Program

Lectures will be held in halls GH Bernardin (Europa).

You can print the program here.

CONGRESS OF CLICICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
CONGRESS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE TECHNICIANS
Opening ceremony
  • 10:00 - 11:00
  • Hall AC
Plenary lecture

Future of Laboratory Medicine with emerging new technologies and artificial intelligence

  • 11:00 - 12:00
  • Hall AC
Workshop (Abbott Laboratories)

Artificial inteligence in clinical laboratory - autoverification rules for thyroid function profile

Sanja Mandić

  • 12:10 - 12:30
  • Hall AC
Workshop

Enhancing the value of laboratory test results through Clinical Data

Ina Sapranauskiene 

  • 12:30 - 12:50
  • Hall AC
Lunch break
  • 12:50 - 14:30
Poster session
  • 12:50 - 14:30
  • Hall D
Symposium 1
Liquid biopsies in laboratory medicine: current status and future perspectives
Chairs: Katarina Trebušak Podkrajšek, Janja Marc
  • Hall AC
The potential of liquid biopsy in the management of cancer patients
  • 14:30 - 15:00
  • Hall AC
mRNA in plasma as research tool in atherogenesis
  • 15:00 - 15:20
  • Hall AC
RNA from extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of type 1 diabetes
  • 15.20 - 15:40
  • Hall AC
Mitohondrijska DNA kot biooznačevalec v diagnostiki raka prostate
  • 15.40 - 16:00
  • Hall AC
Discussion
  • 16:00 - 16:15
  • Hall AC
Coffee break
  • 16:15 - 16:45
Workshop (Siemens Healthineers)

Novel markers in inflammation and autoimmunity

Michael Edetsberger

  • 16:45 - 17:05
  • Hall AC
Workshop (Snibe)

Chemiluminescence Immunoassays update in Autoimmunity

Sergio Bernardini

  • 17:05 - 17:25
  • Hall AC
Poster session
  • 17:25 - 18:30
  • Hall D
The Gala Dinner and the Award Ceremony
  • 19:30
Symposium 2
Young Scientists in Laboratory Medicine
Chairs: Evgenija Homšak, Rok Kogovšek
  • Hall AC
Leadership & Team Development: Success Together
  • 9:00 - 9:30
  • Hall AC
IFCC TF-YS Networking with millennials, preparing for the future
  • 9:30 - 10:00
  • Hall AC
What educational tools and resources does EFLM offer to young scientists in Laboratory Medicine?
  • 10:00 - 10:15
  • Hall AC
YS section of the SZKKLM – the vision for the future
  • 10:15 - 10:25
  • Hall AC
Discussion
  • 10:25 - 10:35
  • Hall AC
Break
  • 10:35 - 10:45
Personalised medicine approaches for investigation and application of new biomarkers
  • 10:45 - 11:00
  • Hall AC
Identification of candidate microRNAs associated with development and progression of nephropathy in Fabry disease patients
  • 11:00 - 11:10
  • Hall AC
Specific humoral and autoimmune response to covid-19 vaccination
  • 11:10 - 11:20
  • Hall AC
Laboratory Medicine: professional scientific journal of the Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine for all generations of experts
  • 11:20 - 11:30
  • Hall AC
Coffee break
  • 11:30 - 12:00
Symposium 3
Insights/updates in Laboratory Medicine of Kidney Diseases
Chairs: Meško Brguljan, Maksimiljan Gorenjak
  • Hall AC
How to estimate kidney function in 2022
  • 12:00 - 12:30
  • Hall AC
Reference method for determination of glomerular filtration rate
  • 13:00 - 13:20
  • Hall AC
Therapeutic drug monitoring with the use of smart technology
  • 13:20 - 13:40
  • Hall AC
Discussion
  • 13:40 - 14:00
  • Hall AC
Lunch break
  • 14:00 - 15:30
Symposium 4
The challenges of laboratory medicine in the management of thyroid diseases
Chairs: Blaž Krhin, Damien Gruson
  • Hall AC
Thyroid function tests: clinical value, assay evolution and common pitfalls
  • 15:30 - 16:00
  • Hall AC
TSH Reference Values in elderly population (controversial)
  • 16:00 - 16:30
  • Hall AC
Influence of Physiological Parameters on Results of Thyroid Laboratory Tests
  • 16:30 - 16:50
  • Hall AC
Vloga laboratorijskega diagnosticiranja pri celostni obravnavi tirološkega bolnika
  • 16:50 - 17:10
  • Hall AC
Discussion
  • 17:10 - 17:30
  • Hall AC
Closing of the Congress
  • 17:30
  • Hall AC
Opening ceremony
  • 10:00 - 11:00
  • Hall AC
Plenary lecture

Future of Laboratory Medicine  with emerging new technologies and artificial intelligence

  • 11:00 - 12:00
  • Hall AC
Workshop (Abbott Laboratories)

