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    • P3Dx Symposium 2026 – The future of testing

    The Pandemic Preparedness through Pathogen Detection innovation programme (P3Dx) is organising a symposium on the future of testing. In doing so, we will deliberately look beyond pandemic preparedness alone. How can testing innovations help prevent or limit societal disruption? What role can diagnostics and biotechnology play in addressing challenges such as antimicrobial resistance, pressure on healthcare systems, and defence? And how can innovation strengthen our strategic autonomy in the Netherlands and Europe?

    During the symposium, we will explore the choices needed to make testing faster to deploy, more scalable, and more effectively applicable in times of crisis and beyond. Speakers from public health, biotech, MedTech, defence, and infectious disease diagnostics will share practical lessons and their vision for the future of testing and biotechnology.

    In addition to the plenary programme, there will be interactive break-out sessions in which participants will jointly explore how innovations can move more quickly into practice, policy, and the market.

    Programme

    De programme exists of plenary sessions with keynote speakers and interactive break-out sessions.

    12:30 – 13.00 h

    Arrival and lunch

    13.00 – 13:10 h

    Opening by Andres Dijkshoorn, ministerie van Volksgezondheid Welzijn en Sport

    13:10 - 13:20 h

    Disruption as a Catalyst for Innovation: this is what P3Dx does - Bart Keijser , TNO

    13:20 - 13:50 h

    Biotechnology and MedTech as Cornerstones of Resilience and Strategic Autonomy - Rune Linding, NATO/DIANA

    13:50 - 14:20 h

    The future of testing in public health: lessons from practice and innovation - Mariken van der Lubben, GGD Amsterdam

    14.20 – 14:40 h

    Coffee and tea break

    14:40 - 15.10 h

    Advancing Bacterial Diagnostics for a Resilient Healthcare System - Dries Budding, inbiome

    15:10 - 15:40 h

    Model-predicted impact of scaling up diagnostic testing for early pandemic response - Luc Coffeng, ErasmusMC

    15:40 – 16:45 h

    Interactive break-out sessions to collaboratively explore how test innovations and biotechnology can strengthen the resilience and crisis resistance of society.

    16:45 - 17:00 h

    Closing

    17.00 – 18:00 h

    Networking drinks

    Are you working in biotech, healthcare, agriculture, or government on diagnostics, infectious diseases, innovation, or crisis resilience? Then we invite you to join us on Thursday, 28 May for the P3Dx Symposium.

    We look forward to engaging with you and exchanging ideas that will shape the future of testing.

    Team P3Dx

    28 mei 2026
    12:00 - 18:00

    Eenhoorn, Barchman Wuytierslaan 2, 3818 LH Amersfoort

    Register here