Bringing Digital Pathology to Life

Pathology Visions 2006 Schedule Overview

Main meeting sessions take place in either the Monte Carlo or St. Tropez ballrooms.

Solutions Gallery sessions are smaller, more intimate sessions (limited to 15) held in the Solutions Gallery theater (Portofino/Marseilles Room). Each Solutions Gallery session is run once on Monday and then repeated on Tuesday.

• Monday, October 9, 2006
• Tuesday, October 10, 2006

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Monday, October 9, 2006

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

• Welcome/The Road to Digital Pathology Dirk Soenksen, Aperio

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

• Keynote Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP Today

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Break/Solutions Gallery Open

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

• Computer Assisted Education at U of Iowa Using Virtual Slides Fred Dee, U of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

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

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

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

• Tissue Microarrays and Cancer Immunoprotemics: Strategy for Quantitation Stan Krajewski, the Burnham Institute

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

• Virtual Slides at the AFIP--Reinventing Consultation and Education Bruce Williams, AFIP

• Practical Applications of Image Analysis in Drug Development Frank Voelker, Novartis

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch/Solutions Gallery Open

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

• A Review of Whole Slide Imaging Clinical Trials at UPMC Jonhan Ho, UPMC

• Incorporating Digital Pathology into Education Norbert Schuster, Aperio

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

• Star Wars of Virtual Slides Keith Kaplan, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

• Automated Image Analysis and Multispectral Imaging for Immunochemistry Michael Feldman, University of Pennsylvania

• Solutions Gallery Session: What is Spectrum? Sue Schmitt, Aperio

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

• Intelligent Retrieval in Digital Pathology Sue Schmitt, Aperio

• Object-oriented Image Analysis for Automated Pathology, Presence and Future Martin Baatz, Definiens

• Solutions Gallery Session: Education Applications Norbert Schuster, Aperio

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• Virtual Slides and the Adoption of Model System Atlases Keith Cheng, Penn State

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Break/Solutions Gallery Open

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM

• Whole-slide Analysis of Both Brightfield and Fluorescence Images Using ImagePro Plus Macros in ImageScope James Jonkman, Princess Margaret Hospital

• Internet-Enabled High-Resolution Brain Mapping and Virtual Microscopy Shawn Mikula, UC Davis

• Solutions Gallery Session: Solutions for Automating Digital Slide Workflow Sue Schmitt, Aperio

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

• Value of Properly Prepared Histology Slides for Digital Slide Creation, Viewing, & Analysis Liz Chlipala, Premier Laboratory

• Virtual Laboratory for Learning Histology & Histopathology Bob Ogilvie, Medical University of South Carolina

• Solutions Gallery Session: Aperio Image Analysis Solutions Allen Olson, Aperio

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

• Panel: Future of Image Analysis in Clinical Diagnosis

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Solutions Gallery Open

6:15 PM

Depart for Dinner

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

7:30 AM 8:30 AM

Breakfast/Solutions Gallery Opens 7:45

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

• Harnessing the Power of Spectrum Ole Eichhorn, Aperio

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

• Opportunities for Digital Pathology in Hospital Systems Kathy Zirker-Smith, Aperio

9:10 AM - 9:55 AM

Break/Solutions Gallery Open

9:55 AM - 10:25 AM

• Advances in Region-of-Interest-Based Query for Histopathology Ulysses Balis, University of Michigan

• Multi Site Support/SaaS Ole Eichhorn, Aperio

10:25 AM - 10:55 AM

• Is Digital Slide Technology (DST) The New Frontier in Medical Laboratory Science? Karim Bandali, Michener Institute

• FDA Approval for Digital Pathology Holger Lange, Aperio

• Solutions Gallery Session: Working with Spectrum Information Manager Sue Schmitt, Aperio

10:55 AM - 11:25 AM

• A System for Training in Diagnostic Pathology James Diamond, Queen's University, Belfast

• ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) Storage Strategies for Digital Pathology George Miller, IBM Healthcare Solutions

• Solutions Gallery Session: Aperio Image Analysis Solutions Allen Olson, Aperio

11:25 AM - 11:55 AM

• Interfacing with LIS and Other Healthcare IT Systems Ole Eichhorn, Aperio

• Solutions Gallery Session: Solutions for Automating Digital Slide Workflow Sue Schmitt, Aperio

11:55 AM - 12:55 PM

Lunch/Solutions Gallery Open

12:55 PM - 1:15 PM

• Panel: Adoption of Digital Pathology in Education

• Solutions Gallery Session: What is Spectrum? Sue Schmitt, Aperio

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

• Issues of Quantitation of Prognostic Markers in Tumors Ed Barker, Medical Laboratory Associates

• Digital Microscopy at the University of Michigan School of Medicine Lloyd Stoolman, University of Michigan

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

• Pattern Recognition in Digital Pathology Cindy Perz, Aperio

• PACS and Whole-Slide Imaging Joseph Biegel, McKesson Imaging

• Education Applications Norbert Schuster, Aperio

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Break/Solutions Gallery Open

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

• Aperio Product Roadmap Kevin Whiteley and Nick DeNicholas, Aperio

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

• Customer Roundtable and Feedback Ole Eichhorn and Anne Brumme, Aperio, to Moderate

• Solutions Gallery Open

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

• Panel: IT Challenges of Digital Pathology

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Conference Wrap Up

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Solutions Gallery Open