PHYSICAL MEETING
Event Programme Sponsors

Chairpersons:
Laurence Lutteri - Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Liège, Liège, Belgium
Michel Langlois - Department of Laboratory Medicine, AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium

08:30 – 09:05 Registration with mini breakfast
09:05 – 09:10 Welcome
09:10 – 09:30 An overview and perspectives of NIS EQA
Sylvia Broeders (Sciensano, Quality of laboratories, Brussels, Belgium)
09:30 – 09:55 Detection of antinuclear antibodies: recommendations from EFLM, EASI and ICAP: clinical and methodological aspects including automated microscopy
Carolien Bonroy (Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium)
09:55 – 10:20 Detection of antinuclear antibodies: recommendations from EFLM, EASI and ICAP: QA & verification, a practical approach
Martine Vercammen (Department of Laboratory Medicine, AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium)
10:20 – 10:30 Questions
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break + Sponsors visit
11:00 – 11:30 LR in autoimmune diagnostics: basic principles
Xavier Bossuyt (Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
11:30 – 11:50 LR: Results of the 2023 survey and practical implementation in the lab
Sofie Schouwers (Department of Laboratory Medicine, GZA Hospitals/ZAS, Antwerp, Belgium)
11:50 – 12:00 Questions
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch + Sponsors visit
13:00 – 13:25 APS new classification criteria and daily practice in laboratory diagnosis of APS
Katrien Devreese (Coagulation Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)
13:25 – 13:50 Method comparison in Antiphospholipid antibody measurement
Lieve Van Hoovels (Department of Laboratory Medicine, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
13:50 – 14:00 Questions
14:00 – 14:30 Coffee break + Sponsors visit
14:30 – 14:55 Update on auto-immune serology in myositis
Jan Damoiseaux (Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
14:55 – 15:20 Auto-immune serology in interstitial lung disease diagnostics
Valerie Adam (Department of Pneumology, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium; Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
15:20 – 15:50 New antibodies and the role of IP-MS in routine diagnostics
Jean-Baptiste Vulsteke (Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
15:50 Questions and Closing

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