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Point-of-Care
ASEAN Regional Experts Forum
(AREF 2025)Registration Page

You're cordially invited to join our Point-of-Care ASEAN Regional Experts Forum (AREF) - a one-day event that brings together experts in different fields in Point-of-Care for a day of knowledge exchange and in-depth discussions.

This year's AREF is centered around the theme "Putting Policy to Practice:  POCT progress begins with knowledge exchange". We have invited Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and seasoned lab experts for best practice sharing on quality management, local policy implementation, and improving lab workflows. 

Event Details:

Date: Monday, 13 October 2025
Location: Penang, Malaysia

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​Agenda

Time

Topic

09:30 - 10:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:30

Welcome Address

10:30 - 11:00

Local policies and how they affect point of care workflows

11:00 - 11:20

Case Study 1: Applying ISO 15189 updates in the laboratory: How this impacts evaluations and method verifications

11:20 - 11:40

Case Study 2: Accreditation principles in the satellite lab: Method validations and continuous monitoring

11:40 - 12:15

Presentation by Siemens

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

EQA - RIQAS

14:30 - 15:00

Driving Change Management Towards POC Testing Accreditation

15:00 - 15:20

Case Study 3: Quality management from a different lens

15:20 - 15:45

Panel Discussion & Q&A

15:45 - 16:00

Tea Break

16:00 - 16:30

POCcelerator live demo session: Informatics and quality management

16:30 - 17:00

Table Sessions: Hands-on POCcelerator task

17:00 - 17:30

Closing

18:30 - 21:00

Dinner

The agenda will be updated at a later date. 

Registration Form