{"id":1295,"date":"2019-07-02T14:51:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/?page_id=1295"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T11:59:09","slug":"scientic_program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/scientic_program\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_accordion active_tab=&#8221;1&#8243; collapsible=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 1&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-916269deb5e102fb2\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-916269deb5e102fb2 uvc-35 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-916269deb5e102fb2 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:24px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\">Sunday 10 April<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-916269deb5e102fb2 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:30px;\"><strong>OPENING CEREMONY <\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li>17.00\u00a0Welcome Addresses<br \/>\nSpeakers: K. Lackner (Germany), M. Neumaier (Germany), K. Adeli (Canada), T. Ozben (Turkey), H. Renz (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>17.30\u00a0Announcement of EFLM Awards<br \/>\nChair:\u00a0T.\u00a0Ozben\u00a0(Turkey)<\/li>\n<li>18.00\u00a0Opening Lecture<br \/>\nWhere, when, and how? The Quest for Extraterrestrial Life<br \/>\nChair:\u00a0M. Neumaier\u00a0(Germany)<br \/>\nSpeaker: W. Duschl (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>19.00 Welcome Cocktail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 2&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-542369deb5e103032\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-542369deb5e103032 uvc-1726 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-542369deb5e103032 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:24px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\">Monday, 11 April<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li>9:00-10:00 <strong>PLENARY LECTURE<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\nChair: P. Gillery (France)<br \/>\nFine tuning of innate immunity &#8211; <em>T. Chavakis (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:00-10:30 Break<\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 1<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Acute Kidney Injury biomarkers: from lab to bedside<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: C. Ronco (Italy), F. Alcantara (Brazil)<\/em><br \/>\nThe continuum of AKI and the utility of biomarkers &#8211; <em>C. Ronco (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nNew Biomarkers in AKI: application in clinical routine &#8211; <em>L- Forni (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nPrevention\/protection of the kidney guided by biomarkers &#8211; <em><em>M. Ostermann (UK)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em>Urinary kidney injury biomarkers determined by LC-MRM-MS in health and disease &#8211; <em>T. van Duijl (The Netherlands)<\/em><br \/>\nThe role of the laboratory in the early detection of acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients &#8211; <em>Rachel Galv\u00e1n <\/em><em>(Spain)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 2<\/strong>| <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 5<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: D. Coriu (Romania), S.N. Constantinescu (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nDiagnostic algorithm in myeloproliferative neoplasms &#8211; <em>D. Coriu (Romania)<\/em><br \/>\nInhibiting pathologic signaling induced by driver and epigenetic mutations in myeloproliferative neoplasms: monitoring treatment by next generation sequencing &#8211; <em>S.N. Constantinescu (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nChallenges of using next-generation sequencing technologies in the clinical management of myeloproliferative neoplasms &#8211; <em><em>C. Mambet (Romania)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em>ALNeT: a new deep learning model for the diagnosis of acute leukaemia lineage using peripheral blood cell images &#8211;<em> J. Rodellar (Spain)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 3<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Performance Specifications in Laboratory Medicine \u2013 from different models to practical use<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: S. Sandberg (Norway), A. R. Horvath (Australia)<\/em><br \/>\nAnalytical performance specifications: From models to practical use &#8211; <em>S. Sandberg (Norway)<\/em><br \/>\nOutcome-based models \u2013 a link between clinical and analytical performance &#8211; <em>A.R. Horvath (Australia)<\/em><br \/>\nA practical way of calculating measurement uncertainty in laboratory medicine and compare it to APS &#8211; <em><em>A. Coskun (Turkey)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em>Analytical Performance Specifications Derived from Uncertainty Budgets Based on Clinical Decision Limits &#8211; <em>E.S. Rotgers (Finland)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30<strong> SYMPOSIUM 4<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13b<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Clinical Use Cases for Integrated diagnostics for Laboratory Medicine and Radiology<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: