Dubai, UAE- 04 February 2025- The Lab Automation conference made its debut at Medlab Middle East, bringing together global experts to explore the transformative impact of automation on laboratory operations. As laboratories increasingly adopt automation technologies, the conference addressed how these advancements are streamlining processes, reducing human error and allowing lab professionals to focus on complex and critical tasks that require their expertise.
Opening the lab automation track, Dr Hady Elkhodary, Strategic Healthcare Consultant, Benchmark Innovation, said: “As laboratorians, we frequently face pressures related to reduced turnaround times and the need to produce more work at lower costs, even as operational expenses continue to rise. Additionally, laboratories must contend with vast amounts of data and integration issues. Today, we will examine lab automation in terms of processes and the new innovations that enable us to best utilise our technical expertise and shift our focus to the areas that require a human touch.”
The Lab Automation conference featured insights into the latest automation tools, best practices for implementation and strategies for optimising laboratory workflows for greater efficiency and accuracy. The conference also addressed how automation can be used to minimise human error and improve diagnostic accuracy.
During the conference, Alex Aliper, President, Insilico Medicine outlined how automation, robotics and AI are transforming diagnostic labs. In addition, Dr Ghulam Dhabaan, Clinical Microbiologist Consultant, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, led an in-depth discussion on ‘Revolutionising infectious disease diagnostics: AI and machine learning in clinical microbiology’.
The theme of the Medlab Middle East Congress this year is “Medical laboratory leadership redefined: One vision, limitless possibilities” and it is the world’s only multi-disciplinary medical laboratory congress. Offering 12 CME-accredited conferences, the congress this week will feature 130 speakers across 200 sessions and is expected to welcome over 4,000 delegates.
