Infectious Diseases Diagnostics : Innovations and Challenges
Infectious disease diagnostics are evolving rapidly, driven by breakthrough technologies such as mass spectrometry, sequencing, artificial intelligence and imaging. Yet, their integration into clinical practice remains uneven with numerous barriers still slowing down their adoption.
This one-day meeting offers a unique opportunity to reflect on 15 years of innovation in infectious diseases diagnostic, bringing together the perspectives of clinicians, researchers and industry stakeholders. The program includes:
• Clinical insights and feedback from the field,
• A focus on diagnostic workflows and technological integration,
• The contributions of AI, immunology, and serology,
• And a collective reflection on the One Health approach to address global challenges.
An event designed to identify key levers, share concrete solutions and accelerate the development of more effective, integrated infectious disease diagnostics for all healthcare actors.
Program
9:00 – 9:30 : Welcome
9:30 – 10:00 : Opening
- Emilie ROYERE – Director of Eurobiomed
- Pierre-Edouard FOURNIER – Director of IHU Méditerranée Infection
10:00 – 10:30 : Infectious Disease Diagnostics: Innovation and Barriers
Professor Alex VAN BELKUM, PhD — Former CSO at BaseClear; former R&D Director at bioMérieux
10:00 – 10:50 : IHU Méditerranée Infection: 15 Years of Innovation in Infectious Diagnostics
Speaker to be defined
10:50 – 11:10 : Coffee break
11:10 – 11:30 : Advances in mass spectrometry for infectious disease diagnostics
Mathieu Marchal – Sales Engineer at Brucker
11:30 – 12:00 : Panel discussion: the challenges of diagnostics in addressing emerging infectious diseases – One Health
Moderator : Xavier DE LAMBALLERIE
Participants : Eric Cardinale – Scientific Director for Animal Health and Animal Welfare at ANSES ; Anne Jouvenceau-Bester – Coordinator of the Biotherapy and Bioproduction Acceleration Strategy in Innovative Therapies at the French Health Innovation Agency ; Gilles Nespoulous – Corporate marketing manager diagnostic group at CEVA
12:00 – 12:45 : 3 Company Pitches – Bridging human, animal and environmental infectious disease diagnostics
Eric Sellal – CEO of Biosellal; Joany GUY – Innovative Diagnostics; Julien PAGANINI – Xegen
12:45 – 14:00 : Lunch break and guided tour of the IHU facilities (by registration, subject to availability)
14:00 – 14:30 : Integrating infectious disease diagnostics into clinical practice
Speaker to be defined
14:30 – 14:50 : Sequencing in infectious disease diagnostics: a complete workflow from preparation to analysis — utopia or reality?
Quynh-Nhu Trinh-Xuan – Director, Head of Molecular Diagnostics Sales, France at QIAGEN
14:50 – 15:10 : Imaging and artificial intelligence for the detection of infectious pathogens
Jacques Boukhalil – HITACHI
15:10 – 15:30 : Serology in infectious diseases: a valuable tool
Eric Maldonado – Marketing director at ABBOTT
15:30 – 15:50 : Coffee break
15:50 – 16:10 : Immunology for infectious disease diagnostics
Pr Daniel Olive – Head of the immunity and cancer lab, CRCM. Professor of immunology and Director of the oncology research programs at Aix Marseille University. Scientific founder of ImCheck Therapeutics.
16:10 – 16:30 : B.R.A.H.M.S. technology applied to infectious diseases
Nathalie Gabillet-Marchadier – Global enterprise relationship lead at Thermo Fisher
16:30 – 17:00 : 3 Company Pitches: disruptive innovations
Gaiane Demirdjian, Director of research & development at Beckman ; Sophie Hubert-Luco, Vice president & general manager at Biomérieux France
17:00 : Closing
📢 Registrations opening soon!
An online form will soon be available on our website to register for the event.
⚠️ Please note that completing this form will be mandatory to attend.