M. Fuchsj\u00e4ger (Austria), M. Neumaier (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nEIBIR, a support platform for research funding in future integrative diagnostics between imaging and the laboratory \u2013 <em>K. Krischak (Austria)<\/em><br \/>\nPersonalized Diagnostics in detection of recurrence of metastatic colorectal cancer \u2013 <em>S. Sch\u00f6nberg (Germany), V. Haselmann (Germany) <\/em><br \/>\nPrediction of prognosis based on laboratory data and chest CT \u2013 <em>S. Cappabianca (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nIntegrative diagnostics to investigate tissue damage dynamics \u2013 <em>M. Fr\u00f6lich (Germany), C. Gerhards (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 5<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>COVID-19: biology, clinics, laboratory diagnostics and biosafety issues<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: G. Lippi (Italy),K. Adeli (Canada)<\/em><br \/>\nBiology and clinics of COVID-19 &#8211; <em>G. Lippi (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nMolecular and serological testing of COVID-19 &#8211; <em>K. Adeli (Canada)<\/em><br \/>\nLaboratory responsiveness to COVID-19: results of an IFCC survey &#8211; <em>T.P. Loh<\/em><em>\u00a0(Singapore)<\/em><br \/>\nClinical laboratory testing in a pandemic: what we have learned from the COVID-19 experience &#8211; <em>D. Koch (USA)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>DGKL SYMPOSIUM<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Metabolomics via NMR spectroscopy<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: M. Nauck (Germany), U. G\u00fcnther (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nLipoprotein diagnostics via NMR. From research to clinical application &#8211;<em> M. Nauck (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nBlood Lipo- and Glycoproteins in COVID-19 Patients &#8211;<em>\u00a0U. Gunther (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nNMR Biomarker Research: Targeted and untargeted approach &#8211; <em>A. Petersmann (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nAssociation of triacylgcerol-glucose index with low-density lipoprotein particle number and size measured by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy &#8211; <em>O. Racz (Slovakia)<\/em><br \/>\nSerum Metabolome Analysis of Iron Deficiency Anemia Patients Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Quantitative Approach) &#8211;\u00a0<em>A.Z. Gul (Turkey)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>12:30-14:00 <strong>POSTER SESSION<\/strong>| <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Hall C1<\/span><\/li>\n<li>14:00-16:00 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 6<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Artificial intelligence, data science and laboratory medicine: crossed destinies<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: D. Gruson (Belgium), M. Cowie (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nThe AI data wave, seizing opportunities &#8211; <em>M. Cowie (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nHow to dive into large scale dataset? &#8211; <em>B. Macq (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nWhat are the keys for Europe as a space for data and AI? &#8211; <em>Y. Tolias (Belgium)<br \/>\n<\/em>Round Table<em> &#8211; M. Cowie, B. Macq, Y. Tolias<\/em><\/li>\n<li>15:30-16:30 <strong>VIEWPOINT 1<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Is eGFR the gold standard for evaluating renal dysfunction?<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chair: K. Makris (Greece)<\/em><br \/>\nMeasuring GFR\u2013tohubohu &#8211; <em>E. Schaeffner (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nEstimating eGFR: no blind trust &#8211; <em>C. Mariat (France)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>17:00-18:00 <strong>VIEWPOINT 2<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Quantitative mass spectrometry vs immunoassays of clinically relevant peptides and proteins.<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chair: C. Cobbaert (Netherlands)<\/em><br \/>\nCan quantitative mass spectrometry replace immunoassays for blood proteins? The only question is when? &#8211; <em>C. Borchers (Canada)<\/em><br \/>\nQuantitative mass spectrometry cannot replace immunossays for blood proteins &#8211; <em>S. Lehmann (France)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>17:00-18:00\u00a0<strong>SESSION<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Containment of a viral pandemic: is diagnostic performance rate-limiting?