Day 1 – Thursday, 13th September
18.00 Registration. Opening of conference & Welcome reception
Day 2 – Friday, 14th September
09:00 – Dr. Hugh Cormican – CEO, Cirdan Welcome & Conference Introduction
09.15 – Dr. Eric Glassy, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, USA
Title: “Extreme Makeover: Creating Pathology Reports that Make a Difference”
09.45– Dr. Anil Parwani, University of Ohio, USA
Title: “Advancing Diagnostic Pathology: Impact of Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence Tools”
10.15 – Dr. Niamh Buckley, Queen’s University Belfast, N.Ireland Title: “Application of Liquid Biopsy to the Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer”
10:45 – Q&A
11.00 – Coffee Break
11:15 – Prof. Jane Armes, NSW Pathology, Australia
Title: “Genome Sequencing as a Diagnostic Aid”
11:45 – Prof. Richard Kennedy, Almac & Queen’s University Belfast, N.Ireland Title: “Development of Genomic Assays for Multi-Arm Clinical Trials in Cancer”
12:15 – Q&A
12.30 – Lunch
13.30– Prof Deon Venter, University of Wollongong, Australia
Title: “Emerging neuropathology diagnostics: genetic scaffolds, phenotypes and advanced imaging”
14:00 – Dr. Keith Kaplan, tissuepathology.com, USA
Title: “Artificial Intelligence: What it Means for Healthcare and Pathology”
14:30 – Dr. Laszlo Igali, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust, England and Ferenc Igali, University of Lincoln, England. Title: “Virtual and Augmented Reality in Digital Pathology”
15:00 – Q&A
15:15 – Coffee Break
15:30 – Dr. Peter Bankhead, Research Scientist, N. Ireland Title: “QuPath Software: Open Source Software to Reveloutionize and Standardize Digital Pathology Image Analysis”
16:00 – Dr. Richard Levenson, UC Davis, USA Title: “MUSE: A Novel Approach for Rapid Histology”
16:30 – Q&A
16.40 – Close
6.30 – Conference Dinner
Day 3 – Saturday, 15th September
09.00 – David Meade, International Business Speaker & Mentalist
Title: “Mind Your Business”
10.30 – Coffee Break
10:50– Dr. Irene Regan, Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine
Title: “Laboratory Medicine: The Times They Are A Changin”
11.20 – Dr. Dean Wallace, UCLA, USA
Title: “Opportunities outweigh the challenges of radiology and pathology integration”
11.50 – Dr. Donal O’Shea, Deciphex, Ireland Title: “Finding Normals: Application and Implementation of AI driven Screening Processes in Pathology”
12:20 – Q&A
12:35 – Closing Remarks
12:45 – Conference Close
12:45 – 13:45 – Lunch
14:30 – Conference Activity – Trip to Marble Arch Caves or Golf on the Nick Faldo course
Bus will leave the Lough Erne Resort Reception at 2:30pm, arriving at the Marble Arch Caves for a 3:00pm tour, followed by a stop off at traditional Irish bar, Blakes of the Hollow for some refreshments.
Please note: The agenda is current as of 10th August 2018 and subject to change.
To request a PDF copy of the agenda email earmstrong@cirdan.com