October 26 (Wed.)

Pre Congress Session: AMH Master Class

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 09:00~16:45	Venue	Geomungo C (Hotel 3F)	Language	English
Chairs	TBD
Speakers	1.Managing an IVF clinic - a European perspective Geoffrey Trew, Hammersmith Hospital and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, UK 2.Managing an IVF clinic - an APAC perspective Hamish Hamilton, Repromed Adelaide and Darwin, Australia 3.The clinical utility of AMH in IVF (incl. clinical cases) Scott Nelson, University of Glasgow, UK 4.The importance of AMH testing for IVF - a laboratory's perspective Hamish Hamilton, Hammersmith Hospital and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, UK 5.The clinical utility of AMH beyond IVF Scott Nelson, University of Glasgow, UK 6.APAC experience sharing Yoshiharu Morimoto, IVF Namba Clinic and IVF Osaka Clinic, Japan Ho Manh Tuong, National University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 7.Panel discussion - the current and future states of IVF practices All Speakers

Symposium 01

Education track

Overview:
According to the revised eligibility criteria policy about an educational supervisor for medical resident, the specialized education of each society has been needed in addition of common education course.
Therefore, this session aims to admitted professional qualities required as an educational supervisor and also resident in training and to improve the problem solving capabilities when working in the laboratory.
The special subdivisions covered in this session are clinical chemistry, transplantation immunology, clinical microbiology and transfusion medicine.

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 13:00~15:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	Korean
Chairs	Dong-seok Jeon, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Korea Dae-Soo Moon, Chosun University Hospital, Korea
Speakers	1.Protein electrophoresis in clinical diagnosis Min-Jeong Park, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea 2.Laboratory tests for organ transplantation Yongjung Park, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Korea 3.Interpretation of bacterial growth on primary culture media in clinical microbiology Jaehyeon Lee, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Korea 4.Complications of blood transfusion Tae Hee Han, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea

Symposium 02

How to write your paper better and flawlessly

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 13:00~14:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	Korean
Chairs	Sunjoo Kim, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Korea Mina Hur, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.The art of writing: Material, methods, and results Ju-Won Roh, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Korea 2.Ways to improve abstract, title and cover page for a scientific paper Sun-Young Lee, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea 3.Experience about submission to international journals Chan-Jeoung Park, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea

Symposium 03

Actual roles of laboratory medicine for effective management of laboratory

Overview:
The ‘Laboratory Management Committee' is suggesting the actual roles of 'Laboratory Medicine' for effective management of laboratory. This committee is introducing and sharing the experiences of both 'Laboratory Organization & Personnel Management' and 'Management of Hospital Committee'.

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 13:00~14:30	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	Korean
Chairs	Hunsuk Suh, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Korea Hyung hoi kim, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.Laboratory organization and personnel management (Large sized hospital) Jeongnyeo Lee, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea 2.Laboratory organization and personnel management (Compact sized hospital) Seonghee Lee, Hanmaeum Hospital, Korea 3.Effective management of hospital committee Pil Whan Park, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Korea

Symposium 04

Outstanding laboratory accreditation: A to Z

Overview:
In order for the Laboratory Accreditation Program to become a mandatory national program, it is essential to offer a regular education sessions for the service providers and users.
The Laboratory Medicine Foundation (LMF) of Korea is currently holding education sessions for the inspection team leaders and inspectors twice a year during the Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine Symposium, to assist in the improvement of the laboratory inspection and laboratory accreditation program.

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 15:00~16:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	Korean
Chairs	Samim Choi, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Korea Do Hoon Lee, Woo-In Lee, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.‘Outstanding Laboratory Accreditation’ - Check points that laboratory directors and inspection team leaders must be aware of Woo-In Lee, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Korea 2.Detailed methods of quality control in 'Transfusion Medicine' Duck Cho, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea 3.Quality management in flow cytometry laboratory Dong Hee Whang, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea 4.Questionnaires of 'Laboratory Information System (LIS)’ and inspection Je Hoon Lee, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea 5.Questionnaires of ‘General Equipment and Instrument’ and inspection Jin Kyung Lee, Korea Cancer Center Hospital,Korea

Symposium 05

Development of professional competency and competency assessment

Overview:
This session will be held for the review of medical training and educational programs for Laboratory Medicine. Since 2015, Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea requested 26 societies of each training subject for studies to develop professional core competeny and milestones with method for assessment according to Korean doctor's role.
Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine began with task force team and developed prototypes of core competency and milestones with assessment regarding basic and advanced courses for each subdivision during 4 years of residency.
They are provided as follow.