<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Chairs: M. Kittel (Germany), M. Neumaier (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nLessons from the CoVLAB initiative: diagnostic performance vs scalability \u2013\u00a0<em>M. Kittel (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nPebble: filling-in the gap of point-of-care molecular testing \u2013 <em>S. Katsaros (Greece), D. Kourougkiaouri (Greece)<\/em><br \/>\nRational clinical use of POCT methods for molecular detection of infectious agents \u2013\u00a0<em>P. Luppa (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 3&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-870469deb5e103123\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-870469deb5e103123 uvc-4660 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-870469deb5e103123 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:24px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\">Tuesday, 12 April<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li>9:00-10:00 <strong>PLENARY LECTURE<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Chair: K. Lackner (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nBiomarkers for cardiovascular risk stratification &#8211; <em>S. Blankenberg (Germany<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>10:00-10:30 Break<\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 7<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Implementation of Liquid Biopsy<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Chairs: M. Neumaier (Germany), V. Haselmann (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nLiquid Biopsy\/cell free DNA: talk of the town, but where is the action? \u2013 <em>R. Van Schaik (Netherlands)<\/em><br \/>\nCancer Epigenetic Biomarkers in Liquid Biopsy \u2013 <em>S. A. Joosse (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nThe importance of Integrative molecular analysis in Liquid biopsies &#8211; <em>E. Lianidou (Greece)<\/em><br \/>\nHTA of clinical decision-making of circulating nucleic acids in cancer patients &#8211; M. IJzerman (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 8<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 5<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New approaches for determining reference intervals across all ages<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: Y. Ozarda (Turkey), T. Streichert (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nComparison of different approaches for deriving reference intervals &#8211; <em>Y. Ozarda (Turkey)<\/em><br \/>\nAge related RIs: Methods for continuous RIs and possible applications &#8211; <em>T. Streichert (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nA new computer-intensive approach for the indirect derivation of reference intervals &#8211; <em>K. Ichihara (Japan)<\/em><br \/>\nPediatric Reference Intervals for Trace Elements in the CALIPER cohort of healthy children and adolescents using ICP-MS\/MS and HR-MS Technology &#8211; <em>M. K. Bohn (Canada)<\/em><br \/>\nNUMBER-2: The automation and extension to routine haematology of the Dutch indirect data-mining approach to establish population-specific reference intervals &#8211; <em>N. Brouwer (The Netherlands)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 9<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New insights in amyloidosis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: G. Palladini (Italy), S.O. Sch\u00f6nland (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nThe clinical laboratory in the management of systemic amyloidosis: state of the art &#8211; <em>G. Palladini (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nGenetics of the amyloidogenic plasma cell clone: impact on clinical management &#8211; <em>S.O. Sch\u00f6nland (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nAssessment of MRD in AL amyloidosis &#8211; <em>B. Paiva (Spain)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 10<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13b<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>How to make EQA fit for purpose?<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: P. Meijer (Netherlands), C. Buchta (Austria)<\/em><br \/>\nWhat are the fundamental aims of EQA? &#8211; <em>C. Buchta (Austria)<\/em><br \/>\nThe role of EQA in quality assurance of the extra-analytical phase &#8211; <em>J. Cadamuro (Austria)<\/em><br \/>\nPatient results for \u201creal-time\u201d surveillance of pre-analytical and analytical stability &#8211; <em>A.E. Solsvik (Norway)<\/em><br \/>\nDevelopment of an External Quality Assessment (EQA) Programme for SARS-CoV-2 Ab &#8211; <em>G. Davies<\/em> <em>(UK)<\/em><br \/>\nAssessing laboratory performance of hs-c-troponin with EQA data &#8211; <em>M. van Schrojenstein Lantman (The Netherlands)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 11<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Hemostasis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: B. Lammle (Germany), K. Vanhoorelbeke (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nProcoagulant COAT platelets: Mechanisms and clinical relevance \u2013 <em>L. Alberio (Switzerland)<\/em><br \/>\nMonitoring of novel therapies of hemophilia in the clinical laboratory &#8211; <em>S. Kitchen (UK)<br \/>\n<\/em>Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura \u2013 from bench to bedside &#8211; <em>K. Vanhoorelbeke (Belgium)<br \/>\n<\/em>Diagnosis and laboratory-guided clinical management of anticoagulant rodenticides poisoning &#8211; <em>M. Lenski (France)<br \/>\n<\/em>Multicentre study on the comparison of methods for the measurement of anticoagulant activity in patients treated with DOAC (Direct Oral AntiCoagulants) &#8211; <em>M. Vidali (Italy)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>DGKL SYMPOSIUM<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Autoimmune disorders of coagulation<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: K. Lackner (Germany),<\/em> <em> T. Bakchoul (Germany<\/em>)<br \/>\nImmune thrombocytopenia \u2013 