Scientific Programme
10:00
Haematology
José Cortez • Rui Barreira
Leukemic phase of mature B-cell neoplasms
• Normal lymphocyte development
• WHO 2008 classification of mature B-cell neoplasms
• Clinical case presentations
Quality Control
A Validation tool
• Plan a procedure for Statistical Internal Quality Control
• Practical applications
• Examples in Clinical Chemistry
14:00
Parasitology
Parasitic Diseases: from clinics to the bench and back
• Update in parasitological diagnostic techniques
• Virtual learning tools: The e-MEDICINimage continous learning programme in Parasitology
• Clinical Cases
Flow Cytometry
Jorge Candeias • Martin Peres Andrés
Flow Cytometry in Haematology
• Flow Cytometry Bridge between Past and Future
• Flow Cytometry in Hematopathology
• Clinical Cases: Study by Flow Cytometry of Mature B Cells Neoplasms
17:00
AUD1
Opening Ceremony with Opening Lecture
18:00
Welcome Reception
08:30
AUD1
How to approach obesity from a laboratory point of view?
Chair: Ilkka Mononen
• Tiago Guimarães
09:30
AUD1
How to get the best out of POC testing
Chair: Sverre Sandberg • Co-Chair: Paulo Tavares
Population screening – Colorectal cancer meets Point of Care testing
Guidelines, Accreditation, Training and Education: the GATEway to a Quality POCT service
• Ian Watson
A specially designed EQA program for analytical and postanalytical POC testin
AUD2
Learn (more) about E – learning
Chair: Ana Maria Simundic • Co-Chair: José Cortez
Quality of medical e-learning modules
Medical e-learning – novel approach
EVICAB, A Novel Portal for Internet Education and Examination
e-HEMATimage
AUD3/4
Laboratory Medicine specialities training / education in Portugal (Patologia Clínica e Análises Clínicas)
Chair: Manuel Cyrne de Carvalho • Co-Chair: Franklim Marques
• To be announced
Coffee break | Exhibition
11:30
Poster presentations | Exhibition
Lunch | Exhibition
14:00
AUD1
Rational laboratory diagnosis
Chair: Mariam Klouche • Co-Chair: Manuel Cyrne de Carvalho
Why does it take too long time to evaluate if a test is good or not?
How to change physicians request patterns
• Sverre Sandberg
Economy and effectivenes of laboratory medicine: improvements through request management in hospitals
• Gregor Rothe
AUD2
What can the laboratory do for a child with recurrent infections
Chair: Gerhard Zlabinger • Co-Chair: Margarida Guedes
Recurrent infections – lessons from primary immunodeficiency
• To be defined
Primary immunodeficiency: From clinic to diagnosis
Genetic etiologies of neutropenia
• Christoph Klein
15:30
Coffee break | Exhibition
16:00
AUD1
Who decides if there should be a screening program for prostate cancer and what tests to request?
Chair: Ilkka Mononen • Co-Chair: Reis Santos
Optimized cancer screening
Arguments against screening
AUD2
What to do when the antibiotics do not work? Is molecular identification of multiresistance (ESBL, MRSA, XDRTB) superior to culture?
Chair: Mariam Klouche • Co-Chair: Moniz Pereira
Molecular resistance testing is not required for routine diagnosis of tuberculosis
• Laura Brum
Molecular resistance testing is indispensable for routine diagnosis of tuberculosis
• Till Bachmann
To be announced
• To be announced
End of work sessions
08:30
AUD1
Progress toward a biomarker discovery-to-development pipeline in Clinical Proteomics
Chair: Ilkka Mononen • Co-Chair: Francisco Amado
09:30
AUD1
What tests should be requested in a patient with suspicion of thrombosis / thrombofilia?
Chair: Antonio Robalo Nunes • Co-Chair: Vana Kokkinou
Cancer is an acquired thrombophilia: causes and consequences
• Ismail Elalamy
HIT and thrombosis
• Theodore Theodoridis
An update of the laboratory diagnosis of thrombophilia. A special interest in thrombin generation
AUD2
European models for training in laboratory medicine
Chair: Lena Norlund • Co-Chair: Andrea Rita Horvath
Present Situation of Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry in Europe
• Wytze Oosterhuis
The European Register of Specialists in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: harmonization of education in Europe
Education and training activities in EFCC
• Elizabeta Topic
Harmonization of Medical Training in Laboratory Medicine by UEMS
AUD3/4
Laboratory Medicine for Family Medicine
• To be announced
Coffee break | Exhibition
11:30
Poster presentations | Exhibition
Lunch | Exhibition
14:00
AUD1
Clinical cases with voting
Chair: Patrick Twomey • Co-Chair: Henrique Reguengo
AUD2
How to evaluate cardiovascular risk
Chair: Kari Pulkki • Co-Chair: To be announcedr
Apolipoproteins or lipid subfractions for clinical risk management? Pros and Cons
What can we learn from EQAs and audits for cardiac marker testing?
• Paul Collinson
How to evaluate cardovascular risk from a clinicians point of view
• Fausto Pinto
15:30
Coffee break | Exhibition
16:00
AUD1
Is there a role for laboratory medicine in the evaluation of a patient with dementia?
Chair: Elvar Theodorson • Co-Chair: Carolino Monteiro
CSF Biomarkers in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Current Status and Future of Biomarkers in the evaluation of patients with dementia
AUD2
For which patients should you do pharmacogenetic testing before starting drug therapy
Chair: Ana-Maria Simundic • Co-Chair: Purificação Tavares
Use of Pharmacogenetics in Guiding Therapy with Coumarins
Pharmacogenetic-Based Initial Dosing of Warfarin: Not Ready for Prime Time
• Charles S. Eby
End of work sessions
20:00
Closing Dinner
08:30
AUD1
The political and strategic impact of emerging infectious diseases as major threats to health in Europe
Chair: Mariam Klouche • Co-Chair: Luís Távora Tavira
• Zsuzsanna Jakab
09:30
AUD1
Can inflammatory tests predict survival?
Chair: Gerhard Zlabinger • Co-Chair: To be announced
Inflammatory Biomarkers as Prognostic Indicators
• Eugene Braunwald
Prognostic ability of troponin and natriuretic peptides in cardiovascular disease
• Markus Noveanu
Does procalcitonin-guided antimicrobial therapy in the ICU improve survival?
AUD2
Clinical cases with voting
Chair: Patrick Twomey • Co-Chair:Henrique Reguengo
• Frey Ramos
Coffee break | Exhibition
13:00
AUD1
Closing Lecture
Lunch | Exhibition
