From innovation to implementation: shaping the future of clinical diagnostics

Diagnostics is changing rapidly. Genomics, molecular profiling, AI, digital pathology and advanced imaging are creating new opportunities to detect disease earlier, understand disease in greater detail and make more precise clinical decisions.

But the challenge sits in proving their value, integrating them into clinical workflows and scaling them into diagnostic services that deliver meaningful impact for patients.

The Festival brings together the laboratory leaders, clinical scientists, researchers, clinicians and technology innovators working across this transformation in two designated theatres with supplementing workshops and networking opportunities.

Explore what is happening now, what is coming next, and what it will take to move advanced diagnostics from research and pilot projects into routine clinical practice.

Don’t forget to meet the technology and solution provider companies on the exhibition floor to explore the platforms, imaging systems, analysis tools and diagnostic technologies powering next‑generation clinical practice. 

What you'll take away from attending The Festival:

  • See how leading diagnostic services are putting new technologies into practice across genomics, pathology, imaging and molecular diagnostics.
  • Better understand what it takes to move AI and advanced diagnostics beyond the pilot stage, including validation, infrastructure, regulation and implementation in the NHS.
  • Explore the latest approaches to cancer diagnosis and monitoring, from WGS, liquid biopsy and minimal residual disease.
  • Learn how diagnostic data from multiple modalities can be brought together to deliver more accurate, actionable clinical insights.
  • Discover the technologies and platforms enabling the next generation of diagnostic services.
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Clare Turnbull

Professor of Cancer Genetics
The Institute of Cancer Research
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Alex Clipson

Deputy Team Lead
Cancer Research UK Manchester
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Michael Hubank

Scientific Director of Clinical Genomics
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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Matthew Hurles

Director
Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Trevor Graham

Director of the Centre for Evolution and Cancer
The Institute of Cancer Research
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Alex Frankell

Group Leader
University of Cambridge
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Amaka Offiah

Professor of Paediatric Musculoskeletal Imaging
University of Sheffield
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Andrew Beggs

Professor of Cancer Genetics & Surgery
University of Birmingham
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Anna Schuh

Director of Molecular Diagnostics
University of Oxford
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Ben O'Leary

Group Leader: Evolution and Translational Genomics
The Institute of Cancer Research
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Claudia Lindner

Senior Research Fellow in Translational Medical Imaging
University of Manchester
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Daljeet Bansal

NPIC Director of Operations
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
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Damian Smedley

Professor of Computational Genomics
Queen Mary University of London
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Emma-Jane Cassidy

Principal Clinical Scientist in Rare Disease Genomics
NHS
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Joe Marsh

Professor and Personal Chair of Computational Protein Biology
University of Edinburgh
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Joseph Halstead

Lead Bioinformatician
All Wales Medical Genomics Service
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Marlen Lauffer

DRM Transition Research Fellow
University of Oxford
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Miranda Durkie

Consultant Clinical Scientist, Rare Disease Lead
North East Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub
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Natalie Cook

Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology and Clinical Senior Lecturer (ECMT)
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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Nirupa Murugaesu

Consultant in Molecular Oncology
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Oisin Brady

PhD Student
Cardiff University
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Paul Brennan

Professor of Clinical and Experimental Neurosurgery
University of Edinburgh
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Rodrigo Toledo

Group Leader, Biomarkers and Clonal Dynamics Group
VHIO
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Rosalind Eeles

Professor of Oncogenetics
The Institute of Cancer Research & Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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Sarah Coupland

Professor and Honorary Consultant in Pathology
University of Liverpool
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Sonam Vadera

RCR AI Course Lead
The Royal College of Radiologists
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Susanna Slater

Consultant Medical Oncologist
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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Torsten Haferlach

Co-Founder and CEO
Munich Leukemia Laboratory (MLL)
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