diagnosis and treatment &#8211; <em>T. Bakchoul (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nPathophysiology and Diagnosis of Antiphospholipid Syndrome &#8211; <em>N. M\u00fcller-Calleja (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nAcquired hemophilia \u2013 diagnosis and treatment &#8211; <em>A. Tiede (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>12:30-14:00<strong> POSTER SESSION<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Hall C1<\/span><\/li>\n<li>14:00-16:00<strong> SYMPOSIUM 12<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New development in Diagnosis and therapy of dyslipidemia and CVD<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: B. Nordestgaard (Denmark), A. von Eckardstein (Switzerland)<\/em><br \/>\nAdvances in lipid-lowering therapy through antibody-based and gene-silencing technologies &#8211; <em>B. Nordestgaard (Denmark)<\/em><br \/>\nMeasuring atherogenic lipoproteins that address residual cardiovascular risk beyond LDL-c &#8211; <em>M. Langlois (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nThe challenges of measuring apolipoprotein(a) and its relevance for patient management and patient outcome &#8211; <em>C. Cobbaert (Netherlands)<\/em><br \/>\nHDL-Quo vadis? &#8211; <em>A. von Eckardstein (Switzerland)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>15:30-16:30 <strong>VIEWPOINT 3<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Biomarkers of alcohol abuse in clinical and forensic use \u2013 strengths and limitations<\/strong> &#8211; <em>U. Ceglarek (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nCarbohydrate deficient transferrin as marker for alcoholism, its use in comparison with \u2018old\u2019 indirect biomarkers &#8211; <em>JPM. Wielders (Netherlands)<\/em><br \/>\nEthylglucuronide (EtG) \u2013 the one and only (direct) marker of alcohol consumption? &#8211;<em> H. Andresen-Streichert (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>17:00-18:00 <strong>VIEWPOINT 4<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Which future for HbA1c as biomarker of diabetes monitoring?<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chair: E. Kilpatrick (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nHbA1c remains the gold standard &#8211; <em>G. John (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nThe future belongs to Time in Range and continuous glucose monitoring indications &#8211; <em>D. Leslie (UK)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 4&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-457369deb5e1031de\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-457369deb5e1031de uvc-9010 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-457369deb5e1031de h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:24px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\">Wednesday, 13 April<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li>9:00-10:00 <strong>PLENARY LECTURE<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Chair: M. Neumaier (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nIntegrative Diagnostics as the Key Driver for Intelligent Systems in Medicine &#8211; <em>S. Sch\u00f6nberg (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:00-10:30 <strong>Break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 13<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Porphyrias \u2013 integration of laboratory medicine and clinical care (A symposium in memorial of the 140 years anniversary of the birth of Hans Fischer)<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: S. Sandberg (Norway), A.K. Aarsand (Norway)<\/em><br \/>\nHans Fischer and his role in developing the field of porphyria &#8211; <em>S. Sandberg (Norway)<\/em><br \/>\nPractical guidelines on how to diagnose the porphyrias &#8211; <em>A.K. Aarsand (Norway)<\/em><br \/>\nRegulation of the haem biosynthesis &#8211; <em>J. Philips (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nNewer treatment options for porphyria &#8211; <em>J.-C. Deybach (France<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 14<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 5<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Advances in IQC tools and techniques<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: T. Badrick (Australia), E. Kilpatrick (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nHow is conventional QC practised now and how can it be improved? &#8211; <em>E. Kilpatrick (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nThe importance of demonstrating commutability of reference materials with IQC &#8211; <em>V. Delatour (France)<\/em><br \/>\nPatient Based Real Time QC \u2013 an introduction &#8211; <em>T. Badrick (Australia)<\/em><br \/>\nPBRTQC \u2013 implementing into routine practice \u2013 validation and simulation &#8211; <em>A. Bietenbeck (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 15<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>High-sensitivity troponins and beyond<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: S. Wittfooth (Finland), R. Christenson (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nAnalytical aspects of high-sensitivity troponin assays: Impact on Clinical Application &#8211; Robert Christenson (US)<br \/>\nHigh-sensitivity troponins in clinical use &#8211; Paul\u00a0Collinson\u00a0(GB)<br \/>\nTroponin fragments for better specificity? &#8211; Saara Wittfooth (FI)<\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 16<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13b<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Health platforms of the future and clinical relevance of interoperability<\/strong> &#8211; Chair:<em> C. Cobbaert (Netherlands)<br \/>\n<\/em>Defining Interoperability in Healthcare with HL7-FHIR and understanding the potential transformation of pathology \u2013 <em>G. Grieve (Australia)<\/em><br \/>\nThe value of interoperable communication of pathology requests and results \u2013<em> K. Sikaris (Australia)<\/em><br \/>\nIlluminating the Black Box &#8211; why and how to do explainable Artificial Intelligence in a medical setting \u2013 <em> A. Tolios (Austria)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 17<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New trends in standardization<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: P. Gillery (France), E. Cavalier (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nStandardization of bone markers &#8211; <em>E. Cavalier (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nStandardization in fecal immuno-testing &#8211; <em>S. Benton (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nTraceability chains in Therapeutic drug monitoring: scope, limitations and state of the art &#8211; <em>C. Seger (Switzerland)<\/em><br \/>\nStandardization in glucose monitoring &#8211; <em>G. Freckmann (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>SYMPOSIUM DGKL <\/strong>| <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Personalised medicine in allergy diagnostics<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chair: Harald Renz (DE)<\/em><br \/>\nMolecular Diagnosis and Digital Health for Precision Allergology &#8211; <em>Paolo Maria Matricardi (IT)<\/em><br \/>\nAsthma and COPD diagnostics \u2013 lessons learned from multi-centre big data analysis &#8211; <em>Harald Renz (DE)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Janus-faced nature of viral infections in asthma &#8211; <em>Chrysanthi\u00a0Skevaki\u00a0(DE)<\/em><br \/>\nChip-based diagnosis for personalized treatment &#8211;<em> Katarzyna\u00a0Niespodziana\u00a0(AT)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>12:30-14:00<strong> POSTER SESSION<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Hall C1<\/span><\/li>\n<li>14:00-16:00<strong> SYMPOSIUM 18<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Consequences of IVDR Regulations on Laboratory Medicine<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: C. Cobbaert (Netherlands), P- Monaghan (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nThe in Vitro Diagnostics Regulation &#8211; the perspective of the European Commission &#8211; <em>O. Tkachenko (Belgium)<br \/>\n<\/em>Consequences of the IVDR 2017\/746 for the IVD-industry &#8211; <em>O. Bisazza (Belgium), I. Slobodeaniuc (Belgium)<br \/>\n<\/em>Consequences of the IVDR 2017\/746 for Notified Bodies &#8211; <em>A.F. Stange (Japan)<br \/>\n<\/em>Consequences of the IVDR 2017\/746 for Laboratory Professionals &#8211; <em>C. Cobbaert (Netherlands)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>15:30-16:30<strong> VIEWPOINT 6<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Regulating direct-to-consumer testing 2.0: Protecting the consumer<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chair: B. Gouget (France)<\/em><br \/>\nIntroduction: What is Direct-to-Consumer (D2C or DTC), how to increase Public Awareness &#8211; <em>B. Gouget (FR)<\/em><br \/>\nOpportunities for decentralized testing in modern healthcare and dangers vs benefits of DTC &#8211; <em>J.H. Nichols (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nAdvocacy for appropriate regulation of biological tests sold directly to consumers &#8211; <em>M. Vaubourdolle (France)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 5&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-310169deb5e10327d\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-310169deb5e10327d uvc-368 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-310169deb5e10327d h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:24px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\">Thursday, 14 April<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li>9:00-10:00 <strong>PLENARY LECTURE<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Chair: K. Adeli (Canada)<\/em><br \/>\nTowards next generation diagnostics by X-omics &#8211; <em>A. Van Gool (Netherlands)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:00-10:30 Break<\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 19<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New diagnostic approaches in Laboratory Medicine<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: M. Plebani (Italy), S. Bernardini (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nExtracellular vesicles in clinical diagnostics &#8211; <em>K. Witwer (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nmiRNA in clinical diagnostics \u2013 can artificial intelligence make the difference? &#8211; <em>A. Keller (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nWearable biosensors &#8211; <em>W. Gao (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nComparison of reference values for small extracellular particles in a healthy study cohort using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) before and after particle isolation by different isolation methods &#8211; <em>B. Betz (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nAnalysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the breath of colorectal cancer (CRC) subjects by Cyranose &#8216;electronic nose &#8211; <em>A. Bonari <\/em><em>(Italy)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 20<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 5<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Autoimmune Encephalitis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: A. Vincent (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nOverview and pathophysiology &#8211; <em>A. Vincent (UK)<\/em><br \/>\nAutoimmune encephalopathies in Neurology &#8211; <em>M. Gastaldi (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nAutoimmune encephalopathies in Psychiatry &#8211;<em> J. Cunningham (Sweden)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 21<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Urinalysis: a new look at old tests<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: J. Delanghe (Belgium) &#8211; W. Hofmann (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nModern urine test strip technology &#8211; <em>J. Delanghe (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nAutomated urinalysis &#8211; <em>G. Previtali (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Revised European Urinalysis Guidelines &#8211; <em>T. Kouri (Finland)<\/em><br \/>\nNew approaches to the study bladder cancers using molecular genetic methods and fluorescence analysis &#8211; <em>K. Dubayov\u00e1 (Slovakia)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 22<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 13b<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Young Scientist Session<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: S. Fares Taie (Argentina), T. Pillay (South Africa)<\/em><br \/>\nMotivation in the Clinical Laboratory &#8211; <em>S. Fares Taie (Argentina)<\/em><br \/>\nProductivity Tools for Young Scientist Professional \u2013<em> M. Intan Wibawanti (Indonesia)<\/em><br \/>\nCareer management for Young Laboratory Scientists &#8211; <em>G. Sancesario (Italy)<\/em><br \/>\nConflict Management amongst Young Laboratory Scientists &#8211; <em>A. Rampul (South Africa)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>SYMPOSIUM 23<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>How does Point of Care Testing change the clinical pathways?<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Chairs: A. Khan (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nPoint-of-care Testing: a win-win for all players &#8211; <em>A. Khan (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nIs internal (and external?) quality control necessary for POCT? &#8211; <em>E. Jacobs (USA)<\/em><br \/>\nThe role of POC-testing in the clinical pathway of diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection &#8211; <em>M.C. Tollanes (Norway)<\/em><br \/>\nTesting for Anti-Mullerian Hormone: analytical performances and usability of a Point-of-Care assay &#8211; <em>D. Gruson (Belgium)<\/em><br \/>\nHemolysis detection with the H-10 Hemcheck device in whole blood and plasma STAT samples &#8211; <em>A. Garcia Osuna (Spain)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:30-12:30 <strong>DGKL SYMPOSIUM<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 14c<\/span><br \/>\nEmerging infectious diseases \u2013 impact of laboratory diagnosis &#8211; <em>Chair:\u00a0M. Klouche (Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nInfectious disease surveillance \u2013 implications of diagnostic screening strategies \u2013 <em>R.\u00a0D\u00fcrrwald\u00a0(Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nHigh-throughput LAMP-sequencing for diagnosis of infectious diseases &#8211; <em>J.\u00a0Schmid-Burgk\u00a0(Germany)<\/em><br \/>\nSetting up external quality control measures for SARS-CoV-2 during pandemics &#8211; <em>V. Haselmann (Germany)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>12.30 &#8211; 13.30\u00a0\u00a0<strong>CLOSING CEREMONY<\/strong> | <span style=\"color: #0094cd;\">Room 1<\/span><br \/>\nClosing Remarks<br \/>\nSpeakers:\u00a0K. Lackner\u00a0(Germany), M. Neumaier (Germany), K.\u00a0Adeli\u00a0(Canada),\u00a0T. Ozben\u00a0(Turkey)<br \/>\nPresentation of 3rd EFLM Strategic Conference<br \/>\n<em>T. Ozben (TR), Chair of the Conference<\/em><br \/>\nPresentation of WorldLab-Euromedlab Roma 2023<br \/>\n<em>S. Bernardini (Italy), President of the congress<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_accordion_tab][\/vc_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_accordion active_tab=&#8221;1&#8243; collapsible=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 1&#8243;][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 2&#8243;][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 3&#8243;][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 4&#8243;][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;DAY 5&#8243;][\/vc_accordion_tab][\/vc_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euromedlab2021munich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}