Zentrum für Labormedizin

Autumn Meeting 2013 of the Swiss Cytometry Society and EuroFlow Educational Workshop

Conference Venue

Location

Kantonsspital AarauHaus 1, Hörsaal (Auditorium)CH-5001 Aarau

Accommodation

Sorell Hotel AarauerhofBahnhofplatz 2 CH-5000 AarauT +41 (0) 62 837 83 00 F +41 (0) 62 837 84 00admin@aarauerhof.ch www.aarauerhof.ch

Sponsors

Social Event and Apéro Riche

Aargauer KunsthausAargauerplatzCH-5001 AarauT +41 (0) 62 835 23 30www.aargauerkunsthaus.ch

The social event will take place at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, which hosts the most important public collection of Swiss art from the 18th century to the present. The social evening starts with a welcome drink at the foyer at 7.00pm, after which you have the possibility to join a guided tour through the collection before enjoying the «apéro riche»-dinner starting around 8.30pm.

November 28-29, 2013Hörsaal, Haus 1Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Aarau, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Jacques J.M. van DongenDepartment of ImmunologyErasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Alberto OrfaoDepartment of MedicineCancer Research CenterUniversity of Salamanca, Spain

Gabriel Trujillo CytognosSalamanca, Spain

Ing. J.G. te Marvelde Department of ImmunologyErasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Juan Flores Montero Department of Medicine, Cancer Research Center, University of Salamanca, Spain

Dr. Tomas Kalina Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Charles University,Prague, Czech Republic

Dr. Hana GlierFACS/Stammzell-LaborZentrum für LabormedizinKantonsspital AarauSwitzerland

Pablo PeñalosaCytognosSalamanca, Spain

Dr. Alfonso BlancoUniversity College DublinDublin, Ireland

Registration Fee2 days: 200 CHF (SCS members: 170 CHF)1 day: 150 CHF (SCS members: 130 CHF)Social Event and Dinner: 70 CHF

Conference LanguageEnglish

CreditsSGH:11, SGAI: 10, FAMH: 9

Speakers

Board of the Swiss Cytometry Society (SCS)Dr. Paula C. FernandezPresident of the SCSTel: +41 (0) 62 838 55 59Email: paula.fernandez@cytometry.ch

Andrea MingFACS/Stammzell-LaborZentrum für LabormedizinKantonsspital AarauFAX: +41 (0) 62 838 53 99Email: administration.scs@cytometry.ch

Organizing Committee Registration/Information

Teachers

Travel information

Airport ZürichTake the train to Aarau (ca. 44-52 min; info: www.sbb.ch). The train station is located in the underground of the Zürich Airport.

EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgTake the bus in front of the Airport to Basel SBB train station (ca. 23 min bus ride). Take the train to Aarau (ca. 35-41min; info for both rides: www.sbb.ch)

Parking space is available (but limited) at the hospital car park for 25 CHF/day.

The train station Aarau is located within 7 min walking distance from the hospital Kantonsspital Aarau. The walk will be signposted.

This year’s Autumn Meeting has such an extraordinary agenda, that the

meeting has been extended to two days in order to schedule this full and

exciting program.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide an overview of important aspects

of a standardized approach in flow cytometry – presented are the ratio-

nale, relevant aspects and results of the comprehensive standardization

and innovation effort of the EuroFlow consortium, a scientific working

group of the European Hematology Association.

Lectures and practical workshops of this meeting complement each

other, spanning the immunophenotyping process from instrument set-up

through data-analysis to future strategies and their implementation in

patient care.

Exciting progress has been made in the field – and in keeping abreast with

progress we all are confronted with the same challenges:

New equipment, new colors and new panels – all need to be evaluated

and implemented into routine diagnostics.

The lessons learned – and presented at this meeting - from tackling

exactly these issues will be of value to all of us - as they are independent of

platform, equipment and reagents used. We hope you will find helpful

suggestions, exchange experiences and get involved in discussions with

colleagues and experts.

The program is aimed to be of interest to all different professional groups

working in this field – and we hope you will find within this program a topic

of interest to you.

We look forward to meeting you at this exciting meeting!

Paula Fernandez

President of the Swiss Cytometry Society

Dear SCS members and colleagues Program: Thursday, 28 November 2013 Program: Friday, 29 November 2013

Hörsaal, Haus 1

09.00–09.50 h Registration and coffee

10.00–10.05 h Welcome and Introduction (Paula Fernandez)

10.05–10.35 h Plenary Lectures, Session 1 Achievements of the EuroFlow™ Consortium (Prof. Dr. Jacques J.M. van Dongen)

10.35–11.05 h Tools in Flow Cytometric Data Analysis (Gabriel Trujillo)

11.05–11.35 h Instrument set-up, sample preparation and reagent selection (Prof. Dr. Alberto Orfao)

11.35–12.00 h Coffee break 12.00–12.30 h Plenary Lectures, Session 2 Construction of antibody panels: mature B-cell malignancies (Prof. Dr. Jacques J.M. van Dongen) 12.30–13.00 h Construction of databases and their usage in routine diagnostics (Prof. Dr. Alberto Orfao)

13.00–14.00 h Lunch break 14.00–17.00 h Parallel Workshops Workshop 1: Wet Lab, BD users; J.G. te Marvelde/J. Flores Montero Workshop 2: Remote Wet Lab, BC users; T. Kalina/H. Glier Workshop 3: Infinicyt software training; G. Trujillo/P. Peñalosa Workshop 4: Meet-the-Expert session: «Current and future EuroFlow strategies and their implementation in diagnostic patient care»; J.J.M. van Dongen/A. Orfao

17.00–17.30 h Getting together for tea (in front of the Hörsaal)

19.00–22.30 h Social event with Apéro Riche at Aargauer Kunsthaus

Hörsaal, Haus 1

09.00–10.30 h Live case presentation and interactive data analysis Workshop 5: Acute leukemias; Prof. Dr. Alberto Orfao

10.30–11.00 h Coffee break

11.00–12.30 h Workshop 6: Mature lymphoid malignancies; Prof. Dr. Alberto Orfao

12.30–13.30 h Lunch break

13.30–14.00 h Plenary Lectures, Session 3 MRD diagnostics: general introduction (Prof. Dr. Jacques J.M. van Dongen)

14.00–14.30 h Differentiation pathways as basis for MRD diagnostics (Prof. Dr. Alberto Orfao)

14.30–15.00 h General Discussion and Concluding remarks

15.00–15.30 h Coffee break

15.30–17.00 h General Assembly of the SCS (members only) 17.00 h End of meeting