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 15:00~17:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	Korean
Chairs	Jeong-Man Kim, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Korea Jang Soo Suh, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.Division of diagnostic hematology Young-Uk Cho, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea 2.Development of professional competency and competency assessmet: Division of clinical chemistry Hyung-Doo Park, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea 3.Development of professional competency and competency assessmet : Division of Diagnostic Immunology Soojin Yoo, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea 4.Development of professional competency and competency assessment: Division of clinical microbiology Jeong Su Park, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea 5.Development of professional competency and competency assessmet: Division of transfusion medicine Chun Hwa Ihm, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea 6.Division of molecular diagnostics Moon-Woo Seong, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea

Plenary Lecture 01

Date & Time	October 26 (Wed.), 17:00~18:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chairs	Kyou-Sup Han, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea Soon-Pal Suh, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea
Speaker	Liver biomarkers and clinical implications Hyon-Suk Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

October 27 (Thu.)

Education Workshop 01 (Greencross Medical Science Corp.)

OPTIGEN® AP3600™, Speeds up the panel allergy testing process and enhances reliability and diagnostic precision

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 08:00~09:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chair	Eun-Suk Kang, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	OPTIGEN® AP3600™, Speeds up the panel allergy testing process and enhances reliability and diagnostic precision Dianna Innerst, Process Engineering, USA

Keynote Speech 01

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 08:00~08:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Jong-Won Kim, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	Quality issues and challenges of medical laboratory in the era of genomic medicine Hayato Miyachi, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan

Symposium 06

The role of the laboratory medicine in nutritional support; emerging considerations especially in Vitamin D

Overview:
The role and the importance of nutritional support for improving health outcomes are emerging highlights in laboratory medicine.
So, we would like to introduce the role of the laboratory in nutritional support, first. We want to emphasize the clinical meaning of vitamin D status, especially.
We will share the various considerations for measurement of vitamin D in clinical laboratories.

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 09:00~10:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chairs	Gye Cheol Kwon, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Korea Ian S Young, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Speakers	1.The role of the laboratory in nutritional support Ian S Young, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, UK 2.Is Vitamin D critical for improved health outcomes? When to assess Vitamin D Status Howard Morris, Medical Science University of South Australia, Australia 3.Measurement of Vitamin D in clinical laboratories Sung Eun Cho, LabGenomics Clinical Laboratories, Korea

Symposium 07

Current research topics in clinical microbiology: bacteria, fungi and virus

Overview:
Looking for the current research topics of bacteria, fungi and virus from renowned researchers in Korea, Europe, and Japan.

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 09:00~10:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chairs	Jong Hee Shin, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea Chulhun Chang, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.Current technology platforms to detect antimicrobial resistance Dongeun Yong, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 2.Multidrug-resistance among fungal isolates Maurizio Sanguinetti, Catholic University of Rome, Italy 3.Dengue situation in Vietnam and quasispecies of Dengue viruses Futoshi Hasebe, Nagasaki University, Japan

Oral Presentation 01

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 09:00~10:40	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chairs	Eun-Suk Kang, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea Myung-Geun Shin, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea
Speakers	1.Association of HLA-DP variants with responsiveness to Hepatitis B Virus vaccination in Korean infants Nuri Lee, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea 2.A novel flow cytometric method for the simultaneous detection of antibodies against platelets, lymphocytes, and neutrophils Myung Chul Suh, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea 3.Delay of serum separation reduces the level of insulin and parathyroid hormone in blood Eun Jin Lee, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea 4.Usefulness of pretransplant endothelial cell antibody crossmatch and angiotensin II Type 1 receptor antibodies to predict graft function and allograft rejection in kidney transplantation Shinae Yu, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Korea 5.Next-generation sequencing for human leukocyte antigen typing: performance validation of data analysis programs Younhee Park, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 6.Seroprevalence of TORCH infections with fetal congenital malformation in Mongolia Amarjargal Olzvoi, National Center For Maternal and Child Health, Mongolia 7.Utilization review of paraneoplastic neurological syndrome testing results reveals a need for more effective diagnostic algorithm: a single institution review at a large academic healthcare center Jong Kim, University of Florida, USA 8.DExpression of N-Glycan recognized by monoclonal antibody FE-1H10 linked to cytotoxic function of CD3-CD56dim NK Cells Saichit Khummuang, Biomedical Technology Research Center, Thailand 9.Culture of circulating tumor cells using conditionally reprogrammed cell technology Chang-Ho Jeon, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Korea 10.DClinical performance of a microarray-based diagnostic kit for sexually transmitted diseases: STDetect Chip Jongwon Kim, LabGenomics Co., Korea

Plenary Lecture 02: AACC-KSLM Select Session

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 11:00~12:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chairs	Jeong-Ho Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea Won-Ki Min, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	Pediatric clinical chemistry: Things that make it different. Patricia M. Jones, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Education Workshop 02 (Abbott Korea)

State-of-the-art cardiac biomarkers: from the laboratory to healthier hospitals

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chair	Ki Sook Hong, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	State-of-the-art cardiac biomarkers: from the laboratory to healthier hospitals Nicholas L. Mills, University of Edinburgh, UK

Education Workshop 03 (Seegene)

Introduction of new concept of Real-time PCR technology and assays

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Miae Lee, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	New concept of Real-time PCR technology Dae-Hoon Lee, Seegene Institute of Life Sciences, Korea Experience of new Real-time PCR assays for diagnosis of respiratory tract infection Heungsup Sung, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea

Education Workshop 04 (HANDOK inc.)

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, innovative technology for microbial identification and diagnosis

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chair	Mi-Na Kim, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, innovative technology for microbial identification and diagnosis Katsunori Yanagihara, Nagasaki University Hospital, Japan

Education Workshop 05 (Beckman Coulter Korea Ltd.)

Characteristics of the Beckman Coulter DxN VERIS molecular diagnostic system compared against four automated laboratory instruments

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Hankang Hall	Language	English
Chair	Chang-Seok Ki, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	Workflow characteristics of the Beckman Coulter DxN VERIS molecular diagnostic system compared against four automated laboratory instruments Pierre Le Roux, Scientific Marketing Manager Europe, Molecular Diagnostics, Beckman Coulter

Symposium 08

Immunological considerations for emerging viral diseases

Overview:
Immune responses, vaccines, and immunological methods of diagnosis & surveillance for emerging viral diseases

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 13:00~14:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chairs	Ae Ja park, Chung Ang University College of Medicine, Korea Hee Jung Kang, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1. Immune response to viral infections Jonathan W. Yewdell, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, USA 2. Vaccine development for the emerging virus diseases Linfa Wang, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 3. Antibody reaction in patients with MERS-CoV infections Kyong Ran Peck, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea

Symposium 09: AACC-KSLM Select Session

Antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants: Laboratory monitoring

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 13:00~14:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chairs	Kyungja Han, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Korea Hyun Kyung Kim, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.Anti-platelet agents Neil S. Harris, University of Florida College of Medicine, USA 2.Clinical implications of monitoring direct oral anticoagulants Chad Botz, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA 3.Platelet function testing John V. Mitsios, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, USA

