BloodCounts! Opening Symposium
Date/Time
Date(s) - October 29, 2026
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Date/Time
Date(s) - October 29, 2026
12:00 am
Location
CREATE Theatrette, Level 2, CREATE Tower
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To mark the launch of Cambridge CARES’ new AI-for-Science programme, we are pleased to organise the BloodCounts! Opening Symposium on 29 October 2026, Thursday morning.
BloodCounts! will use AI to expand the diagnostic capabilities of the complete (or full) blood count test, the most commonly performed medical test in the world. The symposium will feature keynote and guest speakers from academia and industry, offering insights into AI in healthcare, convergence science in healthcare, and the Singapore-UK collaboration that will drive the project.
Register here or using the “REGISTER” button on this page.
Full Programme
| 8:45 AM | Registration |
| 9:10 AM | Picture Taking |
| 9:18 AM | Welcome Address Prof Weisi Lin Professor, College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
| 9:25 AM | BloodCounts! Aims and Objectives Prof Michael Roberts Research Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge |
| 9:40 AM | Introduction to BloodCounts! Partners A*STAR Dr Hwee Kuan Lee Deputy Director (Talent & Training), Bioinformatics Institute CARES National University Health System |
| 10:00 AM | Medicine in the Era of Generative AI Prof Parashkev Nachev Professor of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London |
| 10:15 AM | Introduction to BloodCounts! Partners NTU SingHealth UK |
| 10:35 AM | Enabling Real-World Federated Learning for Healthcare Mr Fan Zhang PhD Researcher, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge |
| 10:50 AM | Coffee break |
| 11:30 AM | Invited speaker Endocrine Influencers and the CBC in the Online Era Dr James Best Member, NUHS Board; Visiting Professor and Former Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine; Professor, University of Melbourne |
| 11:40 AM | Invited speaker Why Even Machines Need a Second Opinion Promises and Pitfalls of AI in Diagnostics Mr Frank Buescher President & CEO, Sysmex Asia Pacific; Senior Executive Officer, Sysmex Corporation Japan |
| 12:00 PM | Keynote speaker Advancing Intelligent Health: Designing AI Systems for Discovery, Translation and Care Dr Rick Goh Research Director (Healthcare), A*STAR Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing; Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School |
| 12:45 PM | Invited speaker Intro to TRUST – National Data Sharing Framework and Platform Dr Low Pin Yan Deputy Director, RIE TRUST Office |
| 1:00 PM | Invited speaker From Blood Cells to a Foundational Model for Immune Aging Mr Tony Wood Chief Scientific Officer, GSK |
| 1:15 PM | Closing Remarks Prof Mickey Koh Clinical Director, Renal, Haematology and Oncology, St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Consultant and Professor, Advanced Cell Therapy and Research Institute |
| 1:20 PM | Lunch |