REGISTRATION

WELCOME MESSAGES

OPENING LECTURE

Moderation: Christos Tsatsanis (GR) - Osama Najjar (PT)

Health Screening of refugees: policies and practices

Christos Lionis (GR)

SESSION 1: Improving immigrant and refugee access to primary care (I)

Moderation: Konstantinos Makris (GR) - Abderazek Hedhili (TN)

TESTING FOR MALNUTRITION AND SKELETAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN OF REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS

Artemis Doulgeraki (GR)

SCREENING FOR KIDNEY DISEASES IN THE CAMP: WHICH TOOLS FOR THE BEST EFFICIENCY?

Pierre Delanaye (BE)

HEALTH SCREENING FOR WOMEN IN THE CAMP

Ioannis Mouzalas (GR)

TOXICOLOGY AND DRUGS OF ABUSE TESTING IN THE CAMP

Abderrazek Hedhili (TN)

WELCOME COCKTAIL

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Moderation: Dimitris Rizos (GR)

ASSOCIATION OF SERUM CARBOXYLATED AND UNDERCARBOXYLATED OSTEOCALCIN WITH INDICES OF OBESITY, GLYCEMIA, AND CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS DISEASE IN SYRIAN MEN

Shahrour Hosam Eddin (SY)

MIRNA PROFILING AND WEIGHT LOSS: DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS PATHWAYS ON METABOLIC HORMONAL MARKERS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY

M. Demerdash Hala (EG)

PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS REVEALS POSSIBLE BIOMARKERS OF Q-FEVER

Lyratzakis Alexandros (GR)

LECTURE 1

Moderation: Giannis Mouzalas (GR) - Ali Aythem (KSA)

THE “REAL WORLD” OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Gianluca Rocco (IOM)

SESSION 2: How to make Easier and Wider the Implementation of Emerging Technologies

Moderation: Bernard Gouget (FR) - Ioannis Papassotiriou (GR)

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: “THE 6W” (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, WHERE , WHEREBY)

Sergio Bernardini (IT)

HOW TO APPLY THE USUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO AI LABMED APPLICATIONS

Damien Gruson (BE)

IMPLEMENTING NEONATAL DIABETES DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING

Ioannis Papassotiriou (GR)

COFFEE BREAK / e-POSTER VIEWING

SESSION 3: POCT applications in the diagnosis and screening of transmissible diseases

Moderation: Sverre Sandberg (NO) - Adnan Al-Khatib (SY)

POCT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TESTS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Florence Doucet Populaire (FR)

PROFICIENCY TESTING-ENSURING QUALITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF POCT

Sverre Sandberg (NO)

SENSOR SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS FOR THE MOLECULAR ANALYSIS AT POC

Electra Gizeli (GR)

RAPID ANALYSIS OF EMERGING AND MULTIRESISTANT INFECTIONS IN REFUGEE CENTERS

Mariam Klouche (DE)

SATELITE SYMPOSIUM

LIGHT LUNCH

SESSION 4: Laboratory Medicine Sustainability in the Mediterranean area: how to make a collaborative network between North and South Mediterranean Countries

Moderation: Tomris Ozben (TR) EFLM President - Christian Haddad (LB)

LABORATORY MEDICINE WITH REDUCED RESOURCES AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA- KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Shannan Ghassan (SY)

INTER - LABORATORY EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY AROUND OUR SEA - A MATTER FOR YOUNG SCIENTIST

Rania Abu Seir (PLE)

INTER-LABORATORY EXCHANGE ON HEREDITARY METABOLIC DISEASES: AN ASSET IN NORTH-SOUTH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

Layachi Chabraoui (MA)

Public and Private Laboratories Synergies

Abdurrahman Coskun (TR)

COFFEE BREAK / e-POSTER VIEWING

SESSION 5: The role of Laboratory Medicine in health care for migrants and refugees

Moderation: Sergio Bernardini (IT) - Ali Al-Odaib (KSA)

SIGNIFCIANT IMPORTANCE OF LABORATORY MEDICINE IN THE HEALTH OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN WEST BANK AND GAZA

Osama Najjar (PLE)

A LAB FOR A CAMP? TOP TIPS TO DECIDE BETWEEN YES AND NO

Myrna Germanos (LB)

THE LAB IN THE CAMP: ESSENTIAL NEEDS FOR LABS TESTING AND SAMPLE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT TO CENTRAL HOSPITAL LABS

Sanja Stankovic (SRB)

CONNECTIVITY AND COMPUTER SCIENCES APPLICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE PATIENT CARE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Sergio Bernadini (IT)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Moderation: Evgenia Konsta

CONCURRENT MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SAND FLIES AND LEISHMANIA PARASITES BY AMPLICON‑BASED NEXT‑GENERATION SEQUENCING

Al-Taradeh Mohammad (PLE)

SYSTEMATIC COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT DERIVATISATION REAGENTS FOR DETERMINATION OF MULTIPLE VITAMIN D3 METABOLITES USING LC-MS/MS - LONG-TERM STABILITY DETERMINATION OF CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES

Alexandridou Anastasia (DE)

ELEVATED LUTEINIZING HORMONE DESPITE NORMAL TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS

Najat Dereen (IR)

WHAT IF WE ASK ABOUT AMMONIUM LEVELS? A CASE REPORT

Martínez Mayordomo Josefina (SP)