Oral Presentation 02

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 13:00~14:50	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chairs	Ile-Kyu Park, Hanyang University Medical Center, Guri Hospital, Korea Kyung Dong Kim, Yeungnam University Hospital, Korea
Speakers	1.Proenkephalin, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, and estimated glomerular filtration rates in patients with sepsis Hanah Kim, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea 2.The 99th percentile values of six cardiac troponin assays established for a reference population using strict selection criteria Dae-Hyun Ko, Hallym University College of Medicine Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea 3.Urinary N-acetyl-β-D -glucosaminidase index as a marker of early renal damage in patients with diabetes mellitus or hypertension Eunyup Lee, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea 4.Building an experiential knowledge base using induct RDR to inference comments in laboratory information systems Hyoeun Shim, Seegene Medical Foundation, Korea 5.Clinical evaluation of the nematode scent detection test using caenorhabditis elegans in Korean cancer patients Hyun-Seung Lee, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea 6.A strategy to decrease the manual microscopic examination by introduction of the automated urinary sediment analyzer Eun-Jung Cho, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Korea 7.Implication of serum delta-bilirubin in different types of jaundice Susruta Sen, The Calcutta Medical Research Institute, India 8.Role of pyruvate dehydrogenase and transketolase in body weight reduction activity of Abrus precatorius L. leaves in rats Tanaya Ghosh, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, India 9.Significance of Serum Beta 2 Microglobulin as a prognostic marker in non hodgkin lymphoma Garima Gupta, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, India 10.Role of insulin auto antibody production in glycemic derangement and its association with inflammation and lipodystrophy in Type 1 diabetes mellitus Subhadip Choudhuri, GD Hospital and Diabetes Institute, India 11.Effect of matrix on metabolite profile in the emergency setting using dry chemistry technology comparisons of metabolite profile from paired serum and EDTA -plasma samples obtained using dry chemistry technology Lokesh Sharma, Pgimer-Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India 12.Optimisation of rs671 genotyping and evaluation of its role in development of alcohol dependence in an Indian population Prasenjit Mitra, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Symposium 10

Practice of health examination

Overview:
This session is designed to provide specialists and residents with a good foundation knowledge in all aspects of Health Examinations and skills to improve abilities to identify and resolve clinical problems.

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 13:10~14:40	Venue	Hankang Hall	Language	Korean
Chairs	Won-Kil Lee, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Korea Yungzoon Jung, Nasaret International Hospital, Korea
Speakers	1.The cases of redemption in national health examination Se-myeong Jang, National Health Insurance Service, Korea 2.Stability of laboratory samples for NIS (National Health Insurance) health checkup Eun-Hee Nah, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Korea 3.Brief of assessment guideline for Health checkup hospitals Yeongchun Park, Daecheong Hospital, Korea 4.Algorithm in assessment of health examination results Yungzoon Jung, Nasaret International Hospital, Korea

Symposium 11

IQCP practical issues

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 15:00~16:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chairs	Sun-Hee Kim, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea Earle Smith Collum, St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, USA
Speakers	1.Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP): Overview and examples of implementation Earle Smith Collum, St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, USA 2.Reducing laboratory errors through Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP): How do we begin? Eun Hee Lee, Green Cross Laboratories, Korea

Oral Presentation 03

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 15:00~16:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chairs	Jong Rak Choi, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea Myungshin Kim, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
Speakers	1.Diagnostic and clinical implications of a targeted NGS panel in autism spectrum disorders Yu Jin Park, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 2.Clinical and diagnostic utility of targeted next generation sequencing in patients with early onset epilepsy John Hoon Rim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 3.Evidence-based guidelines for Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis of 163 single-gene disorders in Korea Ju Sun Song, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea 4.Performance evaluation of copy number variation detection tools applied to massively parallel sequencing data obtained from TruSight one panel Ja-Hyun Jang, Green Cross Laboratories, Korea 5.Array comparative genomic hybridization analysis of acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype including marker chromosomes Chang Ahn Seol, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Korea 6.Next generation sequencing of 35 cancer predisposition genes in patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer reveals a wide genetic heterogeneity Jieun Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 7.Clinical experience of G-NIPT in 2,043 consecutive Korean pregnancies Eunhae Cho, Green Cross Genome, Korea 8.Caspase-3: The main therapeutic target in colon cancer Iraj Khodadadi Kohlan, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran 9.Brca1, Ercc1, Rrm1, and Rrm2 mRNA expression as predictive markers of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer Tatiana Zhinzhilo, Medical Rehabilitation Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Russia 10.The major changes in gilbert’s syndrome and UGT1A1 gene abnormalities in Mongolians are western type Nyam Biziya, Molor Laboratory, Mongolia

