Previous Meetings:
1994 - Rhodes
2000 - Spetses
2003 - Samos
Basil Doumas, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Eleftherios Diamandis, M.D., Ph.D., University of Toronto
Jack Ladenson, Ph.D., Washington University
Mitchell Scott, Ph.D., Washington University
Evangelos Spanos, M.D., Biomedicine, S.A., Athens
Special Thanks to Katerina Braliou for her organizational skills and overseeing the local logistics of the meeting. Without her help we would not be here!
| 1830 - 2000 | Reception on Hotel Lawn (cash bar) |
| 2000 | Dinner on Own |
M Scott and E Diamandis
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Unique economic, political, demographic and technologic trends and issues that will shape the future practice of lab medicine in each country/region. Moderator: Mitch Scott |
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| 0920 United Kingdom | Graham Beastall |
| 0930 Italy | Mario Plebani |
| 0940 Australia | Graham Jones |
| 0950 HongKong/China | Dennis Lo |
| 1000 North America | Ana Stankovic |
| 1010 Eastern Europe/Hungary | Rita Horvath |
| 1050 Greece | Evangelos Spanos |
| 1100 Finland | Ulf-Haken Stenman |
| 1110 Israel | Oren Zinder |
| 1120 Developing Nations | Jack Ladenson |
| 1130 | Group Discussion |
| Moderator: Carl Burtis | |
| 1200 State of "Evidence" in the Lab Medicine Literature | Rita Horvath |
| 1220 Do we need journals anymore? | David Bruns |
| 1240 | Group Discussion |
Moderator: Sue Evans
| 1400 Technical/Professional | Tom Moyer |
| 1425 Political/Public Policy Issues | Emily Winn-Deen |
| 1445 | Group Discussion (Both Sessions) |
| "Survival on the Mission to Mars: Columbus had it Easy" |
Jay McDonald |
| Moderator: David Sacks | |
| 1600 Proteomic Discovery | Ulf-Haken Stenman |
| 1620 "Junkomics" | Eleftherios Diamandis |
| 1640 Gene Expression Discovery | Greg Tsongalis |
| 1700 Plasma DNA/RNA testing | Dennis Lo |
| 1720 Molecular Markers for the Masses | Jason Park |
| 1740 | Group Discussion |
| Moderator: Jack Ladenson | |
| 0900 Lipids and inflammation | Nader Rifai |
| 0915 New markers of cardiac risk | Fred Apple |
| 0930 Do we need more? | Al Jaffe |
| 0945 | Group Discussion |
| Moderator: Bob Rej | |
| 1015 How much more quality is there to gain? | Ken Sikaris |
| 1030 When does a patient's value really change? | Graham Jones |
| 1045 QA in the 'omics Era | E. Diamandis |
| 1100 | Group Discussion |
| Moderator: Peter Wilding | |
| 1120 In Reference Labs | Ed Ashwood |
| 1130 In Hospitals | Greg Miller |
| 1140 On A Chip | Larry Kricka |
| 1150 At Starbucks | Ann Gronowski |
Purpose: To Brainstorm the future of clinical chemistry and its future role in health care.
Scope: A meeting of individuals interested and knowledgeable in laboratory medicine. Not a meeting of organizations or National/Regional interests.
Outcome: Insightful views of the future of science, technology, education and service in clinical chemistry. These views may provide the basis for appropriate publication and/or dissmeniation to National and/or other organizations.
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Name |
Photo |
Spouse Photo |
Institution |
Country |
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Fred & Jan Apple |
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U of Minnesota |
USA |
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Ed Ashwood & Candice Johnson |
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U of Utah |
USA |
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Eleni Bairaktari |
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U of Ioannina |
Greece |
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Katerina Braliou |
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BIOMEDICINE S.A. |
Greece |
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Graham & Judith Beastall |
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North Glasgow Univ |
UK |
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Geza Bodor |
U of Colorado |
USA |
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Carlo Brugnara |
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Harvard U |
USA |
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Dave & Liz Bruns |
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U of Virginia |
USA |
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Carl & Marvel Burtis |
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Oak Ridge Natl Lab |
USA |
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Katerina Dakou-Voutetaki |
BIOMEDICINE S.A. (Guest) |
Greece |
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Larry & Susan Demers |
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Penn State U |
USA |
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Eleftherios & Anastasia Diamandis |
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U of Toronto |
Canada |
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Basil & Maria Doumas |
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Med Coll Wisc (Emer.) |
USA |
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Dick & Sue Evans |
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BioDecisions, Inc. |
USA |
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Nate & Elaine Gochman |
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Beckman-Coulter (Rt.) |
USA |
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Scott & Ann Gronowski |
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Washington U |
USA |
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Rita Horvath |
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U of Szeged |
Hungary |
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Al Jaffe |
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Mayo Clinic |
USA |
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Graham Jones |
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St. Vincents |
Australia |
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Larry & Barbara Kricka |
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U of Penn |
USA |
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Jack & Ruth Ladenson |
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Washington U |
USA |
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Dennis & Alice Lo |
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Chinese U Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
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Jay & Sarah McDonald |
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UAB |
USA |
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Greg & Gail Miller |
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Med Coll Virginia |
USA |
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Vivi Moutsatsou |
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Univ of Athens |
Greece |
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Tom & Dianne Moyer |
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Mayo Clinic |
USA |
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Jason Park & Theresa Chung |
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U of Penn |
USA |
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Mario Plebani & Maria Chiozza |
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Padova Hospital |
Italy |
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Robert Rej |
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NY State Health Lab |
USA |
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Nader Rifai |
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Harvard U |
USA |
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David Sacks & Beth Merachnik |
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Harvard U |
USA |
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Mitch & Barbara Scott |
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Washington U |
USA |
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Ken Sikaris & Katherine Cook |
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Melbourne Pathology |
Australia |
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Evangelos & Mahi Spanos |
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BIOMEDICINE S.A. |
Greece |
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Serge & Ana Stankovic |
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BD Diagnostics |
USA |
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Ulf-Haken & Ingrid Stenman |
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Helsinki University |
Finland |
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Greg Tsongalis |
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Dartmouth U |
USA |
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Peter & Audrey Wilding |
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U of Penn (Emeritus) |
USA |
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Ron & Emily Winn-Deen |
Cepheid Corp. |
USA |
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Oren & Chanita Zinder |
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Ramban Medical Ctr. |
Israel |
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