8 CME-Accredited Conferences in Singapore - laboratory

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18-20 March 2015 The Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore

Laboratory Management <<Imaging and Pathology <<

Research and Development << Clinical Chemistry <<

Molecular Diagnostics << Haematology <<

Infectious Diseases << Oncology <<

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CME ACCREDITATIONThe organisers of MEDLAB Asia Pacific Conferences are committed to ensuring that all of the scientific conferences presented as part of the event comprise valuable and up-to-date topics that are relevant to the medical disciplines being addressed.

AMS Continuing Medical Education (CME) division is responsible for recommending to the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) the accreditation of CME programmes for specialists. Apart from assisting SMC in the recommendation of Core and Non-core CME points for specialist CME activities, it also recommends the claims submitted by fellows, which would include attendances at overseas events, contributions in medical publications and other self-study activities.

eXhIBITIonHeld alongside the conferences, the free-to-attend exhibition will present thousands of new products, equipment and services all being showcased by the main players in the industry. This will provide an opportunity for you to see the latest technologies on display and test them out all under one roof, while meeting new contacts and attending educational courses.

VenueThe Sands Expo and Convention Centre, SingaporeThe Sands Expo and Convention Centre offers more than 120,000 square metres or 1.3 million square feet of meeting space, making it one of the largest and most flexible locations in Asia. It is also the largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) facility in Singapore, with the ability to host up to 11,000 delegates.

InTroDuCTIonMEDLAB Asia Pacific will feature eight CME accredited conferences which will be focused around laboratory diagnostics.

A variety of plenaries, panel discussions, workshops, demonstrations and interactive activities will be available for all healthcare professionals to attend.

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Benefits of attending:• Recognise how to implement

laboratory automation in order to increase productivity

• Identify the top ten most common deficiencies in quality

• Explain how to get the chromosome microarray diagnosis for children with developmental delay

• Evaluate a cardiac CT in coronary artery disease

• Explore genetic variants that influence diseases

• Illustrate the use of tumour markers from an oncologists perspective

• Communicate the use of next generation sequencing for cancer care

• Utilise cord blood transplant for cerebral palsy

• Discuss the use of whole genome sequencing for infectious diseases

• Analyse the best treatment methods for lymphoma

Key topics:• Informatics and the clinical

laboratory• Value in diagnostics and what the

industry needs• Imaging and pharma-oncology• Translational rheumatology• Reproductive endocrinology:

Old assays and new applications• Gene therapy• BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline

mutations in Singapore• Molecular blood group typing -

methods and applications• Antibiotic resistance • Cancer screening: Balancing harm

vs. good

• Academics • Blood Bank Healthcare

Professionals • Chemical Pathologists• Chief Medical Laboratory

Scientific Officers• Clinical Chemists • Clinical Scientists • Directors of Research Institutes • General Technologists

• Haematologists• Heads of Department

(Laboratory and Pathology)• Heads of Laboratory • Heads of Medical Laboratory

Units• Histopathologists• Infectious Disease Specialists • Laboratory Managers • Laboratory Supervisors

• Laboratory Technicians• Medical Laboratory Directors • Medical Technicians • Microbiologists• Oncologists• Pathologists • Phlebotomists • Professors • Quality Auditors• Quality Officers

• Radiologists• Research Assistants • Scientific Officers • Senior Investigators • Senior Scientists • Specialists in Laboratory

Medicine• Surgeons

Who should attend:

Dear healthcare professional,

I am pleased to present you with the conference brochure for the 2nd MEDLAB Asia Pacific Exhibition & Congress taking place 18-20 March 2015 at The Sands Expo and Convention Centre.

As research in the field of pathology continues to exponentially grow across Asia Pacific and the world, it is vital to provide a regional platform for those interested to come together and exchange ideas on the rapid changes happening in laboratory 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 guaranteed to educate and enlighten all.

The MEDLAB Asia Pacific Congress is split into eight tracks over the course of three days and features two plenary sessions on the first and last day.

