Main Auditorium
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10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Registration
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Blood Donor Drive
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | World Malaria Day Symposium
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |  Research and Innovation in Africa Showcase
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |  Opening Ceremony/VIP Reception

Main Auditorium

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |  Welcome/Housekeeping
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |  Workshop I – African Initiatives to Respond to Diagnostic Human Resource Capacity Needs
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |  Workshop III – Laboratory Profession Pathway – (Sustainable through National Approved Scheme of Service)
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |  Workshop V - Assurance of Patient Safety through the Clinical Laboratory Value Chain
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |  Workshop VII – Medical Laboratory Science Regulation in West Africa: The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria experience

Atrium Gallery

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |  Workshop II – Building Professional Capacity in Clinical Research to Improve Response to Emerging Epidemics and Pandemics
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |  Workshop IV – Diagnostics and Vaccines for Africa
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |  Workshop V – Applied Biosafety/Biosecurity Issues in Medical Laboratories in an Era of Emerging & Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |  Workshop VIII - Developing the Capacity and Expertise of Professionals in Clinical Trials: Addressing Challenges of Processes and Regulations in Relation to Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

Main Auditorium

8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |  Workshop IX - Blood Banking – Apheresis
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |  Workshop XI - Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa: Strategies, Challenges, and Suggestions for Success
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |  Workshop XIII - Understanding the Rise of Cardiometabolic Diseases in the Era of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases/Hematology
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |  Workshop XV – Biogenetic Implications of Lassa Fever Virus Transmission, recent Epidemics in West Africa, and Public Health Challenges
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. |  Closing

Atrium Gallery

8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Workshop X - Exploring the Intersection of Tech Transfer, Innovation, and Bio-banking in West Africa and Beyond
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |  Workshop XII – Synergizing Competency and Quality in the Laboratory for Early Detection of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |  Workshop XIV - The Role of Emergency Care Services in Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness 
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |  Workshop XVI – The Role of National Public Health Institutes in Epidemics and Pandemic: from Ebola to Covid-19