Bringing Digital Pathology to Life

Pathology Visions Europe 2006 Schedule Overview

• Tuesday, November 7, 2006
• Wednesday, November 8, 2006

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Breakfast

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM

♦ Welcome/Open Conference Peter Rogan, Aperio, and Phil Quirke, University of Leeds

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

♦ The Road to Digital Pathology Dirk Soenksen, Aperio

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

♦ Managing A High Throughput Diverse Slide Scanning Service - The Leeds Experience Fraser Lewis and Gemma Casali, University of Leeds

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

♦ How Telepathology Fits into a Digital Pathology World Dirk Soenksen and Steven Hashagen, Aperio

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

♦ Digital Pathology Practices at NKI Hugo Horlings, The Netherlands Cancer Institute

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

♦ Virtual Microscopy. A Tipping Point in Pathology Peter Hamilton, Queen's University, Belfast

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Lunch

12:50 PM - 1:20 PM

♦ Virtual Images in the Australian Quality Assurance Program Margaret Dimech, RCPAQAP

1:20 PM - 1:50 PM

♦ Use of Digital Slides for the Delivery of External Quality Assurance Histopathology Schemes in the UK Environment, Sean Costello, SlidePath

1:50 PM - 2:20 PM

♦ Intelligent Retrieval in Digital Pathology Martin Stuart, Aperio

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Break

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM

♦ Studying The Diagnostic Process Using Virtual Slides Darren Treanor, University of Leeds

2:55 PM - 3:25 PM

♦ The Experience of the Virtual Slide in Lombardia (Italy) Agostino Faravelli, University of Milano, Desio Hospital

3:25 PM - 3:55 PM

♦ Where Can We Go with Image Analysis? Allen Olson, Aperio

3:55 PM - 4:25 PM

♦ Virtual Microscopy - A Dual Role in Trainee Education and Quality Assurance Dr. Richard Williams, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

4:25 PM - 5:15 PM

Demonstration Gallery Open

5:15 - 7:30 PM

Break

7:30PM

Cocktails/Dinner at 8

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast/Demonstration Gallery Open

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

♦ Harnessing the Power of Spectrum Ole Eichhorn, Aperio

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

♦ Where Is the Human Protein Resource Project Standing Right Now? Challenges, Goals, and Needs, Caroline Kampf, Uppsala University

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

♦ Pattern Recognition in Digital Pathology Ole Eichhorn, Aperio

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Break

10:50AM - 11:20 AM

♦ An Application of Scanning Microscopy to Automate Cytology Nikolai Ptitsyn, Microsharp Corp.

11:20 AM - 11:50 AM

♦ Automatic quantification of tumor vascularization using virtual slides Bruno Laÿ, ADCIS Company

11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

♦ 11:50 AM 12:20 PM 00:30 Integration of Virtual Slides in Clinical Work, Education, and Quality Assurance in Pathology Marcial Rojo, Hospital General de Ciudad Real

12:20 PM - 1:10 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

♦ Applications in Clinical Trials Towards Evidence Based Pathology Phil Quirke, University of Leeds

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

♦ FDA Approval for Digital Pathology Martin Stuart, Aperio

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

♦ Multi-site and Third Party Healthcare IT Interfaces Ole Eichhorn, Aperio

2:30 PM - 2:40 PM

Break

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM

♦ Object-Oriented Image Analysis for Automated Pathology. Presence and Future. Dr. Martin Baatz, Definiens

3:10 PM - 3:40 PM

♦ Aperio Product Roadmap Dirk Soenksen, Aperio

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM

Conference Wrap Up