Past Scientific Meetings

Third Scientific Meeting of The Athena Society - Samos, Greece

September 22 - 25, 2003

General Information

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.

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

2003 Athena Society Delegates

Name	Institution	Country
Paco Alvarez	U of Oviedo	Spain
Tom Annesley	U. of Michigan	USA
Fred Apple	U. of Minnesota	USA
Ed Ashwood	U. of Utah	USA
Eleni T. Bairaktari	U. of Ioannina	Greece
Geza Bodor	U. of Colorado	USA
Dave Bruns	U. of Virginia	USA
Mary Burritt	Mayo Clinic	USA
Larry Demers	Penn State U	USA
Eleftherios Diamandis	U. Of Toronto	Canada
Basil Doumas	Med Coll Wisconsin	USA
Sue Evans	President, AACC	USA
Nate Gochman	Beckman Coulter (ret.)	USA
Ann Gronowski	Washington U.	USA
Kinya Kawano	President, Japanese Assoc. Clin Lab Physicians	Japan
Sophia Kokari	Retired Professor	Greece
Larry Kricka	U of Pennsylvania	USA
Jack Ladenson	Washington U.	USA
Greg Miller	Med Coll Virginia millerg@mail2.vcu.edu	USA
Tom Moyer	Mayo Clinic	USA
Mario Plebani	Padova Hospital	Italy
Nader Rifai	Harvard U.	USA
David Sacks	Harvard U.	USA
Dylan Sacks	Harvard U.	USA
Mitch Scott	Washington U.	USA
Evangelis Spanos	Biomedicine Ltd.	Greece
Greg Tsongalis	Hartford Hospital	USA
Roland Valdes	U. of Louisville	USA
Peter Wilding	U. of Pennsylvania	USA
Emily Winn-Deen	Roche	Athens, Greece
Carl Wittwer	U. of Utah	USA
Oren Zinder	Ramban Med Center	Isreal