6th Cherry Blossom Symposium Speaker

Special Lecture
Healthcare Economy in Japan from the International Prespective
Chairman:
Takashi Kanno MD,PhD (Hamamatsu Medical Center)
Speaker:
Shuzo Nishimura PhD (Kyoto University)
Invited Lecture ‡T
Next Generation Laboratory Automation Systems:
Further Improvements in Laboratory Efficiency

Chairman:
Jutarou Tadano MD,PhD (Ogata Institute for Medical and Chemical Research)
Speaker:
Robin A.Felder PhD (The University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center)
Invited Lecture ‡U
Autonomous Mobile Transport Robot System in Hospital and Clinical Laboratory
Chairman:
Yasushi Takagi MD,PhD (Showa University Hospital)
Speaker:
Tatsuo Sakai (Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.)
Invited Lecture ‡V
Potential of New Trends in Biology for Laboratory Examination:
From High-throughput Sequencer to Stem Cell Biology.

Chairman:
Shunichi Kumagai MD,PhD (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine)
Speaker:
Shinichi Nishikawa MD (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology)
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Current Management and Strategies of TLA
Chairman:
Masato Maekawa MD,PhD (Hamamatsu University School of Medicine)
Jin Q Kim MD,PhD (Seoul National University Hospital)
Speaker:
1) Automation of Clinical Laboratory Quality Inspections
Charles D. Hawker PhD, MBA, FACB (ARUP Laboratories)
2) Automation in a Large Regional Reference Laboratory
- The Northen California Kaiser Permanente Experience -
Gene Pawlick MD (Regional Laboratories.TPMG Inc,USA )
3) Analysis of Turnaround Time by Subdividing Three Process Stages for Outpatients Specimens
Won-Ki Min MD (ASAN Medical Center)
4)The Role of Clinical Laboratory in the Hospital -Extended Service to Clinical Medicine -
Tetsuro Sugiura MD,PhD (Kochi Medical School)
Symposium ‡U
Advanced Quality Management of TLA
Chairman:
Mitsuru Murata MD,PhD (Keio University School of Medicine )
Charles D.Hawker PhD, MBA, FACB (ARUP Laboratories)
Speaker:
1) Why Labs in the U.S. Are Integrating Lean & Six Sigma Methods with Lab Automation
Robert L. Michel (The Dark Report)
2) The Quality Improvement through Laboratory Accreditation by ISO 15189: Siriraj Hospitalfs Experience
Panutsaya Tientadakul MD (Siriraj Hospital, Thailand)
3) External Quality Control Survey for Hematological Laboratories in China
Mingting Peng MDiNational Center for Clinical Laboratories,Chinaj
4) Multi-parameter Testing for Improved Quality of Laboratory Diagnostics Information
Shinichi Eda PhD (Roche Diagnostics K.K.)
Symposium ‡V
Intelligent Systems to Improve Quality and Interpretation of Laboratory Results
Chairman:
Kiyoshi Ichihara MD,PhD (Yamaguchi University School of Medicine)
Akira Suwabe MD,PhD (Iwate Medical University )
Speaker:
1) Laboratory e-Sample Management and e-Resulting
Sunil Sethi MD,PhD (National University Hospital, Singapore)
2)Point of Action Checking System in Laboratory Medicine Using RFID - Sampling, Transfusion & Sample Transport -
Junghan Song MD (Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
3) Diabetes Simulator for Quantitative Profiling from Clinical Testing Aata - A Practical Use of Systems Biology
Kaoru Asano PhD (Sysmex Corporation)
4) Practical Application of Data-mining Methods in Laboratory Medicine
Kiyoshi Ichihara MD,PhD (Yamaguchi University School of Medicine)
5) Recent Developments in Region-of-interest Based Search Algorithms andHeuristics for Query of Histopathologic Imagery
Ulysses G.J.Balis MD (University of Michigan)

Symposium ‡W
New Approach to Next Stage TLA
Chairman:
Junichi Chihara MD,PhD (Akita University School of Medicine)
Sang In Kim MD,PhD (Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Speaker:
1) Molecular Genetic Diagnoses of the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter Pylori
Douglas E.Berg PhD (Washington University Medical School)
2) UniCel Solution with AutoMate Sample Processing System
Kazuo Inoue (Beckman Coulter K.K.)
3) The Availability of Broad Spectrum Diagnostic Genetic Tests;Chromosome Microarrays
Peter R. Papenhausen PhD, FACMG (Laboratory Corporation of America)
4) Application of Proteomic Technologies to the Study of Hepatobiliary Diseases Present Uses and Future Promise
Fumio Nomura MD,PhD (Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine)
5) ULA(Ubiquitous Laboratory Automation)-New Horizons in Laboratory Service
Jin Q Kim MD,PhD iSeoul National University Hospitalj