Session 1: POCT in primary careChairperson: Jan Verbakel (Public Health and Primary Health Care, KULeuven; EPI-Centre)

Clinical benefit of POCT in primary care Gail Hayward (NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and IVD Cooperative, UK)

Legal framework and White Paper POCT Viviane Van Hoof (University of Antwerp-UZA)

Session 2: Lessons learned from COVID-19Chairperson: Viviane Van Hoof (University of Antwerp-UZA)

Validation and implementation of SARS-CoV2 rapid tests in Belgium Ann Verdonck (Laboratory Medicine, UZLeuven)

POCT for stratification of COVID-19 patients Ignace Demeyer (Anesthesiology - Intensive Care - Emergency medicine,OLV Hospital Aalst)

Session 3: POCT method validation and test implementationChairperson: Michel Vaubourdolle (Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France)

Validation and implementation of POCT in primary care in Scandinavia Sverre Sandberg (Public Health and Primary Health Care, Norway; SKUP)

Validation and implementation of POCT in primary care in Belgium Jan Verbakel (Public Health and Primary Health Care, KULeuven; Epicentre)

Session 4: Recent evolutions in POCTChairperson: Michel Vaubourdolle (Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France)

Impact of IVDR on POCT Nathalie De Vos (Laboratory Medicine, LHUB-ULB; IVDR working group of the National Commission of Clinical Biology)

Evolutions of POCT in ambulant and emergency care Robert Slingerland (Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Isala Hospitals, the Netherlands)

Session 5: Award presentationViviane Van Hoof (University of Antwerp-UZA)

Closing remarksBart Peeters (University of Antwerp-UZA)