2003 Organizers:
Eleftherios P.Diamandis, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Biochemistry
Dept of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology. U. of Toronto
Mitchell G. Scott, Ph.D
Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Division of Laboratory Medicine
Special Thanks to the organizers of the 2nd Athena Society meeting, Drs. Basil Doumas, Jack Ladenson, and Evangelis Spanos, for their assistance and guidance.
Third Meeting of The Athena Society
Samos, Greece
September 22 - 25, 2003
2003 Program and Agenda
Monday, September 22
2000 - Welcome Dinner at Doryssa Bay Hotel-Village
Tuesday, September 23 (Tour and Opening Session)
0800 - Group Tour of Samos
1330 - Group Lunch
1430 - Opening Session, Theme: Trends and Issues Facing Laboratory Medicine
1430 - Introduction: Purpose and Mission of Meeting - Mitch Scott and Eleftherios Diamandis
1445 - Country by Country Review of Trends and Issues
Economic, demographic and technologic trends and issues that will shape the practice of laboratory medicine in each country. - Moderator - Ann Gronowski
(Ten-minute presentations followed by 30 minute discussion)
Canada - Eleftherios Diamandis
Japan - Kinya Kawano
Italy - Mario Plebani
Israel - Oren Zinder
Spain - Francesco (Paco) Alvarez
USA - Tom Moyer
Greece - Eleni Bairaktari
1630 - Coffee Break
1650 - Trends and Issues in the In Vitro Diagnostics Industry
Economic, demographic and technologic trends and issues that will shape the future of the in vitro diagnostics industry. - Moderator - Ed Ashwood
(Ten-minute presentations followed by 20 minute discussion)
Traditional Companies - Nate Gochman
Smaller Companies - Sue Evans
'Omics Companies - Emily Winn-Deen
1740 - Trends and Issues in the Laboratory Medicine Literature - David Bruns
1810 - Group Discussion
1830 - Dinner on Own
Wednesday, September 24
0900 - Session 2
Theme: Trends and Issues in Laboratory Medicine (cont'd.) - Moderator: Mitch Scott
(Twenty minute presentations followed by group discussions on specific issues in laboratory medicine)
0900 - Informatics - How to Keep Track Of, and Do Something With All The Data - Ed Ashwood and Greg Miller
0940 - Laboratory Errors - Mario Plebani
1010 - Point of Care Testing - Oren Zinder
1040 - Coffee Break
Theme: 5 -10 Years from Now
1100 - Laboratory Testing for Chronic Disease in 5 - 10 Years - Moderator: Fred Apple
(15 minute Presentations followed by one 30 min Discussion)
Cardiovascular - Nader Rifai, Geza Bodor
Diabetes - David Sacks
Cancer - Larry Demers, Greg Tsongalis
1245 - Technology - What will be common in 5- 10 Years? - Moderator: Peter Wilding
Miniaturization - Larry Kricka
1300 - Lunch
1830 - 2300 - Greek Dinner and Kaike Trip
Thursday, September 25
0900 - Session 3
Theme: 5 -10 Years from Now (cont'd.)
0900 - Technology - What will be common in 5- 10 Years? (cont'd.) - Moderator: Peter Wilding
(12 minute presentations followed by 30 minute discussion)
Microarrays - Eleftherios Diamandis
Mutation Screening - Carl Wittwer
Proteomics - Roland Valdes
Mass Spec - Tom Annesley/Tom Moyer
1030 - Coffee Break
1050 - Training For The Next 5 - 10 years - Moderator: David Sacks
(15 minute presentations followed by 15 minute discussion)
Allied Health Training (Workforce Issues) - Mary Burritt
Should We Train Clinical Chemists and Clinical Pathologists? - Mitch Scott
1135 - Predictions of the 1994 Athena Society - David Bruns, Basil Doumas, Jack Ladenson
1200 - Summary Discussion With Audience Participation
Facilitators: E. Diamandis, B. Doumas, A. Gronowski, J. Ladenson, M. Scott
1300 - Adjournment and Lunch
