18-20 October 2022

Perth Convention and
Exhibition Centre, Perth WA

Preliminary Program

Times are based on Perth time, AWST (UTC +8)

The Satellite Meetings and Conference will be held in a hybrid format, providing you with the option to attend in person or online. Note: recordings may take 1-2 weeks to edit and upload before on-demand viewing is available.

Saturday 15-Sunday 16 October 2022

Committee Meetings
Exams

Monday 17 October 2022

Satellite Meeting: Patient-based real-time quality control Workshop
Sponsors/MAACB/FAACB Function (invite only event)
Exhibition Move-in

Tuesday 18 October - AACB 59th Annual Scientific Conference

0730-1730   Registration Desk Open
0845-0930 Opening Ceremony
0930-1030   Opening Plenary – David Curnow Plenary Lecture - Prof Grant Waterer
Covid-19, what now?
1030-1115 Morning Tea & Opening of Industry Exhibition
1115-1245 Concurrent Symposia 1 & 2

 

Symposium 1 – Covid-19 - managing the evolving pandemic

COVID-19 testing for diagnosis and surveillance
- Dr David Speers

Laboratories PLUS: what else is in the toolbox of COVID-19 public health measures?
- Dr Tarun Weeramanthri

Long-term effect of Covid-19 - Dr Vanessa Bryant

Symposium 2 – Laboratory Management in the digital age

What NPAAC does next – new frontiers in quality and safety of pathology testing in Australia.A/Prof Beverley Rowbotham AO

The value of Pathology and the quality systems in supporting contemporary medical practice
Dr Lawrie Bott

Pathology and My Health Record
Dr Paul Carroll 

1245-1415 Lunch, Industry Exhibition, Posters
1415-1545 Concurrent Symposia 3 & 4
Symposium 3 – What's new in Endocrinology

Recent advances in the investigations and management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Prof Timonthy Davis

Australian guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism - A/Prof Frances Milat (virtual)

The Utility of Biomarkers in Assessing Bone Turnover in Renal Osteodystrophy
- Dr Syazrah (Jaja) Salam (virtual)

Symposium 4 – QAP Update

What's new at RCPAQAP – Ms Samantha Shepherd, Mr Jonathan Bush, Mr Abrar Taif

Challenges of EQA in new PoCT technologies
– Dr Louise Wienholt

Commutability and QAP: Thinking Outside the Box - Dr Chris Farrell

1545-1615 Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition
1615-1715 Plenary 2 - Prof Clara Chow
Cardiovascular Disease: Gaps and Opportunities to Innovate and Improve
1715-1915 Welcome & Industry Gala Function

Wednesday 19 October

0745-1600 Registration Desk Open
0745-0830 Hot Topic Poster breakfast light breakfast served in the exhibition hall 
0830-0915Concurrent Hot Topic Poster Sessions

 

Concurrent Hot Topics – Session 1
  1. Impact of isobaric steroids on 17-Hydroxyprogesterone Mass Spectrometry analysis - Mrs Kirsten Hoad
  2. Detection and quantification of Microrna (Mirna) to distinguish between benign and malignant adrenocortical tumours. Re-vision for a future - Ms Anila Hashmi
  3. Higher free thyroxine levels observed in euthyrotropinaemic individuals on thyroxine therapy are not explained by a method-dependent bias - Dr Ranita Siru
  4. Thiopurine Methyltransferase: A three part odyssey to create a novel test - Ms Kate Lunn
  5. Development and validation of an LCMSMS method for the analysis of histamine and 1-Methylhistamine in urine – Ms Maria Myriallaki

Concurrent Hot Topics – Session 2
  1. Macrotroponin in Fabry Disease: A case series - Mr Cankayan Suthaharen
  2. Total Bilirubin assay differences may cause inconsistent treatment decisions in neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia – Mr David Thomas
  3. IGM Paraprotein: An unexpected cause of an elevated lipaemic index on Siemens Atellica analysers - Dr Eloise Ward
  4. Frequency of Hypophosphataemia following intravenous iron therapy – Ms Rachel Dennis
  5. Choosing Wisely: Is inpatient folate testing in the era of folate fortification a wise use of resources? - Dr Amas Lee
  6. Evaluation of serum creatine kinase reference intervals in women relative to age - Mr Kyle-Peter Wollbrandt (virtual)

0930-1030

Plenary 3 – QAP Plenary - Prof Brian Jackson
Artificial Intelligence in the Clinical Pathology laboratory
1030-1100 Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition
1100-1230 Concurrent Submitted Orals

 