Plenary sessions:Contemporary and future practice of medicine - implications for laboratoriansDr Steven Tucker, Medical Oncologist, Tucker Medical, Singapore

Nanotechnology in medicineProfessor Dr PE Seerem Ramakrishna, Director, Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Conferences:traCK a: Laboratory Management 18 March 2015

traCK B: Imaging and Pathology 18-19 March 2015

traCK C: Research and Development 18-19 March 2015

traCK D: Clinical Chemistry 19 March 2015

traCK E: Molecular Diagnostics 19 March 2015

traCK F: Haematology 20 March 2015

traCK G: Infectious Diseases 20 March 2015

traCK H: Oncology 20 March 2015

This congress is supported by the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn and discuss the latest research in medical laboratory and pathology with the leaders in the field.

The conference chairs and I are honoured to welcome you to this important CME accredited scientific meeting.

Regards,

Ayla IqbalSenior Conference Producer, Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions


09:15 Welcome by Master of Academy of Medicine

09:25 Opening remarks by Conference Chair Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist,

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

SESSION 1: Moderator: Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

10:15 Improved workflow, enhanced efficiency: Experience sharing from automation system implementation

Associate Professor Dr T. Malathi A/P Thevarajah, Chemical Pathologist, Laboratory Medicine Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

10:45 Implementing laboratory automation – experience of a high volume laboratory

Dr Yeo Chin Pin, Senior Consultant, Head of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

11:15 Implementing and leveraging a new laboratory information system to increase automation and productivity

Dr John Butz, Operations Administrator, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Collaborative Services, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

11:45 LUNCH BREAK


13:15 Workflow consulting Hong-Yew Lim, Regional Marketing Manager,

Roche, Singapore

13:45 Managing difficult people Dr Kathy Robinson, Education Advisor, The Royal College of

Pathologists of Australasia, Sydney, Australia

14:15 Medical laboratories in a globalised world Dr Hisham Shams, Director of Al-Borg Academic Affairs, Chief

Medical Officer, Al-Borg Medical Laboratories, Jeddah, KSA

14:45 Ensuring patient and laboratory employee safety Noel Maria Adachi, Vice President, International Market

Development, College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, USA

15:15 COFFEE BREAK


15:45 Top ten most common deficiencies in quality Dr Raymond Chan, Chair, Board of Directors, The Royal

College of Pathologists of Australasia, Quality Assurance Program, Sydney, Australia

16:15 Informatics and the clinical laboratory Professor Sunil Sethi, Chief and Senior Consultant, Head,

Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore

16:45 Lean QC Dr Ling Moi Lin, Senior Consultant, Director of Infection

Control, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 17:15 CLOSE OF LABORATORY MANAGEMENT TRACK

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Conference Chair:Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

Speaker Faculty:Dr Hisham Shams, Director of Al-Borg Academic Affairs, Chief Medical Officer, Al-Borg Medical Laboratories, Jeddah, KSA

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

Dr Ling Moi Lin, Senior Consultant, Director of Infection Control, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Dr John Butz, Operations Administrator, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Collaborative Services, Rochester, Minnesota, USANoel Maria Adachi, Vice President, International Market Development, College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, USADr Raymond Chan, Chair, Board of Directors, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Quality Assurance Program, Sydney, Australia

Professor Sunil Sethi, Chief and Senior Consultant, Head, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore

Associate Professor Dr T. Malathi A/P Thevarajah, Chemical Pathologist, Laboratory Medicine Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr Yeo Chin Pin, Senior Consultant, Head of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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“Prepare for the future- attend the Laboratory Management Track which brings together a range of international experts who are themselves current practitioners in the rapidly changing laboratory environment.”Dr Kathy Robinson, Education Advisor, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Sydney, Australia


Speaker Faculty:Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

Adjunct Associate Professor Chong Bee Kiang, Head of Department, Senior Consultant, Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Professor Christopher Chen, Director, Memory Ageing and Cognition Centre, NUHS, Singapore