Oral Presentation 04

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 15:00~16:40	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chairs	Seok Hoon Jeong, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea SunHwa Lee, Seegene Medical Foundation, Korea
Speakers	1.Comparison of diagnostic algorithms for the detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in routine practice at a tertiary referral hospital in Korea Hyeong Nyeon Kim, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea 2.Molecular analysis of human bocavirus in children with gastroenteritis and respiratory tract infection Eun Jin Lee, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea 3.Nationwide survey of routine stool culture methodology in Korean hospitals in 2016 Sunjoo Kim, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Korea 4.Molecular epidemiology of Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates from 11 hospitals in Korea Soo Hyun Kim, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea 5.Microsatellite typing for analysis of clonality of Candida parapsilosis strains with fluconazole resistance in Korea Yong Jun Choi, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea 6.Gene expression and transcriptome analysis of a small colony variant of Enterococcus faecium using large scale high accuracy sequencing Jeonghyun Chang, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Korea 7.Clinical Validation of rapid anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility test using QuantaMatrix microscopic time-lapse imaging-based morphological analysis Daehyun Chu, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea 8.Systemic sclerosis is characterized by a divergent gut microbiota composition Maurizio Sanguinetti, Catholic University of Rome, Italy 9.Genetic diversity and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Myanmar: comparison between new and re-treated cases Phyu Win EI, Advanced Molecular Research Centre, Myanmar 10.Pyrazinamide resistance and patterns of pncA gene mutations in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Myanmar Wah Wah Aung, Advanced Molecular Research Centre, Myanmar

Symposium 12

Understanding of standardization and quality control system in public and hospital diagnostic laboratory for infectious diseases

Overview:
This session is organized to promote collaboration of Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine with Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare the public health crisis such as MERS outbreak in 2015. In this session, participant can understand the current situation of laboratory standards and quality control programs in national reference laboratory and hospital laboratory.

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 15:00~16:40	Venue	Hankang Hall	Language	Korean
Chairs	Chun Kang, Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Korea Nam Yong Lee, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.Introduction of WHO IB-VPD surveillance network; The Activities of WPRO regional reference laboratory of NIH Songmee Bae, Div. of Tuberculosis & Bacterial Respiratory Infections, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Korea 2.Initiation and development of laboratory standardization: The Korean Laboratory Accreditation Program (KLAP) Woo-In Lee, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Korea 3.National HIV External Quality Assurance Schemes (EQAS) Byeong-Sun Choi, Center for Immunology and Pathology, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea 4.Quality control (QC) and quality assurance for the best result in hospital laboratory Jae-Seok Kim, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea

Siemens Workshop

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 16:40~17:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chair	Je Hoon Lee, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
Speakers	Updates on diagnostics assessment of grave’s disease – Thyroid Stimulating Antibody (TSI) Alexander Wong, Siemens Healthcare Pte Ltd., Singapore

Keynote Speech 02

Date & Time	October 27 (Thu.), 16:40~17:20	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Yunjung Cho, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	Individualising and personalising IVF using endocrine assays Scott M Nelson, University of Glasgow, UK

October 28 (Fri.)

Education Workshop 06 (LG Life Sciences)

AdvanSure alloscreen max panel for allergen-specific IgE test

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 08:00~09:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chair	Jong-Baeck Lim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	TBD Eun-Jee Oh, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Korea

Keynote Speech 03

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 08:00~08:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Young Joo Cha, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Korea
Speaker	Healthcare, laboratory medicine and patient care Howard Morris, University of South Australia, Australia

Symposium 13

Applications to disease gene identification & diagnostics using next-generation sequencing

Overview: This session aims to provide up-to-date knowledge on the use of next-generation sequencing technology for genetic studies and diagnosis in human diseases. The lectures by outstanding experts from Europe, Japan, and Korea include 1) Mutation detection by next-generation sequencing in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 2) NGS for research and diagnostics in genetic disorders, and 3) Clinical exome sequencing for genetic disorders in Korea.

