20 th IFCC-EFLM European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 45 th Congress of the Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC) PRE-CONGRESS SATELLITE MEETINGS May 18 th, 2013 The quality of molecular methods in the age of personalized medicine Florence, Italy in cooperation with Department of Clinical Physiopathology University of Florence Programme
20 th IFCC-EFLM European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 45 th Congress of the Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC) PRE-CONGRESS SATELLITE MEETINGS May 18 th, 2013 The quality of molecular methods in the age of personalized medicine Florence, Italy in cooperation with Department of Clinical Physiopathology University of Florence 1
David Barton Dublin, Ireland (EMQN) Stephane Berghmans Liège, France (ESF) Angela Brand Maastricht, Holland (PHGEN) Els Dequeker Leuven, Belgium (Eurogenetest/ESP) Adriano Henney Heidelberg, Germany (ESF) Roberta Madej Sunnyvale, CA, US (CLSI ) Michael Neumaier Mannheim, Germany (DGKL) Uwe Oelmueller Germany (QIAGEN) CHAIRS & SPEAKERS Mario Pazzagli Florence, Italy (EFLM) Francois Rousseau Quebec City, Canada (CanGèneTest) Jesus Rueda Bruxelles, Belgium (EDMA) Heinz Schimmel Geel, Belgium (European Commission-JRC-IRMM) Gerard Siest Nancy, France (ESPT) Giorgio Stanta Italy (IMPACTS-OECI-ESP) Paola Turano Florence, Italy (CERM) Kurt Zatloukal Graz, Austria (ITFOM) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Mario Pazzagli, Italy Chair Sverre Sandberg, Norway Chair of the Science Committee EFLM Heniz Schimmel, Belgium Member of the European Commission-JRC-IRMM Francesca Torricelli, Italy Head of the Genetics Clinical Laboratory, AOU Careggi, Florence Gerard Siest, France President ESPT Adriano Henney, Germany European Science Foundation 2 Florence, Italy - May 18 th, 2013
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME May 18 th, 2013 Aims Ensuring quality in laboratory practice requires a quality management system that includes both internal and external processes as indicated in national and international guidelines. For molecular methods the current quality assurance framework is mainly focused on monitoring the performance of well-established nucleic acids technologies and the detection of limited sequence variations for one or a small panel of genes. The rapid development of new technologies has now opened the door to address the full complexity of the factors that will contribute to an individual s disease susceptibility and disease characteristics. These technologies allow massive parallel testing using next generation sequencing, array technologies, NMR, mass spectrometry and others in combination with highly sophisticated software algorithms. They will allow the detection of a multitude of sequence variations, gene expression levels, proteomic and metabolomic patterns as the analytical basis for personalized medicine, first applications of which can be already seen in Oncology, Pharmacogenetics and Theranostics. Because of this higher level of complexity of potential actionable health information, it is necessary to implement new approaches of quality assessment to adequately monitor the performance of these new technologies. Scientific Societies acting in the area of Laboratory Medicine (IFCC, EFLM, ESPT, DGKL), International organizations (CDC, CLSI, ESF, IRMM, CERM), and representatives of International Projects and Networks (SPIDIA, PHGEN, ITFOM, EUROGENTEST, EMQN, CanGeneTest, IMPACTS, RfB) will present at the Meeting their view on the role of Molecular Methods in Personalized Medicine and how to monitor the quality to allow the clinical use of these new diagnostics. 08:00-09:00 Registration 09:00-10:45 Session I INTRODUCING PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN HEALTH CARE AND LABORATORY MEDICINE Chairman: M. Neumaier (Mannheim, Germany) 09:00 Welcome M. Pazzagli (Florence, Italy) 09:15 A Forward Look on Personalized Medicine S. Berghmans (Liège, France) 09:45 Impact of Personalized Medicine on Health Care System A. Brand (Maastrich, Holland) 10:15 Internationally Harmonized Quality Criteria for Biological Samples and Data: the Cornerstone for the Advancement of Personalized Medicine K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) 10:45 Coffee break Florence, Italy - May 18 th, 2013 3
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME May 18 th, 2013 11:15-13:00 Session II REFERENCE MATERIALS, REFERENCE METHODS AND PT/EQA PROGRAMMES Chairman: A. Henney (Heidelberg, Germany) 11:15 Reference Materials: Conceptual Considerations for a Rapidly Changing Field H. Schimmel (Geel, Belgium) 11:45 Reference Methods for Sequencing Analysis F. Rousseau (Laval, France) 12:15 Planning EQA programmes for Personalized Medicine M. Neumaier (Mannheim, Germany) 12:45 Implementation of a PT/EQA Programme for Next Generation Sequencing D. Barton (Dublin, Ireland) 13:15 Lunch 14:15-15:15 Session II (continuation) REFERENCE MATERIALS, REFERENCE METHODS AND PT/EQA PROGRAMMES Chairman: S. Berghmans (Liège, France) 14:15 PT/EQA Schemes for Oncology Biomarkers: a Necessity for Quality of Care E. Dequeker (Leuven, Belgium) 14:45 New Validation Approaches to improve Quality in Metabolomic Analyses P. Turano (Florence, Italy) 15:15 Coffee Break 4 Florence, Italy - May 18 th, 2013
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME May 18 th, 2013 15:45-16:45 Session III GUIDELINES Chairman: F. Rousseau (Laval, France) 15:45 CLSI Guidelines for Molecular Methods: are They Suitable for Personalized Laboratory Medicine? R. Madej (Sunnyvale, CA US) 16:15 Standardization of the Preanalytical Phase for Molecular Methods U. Oelmueller (Germany) 16:45-18:15 Session IV NEEDS/REQUIREMENTS FROM SOCIETIES/INDUSTRY Chairman: J. Rueda (Bruxelles, Belgium), M. Pazzagli (Florence, Italy) Participants: Gerard Siest (Nancy, France) European Society of Pharmacogenomics and Theranostics (ESPT) Jesus Rueda (Bruxelles, Belgium) European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA) Giorgio Stanta (Italy) European Network on Archive Tissues (IMPACTS-OECI-ESP) Mario Pazzagli (Florence, Italy) European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) 18:15-18:30 Concluding remarks Mario Pazzagli (Florence, Italy) Florence, Italy - May 18 th, 2013 5
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