Dr Carol Cheung, Research Scientist, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Dr Gabriela Bucklar-Suchankova, Roche Professional Diagnostics Global Medical Leader - Cardiovascular Diseases, Roche, Rotkreuz, SwitzerlandAssociate Professor Law Hai Yang, Chief Scientific Officer, DNA Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore Professor Kishore Bhakoo, Director, Translational Imaging Industrial Laboratory, Head, Translational Molecular Imaging Group, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Singapore Dr Kwek Boon Han, Radiologist, Asia HealthPartners, Singapore

Lance Little, Managing Director, Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific, Singapore

Dr Su Xiadoi, Senior Scientist, Analysis and Characterisation Department, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*Star, Singapore

Dr Thian Yee Liang, Consultant, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, Singapore

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

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015

SESSION 1: DIAGNOSTICSModerator: Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

10:30 Value in diagnostics and what the industry needs Lance Little, Managing Director, Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific,

Singapore

11:00 Protein-DNA interactions Dr Su Xiadoi, Senior Scientist, Analysis and Characterisation

Department, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*Star, Singapore

11:30 Cardiac markers Dr Gabriela Bucklar-Suchankova, Roche Professional

Diagnostics Global Medical Leader - Cardiovascular Diseases, Roche, Rotkreuz, Switzerland

12:00 LUNCH BREAK


13:30 Chromosome microarray diagnosis for children with development delay and multiple congenital anomalies

Associate Professor Law Hai Yang, Chief Scientific Officer, DNA Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

14:00 Hemoglobin variants and HbA1c testing Dr Vip Viprakasit, Department of Paediatrics and Thalassaemia

Center, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

14:30 Vitamin D assay Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist,

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore 15:00 CLOSE OF DAY ONE

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, 19 MARCH 2015

SESSION 3: IMAGINGModerator: Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

09:30 Cardiac CT in coronary artery disease Dr Kwek Boon Han, Radiologist, Asia HealthPartners, Singapore

10:00 Breast imaging Adjunct Associate Professor Chong Bee Kiang, Head of

Department, Senior Consultant, Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

10:30 What diagnostic prostate imaging can achieve in today’s practice

Dr Thian Yee Liang, Consultant, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, Singapore

11:00 COFFEE BREAK


11:30 Imaging and pharma-oncology Professor Kishore Bhakoo, Director, Translational Imaging

Industrial Laboratory, Head, Translational Molecular Imaging Group, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Singapore

12:00 Proton therapy for paediatrics

12:30 Current applications for proton therapy

13:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 5: Moderator: Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore

14:30 Neuroimaging in dementia Professor Christopher Chen, Director, Memory Ageing and

Cognition Centre, NUHS, Singapore

15:00 Retinal imaging in dementia Dr Carol Cheung, Research Scientist, Singapore Eye Research

Institute, Singapore

15:30 Discussion

15:45 CLOSE OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY TRACK

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DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015

SESSION 1: THE ITINERARY TOWARDS PRECISION MEDICINE: THE EXPERIENCE IN AUTOIMMUNITY Moderator: Professor Salvatore Albani, Director, SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore

10:15 Challenges and opportunities in translational medicine Professor Salvatore Albani, Director, SingHealth Translational

Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore10:30 Addressing inflammation: A journey from a concept

to the clinic Professor John Hamilton, Arthritis Research and Inflammation

Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

10:45 Translational medicine for complete suppression of arthritis

Professor Hitoshi Kohsaka, Chairman and Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

11:00 Panel discussion 11:45 Q&A12:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 2: VACCINES Moderator: Dr John Connolly, Adjunct Associate Professor (Baylor University), Director (Translational Immunology), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

13:30 Novel approaches to dengue vaccine design and evaluation

Dr Katja Fink, Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network, A*Star, Singapore

14:00 Phylodynamics of H1N1/2009 influenza: The transition from host adaptation to immune driven selection

