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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

MONDAY

Multidisciplinary Session: Ageing & Alzheimer's
Common Forms of Cognitive Dysfunction in Older People – Prof Leon Flicker 

AACB Concurrent Session: Osteoporosis & Vitamin D
Developments in Osteoporosis - Dr Sam Vasikaran
Vitamin D: Optimum Levels and Treatment Thresholds - Prof Howard Morris
Vitamin D and Autoimmunity - Dr Paul Glendenning

David Curnow Plenary Lecture
Plasma Nucleic Acids as a Platform for Molecular Diagnosis - Prof Dennis Lo

TUESDAY

Multidicisplinary Session: Molecular
Genetics of Hereditary Haemochromatosis – Prof John Olynyk
Ethical and Legal Considerations in Molecular Testing – Dr Nik Zeps

AACB Plenary Sessions
LC-MSMS – Where to From Here? – Prof Stefan Grebe
Laboratory Medicine Support of Pain Management: Beyond Urine Drug Screening - 
Prof Catherine Hammett-Stabler

Sweat Electrolyte Testing Workshop
New CLSI Sweat Testing Guidelines - Dr Ronda Greaves
Site, Staff Training and Competency Assessments - Dr Ronda Greaves
Size and Sources of Sweat Chloride Variability - Ms Heather Robins
Reporting of Sweat Chloride Results - Dr Michael Metz

SRAC Symposium
Endocrine Working Party - Ms Lyn Boscato
Vitamin Working Party - Mrs Kirsten Hoad  

WEDNESDAY

David Rothfield Memorial Oration
Point-of-Care Testing: Disruptive Technologies and Improving Health Outcomes – Dr Chris Price

QC Update - General QAP
Snake Venom Detection QAP - Mr NevilleHerrmann
Novel QA Programs - Proficiency Testing for Security Sensitive Biological Agents - Ms Joanna Gray

Biochemistry QAP
Review of Activities - Ms Janice Gill
Analytical Issues – New Ventures in 2010 - Ms Sue Scott
General Chemistry Diluent Pilot Study - Ms Wendy Carter

Molecular Biology QAP
Haematology Molecular QAP – an overview - Ms Susane Arentz

QAP Report Interpretation
How to Read your QAP Report - Ms Sue Scott
Haematology Reports – an overview - Ms Susan Neville

PoCT/EQA
AACB PoCT QC/QA - Ms Janice Gill
PoCT EQA for HbA1c, ACR & On-site Drug Testing - Ms Janice Gill

Electrophoresis
Paraproteins: the Clinical Approach - Dr Peter Mollee 
Paraproteins in the Immunology QAP - Ms Loretta Wheatland

THURSDAY

Multidisciplinary Session: Oncology
Overview of the New Comprehensive Cancer Centre at SCGH & Holistic Treatments – Prof David Joske

AACB Concurrent Session: EBLM
Commissioning Laboratory Services on the Basis of Evidence - Dr Chris Price 
Can IT Help Us Down the Evidence Based Pathway? -  Dr Andrew Georgiou 

AACB Concurrent Symposium: Endocrinology
Women's Business – Fertility, Infertility and Interpretation - Dr Narelle Hadlow 
Thyroid Tumour Markers – the Old and the New - Dr Stefan Grebe 
Endocrine Causes of Hypertension - Dr Ee Mun Lim