2000 Program and Agenda

Tuesday, 19 September 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Day 1

Introduction: Purpose and Mission of the Meeting

• B. Doumas (15 minutes)

1) COUNTRY AND INDUSTRY REVIEW:

Present status of Clinical Chemistry and expected changes in the next 10 years owing to economic and technological factors (an update from 1994).
Ten-minute presentations each followed by a 10-minute discussion

• Canada - E. Diamandis

• Germany - H. Wisser

• Greece - E. Anagnostou-Cacaras

• Italy - M. Plebani

• U.K. - G. Beastal

• U.S.A. - R. Valdez, Jr.

• Summary: D. Bruns (15 minutes)

Coffee Break - 20 minutes

2) IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC INDUSTRY

• Larger companies - N. Gochman (15 minutes)

• Smaller companies - K. Smith (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 25 minutes

Wednesday, 20 September 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Day 2

Advances in Technology and Other Trends

3) THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT

• E. Green (25 minutes)

• Discussion -20 minutes

4) THE POST GENOMIC ERA

a) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CLINICAL CHEMIST

• J. McDonald - (15 minutes)

• U.H. Stenman - (15 minutes)

• S. Evans - (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 20 minutes

• Coffee Break -20 minutes

b) ETHICAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN GENE TESTING AND THERAPY

• C. Sekeris - (10 minutes)

• N. Rifai - (10 minutes)

• Discussion - 20 minutes

• Summary -D. Sacks - 10 minutes

5) EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND CLINICAL PATHWAYS (WHAT, WHO, WHY)

• T. Kawai - (15 minutes)

• D. Bruns - (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 20 minutes

Thursday, 21 September 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Day 3

Future of Laboratory Medicine and the Role of the Clinical Chemist

6) BIRTH, GROWTH, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF THE CLINICAL CHEMIST

• E. Diamandis - (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 15 minutes

7) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES

• K. Ward-Cook - (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 15 minutes

8) Who will perform laboratory tests

a) TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE

• L. Kricka - (15 minutes)

b) DO PATIENTS AND NURSES WANT TO DO LABORATORY TESTS?

• O. Zinder - (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 30 minutes

• Coffee Break - 20 minutes

9) Future of the laboratory practitioner and their training

a) DISTANCE LEARNING (WHY NOT DO IT RIGHT ONCE?)

• J. Ladenson - (15 minutes)

b) CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST

• M. Scott - (15 minutes)

• Discussion - 30 minutes

• Summary - L. Demers (15 minutes)

10) Close of Conference