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LABWARE

2019

SEPTEMBER 9 – 12

ZIMBALI

Conference At-A-Glance

Gain advantage Applying efficient, cost effective solutions in line with industry best practices is key to helping your

organisation gain competitive advantage. The CEC enables you to monitor industry trends and learn of

practical solutions for everyday challenges other customers may have encountered. The LabWare CEC can

introduce you to new ideas, new functionality, and new ways to deliver end-user requirements. Keeping your

LIMS/ELN up to date prolongs the operational life of your system and helps maximise your company’s return

on investment.

Benefits of networking The LabWare user community is a considerable source of knowledge and a valuable resource. More than

one thousand laboratories worldwide use the LabWare software on a daily basis and, although these systems

are used in a wide range of industries, all are based on the same LabWare product platform of which you

share a common interest. Focus groups and workshops at the CEC provide a great opportunity to network

with colleagues and establish long-lasting contacts to share knowledge in a mutually beneficial way.

Boost your skills

As in previous years, the 2019 African CEC will provide a wide range of training courses to complement the

formal program of presentations. Training is a major benefit of the time you invest attending the CEC and will

help your knowledge and skills remain current. We strive to ensure the training is suitable for a wide range of

skill levels. The training courses will cover LabWare LIMS, Crystal Reports, SQL and various aspects of system

administration.

This is your annual opportunity to learn about the latest developments regarding LabWare’s products and services, and learn how to get the best value from your LabWare system. This is the largest laboratory informatics meeting in Africa, and the program includes presentations, case studies and technical sessions as well as a comprehensive schedule of training courses. We are confident that the LabWare CEC will deliver value whether you are a system owner, administrator, IT professional, QA or business user, and we welcome those who are experienced with LabWare or just embarking on a new project.

Agenda Overview

GAIN MAXIMUM VALUE FOR YOUR SYSTEM As a key stakeholder in your LIMS or ELN, it is in your best interest to examine every possibility for delivering greater efficiency and effectiveness. The primary goal of the CEC is to provide a forum where you can review all aspects of your system and identify what improvements you can make. Key LabWare management staff and LabWare certified consultants will be on hand all 4 days to make sure you achieve your objectives. The CEC also provides a venue for strategic reviews with peers from other parts of your own company and complementary organisations.

Highlights of the Week:

Customer Presentations: Hear directly from your colleagues on how they have

implemented their business requirements and the benefits that ensued.

Technical Showcases: Showcases will highlight some of the best uses of

LabWare technology we have seen over the past 12 months, including mobile

applications and cloud computing.

Something New: Continuous improvement of your LIMS is vital. The CEC keeps

you abreast of new LIMS features and innovative approaches to implementation of

existing requirements to ensure you attain and maintain a competitive edge.

Quality: The overarching goal of LIMS is to ensure that analytical results produced

by the laboratory are valid. Presentations and live demonstrations will show how LIMS

is used to further this goal.

Best Practices: All our presentations and training courses are geared towards

promoting laboratory and IT best practices. Learn how to make your LIMS more

effective and efficient to use by adhering to tried and tested practices.

LabWare Philosophy: Understanding why we do things the way we do makes it

easier for you to use our tools and reach your goals quickly and effectively. Various

aspects of our philosophy will be touched on during the course of the CEC.

Training: Training is a key element of the CEC. A comprehensive range of focused,

requirements-based courses is provided to enable attendees enhance their

knowledge base and skills in specific areas of their choice. All training is targeted at

increasing the efficiency of future system enhancements and support. Up-to-date

training courses are provided at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, so the

CEC is a learning experience for everyone.

