Day 1 15 September:
18.00 Registration. Opening of conference & Welcome reception
Day 2 16 September
9am – Hugh Cormican – CEO, Cirdan. Conference Introduction
Keynotes
9.10 – Richard Levenson, Vice Chair, Strategic Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis,California
Title: MUSE: A New, Fast, Simple Microscopy Method for Slide-Free Histology and Surface Topography
9.50 – David Snead, Head, UHCW NHS Digital Pathology Centre of Excellence,UK
Title: Algorithm development and Strategy for Digital Pathology in the future
10.30 – Fabio Grizzi, Head of Laboratory, Department of Inflammation & Immunology Histology, Humanitas Research Centre, Milan
Title: Spectral analysis for tumour diagnosis and classification in surgical pathology and cytopathology
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – Ian Young, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland
Title: Advances in clinical chemistry
12.10 – Laura Elnitski, Principal Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute, MD,USA
Title: Assessing ZNF154 hypermethylation from circulating tumor DNA in pan-cancer diagnostics
12.50 – Eric Glassy, Medical Director, APMG, Los Angeles
Title: Riffs on Future Path: the fall of paper, the rise of smarties and the quest for selfies.
1.30 – 2.30 Lunch
2.30 – Tim Helliwell, Clinical Director, Cellular Pathology, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories
Title: The impact of international pathology guidance on the management of patients with cancer
3.10 – Glenn Edwards, National Medical Director, St John of God Pathology, Australia
Title: Challenges for Clinical Pathologists in the Decision Support Era
3.50 – 4.00 Coffee Break
4.00 – Colin Truesdale, Evolve Product Marketing Manager, Kainos Evolve:
Title: The building blocks for Integrated Care
6.15 – Conference Dinner (Meet In lobby for transport to Restaurant)
Day 3 17th September
9.00 – Deon Venter, Director of Pathology,Mater Health Services, Brisbane, Australia
Title: Using whole genome and whole exome sequencing to solve unsolvable cases
9.40 – Raymond Bond, Computing Sciences, University of Ulster
Title: User interfaces in healthcare: Is poor ‘usability’ an epidemic?
10.20 – Judy Fitzgerald, Senior Project Manager, Cirdan, Australia
Title: Dealing with change: Technology and the Laboratory (TBC)
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 Short Presentations
Luke Vanstone, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Title: Detection and Analysis of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Anopheles Funestus
Peter McLoughlin, Cirdan
Title: Integrative Genomics of Non- Small Lung Cancer
Maxim Untesco, SmartPath srl, Italy
Title: Computer aided diagnosis based on Cytology and Histology WSI
12.30 – 1.30 pm Lunch
Conference tour/activity