There is only a month to go until Power to Disrupt: Leaders in POCT Diagnostics on Tuesday 5th May 2026 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, Birmingham.
The exhibition will open around 8.30am, with the first session at 9.15am and a finish time of around 4.30-5pm.
You can find the agenda below:
Session 1
David Thorne – Transformation Director at Well Up North PCN and Well Up North Ltd/BIVDA Head of NHS Policy – ‘How Soon is Now? Point of Care Diagnostics in the New World of Advanced FTs, IHOs, Neighbourhoods and Health Hubs.’
Lucy Lehane – BIVDA NPT Working Party Chair/Lehane Consulting Ltd. – ‘Diagnostics from Present Practice to Future Potential: The BIVDA Perspective’
Nick Swart – Swart Evaluation Ltd. ‘Health Economics in Diagnostics’
Jonathan Gliddon – Chrystal Medical ‘Managed Services Models in POCT and Pathology’
Session 2
Dr Andy Breakell – Consultant in Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine. ‘Novel Biomarkers in Health and Sport.’
Angela Gore – Market Access & Development Manager with BIOHIT. ‘Using POCT to Improve Patient Pathways in Gastroenterology.’
Ian Davies MBE – Associate Professor of Biomedical Science Practice at the University of Staffordshire. ‘From Laboratory to Pathway: Rethinking Biomedical Science Education for Next Generation Diagnostics.’
Session 3
Seetal Bhabra MSc – POCT Services Lead – Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – ‘Complete Holistic Software Solution (Device-Link) for Improving Diagnostic Safety at the Point of Healthcare Delivery’
Dr Marie-Therese Rached and Dr Benjamin Miller, Lecturer in Quantum Sensing for Healthcare – London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London. Medical Physics and Q-BIOMED – ‘Quantum Sensing in Healthcare’
You can register here.
