ABOUT CONFERENCE
Roche Days is a two-day diagnostics conference aiming to showcase the newest Roche innovation and educate industry experts on the medical value of IVD. As a leader in healthcare innovations, Roche sets a high value on bringing knowledge closer to the local expert community. Every year, Roche Days gathers more than 130 laboratory experts from all Baltic countries. This is a great opportunity to share and discuss the best practices, experiences, and future challenges in laboratory medicine.
The focus of the two days:
Day one is dedicated to laboratory diagnostics' newest technologies, applications for different disease areas and upgrades in laboratory techniques.
Day two is dedicated to scientific content by educating the laboratory experts on recent research discoveries, clinical evidence and changes in the healthcare system.
AGENDA
May 8th
12:00 -13:00 Arrival at the conference center and registration
BU21 Conference centre, Ernesta Birznieka-Upisa 21, Riga
13:00 -13:30 Grand opening
13:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:30 Explore and experience Roche solutions
- Comprehensive hematology solutions for laboratories
Explore the Hematology with the installed XN-1000 instrument and DI-60 microscopy instrument software - redefining precision and efficiency in blood analysis - cobas® connection modules (CCM) Vertical
Enabling connectivity through floors and ceilings - Roche Lab Automation and Core Lab digital solutions
Achieving operational excellence through integrated solution - cobas® pure integrated solutions
Designed to meet the needs of various lab settings - cobas® mobile solution
Digital companion for Serum Work Area apps and more - LightCycler® PRO
25 years journey of LightCycler
- AVENIO Edge System
Experience pure freedom - walk away from manual pipetting
- Next Generation Sequencing solutions
Unlock the potential of every sample
- VENTANA DP 600 slide scanner
Workflow flexibility meets high-capacity slide scanning
- Digital Pathology portfolio
Empowering precision diagnosis - paving the way for personalized care
- Patient-centric healthcare with POC
Hands-on exploration of Roche's POC portfolio
14:40 - 15:00 LightCycler®: Where legacy meets innovation
James Lee, Sr. International Product Manager LightCycler® Systems, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc
15:05 - 15:25 Roche solutions for Infectious Disease Serology: from menu consolidation to high medical value
Dr. Silvia Bleuler-Martinez, International Product Manager Infectious Diseases, Roche Diagnostics Int. AG
15:30 - 15:40 Value of Compliance
Jakub Elliot Mil, Head of Compliance, Quality, Regulatory & SHE, Roche Diagnostics Baltics
15:40 - 16:00 GDPR: An Elephant in the Room
Linas Vadeika, Attorney & Business Partner for GDPR compliance, UAB "Roche Lietuva"
17:30 -18:00 Transfer to hotel
18:00 -19:00 Hotel check-in
Mercure Hotel Center, Elizabetes iela 101, Riga
19:00 -22:00 Dinner at Mercure Hotel Center
May 9th
08:30 Transfer from hotel to the conference centre
Hotel check-out until 8:20
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome words
Rauls Velins, General Manager, Roche Latvia and Indulis Zalitis, MD, MBA, Head of Medical Scientific Affairs & Healthcare Development Baltics, Roche Diagnostics
09:10 - 09:25 Development of IVD
Evita Feldberga, HealthCare System Partner, Roche Diagnostics Baltics
09:25 - 09:45 Patient's perspective of value of IVD
Aiste Staraite, President of the Lithuanian Heart Failure Patient Association
09:45 - 10:30 IVD value. Panel discussion
Dr. Valdas Banys, PhD, EuSpLM Board member at Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine, Product manager at JSC Medicna practica, Lithuania
Dr. Dagne Gravele, Head of Laboratory Services, Children's Clinical University Hospital, Latvia
Anu Tamm, Head of United Laboratories of Tartu University Hospital, Estonia
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 - 11:15 A new perspective from ISO standards
Dr. Valdas Banys, PhD, EuSpLM Board member at Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine, Product manager at JSC Medicina practica, Lithuania
11:15 - 11:40 The diagnostic utility of mass spectrometry
Dr. Dusanka Kasapic, Senior Medical Affairs Manager, Area Head DIAccess & LMIC, Roche Diagnostics Solutions, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs
11:40 - 12:00 Quality frameworks for POC: HbA1c example
Dr. Erna Lenters-Westra, HbA1c Researcher, Clinical Chemistry Department of Isala Hospital, Netherlands
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:25 Laboratory testing challenges in the Endocrinologist's practice
Dr. Una Gailisa, President of Latvian Endocrinology Association, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia
13:25 - 13:45 Lp(a) actualities in clinical practice
Prof. Gustavs Latkovskis, Interventional cardiologist, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia
13:45 - 14:10 Tracing iron deficiency – the value of advanced cell-based haematology parameters
Dr. Ondrej Valina, Scientific manager, Sysmex Europe
14:10 - 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 - 14:55 Molecular genetic testing in pediatric oncology. Children's Clinical University Hospital experience.
Dace Enkure, Molecular geneticist, Children's Clinical University Hospital, Latvia
14:55 - 15:20 Sepsis - new trends in the diagnosis
Aigars Reinis, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, Head Doctor of Microbiology department, Joint Laboratory, P. Stradins University Hospital, Latvia
15:20 - 15:25 Closing words
Indulis Zalitis, MD, MBA, Head of Medical Scientific Affairs & Healthcare Development Baltics, Roche Diagnostics
15:35 Departure
REGISTRATION
Registration is now closed. For the late registrations, please contact Agnese Dimante.
EVENT LOCATION
Mercure Hotel Riga and BU21 Conference centre (located just 5 minutes from the hotel)
TRANSPORTATION FROM LITHUANIA
Buses from Vilnius & Klaipeda will leave at 8:00:
The Vilnius bus will leave from Vilnius Cathedral and make a stop at BIG shopping mall central entrance at 8:20.
If you want to be picked up at the BIG shopping mall, please inform us by 7th of May 14:00.
The Klaipeda bus will leave from the bus parking and will make an additional stop at Siauliai at 10:00 VIADA,
Dubijos g. 1C, Šiauliai, 77208 Šiaulių m. sav.
PARKING
In case you are arriving by car, free parking is available at the Mercure Riga Centre which is ~5 min walk from the BU21 Conference Hall and paid parking is available right next to the BU21 Conference Hall.
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