Invited Talks

Chair: Basil Doumas, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

Topic
(Titles shown below are linked to abstracts)

Speaker
Introduction and Welcome  
EC IVD Directive - Expectations and Implications Kim Carneiro, Ph.D., Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology, Denmark
Standardization Activities to Support the Implementation of the IVD-Directive: Harmonized Standards and the European Free Market Emil Voelkert, Ph.D., Roche Diagnostics, Germany, CEN/TC 140, Chair
Status of MRAs and International Standardization Hratch G. Semerjian, Ph.D., NIST, USA
Process for Credentialing Reference Materials, Reference Methods, and Reference Laboratories in Europe Lothar Siekmann, Ph.D., University of Bonn, Germany
European Reference Materials Activities in the Clinical Field Heinz Schimmel, Ph.D., Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Belgium
The IVD Directive Requirement for Calibration Traceability: Impact on IVD Manufacturers Neil Greenberg, Ph.D., D.A.B.C.C., Ortho Diagnostics, USA
History of Reference Systems for Clinical Measurements John H. Eckfeldt, M.D., Ph.D., CAP, University of Minnesota, USA
Development Of Reference Methods and Reference Materials in the U.S. Willie E. May, Ph.D, NIST, USA
Importance of Commutable Human Specimens and Test Value Distributions for Assay Calibration George G. Klee., M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, USA
Reference Systems Models from Other Industries Joan Walsh Cassedy, M.B.A., ACIL, (formerly the American Council of Independent Laboratories), USA

Full day technical poster session titled "Development Of Reference Methods and Reference Materials in the U.S." on Thursday, November 2, arranged by Michael J. Welch, Ph.D., NIST, USA

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