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 09:00~10:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chairs	Chang-Ho Jeon, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Korea Naomichi Matsumoto, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Speakers	1. Mutation detection by next-generation sequencing in acute leukemia Seung-Tae Lee, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 2. Mendelian exome in Japan Naomichi Matsumoto, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 3. Clinical exome sequencing for genetic disorders in Korea Chang-Seok Ki, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea

Symposium 14

Clinical laboratory quality issues in Asia

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 09:00~10:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chairs	Hyosoon Park, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea Nisarat Opartkiattikul, Royal College of Pathologist of Thailand, Thailand
Speakers	1.Laboratory quality assurance in Indonesia Yusra Yusra, University of Indonesia, Indonesia 2.Quality issues of clinical laboratory in Thailand Nisarat Opartkiattikul, Royal College of Pathologist of Thailand, Thailand 3.Survey the influence of external quality assessment scheme and biosafety to clinical laboratories at Southern provinces in Vietnam Tran Huu Tam, Center for Standardization and QC in medical laboratory at HCMC, Vietnam 4.Quality issues of clinical laboratories in Myanmar Khin Saw Aye, Asia Royal Hospital and Pun Hlaing Siloam International Hospital, Myanmar 5.Quality assurance of clinical laboratories in UAE Minje Han, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, United Arab Emirates 6.Accreditation of clinical laboratories in India Praveen Sharma, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Oral Presentation 05

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 09:00~10:30	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chairs	Jong Hyun Yoon, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea Hyun Kyung Kim, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	1.Contact system activation and hypercoagulability in hyperthyroidism: correlation with disease severity Namhee Kim, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea 2.Immature platelet fraction: a useful marker for evaluating the cause of thrombocytopenia and predicting platelet recovery Kibum Jeon, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea 3.Overexpression of prohibitin 2 is associated with poor prognosis in normal karyotype acute myeloid leukemia Jun Hyung Lee, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Korea 4.Analysis of the Correlation between platelet parameters and clinical indicators in patients with acute ischemic stroke Hyeon-Ho Lim, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Korea 5.Development and validation of reflex testing rules for body fluid analysis using the Sysmex XN-550 automatic hematology analyzer Young-Uk Cho, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Korea 6.How reliable is thromboelastography? A point-of-care coagulation analyzer in predicting acute trauma induced coagulopathy in isolated severe traumatic brain injury Venencia Albert, All India Institute of Medical Science, India 7.Benign hemoglobin variants that interfere with Hb A1c determination: electrophoretic patterns, hplc analysis, and globin gene sequencing Jong Kim, University of Florida, USA 8.CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte counts and their ratios in healthy pregnant females - a study at a tertiary care centre Tarun Sharma, Dr S.N Medical College Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India 9.The hypermethylation profile of apoptotic genes in myelodysplastic syndromes Farhad Zaker, Iran University Medical Sciences, Iran

Oral Presentation 06

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 09:00~10:10	Venue	Hankang Hall	Language	English
Chairs	Young Uh, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea Tae Hyun Um, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Korea
Speakers	1.Usefulness of dried blood samples for detection, quantification, and molecular characterization of HBV DNA in Myanmar Yi Yi Kyaw, Molecular Technology Applications Division, Myanmar 2.Multidrug, extensive drug, and pandrug resistance among enterobacteriaceae: a study in tertiary healthcare settings Adhi Kristianto Sugianli, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia 3.Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and the appropriate use of antibiotics among neonatal sepsis cases in tertiary hospital Ellyana Perwitasari, Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia 4.Human Cytokine-Induced Memory-Like natural killer cells exhibit potent cytotoxicity against solid tumors Sejong Chun, Samsung Medical Center, Korea 5.Monitoring the temperature of red blood cells by using temperature-sensitive indicators Mikyoung Park, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea 6.An operation name categorization program for maximum surgical blood order schedules Young-gon Kim, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea 7.ABO allelic frequency estimated by next-generation sequencing in Korean patients with hematologic malignancies Seon Young Kim, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Korea

Plenary Lecture 03

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 11:00~12:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Eui-Chong Kim, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	Rapid evolution in diagnostic medical microbiology Alex Van Belkum, bioMerieux, France

Education Workshop 07 (Alere Healthcare, Inc.)

