health Hon Sylvia T Masebo, MP.
- Health Break/Photo Session with the Minister
Ball Room Lobby.
Photo session with the Minister of Health Hon Sylvia T Masebo, MP. - Machine learning for routine detection of 'wrong blood in tube' errors
Chris Farrell
Chris Farrell
Chemical Pathologist at Liverpool Hospital, Australia
- Emerging Technologies in Laboratory Medicine
Laboratories generate a lot of information. How can we leverage data and the power of artificial intelligence as it affects laboratory processes, patient care and public health? What are the opportunities and pitfalls of emerging technologies as they apply to laboratory medicine?
- Lunch
- Molecular Diagnotics, Genomics, Bionformatics and Point of Care Technologies
This track will feature presentations and discussions around latest advances in molecular diagnostics, genomics and bioinformatics and how these can be applied to predicting and combating disease. Point of care technologies and how these will shape policy on choice of diagnostics will also be explored.
- Health Break
Ball Room Lobby
- Latest Advances in Noncommunicable Diseases
In this session, we will explore the scientific advances in the diagnosis of noncommunicable diseases and how these should influence our decisions on diagnostic methods.
- Quality Management Systems Workshop by ADLM
Olajumoke Oladipo•Barbara GoldsmithThis workshop will be conducted by the Association of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) from the USA and will feature the latest thinking and updates in quality management and accreditation. Topics will include risk management and how this can be applied to meeting the requirement of ISO 15189.
Olajumoke Oladipo
Associate Professor at Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, USA
Barbara Goldsmith
Clinical Professor and Director of Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA
- Health Break and Sponsor Exhibition
Conference delegates will interact with Sponsors in the exhibition hall.
- Biomedical Ethics- Use of Leftover Samples and Biobanking
Sody Munsaka
Sody Munsaka
Associate Professor at University of Zambia
- Regulatory issues in laboratory medicine
Alzera Hussein
Alzera Hussein
General Manager at Lancet Laboratories Zambia
- Lunch
Kuomboka Restaurant
- Using patient data to improve laboratory performance.
Chris FarrellChris Farrell
Chemical Pathologist at Liverpool Hospital, Australia
- The Laboratory of the Future
What does the future of the laboratory look like? If we are going to remain relevant as medical laboratory professionals, we need to not only look near, but as well. Regulation, technology, politics, economics and similar factors can all be disruptive. How do we build resilience and respond ahead of time?
- Health Break and Sponsor Exhibition
Ball Room Lobby
Exhibition Hall - Infectious Diseases and Public Health
This track encompasses a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from epidemiology, pathogen characterization, and disease modeling, to the crucial intersections of public health policy, vaccination strategies, and outbreak response.
- Arrival and registration
Conference Hall
- Opening Remarks by the BMSZ President
- Adoption of the agenda
- Apologies and Orbituaries
- Minutes of the BMSZ2022 AGM and Matters Arising
- Health Break
Kuomboka Restaurant
- Audited Financial Report
Presentation of the audited financial report by the Treasurer and Finance Team.
- Report by the President
Presiden'ts presentation of a summary of key activities, milestones and challenges since the previous AGM.
- Resolutions for 2024
Resolutions arising from the financial report, the president's report and the general meeting for implementation going into FY2024.
- National Executive Committee (NEC) Elections
Dissolution of the current NEC and holding of fresh elections.
- Lunch
Kuomboka Restaurant
- Awards Gala Dinner
Presentation of awards to organisations and individuals for their outstanding contributions to laboratory medicine and whose work and life represent our values as the Biomedical Society of Zambia.