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REGISTRATION FEES
Before July 1, 2007 - 300 € (210 LVL)
After July 1, 2007 - 350 € (245 LVL)
The registration fee includes access to all scientific sessions, full accommodation, all meals, Stockholm sightseeing by bus. The registration is closed in October 1, 2007.
Please check Congress preliminary program, fill up Registration Form and we will send you the invoice to your e-mail and ordinary mail address in a couple of labour days.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Thursday, 11 October 2007
Registration
Riga’s Passenger harbour, Eksporta Street 3a
14:00 - 16:30
Ship departure from Riga to Stockholm 17:30
Opening ceremony
Dzintars Ozolins, Chairman of the board of The Latvian Society of laboratory specialists, President of the Congress
17:30 – 17:40
Main Symposium Interpreting laboratory results - factors of the influence, “team strategy” between laboratory specialists and physicians
Sarmite Veide, President of The Latvian Association of Family doctors
“Practical aspects of co-operation between family doctors and laboratories”
Bjorn J. Bolann, Associated Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
“How should analytical quality affect the interpretation of laboratory tests?”
Aija Zilevica, President of The Latvian Association of Microbiology, Professor of Microbiology, University of Latvia, Latvia
“Interpretation of results of microbiology assays in the practice of family doctors”
Simone Zerah, Laboratoire Zerah-Taar-Pfeffer, Chair of the EC4 Register Comission, Expert ISO and CEN, Bagnolet, France
“The situation (problems) of sampling, transport, documentation and interpretation of lab results in general and following ISO/EN15189 Norm”
Inga Rutka, Health Statistics and Medical Technologies State Agency, Director of Conformity Assessment Department, Latvia
”Quality assurance of laboratory investigations”
17:40 - 20:00
Plenary Session Management of Helicobacter pylori infection
Chaim Hershko, Professor of Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
“Identification of Helicobacter pylori as a leading cause of obscure iron deficiency anemia in young adults”
Mario M. D’Elios, Associated Professor of Molecular Medicine & Immunology, University of Florence, Italy
“Helicobacter pylori and T cells”
17:30 - 20:00
Dinner 20:30 - 23:00
Friday, 12 October 2007
Breakfast 08:30 - 09:30
Arrival in Stockholm 09:30
City sightseeing Excursion by bus with English and Russian speaking guides 09:45 - 11:45
Symposium Cardiovascular risk factors - diagnostics, interpretation of laboratory findings, modern approaches in the management
Agu Tamm, Professor of Laboratory medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia
“Dietary lactose as a coronary risk factor”
Gunta Ticmane, Private practice of family medicine, Jumprava Ogre district, Latvia
“Hypertension: correlation between results of laboratory examination and clinical status (Findings in a rural area of Latvia).”
Rival hotel 12:00 - 14:00
Lunch Rival hotel 14:00 - 15:00
Ship departure from Stockholm to Riga 17:00
Main Symposium Management of renal functions – new approaches, diagnostics algorithm
17:00 - 20:30
Plenary Session Alcohol consumption - epidemiology, laboratory diagnostics, consequences
Tija Vanaga, Private practice of psychotherapy, Riga, Latvia
“Modern approaches in the management of alcoholism”
17:00 - 20:30
Dinner 21:00 - 23:00
Saturday, 13 October 2007
Breakfast 08:00 - 09:00
Main Symposium Management of diabetes - traditional and new approaches, importance of the pre-analytical factors, the role of the laboratory and the point of care
Liga Kozlovska, President of Rural Family Doctors Association of Latvia
“The meaning of expressdiagnostics in the treatment of diabetic patients in the GP practice”
09:00 - 10:20
Closing ceremony
10:20 – 10:30
Plenary Session Obesity and metabolic syndrome – ways to manage, treatment possibilities
09:00 - 10:30
Arrival in Riga 11:00
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Official Congress Language English
Education hours 17 hours - will be nominated in the Certificate of attendance
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