September 9 -12, 2019

MON Technical and Management

Plenary Session

09:30 - 17:30

Followed by

LabWare -sponsored Dinner Event

TUES Technical and Management

Plenary Session

08:30 - 12:30

Training Courses

13:30 - 17:30

Free Evening

WED Training Courses and Tech Talk

08:30 - 17:00

Followed by

LabWare -sponsored Dinner Event

THUR Training Courses and Tech Talks

08:30 - 15:00

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Agenda Monday 9th September 2019

08:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:30 00

Welcome Address, Introductions & Logistics Roddy Van Wyk

10:30 – 11:00 00

Global Business Overview Vance Kershner

11:00 – 11:30 00

African Business Report Thato Malope

11:30 – 12:30 00

Product Development Part I Meric Overman

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:00

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Achieving Operational Efficiency in Large Clinical Research

Studies with LIMS Gregory Ording-Jesperson, African Health Research Institute

14:00 – 14:30 00

Envisioning Data: Electronic Data Deliverables Geoff Shorten

14:30 – 15:00 Refreshment Break

15:00 – 15:20 00

Help-Desk Support: Helping US Help You Natalie Bentley

15:20 – 15:40 00

Conversion from a Manual System to a LIMS Mokete Motloung, Tharisa

15:40 – 16:10 00

The ISO 17025 Test Report: Maintaining Compliance Jayce Reddy

16:10 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 17:30 00

Training Installation Clinic Natalie Bentley

17:30 – 18:00 Hotel Check-in

18:00 Welcome Reception: Lekker Braai

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Agenda Tuesday 10th September 2019*

06:30 – 08:30 Breakfast

08:30 – 09:10 00

Product Development Part II Meric Overman

09:10 – 09:40 00

Resource Optimisation with Remote Access Rufus Nyaga, Association of Public Health Laboratories, Kenya

09:40 – 10:00

00 Life After Go-Live: LabWare’s Post Go-Live Management Ryan Fernandes

10:00 – 10:30 Group Photograph


11:00 – 11:20 00

Tracking Samples in Genetic Testing Thenusha Naidoo, DNAlysis Biotechnology

11:20 – 11:40 00

Web Services: Efficiency in Proficiency Testing Mark Wagner

11:40 – 12:20 00

LabWare Mobile Karabo Maloka & Kishan Mahabel

12:20 – 12:30 00

Plenary Session Close Thato Malope/Roddy Van Wyk

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Breakout Room 1 Breakout Room 2 Breakout Room 3

Folders

Tshepo Mahladisa

LabStation:

Interfacing a

Balance

Bongane Sishange

Advanced Visual

Workflows

Selby Masuku



Database Basics &

SQL

Kishan Mahabel

LabStation:

Interfacing an XRF

Bongane Sishange

Advanced Visual

Workflows cont.

Selby Masuku

17:30 Free Evening

KEY Beginner Level Intermediate Level Advanced Level

* Please wear your LabWare shirts for the group photograph

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Agenda

Wednesday 11th September 2019

06:30 – 08:30 Breakfast

08:30 – 10:00 Breakout Room1 Breakout Room 2 Breakout Room 3

Introduction to LIMS

Basic

Theo Ntwe

LabWare 7 & 8

Overview of New

Functionality

Kishan Mahabel

Cloud Computing

Tech Talk

Stewart Allen



Introduction to LIMS

Basic cont.

Theo Ntwe

Analysis Calculations

Michael Freitas

Document Manager

Sifiso Nkalitshana

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch


Introduction to

Crystal Reports

Sonwabo Maseleni

Error Resolution

Tawanda

Mumbamarwo

Storage Location

Manager

Natalie Bentley



Introduction to

Crystal Reports cont.

Sonwabo Maseleni

Error Resolution cont.

Tawanda

Mumbamarwo

Storage Location

Manager cont.

Natalie Bentley

17:30 Bus leaves for dinner event

18:00 Dinner Event: Beach Bums


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Thursday 12th September 2019

06:30 – 08:30 Hotel Check-out & Breakfast


LIMS Administrator

Responsibilities Part I

Nozipho van Heerden

Keeping Your LIMS

Database in Good

Health

Tech Talk

Jayce Reddy

Advanced Excel

Reporting

Christiaan Smith



LIMS Administrator

Responsibilities Part II

Nozipho van Heerden

Inventory & Storage

Integration

Mark Wagner

Advanced Excel

Reporting cont.