Accuracy evaluation of five routine glycosylated hemoglobin assays in patients with hemoglobin variants in Korean population

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chair	Sail Chun, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	Accuracy evaluation of five routine glycosylated hemoglobin assays in patients with hemoglobin variants in Korean population Yeo-Min Yun, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea

Education Workshop 08 (Sysmex Korea)

Immature platelet fraction : A useful marker in diagnosis and prognosis of thrombocytopenia

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Yonggoo Kim, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	Immature Platelet Fraction: a useful marker in diagnosis and prognosis of thrombocytopenia Young Kyung Lee, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea

Education Workshop 09 (BD)

A New pre analytical paradigm “Solutions for TAT Challenges without Compromising Specimen Quality“

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chair	Chae Seung Lim, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	Is Plasma separator tube interchangeable with serum separator tube? Woochang Lee, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea Innovative non-gel separation technology delivers solutions to efficiency constraints in the clinical chemistry laboratory Brian Smith, BD Diagnostics, Australia

Education Workshop 10 (BioSewoom)

Standardization of CMV and EBV DNA quantification

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 12:00~13:00	Venue	Hankang Hall	Language	English
Chair	Dong Hee Whang, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea
Speakers	Standardization of CMV and EBV DNA quantification Hee-Jae Huh, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea

Roche Workshop

Screening down syndrome: Harmony & the combined test

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 13:00~14:00	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chair	Eun Hee Lee, Green Cross Laboratories, Korea
Speakers	Prenatal screening tests for fetal aneuploidy: Where are we now? Farid Abdul Hadi, Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Indonesia

Keynote Speech 04

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 13:00~13:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Sun Hoe Koo, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	The Global spread of Dengue virus infection Ida Parwati, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Keynote Speech 05

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 13:40~14:20	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Chan-Jeoung Park, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
Speaker	Tips of the latest WHO classifications Gina Zini, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Italy

Symposium 15

International complementary quality solutions: ISO, CAP, LMF, etc

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 14:00~15:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom A	Language	English
Chairs	Hwan Sub Lim, Seoul Clinical Laboratories, Korea Richard C. Friedberg, College of American Pathologists, USA
Speakers	1.Patients benefit from complementary quality solutions: CAP and ISO15189 Richard C. Friedberg, College of American Pathologists, USA 2.Implementation and future perspectives of laboratory accreditation program in Korea Hwan Sub Lim, Seoul Clinical Laboratories, Korea 3.International laboratory quality systems: CAP, ISO, and etc. Noel M. Adachi, College of American Pathologists, USA

Symposium 16

Changing concept of myelodysplastic syndrome and new emerging biomarkers

Overview:
This session introduces new concepts on ‘Idiopathic Cytopenia of Unknown Significance’, ‘Idiopathic Dysplasia of Unknown Significance’, ‘Clonal Hematopoiesis of Intermediate Potential’ and ‘Childhood MDS’. Emerging diagnostic markers for spectrum of MDS will be discussed; 1) circulating MDS cells in peripheral blood, 2) telomere length analysis in MDS, and 3) signature of bone marrow stromal cells in MDS.

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 14:20~15:40	Venue	Grand Ballroom B	Language	English
Chair	Gina Zini, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Italy
Speakers	1.Definitions in myelodysplastic syndromes and the clinical utilization of molecular markers of disease and disease progression Annette Sunhi Kim, Harvard Medical School, USA 2.Spectrum of myelodysplastic syndromes: Aplastic anemia, MDS, and predisposition to AML  Dong Soon Lee, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea

Symposium 17

Quality and safety in transfusion medicine

Overview:
This session will be discussed in 1) Problem solving for difficult erythrocyte antibodies in unexpected antibody screening and identification tests, 2) Current status of regulation affairs for blood management in Japan, and 3) Blood management system using radio frequency identification. This session would provide useful information in staffs engaged in transfusion service and blood establishment.

Date & Time	October 28 (Fri.), 14:00~15:40	Venue	Geumkang Hall A	Language	English
Chairs	Kyoung Un Park, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea Hein Hustinx, Swiss National Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Switzerland
Speakers	1. Problem solving for difficult erythrocyte antibodies Hein Hustinx, Swiss National Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Switzerland 2. Blood regulation affairs in Japan Masahiro Satake, Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Institute, Japan 3.Blood management system using RFID Quehn Park, Armed Forced Medical Research Institute, Korea