Sixth Meeting of the Athena Society
September 9 - 13, 2012

 
The Romanos
Costa Navarino
Messinia, Greece
Tel: +30 272-309-6000

Program and Agenda

2012 - Messinia

• General Information
• Program and Agenda
• Attendees

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2012 Organizers:

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Program and Agenda

Sunday, September 9

19:00 - 20:30	Reception - The Romanos Pool, Costa Navarino
20:30	Dinner on Own

Monday, September 10

08:45 Welcome and Purpose of Meeting

M Scott and E Diamandis

09:00 Economic and Demographic Challenge in Healthcare
and Laboratory Medicine (10 min. presentation)

Moderator: S. Evans

Viewpoint 1	G. Jones
Viewpoint 2	G. Beastall
Viewpoint 3	D. Lo
Viewpoint 4	E. Ashwood

10:00 Break

10:30 How to meet these Challenges (5 min. presentations)

Moderator: B. Doumas

	Panelists:
	E. Diamandis
	M. Plebani
	I. Young
	J. McDonald

11:00 -€“ 11:45 Discussion

11:45 Break

12:00 Challenges in Laboratory Medicine Information
Dissemination and Management (10 min. presentations)

Moderator: R. Horvarth

Publication / Journal Challenges	N. Rifai
Information Dissemination Challenges	A. Saenger
When you should believe the literature?	P. Bossuyt

12:30 Discussion

Moderator: R. Horvarth

13:15 Special Presentation

Royal Jelly: The Elixir of Youth

V. Moutsatsou

13:30 Lunch on Own

19:00 Pre-Dinner Talk (Hotel Meeting Room)

"Predictive Medicine"

E. Diamandis

19:00 Feature Film ("Eurotroubles") and Reception

20:00 Dinner at Flame Restaurant, Navarino Dunes

Tuesday September 11

09:00 The New Fruit - Whole Genome Sequencing (10 min. presentations)

Moderator: J. Ladenson
Why should I have my whole genome sequenced	G. Tsongalis
Why should I NOT have my whole genome sequenced	S. Asa
Why should I have my fetus or newborn genome sequenced	D. Lo
GWAS or GWHAT?	S. Ezzat

09:45 - 10:30 Discussion

Moderator: S. Master

10:30 Break

11:00 More New Fruit

Moderator: E. Diamandis

Cancer proteomics initiative – why?	M. Scott
Mass spectrometry in toxicology - what is new?	T. Moyer
Mass spectrometry in microbiology - a game changer?	H. Vaidya

11:45 - 12:30 Discussion

Moderator: T. Moyer

12:30 Lunch

20:00 Dinner - Taverna Argyris in Marathos

Hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Spanos

Wednesday, September 12

09:00 Challenges in Screening and Risk Stratification (10 min. presentations)

Moderator: G. Miller

• Let's screen for prostate cancer

  - NO	A. Gronowski
  - YES	U-H Stenman

• Let's screen for tumor resurrence and prognosis (CTC)

  - NO	T. Amukele
  - YES	S. Haymond

09:45 - 10:30 Discussion

Moderator: S. Evans

10:30 Break

11:00 Are Biomarkers for Cardiac Risk Better than the Framingham Score?

Moderator: A. Saenger

- YES	A. Jaffe
- NO	F. Apple

11:30 - 1215 Discussion

12:30 - 19:00 Box Lunch: Group Trip to Nestor's Castle and Pylos

19:30 Dinner on Own

Thursday, September 13

09:00 SUMMARY and CONSENSUS?

Moderator: G. Bodor

1. Economic Challenges - G. Miller
2. Information Challenges - A. Horvarth
3. Whole Genome Sequencing - S. Master
4. Clinical Proteomics - A. Stankovic
5. Screening - G. Jones
6. Cardiac - J.Ladenson

11:00 Adjourn

12:30 Departures and Bus Leaves for Athens

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2012 Athena Society Delegates

Name	Photo	With guest	Institution	Country
Tim Amukele			The Johns Hopkins Hospital	USA
Fred & Jan Apple			University of Minnesota	USA
Ed Ashwood & Candace Johnson			University of Utah	USA
Eleni Bairaktari			University of Ioannina	Greece
Graham & Judith Beastall			Glasgow Royal Infirmary	Scotland
Geza Bodor			University of Colorado/VA Med Center	USA
Patrick Bossuyt			University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
Eleftherios & Anastasia Diamandis			Mt. Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto	Canada
Basil & Maria Doumas			Medical College Wisconsin	USA
Sue Evans			Agencourt/Beckman Coulter	USA
Shereen Ezzat & Sylvia Asa			Mt. Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto	Canada
Ann Gronowski			Washington University	USA
Shannon Haymond			Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL	USA
Rita Horvarth			Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney	Australia
Al Jaffe			Mayo Clinic	USA
Graham Jones			St. Vincent's Hospital	Australia
Eva Kassi			University of Athens	Greece
Jack & Ruth Ladenson			Washington University	USA
Dennis & Alice Lo			Chinese Univ of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Despina Makri			Roche Molecular Diagnostics	Greece
Stephen Master			University of Pennsylvania	USA
Jay McDonald			University of Alabama Birmingham	USA
Greg & Gail Miller			Virginia Commonwealth University	USA
Vivi Moutsatsou			University of Athens	Greece
Thomas & Diane Moyer			Mayo Clinic	USA
Mario & Maria Plebani			University Hospital of Padova	Italy
Nader Rifai			Children's Hospital, Boston, MA	USA
Amy Saenger & Husband			Mayo Clinic	USA
Mitchell & Barbara Scott			Washington University	USA
Evangelos & Mahi Spanos			Biomedicine S.A.	Greece
Ana Stankovic			BD Diagnostics	USA
Ulf-Haken Stenman			Helsinki University	Finland
Litsa Talieri			Saint Savas Hospital	Greece
Gregory Tsongalis & Wife			Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	USA
Hemant Vaidya & Wife			University of California	USA
Ian & Joanne Young			Queens University, Belfast	Ireland