CONGRESS OF CLICICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
CONGRESS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE TECHNICIANS
Opening ceremony
Satellite symposium (BeckmanCoulter)
Beyond Automation: Building the Digital Toolbox for the Modern Laboratory (Lidija Bilić-Zulle)
Satellite symposium (Meditrade)
Standardising the Preanalytical Phase — What Robotics Can Take Off the Bench (Kerstin Wagner)
Lunch break
Poster session
Symposium 1
Preanalytical influences in laboratory medicine - Challenges for the future
Chairs: Lidija Gobec, Eva FliserPatient blood loss cause HHA with regular lab analysis- a chalenge for the clinicians and the labs
Challenges for Clinicians in Laboratory Diagnostics
Automated Phlebotomy – possibilities and challenges
Stability of analytes in serum and plasma samples
Coffee break
Platelets in the tumor microenvironment – preparation for analysis
Presentation of the selected poster
When scattergrams speak: recognizing interferences in Sysmex XN hematology analyzer scattergrams
Round Table
Poster session
The Gala Dinner and the Award Ceremony
Symposium 2
Analytical-diagnostic approaches in laboratory medicine: current status and future perspectives
Chairs: Katarina Trebušak Podkrajšek, Borut BožičFuture Directions in Laboratory Medicine: Metabolomics and Lipidomics Technologies from Research to Clinical Practice
Expanding the Range of Antibiotics Monitored in Clinical Practice
Methodological approaches to neonatal screening: current status and future perspectives
When we encounter infection with tropical parasites…
Advanced technologies and an integrative approach to the effective discovery of new diagnostic biomarkers
Break
Genetics of osteoporosis beyond association studies: functional evidence for the role of the MPP7 gene
Transcriptomic and metabolomic biomarkers of Fabry nephropathy
Presentation of the selected poster
Interlaboratory verification of the cerebrospinal fluid free κ light chain index as a biomarker of multiple sclerosis
Round Table
Satellite symposium (Roche)
What to do when you suspect a falsely elevated troponin? (Ola Hammarsten)
Satellite symposium (Abbott)
From blood counts to algorithms – The role of AI in anemia diagnosis (Ivana Lapić)
Lunch break
Symposium 3
Insights/The challenges of laboratory medicine in the management of laboratory results in transformation to the information
Chairs: Pika Meško Brguljan, Evgenija HomšakHaving a conversation with the machine - explainable artificial intelligence without prompts
Challenges and the importance of interpreting results in next-generation sequencing diagnostics
Determination of trace elements in blood: Is measuring the total concentration sufficient?
Differentiation of bacterial from viral infection – newer approaches and algorithms
Break
Izzivi in prednosti medregijskega povezovanja - projekt Cattedra
Bioinformatics tools and biomarkers
Presentation of the selected poster
Ethical challenges in the post-analytical phase of laboratory medicine: from correct results to responsible interpretation
Round Table
Closing of the Congress
Opening ceremony
Satellite symposium (BeckmanCoulter)
Beyond Automation: Building the Digital Toolbox for the Modern Laboratory (Lidija Bilić-Zulle)
Satellite symposium (Meditrade)
Standardising the Preanalytical Phase — What Robotics Can Take Off the Bench (Kerstin Wagner)
Lunch break
Poster session
Symposium 1
Preanalytical influences in laboratory medicine - Challenges for the future
Chairs: Lidija Gobec, Eva FliserPatient blood loss cause HHA with regular lab analysis- a chalenge for the clinicians and the labs
Challenges for Clinicians in Laboratory Diagnostics
Automated Phlebotomy – possibilities and challenges
Stability of analytes in serum and plasma samples
Coffee break
Platelets in the tumor microenvironment – preparation for analysis
Presentation of the selected poster
When scattergrams speak: recognizing interferences in Sysmex XN hematology analyzer scattergrams
Round Table
Poster session
The Gala Dinner and the Award Ceremony
Symposium 2
Examples of good laboratory practices
Chairs: Elizabeta Božnar Alič, Urška KrambergerThe quality of biological samples as an important source of errors in the pre-analytical phase of the laboratory process and its impact on the accuracy of laboratory results and subsequent clinical management of the patient
Hemolysis as a Major Pre-Analytical Error and Its Impact on the Determination of NSE
Correction of hemoglobin results in lipemic blood samples
Discussion
Break
Advantages and disadvantages of standardized sweat collection and chloride ion measurement
Hemolytic anemias – diagnostic challenges in the emergency department
Exotic infectious diseases in a non-endemic setting: malaria and dengue through clinical cases
Discussion
Satellite symposium (Roche)
What to do when you suspect a falsely elevated troponin? (Ola Hammarsten)
Satellite symposium (Abbott)
From blood counts to algorithms – The role of AI in anemia diagnosis (Ivana Lapić)
Lunch break
Symposium 3
Free topics
Chairs: Rok Kogovšek, Nina KarakašEffortless Compliance
Assessment of the pre-analytical phase: learning from discrepancies
We are the laboratory
Modern approaches and challenges in laboratory genetic testing
Discussion
Coffee break
False reticulocytosis measured on a hematology analyzer
Determination of the reference activity of the G6PD enzyme using the adjusted male median method
Impact of drugs on laboratory test results in oncological patients
Effect of daratumumab on serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation electrophoresis
Discussion
Closing of the Congress
Speakers