Dr Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor, Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

14:30 Rational design for next generation pandemic influenza vaccines

Dr John Connolly, Adjunct Associate Professor (Baylor University), Director (Translational Immunology), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

15:00 CLOSE OF DAY ONE

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, 19 MARCH 2015

SESSION 3: SKIN BIOLOGY

Moderator: Dr Birgit Lane, Executive Director, Institute of Medical Biology, A*Star, Singapore

10:30 Topic to be confirmed

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3: PERSONALISED MEDICINEModerator:

11:30 Results on SNP related to obesity on the Thai population Dr Konstantinos I. Papadopoulos, Chief Medical Research and

Development, THAI StemLife, Bangkok, Thailand

12:00 Earlier diagnosis of AMI with Sensitive TnI assays Dr Laurent Samson, Senior Global Commercial Marketing

Manager, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, France

12:30 Discussion

13:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 4: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES Moderator:

14:30 Recent developments of LC/MS/MS techniques for high sensitivity measurements of steroid hormones in human plasma

Jeremy Dietrich Netto, Senior Market Development and Applications Specialist – Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Waters, Singapore

15:00 Molecular pathology of Helicobacter pylori and the impact on peptic ulcer disease

Professor Dr Goh Khean Jin, Head of Department, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

15:30 CLOSE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRACK

reSeArCh AnD DeVeLoPMenT

Speaker Faculty:Professor Dr Goh Khean Jin, Head of Department, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jeremy Dietrich Netto, Senior Market Development and Applications Specialist – Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Waters, Singapore

Dr John Connolly, Adjunct Associate Professor (Baylor University), Director (Translational Immunology), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Professor John Hamilton, Arthritis Research and Inflammation Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Dr Katja Fink, Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network, A*Star, Singapore

Professor Hitoshi Kohsaka, Chairman and Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Dr Konstantinos I. Papadopoulos, Chief Medical Research and Development, THAI StemLife, Bangkok, Thailand

Dr Laurent Samson, Senior Global Commercial Marketing Manager, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, France

Professor Salvatore Albani, Director, SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore

Dr Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor, Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

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Conference Chair:Dr Leslie Lam, Head, Consultant, Laboratory Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

Speaker Faculty:Associate Professor Chris Florkowski, Pathologist, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

Dr Clement K.M Ho, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Dr Farooq Ghani, Associate Professor and Director Outreach, Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Ms Joanne Lee, Senior Scientific Officer, Laboratory Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

Dr Mohamed Saleem, Chemical Pathologist, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia

Dr Rajat Tagore, Director, Renal Services, Senior Consultant, Medicine and Nephrology, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

Dr Thean Hsiang Tan, Medical Oncologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Center, Adelaide, Australia

Dr Tsuneo Konta, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

SESSION 1:Moderator: Dr Mohamed Saleem, Chemical Pathologist, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia

09:30 Auto verification Dr Leslie Lam, Head, Consultant, Laboratory Medicine,

Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

10:00 POCT, microalbuminuria, testing Dr Tsuneo Konta, Associate Professor, Department of

Cardiology, Pulmonology and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

10:30 The use of tumour markers – an oncologist’s perspective Dr Thean Hsiang Tan, Medical Oncologist, Royal Adelaide

Hospital Cancer Center, Adelaide, Australia

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2:Moderator: Dr Rajat Tagore, Director, Renal Services, Senior Consultant, Medicine and Nephrology, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

11:30 Reproductive endocrinology: Old assays and new applications

Dr Clement K.M Ho, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

12:00 Non-HDL cholesterol and residual cardiovascular risk: Should clinical laboratories be routinely reporting non-HDL cholesterol?

