Scientific Committee

“Together with the Labquality Days project team, I am delighted to reveal our high-level scientific topics for 2026.”

Päivi Laitinen, Chair

PhD, EuSpLM, Adjunct Professor

Päivi Laitinen has been the Chair of the Scientific Committee for over five years now. She has diverse experience working in different university hospital laboratories and a central hospital laboratory. In addition to her vast education and experience in clinical biochemistry, she also holds a Master of Health Sciences with a major in healthcare administration. Her national and international activities include memberships in several boards such as the Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry, the European Communities Confederation of Clinical Chemistry (EC4), and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) to mention only a few. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, previously in the area of prenatal screening and more recently she has focused on publications of the EFLM Working Group on Cardiac Makers of which she is the Chair.

“Labquality Days congress in 2026 deepens our knowledge about innovations in health and laboratory technology.”

Dalius Vitkus

PhD, EuSpLM, Associate Professor
University of Vilnius, Lithuania

Dalius Vitkus is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, Head of the Centre of Laboratory Medicine of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Lithuania. Dalius Vitkus is also a Member-at-large of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) and President of the Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine, a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Organization for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM), Chair of the Performance Specification Working Group of EQALM. His scientific interests focus on Quality Management in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, External Quality Assessment (PT/EQA), Enzymes and Protein Biomarkers, and Teaching and Postgraduate Training in Laboratory Medicine.