Agenda

DAY 1 - February 21, 2019

Laboratory Businesses - Changing Regulatory Environment - getting ready for the future


Topic

Nature of Session

Minimum Standards for Laboratories


Duration : 1 hr 30 minutes

Speaker Sessions

Are we talking about the basic essentials that are needed to run labs in the country ?

Mr Avijit Das, Director, NABL - 20 minutes

Dr Neeraj Jain, Secretary, Association of Practicing Pathologists - 20 minutes

Panel Discussion - 40 minutes

Do we have Minimum Basics in place in Labs ?

Moderator

Dr Neeraj Jain, Secretary, Association of Practicing Pathologists

Panelists

Dr Punam Bajaj, Jt Director, Accreditation of Medical Laboratories, NABL

Mr Sreeram Gopal, IRIS Healthcare Technologies P Ltd - Confirmation Awaited

Q &A Session - 10 minutes

Laboratory Quality Management Systems

Future Quality Framework

Duration - 1 hour 30 minutes
12.00 - 1.30 pm

Speaker Sessions

Is there a need for Entry Level Quality Standards for Labs ?

Dr Punam Bajaj, Jt Director, Accreditation of Medical Laboratories, NABL - 20 minutes Duration

Whether NABL Quality framework brought a difference to Labs ?

Dr Dilip Singh, Senior Pathologist, Max Hospital, Saket - 20 minutes

Panel Discussion 40 minutes

Is the appetite for Quality slowing in the country?

Moderator

Dr. Neeraj Jain, Secretary, Association of Practicing Pathologists

Moderator

Dr. Vandana Jain, Director, NABL

Dr Subodh Gupta, President, Association of Practicing Pathologists

Mr Dinesh Jain, Director, AAD Management Consultant Pvt Ltd

1.30 - 2.00 pm

Lunch Break,


Lab Tech Innovations / Solutions


2.00 - 2.40 pm

Artificial Intelligence in Lab Medicine

Mr Saarthak Bakshi, Chief Executive, International Fertility Centre - 20 minutes

Disruptive Technology Solutions for Lab Logistics

Mr Sandeep Padoshi, Co Founder & Chief Culture Officer, WOW Express - 20 minutes

Lab Medicine — Companion Diagnostics

The Future Forward

2.40 - 3.00pm

Speaker Session

Mr. Salman Akhtar, National Sales Manager, Sequencing, Roche Diagnostics - 20 minutes

Patient Safety

Materiovigilance


3.00 - 4.00 pm

Speaker Sessions

Medical Devices Safety

Dr Ravi Kant Sharma, Dy Drugs Controller, MOHFW - 20 minutes

Mr Bivash Chakraborty, Head - Regulatory, Quality India & SE Asia - Biomerieux - 20 minutes

Unauthentic Certifications in Medical Devices affecting Patient Safety

Ms Vani Bhambari Arora, Deputy Director, NABCB - 20 minutes

DAY 2 - February 22, 2019

Now Trending - Technology, Compendium, availability of affordable diagnostics tools


Topic

Speakers Profile

EDL / Free Diagnostics Programs of Governments


10.30 - 12 pm

Speaker Sessions

Essential Diagnostics List - understanding the benefits & challenges

Dr Kamini Walia, Sr Scientist, ICMR - 20 minutes

Free Diagnostics Programs . Are we witnessing another round of PPP era for Labs ?

Laboratory Brand - Pending - 20 minutes

Panel Discussion - 40 minutes

Whether EDL and Free Diagnostics will lead to choking of lab business models?

Moderator

Ms Veena Kohli, CEO, Vanguard Diagnostics P Ltd

Panelists

Dr Kamini Walia, ICMR

Laboratory Brand - Pending

Mr. Kailasnath, CPC Diagnostics - Confirmation Awaited

Q &A Session - 10 minutes

Technology

Recent trends & Alternate technologies for the diagnosis of:

Cancer

Cardiac

Diabetes

Tropical communicable infections

Neo natal testing

12.00 - 1.00 pm

Panel Discussion60 minutes

ModeratorName Awaited

Panelists

Dr Ashok Rattan, PathKind Labs

Dr Ravi Gaur, COO, Oncquest Labs Ltd

Dr Sanjay Gambhir, Prof & Head - Nuclear Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

Mr Thomas John, MD, Agappe Diagnostics

Laboratory Brand / IVD Brand

1.00 - 1.30 pm

Lunch Break


BIS Standards for IVDs & ICMED Certification


1.30 - 3.00 pm

Certification under ICMED

Speaker Sessions

Standards for IVDs

Mr. Prakash Bachani, Secretary & Head (MHD), Bureau of Indian 130-3 pm Standards - 20 minutes

Ms Jaishree Kasliwal, Assessor, NABCB - 20 minutes

ICMED Certification

Mr Anupam Gupta, Adviser QCI - 20 minutes

Panel Discussion

- 30 minutes

Is the country heading for introducing domestic Standards and Certifications in Medical Devices space ?

Moderator

Ms Veena Kohli, COO, Vanguard Diagnostics

Panelists

Mr Prakash Bachani, Bureau of Indian Standards

Mr Anupam Gupta, Adviser QCI

Dr Reba Chhabra, Deputy Director Quality Control Diagnostics, National Institute of Biologicals

Q & A Session - 10 minutes

Product Evaluations

Evaluation of Class C & D Products

New Product Launches

3.00 - 4.00pm

Speaker Session

Dr. Reba Chhabra, |/C Deputy Director Quality Control Diagnostics, National Institute of Biologicals - 20 minutes

IVD Product Companies - Names Awaited 15 minutes each x 3 IVD brands