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World Health Expo in Johannesburg

Labs Leadership Indaba  Agenda

Theme: Unlocking innovation and investment in diagnostics and laboratory networks  

📅 7 October 2026
📍 Hall 2, Gallagher Convention Centre 

Agenda 

10:15

Opening remarks by conference chair

  • Prof Koleka Mlisana, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa  

SESSION 1 - Investment, Shifts and Integration 

10:30

Keynote - Where labs are investing – Gene sequencing, automation/AI

  • Prof Wendy Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, Wits Diagnostic Innovation Hub, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

11:00

Panel discussion - Public private pathology partnerships

Moderator:

  • Dr Noluthando Nematswerani, Chief Clinical Officer, Discovery Health, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

 Panellists:

  • Dr Ebrahim Hoosien, Chief Executive Officer, Ampath Laboratories, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Dr Lucia Hans, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Grace Baloyi, Senior Programme Manager – Innovation, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Pretoria, South Africa  

12:00

Laboratory automation, informatics and AI

  • Ettiene Müldner, Product Manager and Solutions Architect, Siemens Healthineers, Midrand, South Africa

12:30

Break

SESSION 2 - Network collaboration in Southern Africa

13:30

Panel discussion – Collaboration of lab networks in Southern Africa

Moderator:

  • Prof Nazir Ismail, Executive Director, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

 Panellists: 

  • Edwin Shumba, Portfolio Lead, ASLM, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Dr Manuel van Deventer, Chief Executive Officer, Lancet Laboratories, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Prof Zodwa Dlamini, Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  • Paul Miller, Chief Executive Officer, CIPLA, Century City, South Africa  

14:30

Q&A

15:15

Closing remarks

15:30

End of Indaba