Scientific Programme
Labquality Days is Northern Europe’s leading congress dedicated to quality in laboratory medicine.
Theme
8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION, COFFEE & EXHIBITION
9:00 OPENING WORDS
9:15 A Smarter Laboratory: How Automation, Clinical Decision Support and AI Shape Our Future, Damien Gruson
9:00 OPENING WORDS
9:15 A Smarter Laboratory: How Automation, Clinical Decision Support and AI Shape Our Future, Damien Gruson
Labquality Days 2027
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Patient Safety
10:10-10:15
Opening of the international programme
10:15-10:55
Getting It Right First Time for Both the Laboratory and the Patient
Martin Myers, United Kingdom
11:25-12:00
Diversity in Reference Intervals and Nondiversity in Decision Limits
Thomas Streichert, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
12:00-13:10
Lunch & exhibition
13:10-13:40
Evaluating Staff Competence using EQA
Marith van Schrojenstein Lantman, SKML, the Netherlands
13:40-14:05
Image-based EQA with Focus on Individual Competence – Lessons Learned from the Equalis Approach
Emilia Svala, Equalis, Sweden
14:05-14:30
Comparison of Pathologists and a Trained Image analysis Algorithm on Labquality Virtual Histopathology EQA
Jonna Pelanti, Labquality, Finland
14:30-15:00
Coffee & exhibition
15:30-16:00
EFLM Initiative on Minimum Retest Intervals
Anna Linko-Parvinen, Turku University Hospital, Finland
16:00-17:00
Panel Discussion
8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION, COFFEE & EXHIBITION
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Use of AI in Everyday Work of Clinical Laboratories
9:15-9:55
A Smarter Laboratory: How Automation, Clinical Decision Support and AI Shape Our Future
Ian Godber, The Association for Laboratory Medicine, United Kingdom
9:55-10:30
SKLM Initiative to Monitor the Clinical and Analytical Quality of Algorithms
Arjen-Kars Boer
10:30-11:05
Utilizing AI in EQA and Laboratory Workflows
Mikko Helenius, Vita Laboratoriot Oy, Finland
11:05-12:30
Lunch & ePoster Session
12:45-13:20
How to Adapt to the Future of Laboratory Medicine – an Attempt at a Prediction
Janne Cadamuro, Dep. of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Salzburg, Austria
13:20-13:55
The Vigilant Guard: AI’s Role in Ensuring Sample Integrity and Patient Safety
Habib Özdemir, Daviva Hospital, Türkiye
14:00-14:15
Coffee & Echibition
14.15-15.00 PLENARY LECTURE
15.00 THE CONGRESS ENDS
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Congress Venue
Labquality Days is held at the Messukeskus Siipi Congress Wing. The venue is located near Pasila railway station, close to Helsinki city centre. It is easy to get there by public transportation from the airport.
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