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18-20 February 2014, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

3-DAY EXHIBITION

6 CME ACCREDITED

CONFERENCES

6 CME ACCREDITED CONFERENCES:

NATOMIC PATHOLOGY

MICROBIOLOGY

MOLECULAR/A// DVANCED DIAGNOSTICS

LLABORATORY MANAGABORATORY MANA EMENT

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

HAEMATOLOGY

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INTRODUCTIONaccredited multi-track conferences which will provide a diverse range of subjects relating to the science and technology used in laboratories and their management.

Each conference track will run for one day, under the following conference themes: Laboratory Management, Clinical Chemistry, Haematology, Anatomic Pathology, Microb ology and Molecular/Advanced Diagnostics.

CME ACCREDITATION

VENUESince opening in April 2010, Marina Bay Sands has provided the ultimate business and leisure destination offering an unrivalled combination of more than 120,000 square metres of world-class conventions and exhibitions facilities, a luxury hotel with approximately 2,561 exquisite rooms and suites, premium shopping featuring an eclectic spread of emerging brands and global labels, and an exciting array of dining and entertainment options all under one roof.

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Dear healthcare professional,

Exhibition & Congress, taking place from 18-20 February 2014 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

MEDLAB will be the regional platform to exchange ideas on the rapid changes happening inlaboratory diagnostics. From new methods of effective lab management to the development of techniques in detecting diseases, this congress will cover an extensive range of topics guaranteedto educate and enlighten.

TRACK A: Laboratory Management 18 February 2014

TRACK B: Clinical Chemistry 18 February 2014

TRACK C: Haematology 19 February 2014

TRACK D: Anatomic Pathology 19 February 2014

TRACK E: Microbiology 20 February 2014

TRACK F: Molecular/Advanced Diagnostics 20 February 2014

Accredited by the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, these conferences will provide attendees the

The conference chair and I are honoured to welcome you to this important CME-accredited

Regards,

Who should attend:

Laboratory TechniciansGeneral TechnologistsMedical Laboratory DirectorsHeads of Laboratory

Heads of Department (laboratory,pathology)Pathologists MicrobiologistsHaematologistsHistopathologistsLaboratory Managers

Laboratory Supervisors Clinical ScientistsClinical Chemists Specialists in Laboratory MedicineHeads of Medical Laboratory UnitsProfessors of Laboratory MedicineMedical Technicians Research Assistants

Quality AuditorsPhlebotomistsBlood Bank Healthcare Professionals

At the end of the conferences you will be able to:

Recognise the role of the supervisor in education and training

metabolic disorders

abnormal blood smears

to the clinicians

Describe the evolution of genetic testing in medical practice

Key speakers: Dr Ian GardnerCollege of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, St Leonards, Australia

Professor Kwang-Jen Hsiao

Professor Suthat Fucharoen, Professor of

of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Professor Datuk Dr Looi Lai Meng, Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Professor Atanu Basu, Deputy Director, Head, Electron Microscopy and Pathology Group,

Dr Ying Abby Liu,

Dr Vip Viprakasit, Department of Paediatrics and Thalassaemia Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Venue:

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

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Speaker Faculty:

Noel Maria AdachiCollege

Illinois, USA

Dr Michael Dunne Jr, Executive Director ofResearch and Development, bioMérieux,Durham, North Carolina, USA

Miswar Fattah, Research & Esoteric Laboratory Head, Prodia ClinicalLaboratory, Jakarta, Indonesia

Dr Ian GardnerThe Royal College of Pathologists ofAustralasia Quality Assurance Programs, St Leonards, Australia

Damien Gruson, Chair, Working Group

European Federation of LaboratoryMedicine, Brussels, Belgium

Dr Leslie Lam, Head, Consultant, Laboratory Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

Dr Likhona Masika, Chemical Pathology,National Health Laboratory Service,Johannesburg, South Africa

Thomas M. O’Donohue, LaboratoryDirector, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital,Hines, Illinois, USA

Dr Kathy Robinson, Education Advisor,The Royal College of Pathologists ofAustralasia, Sydney, Australia

08:08:08:08:8 505050500 Opening remarks by the conference chair

SESSION 1:

09:00 Accreditation schemes: CAP vs ISO @

ts,Development, College of American Pathologist

09:33033 grammeSecrets of managing a successful POCT prog

Medicine,Dr Leslie Lam, Head, Consultant, Laboratory MAlexandra Hospital, Singapore

10:10:1010:00 Q&A

10:15 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:

10:45 An application to pathogen panels with multiplex technologies

11:15 Effective lab management

Damien Gruson, Chair, Working Group on Distance

Laboratory Medicine, Brussels, Belgium

11:45 Ensuring the competency of your team using CAPcompetency requirements

12:15 Q&A

12:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:

14.00 Quality assurance

of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, St Leonards, Australia

14:30 The role of the supervisor in education and training

Dr Kathy Robinson, Education Advisor, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Sydney, Australia

15:00 Changing the face of diagnostics in healthcare

Development, bioMérieux, Durham, North Carolina, USA

15:30 Demand management in the laboratory

Dr Likhona Masika, Chemical Pathology, National Health

16:00 Q&A

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09:20 Opening remarks by the conference chair

SESSION 1:

09:30 Newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders in

10:00 Advances in bone disorder markers

Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia,Adelaide, Australia

10:30 An overview on biological sources of variation for thepractice of EBLM (Evidence-based laboratory medicine)

Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University

11:00 Q&A

11:15 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:

11:45 Biomarkers of acute cardiovascular disease

12:15 Biomarkers of renal function and injury

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

12:45 Hott topics in reproductive markers

Dammien Gruson, Chair, Working Group on Distance

Labooratory Medicine, Brussels, Belgium

13:15 Q&AA

13:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:

15:00 Trannsplantation markers

15:30 Quaantitative mass spectrometry in the clinical reference lab

Dr Katsuyuki Nakajima, Graduate School of HealthKatsuyuki Nakajima, Graduate School of Health

16:00 Genomic and epigenomic analysis of cell-free DNA forcancer detection

Dr Allen Chan, Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

16:30 High-sensitivity troponins

17:00 Q&A

17:15 CLOSE OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TRACK

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Speaker Faculty:

Dr Allen Chan, Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dr Elizabeth Frank, Managing Director, BioChem Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, Mysore, India

Damien Gruson, Chair, Working Group

European Federation of LaboratoryMedicine, Brussels, Belgium

Associate Professor Robert Hawkins, Chemical Pathologist, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Professor Kwang-Jen HsiaoPreventative Medicine Foundation,Taipei, Taiwan

Dr Kiyoshi Ichihara, Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of HealthSciences, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Professor Howard Morris, Professorin Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia,Adelaide, Australia

Dr Katsuyuki Nakajima, Graduate Schoolof Health Sciences, Gunma University,Maebashi, Japan

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Speaker Faculty:Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Headof Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic & Thalassemia Center, Pathology & GeneticsDept, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

Emeritus Professor Soon-Keng Cheong,Professor of Medicine/Haematology, Faculty ofMedicine and Health Sciences, Universiti TunkuAbdul Rahman, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr Samuel Chong, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin

School of Medicine, Director, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Center, National University Health System, Singapore

Professor Suthat Fucharoen, Professor of Medicine, Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, MahidolUniversity, Bangkok, Thailand

Professor Dr Elizabeth George, Professor andSenior Consultant Haematologist, Departmentof Pathology – Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Dr A. Das GuptaSRL

Diagnostics, Mumbai, India

Dr William Hwang Ying Khee, Head,Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Associate Professor Ponnudurai Kuperan,Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

09:09:09:09:9 202020200 Opening remarks by the conference chair

SESSION 1:09:30 Haematopoietic cell expansion for therapy

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

10:00 normalChallenges in reporting and interpreting abnblood smears

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Hospital, Singapore

10:10:10:10:3330 3 sClinical utility of thrombin generation assays

11:00 Q&A

11:15 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:

11:45 New aspects in coagulation testing

Associate Professor Ponnudurai Kuperan, Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

12:15 Which stem cells to use for repair?

Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

12:45 Molecular techniques for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of alpha and beta thalassaemia

Dr Samuel Chong, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Director, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Center, NationalUniversity Health System, Singapore

13:15 Q&A

13:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:

15:00 Prevention and control of thalassaemia in Asia

Professor Suthat Fucharoen, Professor of Medicine,

Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

15:30 Molecular diagnosis of thalassaemia

Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Head of MolecularGenetics, Dubai Genetic & Thalassemia Center, Pathology & Genetics Dept, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

16:00 An overview of laboratory diagnosis of thalassaemia

Consultant Haematologist, Department of Pathology – Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

16:30 Q&A

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SESSION 1:

09:00 BK virus nephropathy

09:30 Usual and unusual neoplasms of the urinary bladder

10:00 Q&A&&

10:15 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:

10:45 What’s new in haematolymphoid pathology

11:15 Non-neoplastic lung diseases

11:45 Recent concepts in ovarian cancer pathology

12:15 Q&AA&&

12:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:

14:00 Validating whole slide imaging (WVV SI) for diagnostic purpposes in pathology

14:30 Breaast pathology

15:00 Diagnostic bone pathology

15:30 Q&A&&

15:45 CLOSE OF ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY TRACK

ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY

Speaker Faculty:

Dr Khoon Leong ChuahTan TT Tock TT Seng

Hospital, Singapore

Dr Jabed IqbalSingapore

General Hospital, Singapore

Dr Lim TanTT Soo KimKK Women’s

and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Dr Alwin LohSingapore General Hospital

Duke-NUSGMS, Singapore

Professor Datuk Dr Looi Lai Meng

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr Kun Ru

Chinese Academy ofMedical Sciences, Tianjin, China

Dr Kesavan SittampalamSingapore General Hospital,

Singapore

Dr Soo Yong YY TanTTSingapore General Hospital,

Singapore

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Speaker Faculty:

Associate Professor A Timothy Mark BarkhamTanTT

Tock TT Seng Hospital, Singapore

Professor Atanu AA Basu

National Institute of Virology, Pune, India

Associate Professor GaminiKumarasinghe

NUHS, Singapore

Professor Mary Ng Mah Lee

National University ofSingapore, Singapore

Dr Neelika MalavigeCentre for Dengue

ResearchUniversity of

Jayawardanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Professor Mitsuaki Nishibuchi

KyotoUniversity, Kyoto, Japan

Dr Manjula Weerasekara

University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka


SESSION 1:

09:00 Reporting microbiology laboratory results to the clinicians

09:30 Dengue and the paradox of haematopoiesis; adagio

10:00 Microscopy techniques for diagnosis and research

10:30 Q&A&&

10:45 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:

11:15 Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

11:45 Eppidemiology and challenges of anaphylaxis in Sri Lankkkkka

12:15 Q&&A&&

12:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:

14:00 A ppandemic of vibrio parahaemolyticusAinffection; emergence, characteristics and spread of the paathogen and control of the infection

eco-systems

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SESSION 1:

09:30 Advanced diagnostics in translational science

10:00 Molecular diagnosis of complex haemoglobinopathies

10:30 Predictive biomarkers in solid tumours

11:00 Q&A&&

11:15 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:

11:45 Advances in molecular screening and diagnosis of dynamic mutation disorders

12:15 Clinical strategy for diagnosis of thalassaemia andhaemoglobinopathies in Japan

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13:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:

15:00 Thee applications of NGS technology in genetic diseases;the BGI experience

15:30 The evolution of genetic testing in medical practice

16:00 MRSA: Old pathogen, new challenges

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16:45 CLOSE OF MOLECULAR/ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS TRACK

MOLECULAR/ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS

Speaker Faculty:

Dr Samuel ChongYong YY Loo LL Lin

School of Medicine Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Center, National University Health System, SS Singapore

Dr YukioYY Hattori

Yamaguchi YY University,Yamaguchi, JapanYY

Dr Ying Abby Liu

Associate Professor Denise Goh Li Meng

National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Brendan PangNational University Health

System, Singapore

Dr Fred Carron TenoverTTCepheid Sunnyvale,

California, USA

Dr Vip Viprakasit

Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Professor Yasuhiro YY YamasiroYY

Yamaguchi YY University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, JapanYY

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