issue 7 | June 2017 EuroMedLab news 22nd IFCC - EFLM European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 25th Meeting of Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation 11-15 JNE 15th National Congress of GSCC-CB Welcome to EuroMedLab Welcome to Athens

Dear Colleagues and Friends best theatre for live performances in the world by a Canadian Welcome to EuroMedLab, newspaper. Sitting in the theatre you can raise your eyes Welcome to Athens, and admire the illuminated Parthenon in all its splendor and charm. And then you can take a walk in Dionyssiou It is almost time! You are arriving in Athens, one of the most Areopagitou Street, one of the most beautiful streets in the historical cities of the world. And guess what: you are visiting world. Greece during the best time of the year. Superior science will monopolize your attention during the Warm but not too hot, an atmosphere of wellness, of fresh week: meetings with meet the experts sessions, debates, air from the sea, the surrounding mountains, the blossoming excellent presentations, meetings with friendly colleagues flowers and trees will overwhelm you. ant visit to the exposition of IVD equipment. The modern spotless metro will take you safely from the But at night, the social program will relax you: a party by the airport to the centre of the busy city. As you are reaching sea, a dinner with colleagues and friends in Plaka, music by towards the center, you will find the metro stop called Theodorakis. In your own free time we urge you to visit the Megaron, the congress centre itself, in a direct line from Museum of Acropolis, the Archeological Museum of Athens, the airport. Megaron, named after the big hall in the the Byzantine, the Cycladic or the Benaki Museums, all of Mycenae palace for the ancient Greeks, the big mansion for them located in the centre of our beloved city. Or you may contemporary Greeks, is a Hall devoted to music. This week ride the tram to the sea, for a glimpse or a swim in the deep though.it will be devoted to science, to Clinical Chemistry and blue of Aegean Sea. Laboratory Medicine, it will be devoted to you as the home of Welcome to Athens! We are looking forward to meeting you! our EuroMedLab. The very first evening you will have the opportunity to attend Katherina Psarra the opening ceremony in one of the most famous ancient GSCC-CB President theatres in the world, Herodion theatre, also devoted to music at first (it was built as an Odeon, a conservatory), under the Alexander Haliassos, Acropolis of Athens. In 2014 it was considered the second EuroMedLab Athens 2017 Congress President

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1 www.athens2017.org 11-15 JNE Congress Committees

CONGRESS PRESIDENT

Dr. Alexander Haliassos

CONGRESS ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Dr. Alexander Haliassos Chair

Dr. Efi Mpotoula Treasurer

Prof. Christos Kroupis Scientific Committee Liaison

Dr. Aggeliki Ferderigou Social Events

Dr. Nota Spyropoulou Social Events

Dr. Katherina Psarra Public Relations

Dr. Irene Leimoni Executive Manager

Dr. Bernard Gouget EuroMedLab 2015 Liaison

Dr. Angelos Evangelopoulos Corporate Members OPENING CEREMONY Representative Herodes Atticus Theatre (Herodion) Prof. Tomáš Zima IFCC Representative th June 11 2017, 20:15 Prof. Grazyna Sypniewska EFLM Representative

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Prof. Eleni Bairaktari

Prof. Eleftherios Diamandis

Prof. Maurizio Ferrari

Prof. Damien Gruson

Dr. Alexander Haliassos

Prof. Christos Kroupis

Prof. Evi Lianidou

Dr. Konstantinos Makris

Prof. Paraskevi Moutsatsou

Prof. Mauro Panteghini

Delegates and accompanying persons in order to Prof. Demetrios Rizos attend the opening ceremony must wear their badges or bring with them the invitation they will receive by Prof. Andreas Scorilas email few days before the congress. Prof. Georgia Sotiropoulou

Prof. Christos Tsatsanis

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Our Awardees

It is a great tradition to honor distinguished scientists with awards during Euromedlab. All scientists should recognize the excellent work of the people, who devote their lives to science as well as to the promotion of laboratory work in the general public. Let all of us acknowledge our gratefulness to them.