Concurrent Submitted Orals – Session 1
  1. Measurement of B citamins, Thiamine Pyrophosphate (Vitamin B1) and Pyridoxal-5’-Phosphate (Vitamin B6), in whole blood using LC-MS/MS - Dr Gabrielle Crisp
  2. The validation and implementation of a Mass Spectrometry method for immunoglobulin subclasses – Ms Sarah Thomas
  3. “Total Country CV” – Monitoring patients across Australia - A/Prof Graham Jones
  4. Identification of functional vitamin D deficiency through the simultaneous measurement of 25(OH)D and 24,25(OH)2D by LC-MS/MS  - Prof Markus Herrmann (virtual)
  5. Overestimation of aldosterone by direct immunoassay compared to LC-MS/MS and immunoassay post-extraction. Why is it so? - Ms Sheree Stoner (virtual)
  6. Quality Assurance Program for 14c-Urea breath testing - Mr John Abcede (virtual)

Concurrent Submitted Orals – Session 2
  1. A Survey on laboratory report tracing at a Sri Lankan teaching hospital for introducing an IT Solution for report viewing - Dr Udara Senarathne
  2. Humoral Immune Response to three doses of Covid vaccines in a cohort of Sri Lankan healthcare workers - Dr Bolonghoge Dayanath
  3. Evaluation of algorithms for patient based realtime quality control - Miss Chantelle Ebersohn
  4. Patient based real time quality control using Bull’s algorithm in a tertiary care hospital - Dr Sarvatnida Shaikh (virtual)
  5. Using a web application to assist clinicians in screening for primary aldosteronism - Miss Rachelle Liwayan (virtual)

1230-1400 Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Posters
1400-1500 Plenary 4
Thyroid function across the lifespan: laboratory implications - Prof John Walsh
1500-1530

Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition
1530-1700 Concurrent Symposia 5, 6 & IFCC

Symposium 5 – Biomarkers in screening and risk assessment

Alzheimer’s Disease
Prof John Mamo

Cardiovascular risks - A/Prof Damon Bell

PSA for screening for and diagnosis of prostate cancer
– Dr Mark Frydenberg (virtual)

Symposium 6 – SRAC Symposium

Update on SRAC activities
Mr Robert Flatman

Harmonisation of Endocrine Dynamic Tests - Dr Cherie Chiang

Disaccharidases Working Party Update
Mr Matthew Burke

Monoclonal Gammopathy Multidisciplinary WP Update
- Dr Joel Smith

Questions  

IFCC CPD Symposium: Mobile technology and clinical laboratory data management

Digital health and precision medicine
Prof Tahir Pillay

Mobile technology and the management of big data collections 
A/Prof Ronda Greaves

Data mining for paediatric reference intervals – Dr Tze Ping Loh (virtual)

1900-2300 Conference Dinner - Celebrating AACB's 60th Anniversary (take 2!)

Thursday 20 October

0900-1600   Registration Desk Open
0930-1030   Plenary 5 - Prof Peter Kavsak
High-sensitivity Troponin testing and the juxtaposition between speed and quality
1030-1100 Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition
1100-1230 Concurrent Industry Symposia
  DiaSorin Industry Session:
Primary Aldosteronism and Hypertension: Clinical And Technical Updates

Controversies in the Diagnosis & Management of Primary Aldosteronism: a Clinical Perspective
- Professor Paolo Mulatero MD, Full Professor of Internal Medicine, Turin University, Italy 

Establishing Seated Saline Suppression testing in the laboratory setting, considerations, interpretation and future challenges
- Dr Aaron Simpson MBBS BSc FRACP MAACB, Chemical Pathologist/Endocrinologist -Department Head | Biochemistry - Clinipath Pathology

Expert Panel Discussion
Professor Paolo Mulatero and Dr Aaron Simpson (accepting questions from the audience)


Bio-Rad Laboratories Industry Session:
Use of Biological Variation for QC data management 

Introduction – Bio-Rad Pacific
Use of Biological Variation for QC data management - Mr Nico Vandepoele
Use of Biological Variation in Unity Real Time at SA Pathology - Ms Lisa Jolly
Q&A 

    
1230-1400 Lunch & Exhibition / & AACB Annual General Meeting (1300-1400)  
1400-1530 Concurrent Symposia 7 & 8
  Symposium 7 - Metabolomics, Genomics and Epigenetics

Recent experiences of the WA Newborn Screening Program. What lies ahead? - Dr Simon Carrivick

Novel screening modality for patients with rare disorders including developmental delays
Dr Dimitar Azmanov

The road to routine pharmacogenomic testing in clinical practice: Are we there yet? - Dr Sam Salman 

Symposium 8 – QAP Clinical Cases

Introduction - Mr Peter Graham

Cases 1 - Ms Helen Martin

Cases 2 - Dr Joel Smith

Cases 3 - Dr Penny Coates (virtual)

1530-1600 Afternoon Tea
1600-1700 Closing Plenary - Prof Jeremy Nicholson
Metabolism, Microbes and Systems Medicine in Personalised and Public Healthcare: Lessons from COVID-19
1700-1715 Closing Ceremony & Presentation of Oral & Poster Prizes
1715-1815 Closing Reception

Conference Secretariat:

Australasian Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (AACB)
Lisa King, Event Manager M: 0408 904 524 E: lisa@aacb.asn.au
Sharon Boynes, Events Officer M: 0427 016 048 E: sharon@aacb.asn.au