Program Overview

1300-1730

CACB Oral Exams

0800-1415

CACB Oral Exams

0900-1700

CSCC 2018-2019 Council Meeting

1400-1700

CACB 2018-2019 Board of Directors Meeting

0800-1415

CACB Oral Exams

0800-0930

Scientific Workshops – Morning Part 1

• Improving Clinical Laboratory Quality and Efficiency Through High Performance Auto-Verification
• All You Really Need to Know about Biotin

0930-1100

Scientific Workshops – Morning Part 2

• Neuroimmunology for the Clinical Chemist
• Emerging Trends in Mass Spectrometry: Hematology, Endocrinology and Point Of Care

1100-1300

CSCC Charity Run

1300-1430

Scientific Workshops – Afternoon Part 1

• Getting the Most out of EP Evaluator – Digitizing your Data Transfer and Report Generation
• Defining Quality Assurance Standards for POCT for Glucose Meters

1430-1600

Scientific Workshops – Afternoon Part 2

• Making MU More Meaningful for You: Understanding and Applying the New ISO Measurement Uncertainty Standard TS20914
• Implementation of Test Utilization Initiatives to Improve Quality of Patient Care

1600-1700

Committee and Special Interest Group Meetings

1730-1830

New Member Reception

1830-1930

Opening Keynote
Infectious Diseases & Substance Use Disorders; Converging Public Health Crises

1930-2200

Opening Reception at The New Brunswick Museum Hall of Great Whales

0730-0830

Breakfast Roundtables

• The Effective Use of Delta Checks in the Clinical Laboratory
• Neuroimmunology for the Clinical Chemist
• Towards Reference Interval Harmonization Across Canada: A Novel Statistical Approach
• Diurnal Variation in Clinical Chemistry: An Underappreciated Source of Pre-Analytical Error
• Accuracy of Urine Albumin – Could Laboratory Testing Be So Wrong for So Long?
• Back to the Basics – Enzyme Assay Design and Optimization for Thiopurine Methyltransferase (TPMT) by LC-MS
• Unusual Cases in Pediatric Clinical Chemistry
• Interesting Cases in Toxicology

0900-1200

Symposium 1: Forensics in Laboratory Medicine

• A Survival Guide to Forensics for the Clinical Chemist
• Mock Trial
• Roundtable Panel Discussion

1200-1900

Exhibit and Poster Viewing

• 1200-1400 Lunch
• 1500-1600 Oral Poster Presentations
• 1700-1900 Wine & Cheese Reception; Poster Viewing

1400-1500

Industry Workshops I

• Providing the Performance Needed for Safe and Timely Results”, High Sensitivity Troponin I Assays
• Early Diagnosis of Sepsis; Novel and Existing Laboratory Testing Used in Diagnosis: A Multidisciplined Approach
• Biotin Interference in Laboratory Assays: The How, Why, and What to do
• Site Visit to Sain John Regional Hospital (1300-1500)

1700-1900

Wine & Cheese Reception with Exhibitors; Poster Viewing

0730-0830

Industry Workshops II

• Management of Dysglycemia in Critically Ill Patients – Recent FDA Clearances and Consequences
• Improvement of Sample Quality and Turn-Around-Times in a Large Hospital Core Chemistry Lab
• Drugs Screening in Urine Using a Novel Fully Validated LCMS Assay
• Closing the Seronegative Gap in Autoimmune Testing

0900-1200

Symposium 2: When One Size Fits All Doesn’t Fit

• Rethinking Reference Intervals for Older Adults: Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
• Laboratory Assessment of Gametes for Fertility Treatment
• Lightening Talks
  • Neonates or Pediatrics
  • Transgender Individuals
  • Ethnicity / Minority Populations

1200-1330

Lunch and Exhibit Viewing

1300-1330

CSCC Council/Vendor Meeting

1330-1630

Symposium 3: Artificial Intelligence

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Using Analytics and Machine Learning to Enhance Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis
• Ethical, Intellectual Property and Data Privacy Considerations Related to AI in Healthcare

1630-1730

CSCC Annual General Meeting

CSCC “Town Hall”

1730-1815

CACB Annual General Meeting

1830-2230

President’s Reception and Awards Banquet at Cornerstone Performance & Event Venue

0730-0830

Breakfast Roundtables

• POCT Quality Control Based on Risk Management
• Practical Aspects of the Fecal Calprotectin Test
• Harmonized Lipid Reporting in Canada: One Step Closer
• Critical Thinking in Medicine – Education and Service Applications
• Pragmatic Strategies for Reducing Preanalytical Errors in Stat Testing
• Importance of Tumor Marker Dual Reporting: PSA High-Dose Hook Effect Detected
• Biostatistics Primer for Clinical Biochemists

0900-1215

Symposium 4: Harmonization of Quality

• Quality Indicators in Laboratory Medicine: The Path to Patient Safety
• Reference Interval Harmonization in Canada: An Update from the CSCC Working Group
• Indirect Methods for Estimating Reference Intervals – Ready for Clinical Use?
• Addressing Laboratory Test Over-utilization Through Collaboration

1200-1500

Committee Meetings & Special Interest Group Meetings

1600-1700

CSCC 2019-2020 Council Meeting

CACB 2019-2020 Board of Directors Meeting