Prof. Nada Majkić-Singh Prof. Callum G. Fraser Institute of Medical Biochemistry in the Div. of Cancer, Ninewells Hospital and Clinical Center of Serbia and University Medical School, Dundee (UK) of Belgrade (RS)

9th EFLM-Roche Award for Laboratory Medicine Special GSCC-CB Award for his important achievements as a Scientist in for her important contribution to BCLF since its Laboratory Medicine and his extraordinary and energetic foundations to nowadays contribution to the promotion of the art and science of biological variation

Prof. Andreas R. Huber Dr. Jaume Trapé Kantonsspital Aarau, Institut for Laboratory Laboratory Medicine, Althaia Xarxa Asistencial Medicine, Aarau (CH) Universitària de Manresa (ES)

4th EFLM-Abbott Diagnostics Award for Excellence ELAS-forum Award for Biomarkers in cancer in Outcomes Research in Laboratory Medicine for his article: “Evaluation of two strategies for the interpretation of tumor markers in ascitic fluid” for his article: “Biomarkers from distinct biological pathways improve early risk stratification in medical emergency patients: the multinational, prospective, observational TRIAGE study CrossMark”

Dr. Thomas Kaier Dr. Caroline Le Goff The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University London (UK) Hospital of Liège, CIRM, (BE)

1st EFLM-HyTest Cardiac Marker Award for ELAS-forum Award for Endocrinology remarkable scientific work in the field of for her article: “Establishment of reference values cardiovascular diseases for six steroids in serum by LC-MS/MS” for his article: “Quantifying the Release of Biomarkers of Myocardial Necrosis from Cardiac Myocytes and Intact Myocardium” 3 Our11-15 Bursaries JNE

It is always great finding out the important work some young people have already accomplished at such an early age. And what would be more fruitful than offering them bursaries in order to have the opportunity to show their work and come in contact with experts in the field, in order to help them plan an even brighter future.

10 European Young Scientists were awarded with an ELFM bursary covering travel and accommodation Τhe registration was kindly offered by the Congress Organizing Committee

Gizem Calibasi Jelena Culej Wendy Den Elzen Isabel Fort Zoltan Horvath-Szalai (TR) (HR) (NL) (SP) (HU)

Miroslava Rabajdova Benoit Rucheton Marie-Louise Schleck Elisabetta Sotgiu Sandra Vladimirov (SK) (FR) (ΒΕ) (IT) (RS)

6 Young Scientists were awarded with a GSCC-CB bursary Covering registration and accommodation

Abbas Ahmadi Tatiana Rizou Lydia Giannopoulou Sofia Mastoraki Aliki Ntzifa Aspasia Rizou (IR) (GR) (GR) (GR) (GR) (GR)

5 Young Scientists were awarded with an IFCC Roche Scholarship, covering travel and accommodation Τhe registration was kindly offered by the Congress Organizing Committee

Benjamin Esogwah Aaron Tembo Konzani Padma Padmavathi Santosh Pradhan Trilis Yulianti 4 (NG) (ZM) (IN) (NP) (ID) EuroMedLab news

Our Volunteers

Here is a super group of young people, devoted to the Euromedlab delegates. They know everything the delegates need, they will be happy to help them and their reward will be the opportunity to be with them and to share the experience of the greatest European event of their profession.

Congratulations to our 20 vollunteers!

Panagiotis Adamopoulos Martí María Belén Itai Chitungo Dayrit Geraldine Makrina Karaglani (GR) (AR) (ZW) (PH) (GR)

Martha-Spyridoula Maria Lagiou Gabriel Lima-Oliveira Athina Markou Sofia Melliou Katsarou (GR) (BR. IT) (GR) (GR) (GR)

Akinwumi Ogundajo Kostas Patras Marina Pijanovic Maria Eugenia Mariza Siopi (NG) (GR) (RS) Schroeder (GR) (UY)

Areti Strati Fotini Tsikrika Elena Tzanikou Anna Velts Martha Zavridou (GR) (GR) (GR) (EE) (GR)

5 SPECIAL EVENT 11-15 JNE TUESDAY JUNE 13 Starting at 20.00 IFCC Task Force of Young Scientists (TF-YS) event

gazarte 32-34 Voutadon Str. Gazi - Athens 11854 Tel.: +30 210 3460347

Kerameikos Station

An Interesting event co-organized with the IFCC Task Force of Young Scientists (TF-YS) and the International Society of Enzymology (ISE) will combine a scientific presentation by Dr. Nader Rifai, Editor in chief of “Clinical Chemistry”, entitled “Communication of Scientific Information” and a musical performance of the well-known Mikis Theodorakis Orchestra. There will be a Get Together Dinner, offered by the GSCC-CB, while overlooking the Acropolis and the Parthenon. The evening will continue in a friendly musical atmosphere. This event is also open to all other delegates but they need to purchase a ticket (80 euros per person) by writing to Amanda Goddard ([email protected]). Space is limited and tickets will be sold on a first-come first-served basis.v

