Future Blood Testing: Challenges & Opportunities

Future Blood Testing Network

This is a two day workshop to discuss the challenges and opportunities in remote blood testing from a healthcare and tech perspective.

University of Reading

<h1>Description</h1>At the Future Blood Testing Network Plus, we are aiming to build a multi-disciplinary community to develop digital health technologies for remote, rapid, affordable and inclusive monitoring and personalised analytics. This two day workshop will feature speakers to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with this. We will also be launching our second funding call for both our technical landscape report, and for our pilot projects.This event will run as a hybrid event, the physical event will take place at the University of Reading in the Park House Building. Both days will include lunch and coffee breaks, with day 1 also including a drinks reception with canapés, and dinner. Virtual attendees will be able to join us via Zoom.Formal Event Flyer: <a href="https://futurebloodtesting.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ReadingFlyerFinalVersion.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://futurebloodtesting.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ReadingFlyerFinalVersion.pdf</a>NB: Due to venue policies we cannot guarantee that we can cater to all dietary requirements after the 30th August.

<h1>Pitches</h1>There will be an opportunity to submit a short pitch to present at this 2 day event. Please fill in our <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xDv6T_zswEiQgPXkP_kOX2fmdH5aOf1DtfQdSw1zdk9UOFk3OUQwV0VINUxaWEhJRVZKVldSS0ZFQiQlQCN0PWcu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pitch Form</a> to submit a pitch presentation.Pitches will be one minute long with 1-2 slides. Delegates will introduce their expertise and collaborations they are looking for to develop a collaborative innovation project. Pitch Presentations can take place virtually or physically. If you are planning on attending physically to give a pitch, you MUST have registered via our Eventbrite, as you need to be registered in order to have your submission accepted. The deadline for submissions is the 13th September (however we will email you as soon as we get your submission to tell you if you have been accepted or not). Electronic copies of pitches should be sent to Dr Samantha Kanza s.kanza@reading.ac.uk by the 13th September.

<h1>Agenda</h1>Day 1 - 13th September<ul><li>09:30-10:00: Coffee &amp; Registration</li><li>10:00-10:15: Future Blood Testing Network+ Overview - <a href="https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/weizi-li" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Weizi (Vicky) Li </a>(University of Reading)</li><li>10:15-11:00: Transforming the UK's diagnostics agenda after COVID-19 and grand challenges - Future Blood Testing Landscape report - <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/staff/grammatopoulos/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Dimitris Grammatopoulos </a>(University Hospitals Coventry &amp; Warwickshire, University of Warwick)</li><li>11:00-11:45: Measuring platelet function: new strategies for precision medicine to prevent thrombosis - <a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/biomedical-sciences/staff/jon-gibbins" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Jon Gibbins </a>(University of Reading)</li><li>11:45-12:15: Coffee Break, Networking - There will also be a Group Photo</li><li>12:15-13:00: Lab services for a Web 3.0 world: how the next transformation will enable the democratisation of blood testing to have access and control of our own health - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenil/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Hector Zenil </a>(University of Cambridge &amp; Oxford Immune Algorithmics)</li><li>13:00-14:00: Lunch </li><li>14:00-14:30: Remote blood monitoring for cancer patients- a preliminary landscape analysis - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-harvey22/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Beth Harvey</a> (University of Reading)</li><li>14:30-15:00: Improving triaging from primary care into secondary care using heterogeneous data-driven hybrid machine learning: A real-world case study of decision support system using blood test &amp; GP referral letters - <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-1847" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bing Wang</a> and <a href="https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/weizi-li" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Weizi (Vicky) Li </a>(University of Reading)</li><li>15:00-15:45	Unmet Clinical Needs and Case Studies in Blood Testing - <a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/bryant-lin" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Bryant Lin </a>and <a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/kevin-chang" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Kevin Chang</a> (Stanford University)</li><li>15:45-16:00: Coffee Break &amp; Networking</li><li>16:00-16:30: Collaborative Innovation Project funding launch - <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/skanza" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Samantha Kanza</a> (University of Reading)</li><li>16:30-17:00: One-minute pitch - Delegates introduce their expertise and collaborations they are looking for to develop a collaborative innovation project</li><li>17:00-19:00: Drinks Reception &amp; Networking</li><li>19:00-20:00: Dinner &amp; Networking</li></ul>Day 2 - 14th September<ul><li>09:30-10:00: Coffee &amp; Registration</li><li>10:00-10:05: Welcome back - <a href="https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/weizi-li" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Weizi (Vicky) Li </a>(University of Reading)</li><li>10:05-10:35: Digital Solutions and Remote Monitoring in Real World Clinics - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoni-chan-49651557/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Antoni Chan</a> (Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust)</li><li>10:35-11:05: ”Tiny Test Tubes” for affordable microfluidic blood measurements at the point of need - <a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff/dr-alexander-edwards" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Alexander Edwards</a> (University of Reading)</li><li>11:05-11:20: Coffee Break &amp; Networking</li><li>11:20-13:00	Panel discussion: Grand challenges of future blood testing; Can NHS make use of remote blood monitoring and lessons learned from COVID testing; Fake it till you make it? How do we achieve the future of blood testing without becoming the next Theranos? - Panel: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-anderson-90284614/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Neil Anderson</a>, <a href="https://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/people/dr-keith-arundale" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Keith Arundale</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoni-chan-49651557/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Antoni Chan</a>, <a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff/dr-alexander-edwards" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Alexander Edwards</a>, <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/staff/grammatopoulos/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Dimitris Grammatopoulos</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-hart-01b3148/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Julie Hart</a></li><li>13:00-14:00: Lunch</li><li>14:00-14:45: Artificial intelligence for identification of blood cells - <a href="https://le.ac.uk/people/huiyu-zhou" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Huiyu Zhou</a> (University of Leicester)</li><li>14:45-15:15: Precision Health and AI: improving health for everyone - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunpanesar/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arjun Panesar </a>(DDM Health)</li><li>15:15-15:30: Coffee Break &amp; Networking</li><li>15:30-16:15	One-minute pitch: Delegates introduce their expertise and collaborations they are looking for to develop a collaborative innovation project. Groups developed from the event present their concept and proposal outline </li><li>16:15-16:30: Closing Remarks - <a href="https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/weizi-li" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Weizi (Vicky) Li </a>&amp; <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/skanza" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Samantha Kanza </a>(University of Reading)</li></ul><ul></ul>

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