Christiaan Smith

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch


Introduction to Visual

Workflows

Angela Morgan

Archiving

Vincent Moremi

LabWare Mobile

Tech Talk

Pavith Ramkelawon,

Jayce Reddy


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Training Courses

Logistics

• Training classes will be presented in a classroom-style environment.

• A training manual, covering the course material, will be handed out at the start of each class.

• Laptop requirements are reflected in the course abstracts below.

• All training courses will include class exercises that will allow attendees to receive guided, hands-onexperience in the use or configuration of LabWare functionality.

• An installation clinic will be held at the CEC Monday, 9 September, between 16:30 and 17:30.

• All training systems will be in LabWare 8.

• Attendance will be taken electronically, by having your bar-coded name tags scanned on entry andon exit.

• A certificate of attendance will be emailed to each attendee for each course attended.

Abstracts

Beginner Level

Folders

Level: Beginner Duration: 1.5 hours

Folders are a powerful, yet simple, tool to present analytical information efficiently and effectively to both

laboratory and end users. In this course, you will be taken step-by-step through the tool. You will be shown

how to create the relevant access routines, query tags, folder templates and folders themselves, and

manage folders from the Folder Manager.

Prerequisites: Some experience in LIMS administration or attendance of the standard LIMS Administration 1

course is recommended

Laptop recommended

Database Basics and SQL Queries


This course starts you off with a basic understanding of relational databases, with the focus being on the main

LIMS tables. You will learn how to write simple queries to extract data meeting specified criteria. Grouping,

SQL functions, calculations, summary functions (average, minimum, maximum, etc.) and a simple extraction

from related tables (joins) will be covered.


course is recommended.

Laptop recommended

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Introduction to LIMS Basic


This course is aimed at attendees who have no previous programming experience. It starts off with the classic

“Hello World!” example, explaining what computer programming is and the role of LIMS Basic in

configuration. It then moves on to variables, followed by the various control constructs. The course also

provides an introduction to elementary LIMS Basic functions, showing you how you can use them to log

samples and assign tests, amongst others.

Prerequisites: Some experience in LIMS is

recommended.

Laptop recommended

Introduction to Crystal Reports


This course teaches you how to create a simple test report from start to finish with the Crystal Reports

development tool, covering data selection from multiple tables in the LIMS database, simple manipulation of

data using formulas, formatting and other cosmetic features, sorting, grouping, titles, paging and insertion of

logos and sub-reports You will also learn how to configure an Access Routine and a Query Tag to run a

parameter-driven report from LabWare LIMS

Prerequisites: Some knowledge of LabWare LIMS is recommended.

Please note: For the class exercises, you will require the proprietary Crystal Reports Developer version XI or

later. Please ensure it is installed on your laptop beforehand.

Laptop recommended

LIMS Administrator Responsibilities Part I


Routine LIMS administration can consume much of a LIMS administrator’s time. In this course, you will learn

how to create and maintain user profiles and personalise a user interface through the configuration of menus

and toolbars.



Laptop recommended

LIMS Administrator Responsibilities Part II


This course shows you how to apply letter fixes, install optional modules, move tested configuration into

production and engage LabWare support.



Laptop recommended

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Introduction to Visual Workflows


Through the mapping of LIMS functions to user-defined graphics, LabWare LIMS provides a powerful, yet

simple, method of turning your traditional user interface – menus and toolbars – into a graphical user

interface that supports intuitive user navigation. This course will guide you through the configuration of a

dynamic visual workflow



Laptop recommended

Intermediate Level

LabStation: Interfacing a Balance

Level: Intermediate Duration: 1.5 hours

This course shows you how to interface a (simulated) serial instrument using LabStation.