LECTURE 2

Moderation: Khosrow Adeli (CA) IFCC President - Christos Tsatsanis (GR)

GENETICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: THE FUTURE FOR GREECE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Konstatinos Stratakis (GR)

SESSION 6: Newborn screening in the Mediterranean area

Moderation: Khosrow Adeli (CA) IFCC President – Sofia Siest (FR)

OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL NEWBORN DCREENING PROGRAM IN SAUDI ARABIA

Ali N Al-Odaib (KSA)

NEWBORN SCREENING IN GREECE AND THE BALKAN AREA

Eleftheria Hatzidaki (GR)

Newborn screening in Israel

Suha Daas (IL)

HOW TO COLLABORATE TO IMPROVE THE SCREENING POWER IN LOW OR MIDDLE INCOMES COUNTRIES: TF-GNS AND THE ROLE OF IFCC

Khosrow Adeli (CA)

COFFEE BREAK / e-POSTER VIEWING

SESSION 7: Improving immigrant and refugee access to primary care (II)

Moderation: Eleni Bairaktari (GR) - Rania Abu Seir (PLE)

CLINICAL IMPACT AND DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES OF TESTING FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES ON THE BORDER

Joan Montaner (SP)

COMMUNITY-BASED SCREENING FOR PREDIABETES AND DIABETES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES

Ioannis Kyriazis (GR)

The impact of refugee and immigrant movement on blood transfusion services

Elisavet Grouzi (GR)

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIGRANT AND REFUGEE SCREENING FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Apostolos Veizis (GR)

LIGHT LUNCH

SESSION 8: How to improve the benchmark and monitoring of vaccine efficacy

Moderation: Mario Plebani (IT) - Robin Abu Ghazaleh (PLE)

Infectious disease vaccine platforms: Paving the way for new vaccine and therapeutic nanomedicine products

Sophia Antimisiaris (GR)

HOW TO MONITOR VACCINE EFFICACY AND THE DURATION OF PROTECTION

Mario Plebani (IT)

Harmonization/standardization of serological tests

Ian Young (UK)

IMMUNE RESPONSE AND VACCINATION INDICES OF PROTECTION AND VACCINE EFFICACY: EXAMPLE OF ANTI-COVID-19 VACCINE

Hechmi Louzir (TN)

COFFEE BREAK / e-POSTER VIEWING

SESSION 9: Integrated Diagnostics on reduced resources environments

Moderation: Michael Neumaier (DE) - Abdelhalim Chabou (ALG)

IMPROVING DIAGNOSTICS OF CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE THROUGH INTEGRATED MULTI-OMICS APPROACHES

Miron Sopić (SRB)

INTEGRATED DIAGNOSIS: EVIDENCE BASED THERAPY GUIDANCE IN ONCOLOGY

Tomris Ozben (TR)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED DIAGNOSIS AND BIG DATA MANAGEMENT

Michael Neumaier (DE)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Moderation: Eleni Bairaktari

QUALITY ASSESMENT OF TOTAL TESTING PROCESS AND PREANALYTICAL ERRORS IN A LAB FOR A CAMP: WHERE ARE WE IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

Pap Dragana (SRB)

THE ASSOCIATION OF SEMINAL PLASMA BIOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS LEVEL AND DIFFERENT SEMINAL CONDITIONS

Bartolovic Daniela (SRB)

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN D-DIMER, C REACTIVE PROTEIN AND HEMATOLOGIC DATA IN OUTPATIENTS WITH COVID-19

Shllaku Hamide (ALB)

SESSION 10: Training and education in Lab Medicine: towards a common Syllabus

Moderation: Evgenija Homsak (SVN) - Manel Chaabane (TN)

EU SYLLABUS FOR TRAINING IN LABORATORY MEDICINE

Evgenija Homsak (SVN)

POST DEGREE TRAINING IN LABORATORY MEDICINE IN TUNISIA

Khalil Ben Abdallah (TN)

POST DEGREE TRAINING IN LABORATORY MEDICINE THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS POINT OF VIEW

Evgenia Konsta (GR)

POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE IN TURKEY

Aylin Sepici (TR)

Objectives of Task Group of Young Scientists - Network

Aleksei Tikhonov (FR)

Discussion

SATELITE SYMPOSIUM

COFFEE BREAK / e-POSTER VIEWING

SESSION 11: BCLF SESSION BCLF Session

Moderation: Dobrin Svinarov (BG) BCLF president - Tomris Ozben (TR) EFLM president

Clinical Mass Spectometry - A major technological advances driver in laboratory medicine

Dobrin Svinarov (BG)

Pharmacogenetic Aspects of Acenocoumarol Therapy in Patients with Cardiac Surgery: The Effects of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 Gene Polymorphisms

Milena Velizarova (BG)

Specialization in Medical Biochemistry in the Republic of North Macedonia - future perspectives

Jasna Bogdanska (MK) - North Macedonian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Accreditation from a Positive Leadership Perspective

Katerina Tosheska-Trajkovska (MK) - North Macedonian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-where do we stand today?

Aleksandra Klisic (ME) - Montenegrin Association of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Essential trace elements: Complex cross-talks in inflammation

Irena Dimitrova Ivanova (BG)

CONCLUSIONS, AWARDS, AND TAKE HOME MESSAGES