Dr Mohamed Saleem, Chemical Pathologist, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia

12:30 How the quality of studies influences clinical decision making: Troponins and accelerated diagnostic pathways

Associate Professor Chris Florkowski, Pathologist, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

13:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3:Moderator: Dr Thean Hsiang Tan, Medical Oncologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Center, Adelaide, Australia

14:30 The interpretation of eGFR and renal function tests – a renal physician’s perspective

Dr Rajat Tagore, Director, Renal Services, Senior Consultant, Medicine and Nephrology, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

15:00 Approaches to monitor reagent lot-to-lot variability in the clinical laboratory

Ms Joanne Lee, Senior Scientific Officer, Laboratory Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

15:30 Thyroid disorder in pregnancy Dr Farooq Ghani, Associate Professor and Director Outreach,

Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

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CLInICAL CheMISTry

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“The Clinical Chemistry track cover topics that are relevant to all clinical laboratories, presented by laboratorians as well as our clinical colleagues offering their perspective on the results we produce.”Dr Mohamed Saleem, Chemical Pathologist, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia


SESSION 1:Moderator: Dr Erol Baysal, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond), Consultant Geneticist, Head of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic & Thalassemia Center, Pathology & Genetics Dept, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

10:00 Multiplex molecular detection of respiratory and GI pathogens

Dr Xuan Qin, Division Chief, Microbiology Laboratory, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA

10:30 Use of next generation sequencing for cancer care Dr Tony Kiat Hon Lim, Senior Consultant, Department of

Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

11:00 Gene therapy Dr Jim Vadolas, Head, Cell and Gene Therapy Group,

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia

11:30 COFFEE BREAK


12:00 Prenatal and perinatal diagnostics Dr Mahesh Choolani, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,

The Choolani Clinic, Associate Professor, Senior Consultant, NUHS, Singapore

12:30 Clinical applications of Epstein-Barr virus DNA analysis as a tumor marker for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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

13:00 BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in Singapore Adjunct Associate Professor Ann SG Lee, Principal

Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

13:30 LUNCH BREAK


15:00 Missing heritability, disease incidence and progression resulting from differential autoimmune responses measured using a novel protein array-based methodology

Dr Arif Anwar, Director, Sengenics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

15:30 Early detection and diagnostics of cancer using next generation sequencing technology

Dr Shida Zhu, Project Leader, Translational Cancer Research, BGI, Shenzhen, China

16:00 Molecular diagnosis of HPV Dr Saeyun Baik, Vice President, Laboratory Medicine,

Overseas & Central Lab Biz. Center, Green Cross Laboratories (GC Labs), Kyunggi-do, Korea

16:30 CLOSE OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS TRACK

MoLeCuLAr DIAgnoSTICS

Conference Chairs:Dr Erol Baysal, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond), Consultant Geneticist, Head of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic & Thalassemia Center, Pathology & Genetics Dept, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

Dr Lynette Oon, Senior Consultant and Head, Molecular Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

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

Dr Arif Anwar, Director, Sengenics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Adjunct Associate Professor Ann SG Lee, Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Dr Jim Vadolas, Head, Cell and Gene Therapy Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia

Dr Mahesh Choolani, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, The Choolani Clinic, Associate Professor, Senior Consultant, NUHS, Singapore

Dr Saeyun Baik, Vice President, Laboratory Medicine, Overseas & Central Lab Biz. Center, Green Cross Laboratories (GC Labs), Kyunggi-do, KoreaDr Shida Zhu, Project Leader, Translational Cancer Research, BGI, Shenzhen, ChinaDr Tony Kiat Hon Lim, Senior Consultant, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, SingaporeDr Xuan Qin, Division Chief, Microbiology Laboratory, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA

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“Since the announcement of the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2000, the genetic information has been accumulating at an unprecedented speed. The utility of genomics for improving population health in life threatening conditions ranging from cancers to cardiovascular diseases is implemented already. An ever-increasing knowledge of genomics and molecular pathology could unlock effective diagnostic techniques and treatments, and better target public health problems.”Dr Erol Baysal, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond), Consultant Geneticist, Head of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic & Thalassemia Center, Pathology & Genetics Dept, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE


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

Speaker Faculty:Dr A. Das Gupta, President – International & Mentor – Haematology Services, SRL, Mumbai, IndiaAssociate Professor Allen Eng Juh Yeoh, Medical Director, Viva-University Children’s Cancer Centre, Senior Consultant, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Liu Te Chih, Head and Senior Consultant, Division of Haematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Konstantinos I. Papadopoulos, Chief Medical Research and Development, THAI StemLife, Bangkok, Thailand

Susanne Mead, Senior Manager, Global Marketing, Haematology, Roche

Dr Suvin Shetty, Consultant Pathologist, Department of Lab Medicine, Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, India

Dr Veera Sekaran, Head, Blood Bank, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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

SESSION 1: SPECIAL HAEMATOLOGY Moderator: Associate Professor Ponnudurai Kuperan, Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

09:00 Flowcytometry in the diagnosis and management of haematological malignancies

Dr Liu Te Chih, Head and Senior Consultant, Division of Haematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore

09:30 Automated platelet reporting: Right results the first time Susanne Mead, Senior Manager, Global Marketing, Hematology,

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, United Kingdom

10:00 Significance of molecular testing in the diagnosis and management of acute leukaemia

Associate Professor Allen Eng Juh Yeoh, Medical Director, Viva-University Children’s Cancer Centre, Senior Consultant,

Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2: GENERAL HAEMTOLOGY/COAGULATION Moderator: Associate Professor Ponnudurai Kuperan, Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

11:00 Current and future prospects in coagulation testing Dr Suvin Shetty, Consultant Pathologist, Department of Lab

Medicine, Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, India

11:30 Prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time: Deficiency or inhibitor?

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

12:00 Challenges in the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome Dr A. Das Gupta, President – International & Mentor –

Haematology Services, SRL, Mumbai, India

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SESSION 3: TRANSfUSION/ TRANSPLANT Moderator: Associate Professor Ponnudurai Kuperan, Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

14:00 Challenges in the diagnosis of Thalassemia syndromes Dr Vip Viprakasit, Department of Paediatrics and Thalassaemia

Center, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

14:30 Cord blood transplant: Cerebral palsy Dr Konstantinos I. Papadopoulos, Chief Medical Research and

Development, THAI StemLife, Bangkok, Thailand

15:00 Molecular blood group typing - methods and applications Dr Veera Sekaran, Head, Blood Bank, University of Malaya

Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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“This conference will cover challenges in the current diagnosis and new developments in the diagnosis in the field of Haematology including General haematological disorders, Coagulation disorders, Transfusion medicine and Stem cell transplantation. Useful for Clinical Pathologists, Haematologists, Medical Laboratory Scientists and Technologists as well as Medical students as it covers challenges faced by all in their day to day practice.”Associate Professor Ponnudurai Kuperan,Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology,Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore


09:40 Opening remarks by Chair: Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist,

Changi General Hospital, Singapore

SESSION 1: OLD AND NEW INfECTIONS Moderator: Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

09:45 Dengue if you do and dengue if you don’t Associate Professor Timothy Mark Barkham, Senior

Consultant, Clinical Microbiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

10:15 Old disease meets new technology: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and whole-genome sequencing

Dr Hsu Li Yang, Assistant Professor and Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital, Singapore

10:45 MERS Dr Aaron Han, Chief, Department of Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

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SESSION 2: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURYModerator: Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

11:45 Antibiotic resistance: The challenge ahead Dr Pattarachai Kiratisin, Chairman, Professor, Department

of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

12:15 Improving the odds in viral hepatitis and HIV Elisa testing Manuel Esteves Pereira, Regional Sales Specialist, Global

Marketing – IDD, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH, Marburg, Germany

12:45 Laboratory networks in an era of infectious outbreaks Dr Ida Parwati, President, Indonesian Association of Clinical

Pathologist and Laboratory Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia

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SESSION 3: fASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER? Moderator: Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