Artificial inteligence in clinical laboratory - autoverification rules for thyroid function profile

Sanja Mandić

  • 12:10 - 12:30
  • Hall AC
Workshop (Roche)

 Enhancing the value of laboratory test results through Clinical Data

Ina Sapranauskiene 

  • 12:30 - 12:50
  • Hall AC
Poster session
  • 12:50 - 14:30
  • Hall D
Lunch break
  • 12:50 - 14:30
Symposium 1
Challenges of Emergency Laboratory Medicine
Chairs: Štefka Krivec, Petra Novak
  • Hall B
Laboratory medicine as an important part of urgent patient care
  • 14:30 - 15:00
  • Hall B
Rapid intra-operative intact parathyroid hormone determination
  • 15:00 - 15:15
  • Hall B
Ethylene Glycol poisoning
  • 15.15 - 15:30
  • Hall B
Involvement of laboratory medicine in the urgent treatment of acute bleeding - experience with the ClotPro analyzer
  • 15.30 - 15:45
  • Hall B
Urgent investigations in laboratory hematology with long reporting times
  • 15.45 - 16:00
  • Hall B
Discussion
  • 16:00 - 16:15
  • Hall B
Coffee break
  • 16:15 - 16:45
Workshop (Siemens Healthineers)

Novel markers in inflammation and autoimmunity

Michael Edetsberger

  • 16:45 - 17:05
  • Hall AC
Workshop (Snibe)

Chemiluminescence Immunoassays update in Autoimmunity

Sergio Bernardini

  • 17:05 - 17:25
  • Hall AC
Poster session
  • 17:25 - 18:30
  • Hall D
The Gala Dinner and the Award Ceremony
  • 19:30
Symposium 2
Young Scientists in laboratory medicine
Chairs: Evgenija Homšak, Rok Kogovšek
  • Hall AC
Leadership & Team Development: Success Together
  • 09:00 - 09:30
  • Hall AC
IFCC TF-YS Networking with millennials, preparing for the future
  • 09:30 - 10:00
  • Hall AC
What educational tools and resources does EFLM offer to young scientists in Laboratory Medicine?
  • 10:00 - 10:15
  • Hall AC
YS section of the SZKKLM – the vision for the future
  • 10:15 - 10:25
  • Hall AC
Discussion
  • 10:25 - 10:35
  • Hall AC
Break
  • 10:35 - 10:45
Personalised medicine approaches for investigation and application of new biomarkers
  • 10:45 - 11:00
  • Hall AC
Identification of candidate microRNAs associated with development and progression of nephropathy in Fabry disease patients
  • 11:00 - 11:10
  • Hall AC
Specific humoral and autoimmune response to covid-19 vaccination
  • 11:10 - 11:20
  • Hall AC
Laboratory Medicine: professional scientific journal of the Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine for all generations of experts
  • 11:20 - 11:30
  • Hall AC
Coffee break
  • 11:30 - 12:00
Symposium 3
Examples of good laboratory practices
Chairs: Eva Fliser, Ivana Jurković Jakopanec
  • Hall B
Automation - consolidation and integration of laboratory tests
  • 12:00 - 12:30
  • Hall B
Transport of biological samples by pneumatic tube system - implementation, verification and quality control
  • 12:30 - 12:45
  • Hall B
Verification of hemolysis, icterus and lipemia index at the Department of laboratory diagnostics General hospital dr. Jožeta Potrča Ptuj
  • 12:45 - 13:00
  • Hall B
The importance of quality in dried blood spot sample
  • 13:00 - 13:15
  • Hall B
Measurement uncertainty of some hematological parameters on Sysmex XN-L 550 analyzer
  • 13:15 - 13:30
  • Hall B
Detection and analysis of laboratory errors in Transfusion centre, General hospital Celje
  • 13:30 - 13:45
  • Hall B
Discussion
  • 13:45 - 14:00
  • Hall B
Lunch break
  • 14:00 - 15:30
Symposium 4
Free topics
Chairs: Ivica Avberšek Lužnik, Mateja More
  • Hall B
Mediators and biomarkers of inflammatory processes - a continuous challenge of laboratory medicine
  • 15:30 - 16:00
  • Hall B
  • 16:00 - 16:15
  • Hall B
Determination of monoclonal proteins in urine
  • 16:15 - 16:30
  • Hall B
Use of flow cytometry for detection of bacteriuria in pregnancy – comparison with urine culture
  • 16:30 – 16:45
  • Hall B
Measurement of chronic stress biochemical markers in paramedics
  • 16:45 – 17:00
  • Hall B
Automation in laboratory diagnostics of autoimmune diseases
  • 17:00 – 17:15
  • Hall B
Discussion
  • 17:15 - 17:30
  • Hall B
Closing of the Congress
  • 17:30
  • Hall B