Symposium Program

ISLH 2026 Educational Content

Educational Program

The ISLH Annual Meeting is a 3 day conference preceded by a one-day educational workshop.
  Thu - Apr 16      Fri - Apr 17      Sat - Apr 18      Sun - Apr 19   


Sunday, April 19th

8:00 - 8:30 AM
BREAK: MORNING COFFEE / EXHIBITS
Lennox Suite (Level -2)
8:00 - 8:15 AM
MEETING: BUSINESS MEETING
Pentland Auditorium (Level 3)
8:30 - 10:00 AM
CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 8: IRON METABOLISM & DISORDERS
Chair/Organizer: Kees Harteveld, Jessica Opie
Fintry (Level 3)

8:30
Novel Insights in the diagnosis of Iron Deficiency Anemia
Dorine Swinkels. Radboud University medical center, Nijmegen and Sanquin Blood Bank, Amsterdam

9:00
Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia
Natalia Scaramellini. SC Medicina ad Indirizzo Metabolico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano

9:30
Iron overload: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and monitoring
Antonis Kattamis. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 9: HEMATOLOGY ASSAYS - SET THEM RIGHT. GET THEM RIGHT.
Chair/Organizer: Barbara De la Salle, Swati Pai
Pentland Auditorium (Level 3)

8:30
Internal Audits in Integrated Labortatories
Wolfgang Kern. MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory

9:00
Pitffalls in standardisation of NGS assays
Manja Meggendorfer. MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany

9:30
Laboratory developed tests in haemostasis - when and how to validate
Christopher Gardiner. St James' University Hospital, Leeds
10:00 - 10:45 AM
BREAK: COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITS
Lennox Suite (Level -2)
10:45 - 11:45 AM
PLENARY SESSION: API SPECIAL PLENARY: READING AI IN PATHOLOGY: WHAT THE METHODS AND METRICS REALLY MEAN
Chair/Organizer: Amrom Obstfeld, Ian Mackie
Pentland Auditorium (Level 3)

10:45
Setting the Stage
David McClintock. Mayo Clinic

11:10
How to Read AI Papers - Clinically and Technically
Clare McGenity. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

11:35
Panel Q&A
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12:00 - 1:00 PM
CORPORATE WORKSHOP: CORPORATE LUNCH WORKSHOP - 300K SOLUTIONS
Tinto (Level 0)

Drying After Freezing:
Rethinking Sample Preservation for Modern Biomedical Workflows
Applications for lyophilized blood-derived samples in the Hematology laboratory


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CORPORATE WORKSHOP: CORPORATE LUNCH WORKSHOP - BECKMAN COULTER
Kilsyth (Level 0)

MDW, Sepsis, Dysregulated Immunity and Beyond

Welcome - Elena Sukhacheva, PhD Medical Director Beckman Coulter
Diagnostic Performance of MDW for Infection Detection in Critically Ill Patients - Sandra Ramos Saez, MD
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1:15 - 2:45 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 10: BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL: UNCOMMON CYTOMETRY UTILIZATION AND NEW SPECTRAL HORIZON
Chair/Organizer: John Frater, Alexa Siddon
Fintry (Level 3)

1:15
Spectral flow cytometry in clinical practice: Fit-for-purpose assay design for specific clinical applications
Mikael Roussel. University Hospital Rennes

1:45
Designing structural and functional assays for platelet flow studies
Janos Kappelmayer. Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary

2:15
Spectral flow cytometry in clinical practice: Decision making strategies for best utilization
Alan Dunlop. Royal Marsden Hospital NHS FT

2:45
Closing Remarks
John Frater.

CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 11: RARE HEMOSTASIS DISORDERS
Chair/Organizer: Swati Pai, Chee Wee Tan
Pentland Auditorium (Level 3)

1:15
Testing for non-severe heritable platelet function disorders
Sarah Westbury. University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

1:45
Investigating Patients for Bleeding Disorders When Most of the Usual Ones Have Been Ruled Out
Dino Mehic. Medical University of Vienna

2:15
Rebalancing agents for hemophilia treatment
Quentin Van Thillo. University Hospitals Leuven

2:45
Closing Remarks
Chee Wee Tan.