2026 Non-infectious Serology Symposium - Programme

08:40 – 09:10	Registration with mini breakfast
09:10 – 10:20	Part 1.
Chairs: Michel Langlois (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium) Sylvia Broeders (Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium)
09:10 – 09:20	Welcome and practical info Sylvia Broeders (Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium)
09:20 – 09:50	Career overview Martine Vercammen Michel Langlois (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium) Xavier Bossuyt (KU Leuven, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
09:50 – 10:10	FLC in blood Martine Vercammen (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium)
10:10 – 10:20	Questions
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee break + Sponsors visit
10:50 – 12:00	Part 2.
Chairs: Louis Nevejan (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) Laurence Lutteri (University Hospital Liège, Liège, Belgium)
10:50 – 11:10	Integrating Mass Spectrometry into Clinical M-protein Assessment for Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Louis Nevejan (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
11:10 – 11:50	Beyond Cut-offs: Using Likelihood Ratio's in Everyday Clinical Practice Sofie Schouwers (ZAS, Antwerp, Belgium) Lieve Van Hoovels (AZORG, Aalst, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) Xavier Bossuyt (KU Leuven, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) Martine Vercammen (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium) Louis Nevejan (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) Matthijs Oyaert (Ghent University, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium)
11:50 – 12:00	Questions
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch + Sponsors visit
13:00 – 14:10	Part 3.
Chairs: Xavier Bossuyt (KU Leuven, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) Lieve Van Hoovels (AZORG, Aalst, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
13:00 – 13:20	Repeated anti-ENA testing in ANA-associated rheumatic diseases Carolien Bonroy (Ghent University, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium) Jan Damoiseaux (Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
13:20 – 13:40	Role of the laboratory in the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathies: focus on anti-ganglioside antibodies Matthijs Oyaert (Ghent University, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium)
13:40 – 14:00	Results of the EASI myositis survey: laboratory and clinical perspective Carolien Bonroy (Ghent University, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium) Jan Damoiseaux (Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
14:00 – 14:10	Questions
14:10 – 14:35	Coffee break + Sponsors visit
14:35 – 16:00	Part 4.
Chairs: Matthijs Oyaert (Ghent University, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium) Sofie Schouwers (ZAS, Antwerp, Belgium)
14:35 – 15:05	Comparing the performance of a newly developed anti-dsDNA antibody 6-plex assay with other anti-dsDNA antibody detection methods: Farr-RIA, CLIA, EliA and ELISA Maaike Cockx (KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
15:05 – 15:20	Autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes Laurence Lutteri (University Hospital Liège, Liège, Belgium)
15:20 – 15:50	Failure of immunoassays to detect autoantibodies: immunoprecipitation – mass spectrometry to the rescue Xavier Bossuyt (KU Leuven, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
15:50 – 16:00	Questions
16:00	Closing
16:00 – 16:10	Closing Sylvia Broeders (Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium)