POCT Conference Programme Venue Directions Register

Please Note: The times and schedule are a guide only and are subject to change.

Day 1Day 2

Tuesday 8th December 2026

Theme: POCT EQA & Connectivity
Meet and greet / Registration – 9:00am – 9:50am
Introduction / Welcome – 9:50am – 10:00am
Speaker:

Gareth Davies & Samantha Jones
Title: POCT EQA Report Interpretation
10:00am – 11:00am
Speaker:

Gareth Davies & Samantha Jones
Title: Troubleshooting
11:00am – 11:30am
Break – 11:30am – 11:50am
Speaker:

Samantha Jones
Title: POCT EQA Case Studies
11:50am – 1:20pm
Lunch – 1:20pm – 2:20pm

Speaker:

Gareth Davies & Samantha Jones
Title: Weqas Connect Update
2:20pm – 2:40pm
Speaker:

Weqas
Title: Connectivity Updates
2:40pm – 3:00pm
Speaker:

Duncan Mills (Abbott)
Title: Connectivity
3:00pm – 3:40pm
Break – 3:40pm – 4:00pm
Speaker:

Lawrence Bayley (Siemens)
Title: Connectivity
4:00pm – 4:40pm
Speaker:

Annette Thomas
Title: Developing Specifications for POCT Middleware
4:40pm – 5:10pm
Conference Dinner Welcome Drinks – 7:30pm
Conference Dinner – 8:00pm

Wednesday 9th December 2026

Theme: What is the harm of POCT?
Meet and greet / Registration – 9:00am – 9:20am
Introduction / Welcome – 9:20am – 9:25am
Speaker:

Douglas Parsons
Title: Can direct to consumer testing be regulated?
9:25am – 10:05am

Debate:

Truls Leegaard & Matthias Orth
Title: All tests are equal? Ethics and Patient Safety in Direct to Consumer Tests
10:05am – 11:05am
Break – 11:05am – 11:25am
Speaker:

Robbert Slingerland
Title: CGM and Laboratory Tests, how do we interpret what they all mean?
11:25am – 12:00pm
Speaker:

TBC
Title: IFCC Criteria for HbA1c
12:00pm – 12:45pm
Lunch – 12:45pm – 1:45pm
Speaker:

David Wells
Title: The Carter Review and the vision for diagnostics
1:45pm – 2:30pm
Speaker:

TBC
Title: Harm Reduction & Toxicology
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Speaker:

Weqas
Title: Future Developments and Updates
3:15pm – 3:35pm
Refreshments – 3:35pm – 4:00pm
Close of conference – 4:00pm