14:45 Molecular diagnosis of sepsis - dawn of a new era? Dr Lynette Oon, Senior Consultant and Head, Molecular

Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

15:15 Old and new methods for detection of emerging resistant organisms

Dr Ellen Jo Baron, Executive Director, Technical Support, Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, USA

15:45 Point Of Care Testing: The good, the bad and the ugly Ms Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah, MSPH. PhD candidate,

Diagnostic Development Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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InfeCTIouS DISeASeS

Conference Chair:Dr Tan Thean Yen, Senior Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Speaker Faculty:Dr Aaron Han, Chief, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAEDr Ellen Jo Baron, Executive Director, Technical Support, Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, USADr Hsu Li Yang, Assistant Professor and Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital, SingaporeDr Ida Parwati, President, Indonesian Association of Clinical Pathologist and Laboratory Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia

Ms Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah, MSPH. PhD candidate, Diagnostic Development Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, AustraliaManuel Esteves Pereira, Regional Sales Specialist, Global Marketing – IDD, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH, Marburg, GermanyDr Pattarachai Kiratisin, Chairman, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandAssociate Professor Timothy Mark Barkham, Senior Consultant, Clinical Microbiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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“This congress brings relevant updates to practicing laboratorians in their own specialty as well as essentials in related areas of laboratory medicine.”Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist, Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital, Singapore


Conference Chair:Dr Lim Soon Thye, Senior Consultant, Head of Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Speaker Faculty:Dr Daryl Tan, Consultant Haematologist, Raffles Cancer Centre, Raffles Hospital, Singapore

Dr Iain Tan, Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Clinical Scientist, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

Dr Joanne Ngeow, Head, Cancer Genetics Service, Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Dr Jeanne Tie, Medical Oncology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Western Hospital, Clinical Research Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

Lew Kuang Yuan, Specialist Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Dr Raymond Ng, Oncologist, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Dr Richard Quek, Deputy Head and Senior Consultant, Program Director, Medical Oncology Residency, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Dr Vivianne Shih Lee Chuen, Pharmacy Department, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

09:40 Welcome address and introduction: Dr Lim Soon Thye, Senior Consultant, Head of Division of

Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

SESSION 1: CANCER GENETICS AND SCREENING Moderator: Dr Lim Soon Thye, Senior Consultant, Head of Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

09:45 Clinical cancer genetics Dr Joanne Ngeow, Head, Cancer Genetics Service, Consultant,

Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

10:15 Cancer screening: Balancing harm vs. good Dr Raymond Ng, Oncologist, Department of Medical Oncology,

National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

10:45 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2: PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT 1Moderator: Dr Lim Soon Thye, Senior Consultant, Head of Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

11:15 Challenges and promise of non-invasive biomarkers in cancer

Dr Jeanne Tie, Medical Oncology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Western Hospital, Clinical Research Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

11:45 Colorectal cancer Dr Iain Tan, Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Cancer

Centre Singapore, Clinical Scientist, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

12:15 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3: PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT 2 Moderator: Dr Lim Soon Thye, Senior Consultant, Head of Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

13:45 Lymphoma Dr Daryl Tan, Consultant Haematologist, Raffles Cancer Centre,

Raffles Hospital, Singapore

14:15 Sarcoma/GIST Dr Richard Quek, Deputy Head and Senior Consultant, Program

Director, Medical Oncology Residency, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

SESSION 4: SUPPORTIVE CARE AND CANCERModerator: Dr Lim Soon Thye, Senior Consultant, Head of Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

14:45 Supportive care Lew Kuang Yuan, Specialist Pharmacist, Department of

Pharmacy, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

15:15 Management of neutropenic fever and the role of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with cancer

Dr Vivianne Shih Lee Chuen, Pharmacy Department, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

15:45 CLOSE OF ONCOLOGY TRACK

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“This congress will provide an enticing blend of perspectives and experiences in the area of translational medicine.”Professor Salvatore Albani, Director, SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Singapore


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