Seventh Meeting of The Athena Society
Porto Elounda, Crete, Greece
June 16 - 20, 2015
2015 Organizers:
Basil Doumas, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Eleftherios P. Diamandis, M.D., Ph.D., Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Ann M. Gronowski, Ph.D., Washington University
Jack Ladenson, Ph.D., Washington University
Mitchel Scott, Ph.D., Washington University
Evangelos Spanos, M.D., M.Sc, Ph.D., Boimedicine Ltd., Athens
Gregory J. Tsongalis, Ph.D., Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
2015 Athena Program
Tuesday, June 16
19:00-20:30 Reception
Wednesday, June 17
8:45 Welcome & Purpose - A. Gronowski & G. Tsongalis
9:00 Disruptive innovation / technology in lab medicine - Moderator - E Diamandis
9:15 If you don’t think Theranos is real, look who is close behind - D. Grenache
9:30 Are these companies a real threat and should we be afraid? - Group Discussion
10:15 The emergence of digital medicine, where consumers are connected and in control - S. Haymond
10:30 Beyond nanotechnology: Have we seen this before? - P. Wilding
10:45 Discussion
11:00 Break
11:15 The Future of Laboratory Medicine - Moderator - F. Apple
11:15 What is the future of academic laboratory medicine?
11:45 Is there a future for the central lab? If so, what and why? - G. miller
12:00 Will companies become the next academia? - S. Evans
12:15 Discussion
12:45 Reflection
12:45 History of the Athena Society: a reflection on 20 years of meetings - B. Doumas
19:00 Feature Film "Eternal Life"Produced by Eleftherios Diamandis (rated G by the program organizers)
20:00 Dinner at Odysseas Restaurant, Porto Elounda Resort
Thursday, June 18
8:30 Genomic medicine in Clinical Practice - Moderator - C. Wittwer
8:30 Genetic testing for the masses- yes - G. Tsongalis
8:45 Genetic testing for the masses- no - G. Tsongalis
9:00 The rise, fall, and rise? of 23andme - G. Bordor
9:15 An update on epigenetics - S. Asa
9:30 Discussion
10:00 Break
10:15 BIG DATA - Moderator - E. Diamandis
10:15 Big data- the role of computational biology - P. Bossuyt
10:30 Learning from our mistakes: The future of validating complex diagnostics - S. Master
10:45 Do we do too many lab tests? - R. Horvath
11:00 How can health information systems and EMR's facilitate patient care? - S. Boyages
11:15 Discussion
11:45 Break
12:00 Global Perspectives - Moderator - J. Ladenson
12:00 Disparities in laboratory medicine - A. Saenger
12:15 Technology in underserved areas: can we benefit from them in the developed world? - T. Amukule
12:30 Discussion
13:00 Group Photo
20:00 Dinner with music and dancing - Hosted my Dr. and Mrs. Spanos - Porto Elounda grassy area by the sea
Friday, June 19
8:30 New Markers - Moderator - A. Jaffe
8:30 circulating tumor cell - E. Lianidou
8:45 Alzheimers/Stroke - J. Ladenson
9:00 Kidney - O. Laterza
9:15 Discussion
9:45 Break
10:00 Ethical Issue in Laboratory Medicine - Moderator - M. Plebani
10:00 We can do it, but should we? - A. Gronowski
10:15 Epedemics and Duty of Care - D. Bruns
10:30 Ethical Issues in Publications - N. Rafai
10:45 Discussion
11:15 Break
11:30 Microbes in The Clinical Lab - Moderator - S. Asa
11:30 How to prepare the lab for highly infectious pathogens- or what did Ebola teach us? - D. Sacks
11:45 Rapid infectious disease testing: How far, how fast and how cheap can we go? - C. Wittwer
12:00 The future of infectious disease testing - C.A. Burnham
12:15 How will the Microbiome change laboratory testing? - M. Cervinski
12:30 Discussion
13:30 Board busses for Guided Tour of Palace of Knossos, Shopping Old Town Heraklion. Dinner on own.