Laptop recommended

LabStation: Interfacing an XRF


In this course, you will learn how to use the various components of LabStation to simulate an interface

between a file-based instrument and LIMS. The course focuses on best practices for writing a script that

parses a raw data file to produce results in a format LIMS can import directly.

Prerequisites: To gain maximum benefit from this course, attendance of the standard LIMS Administration 1

course is recommended. Alternatively, you should have a reasonably good understanding of the

functionality pertaining to the sample lifecycle in LabWare LIMS.

Laptop recommended

LabWare 7 & 8 Overview of New Functionality


This course is aimed at end users and system administrators who are interested in upgrading to the latest

version of LabWare. The class will highlight new functionality in LabWare 7 and LabWare 8 for customers who

are familiar with LabWare LIMS Version 6.



Laptop recommended

Analysis calculations


This course shows you how to set up analysis calculations to fire as soon as all the constituent values are

captured in LIMS. It covers calculations within the same analyses, among different analysis replicates and

among different analyses altogether. You will also be shown how to format the calculations according to

desired requirements.



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Error Resolution


This class focuses on techniques that can be used by the LIMS Administrator to resolve LabWare issues

encountered at the customer site. Resources that are available for use both from the LabWare website and

in the system are discussed. The class uses LabWare log files to walk attendees through the debugging

exercises.



Laptop recommended

Inventory and Storage Integration


This course shows you how to synchronise a laboratory’s inventory and its storage using LabWare’s latest

inventory and storage location features.



Laptop recommended

Archiving


The LIMS database can grow huge quite rapidly, depending on the transactional workload. Much of the

space is taken up by audit logs. This course shows you how to archive aged audit log data with the possibility

of accessing it seamlessly whenever required.



Laptop recommended

Advanced Level

Advanced Visual Workflows

Level: Advanced Duration: 3.5 hours

This course shows you how to use advanced features of Visual Workflows to make your user LIMS interface

appealing, informative and intuitive.

Prerequisites: Ability to create dynamic visual workflows.

Laptop recommended

Document Manager


This course shows you how to navigate Document Manager to implement the full lifecycle of a controlled

document from creation to obsolescence. Rendering a document in secure PDF format is also shown.



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Storage Location Manager


This course will cover the creation of storage locations and movement of objects between locations.



Laptop recommended

Advanced Excel Reporting


For various reasons, end-users often request that reports be in Microsoft Excel format. This course shows you

how to use the Excel LIMS Basic functions to create OLE Excel reports.

Prerequisites: Some experience in writing LIMS Basic code is recommended.

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Tech Talks

Tech Talks bring together customers, consultants and other interested or knowledgeable parties to

discuss and review common challenges and opportunities to help determine a comprehensive solution or

approach to the topic. Tech Talks may include any or all of the following: product demonstrations,

configuration examples, round table discussions and audience participation. The goal of a Tech Talk is to

create a common understanding regarding the direction or availability of a solution for the given topic.

Solutions may involve new or improved products, services, or processes.

Cloud Computing

This tech talk will cover the various deployment options of running LabWare LIMS from the cloud, based

on business requirements. They include private cloud computing, public cloud computing and

LabWare’s cloud services. Benefits relating to costs generally, performance and security are discussed.

LabWare Mobile

Data and system accessibility are key aspects to any laboratory in today’s world. LabWare has

developed a mobile platform that will revolutionise the way users can interact with LIMS and access

valuable data. LabWare Mobile is a fully CONFIGURABLE application that can leverage the 30+ years of

LabWare functionality on a mobile device (iOS, Android, etc.). This Tech Talk is designed to discuss

LabWare’s approach, development, and strategy for LabWare Mobile, and includes an up-to-date

demonstration.

Keeping Your LIMS Database in Good Health

It is vital that the LIMS database be properly maintained to ensure high availability and performance,

and to recover from a disaster. This talk will cover the following:

• Database backups

• Reclaiming unused disk space

• Optimisation of database performance

• Database integrity checks

• Memory monitoring and optimisation

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