Theme: Unlocking innovation and investment in diagnostics and laboratory networks
📅 7 October 2026
📍 Hall 2, Gallagher Convention Centre
World Health Expo in Johannesburg
Labs Leadership Indaba Agenda
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