SOCIAL EVENT WEDNESDAY JUNE 14 Farewell Get Together Starting at 19.30

Lemos Vouliagmenis 166 71 Vouliagmeni Attica Tel.: +30 210 8962416 website: www.nov.gr

BUS TRANSFER BY TAXI Meeting at Megaron Athens International Conference Center An average journey by taxi from at 19:00 & bus transfer to Vouliagmeni Nautical Club. Megaron Athens International Conference Center to Vouliag- Return starting at 23:00 meni Nautical Club should take approximately 35’-45’ min- utes, depending on the traffic. 6 The cost of the ride should be around € 35-40 one way. EuroMedLab news

Congress Venue Opening Ceremony Megaron Athens International Conference Center Herodes Atticus Theatre (Herodion)

Congress Headquarters Hotel Athens Hilton New Acropolis Museum

Congress Hotels

7 FRIDAY JUNE 16 09.30 13.50 AT SOUNIO SATELLITE MEETING “DIABETES” AT SANTORINI ISLAND SATELLITE MEETING “ADVANCES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE AND PATHO BIOLOGY” FRIDAY JUNE 16 to MONDAY JUNE 19 85 16.30 21.00 AT SOUNIO SATELLITE MEETING “DIABETES” ROOM 1 CONFERENCE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM A MEDITERRANEAN LEADING PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 180 MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM THE LIQUID BIOPSY APPROACH: FOLLOWING THE TUMOR IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD 380 SKALKOTAS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE JUST A NECESSARY EVIL OR A VALUABLE TOOL IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT? Nicholas Katsanis 457 BREAK MITROPOULOS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ETHICAL ISSUES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE THURSDAY JUNE 15 WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 650 HALL A 10.30 12.30 BCLF SYMPOSIUM TOPICS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE IN BALKAN REGION 1500 TRIANTI HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN MASS SPECTROMETRIC APPLICATIONS 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 12.3013.30 CLOSING CEREMONY ANTIDOPING TESTING David Epstein Geoffrey S. Baird 10.30 12.30 DEBATE AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 85 ROOM 1 CONFERENCE ANTIBODIES AND MICROARRAYS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOMARKERS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM 14.30 16.30 SYMPOSIUM INFECTION, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND MIGRATION 180 MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM TRACEABILITY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT EXISTING AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN POCT Rosy Tirimacco 14.30 15.45 MEET THE EXPERT ESTABLISHED & EMERGING BIO MARKERS IN HEART FAILURE DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT Gerasimos Filippatos 380 EduW EduW 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 SKALKOTAS HALL THERMOFISHER THERMOFISHER 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE INTERFACE OF LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS EduW - MENARINI POSTER SESSION George P. Chrousos 457 BREAK 15.45 16.45 17.00 18.00 14.30 15.30 WEDNESDAY JUNE 14 EduW - SIEMENS EduW - SIEMENS EduW - DIASORIN 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM PERSONALIZED MEDICINE MITROPOULOS HALL THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS IN HUMAN DISEASE RISK 650 EduW HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 FUTURE OUTLOOK ON POCT AND CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM EduW - RANDOX BECTON DICKINSON SOCIAL EVENT FOR DELEGATES / SPECIAL TICKET REQUIRED 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 TRIANTI HALL EduW - BIO-RAD EduW - MINDRAY 17.00 18.00 WORKSHOP LABORATORY SERVICE IN REFORMING STAGE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE ROLE OF LABORATORY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ICU / CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 10.30 12.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE PART 1 14.30 16.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE PART 2 16.45 18.30 SYMPOSIUM REFERENCE INTERVALS IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 12.30 14.30 DEBATE DIRECT TO CONSUMER TESTING Rodger Seccombe Dan Holmes AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN

UPDATEDJune 2017 85 ROOM 1 CONFERENCE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE MICROBIOME: PRESENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 16.00 18.00 SYMPOSIUM BIG DATA IN THE ERA OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 180 MC 3 HALL NEW PERPSECTIVES ON PHARMACO GENETICS & PHARMACOGENOMICS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM 15.30 16.45 MEET THE EXPERT HOW TO SUCCEED IN SCIENCE MEDICINE AS A WOMAN Karen Anderson Ann Gronowski 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT ASSESSING VITAMIN D STATUS IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY Howard Morris 380 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ORTHO SKALKOTAS HALL EduW - SIEMENS EduW - MINDRAY 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS LUNCH Françoise Baylis POSTER SESSION 457 BREAK TUESDAY JUNE 13 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ROCHE EduW - ROCHE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM IMPLEMENTING AND MAINTAINING STANDARDIZATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE MITROPOULOS HALL EduW - BINDINGSITE HUMAN GENE EDITING: THE DAWN, ZENITH, AND DUSK 650 HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 Presentation of Nader Rifai: "Communication Scientific Information" EduW - ABBOT EduW - SYSMEX 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM KIDNEY DISEASES ƒ HOT QUESTIONS ON ESTABLISHED AND NOVEL BIOMARKERS 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 TRIANTI HALL EduW - RANDOX 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM STATE OF THE ART IN CARDIAC MARKERS EduW - MENARINI EduW - FUJIREBIO 1961 PLENARY IFCC TASK FORCE OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS ‚TFƒYS„ ƒ EVENT / DINNER LIMITED ATTENDANCE ALL DELEGATES NEED A SPECIAL TICKET ‚ free for YS) LAMBRAKIS HALL 10.30 12.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM INCREASING CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 14.30 15.30 PRESIDENT'S INVITED SPEAKER George Maliaras 12.30 14.30 DEBATE THE ETHICS OF GENE EDITING Nicholas Katsanis Françoise Baylis 16.00 18.00 IFCC SYMPOSIUM ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN P4 LABORATORY MEDICINE AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 85 NEW  ROOM 1 17.00 18.00 CONFERENCE ANACHEM EduW 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM TRACEBILITY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: A MATTER OF PATIENT SAFETY 14.30 16.30 SYMPOSIUM ESCCA PERSPECTIVES IN CLINICAL FLOW CYTOMETRY IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK 180 MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND FOLLOW UP OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA 14.30 16.45 MEET THE EXPERT ACCREDITATION AND LAB MANAGEMENT WHY AND HOW TO DO IT Wim Huisman Michel Vaubourdolle Hélène Mehay Elizabeth Frank 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT SUCCESS IN RESEARCH ACADEMIC CAREER Eleftherios Diamandis 380 EduW** 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ORTHO SKALKOTAS HALL EduW - SIEMENS 10.30 12.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM HARMONISATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE BECKMAN COULTER LUNCH George Pavlakis POSTER SESSION 457 EduW * MONDAY JUNE 12 BREAK 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ROCHE EduW - ABBOTT 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR DAMAGE MITROPOULOS HALL BECKMAN COULTER NEW VACCINES AND IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR AIDS CANCER 650 HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - SEBIA EduW - ROCHE EduW - ABBOTT 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE ROLE OF LABORATORY IN STROKE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS STROKE BIOMARKERS 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 TRIANTI HALL EduW - SYSMEX EduW - WERFEN EduW - BIO-RAD 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PREGNANCY 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN CANCER BIOMARKER DISCOVERY LESSONS FROM 30 YEARS OF CANCER SCREENING Anne McTiernan Karen Anderson 14.30 16.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM STANDARDIZATION IN ENDOCRINOLOGY 12.30 14.30 DEBATE 16.30 18.30 AUTHOR WORKSHOP TIPS AND TRICKS OF GETTING YOUR PAPER PUBLISHED IN A GREAT JOURNAL Mario Plebani Anthony Newman JUNE 11 SUNDAY 20.1522.15 HERODION THEATER OPENING CEREMONY 21.00  21.30 OPENING LECTURE David Epstein 22.00 WELCOME GET TOGETHER 09.00 16.00 AT CHOREMEIO SATELLITE MEETING “INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM” JUNE 10 08.55 17.30 AT WAR MUSEUM ANNEX “SAROLGIO MANSION” SATELLITE MEETING “BONE METABOLISM DISEASE” 17.0020.00 AT CHOREMEIO SATELLITE MEETING “INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM” SATURDAY DAY 8 ROOM CAPACITY 12.30 14.30 10.30 12.30 18.00 20.00 14.30 18.00 10.00 10.30 20.00 22.00 22.00 00.00 09.00 10.00 EUROMEDLAB ATHENS 2017 TIMETABLE EUROMEDLAB ATHENS FRIDAY JUNE 16 09.30 13.50 AT SOUNIO SATELLITE MEETING “DIABETES” AT SANTORINI ISLAND SATELLITE MEETING “ADVANCES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE AND PATHO BIOLOGY” FRIDAY JUNE 16 to MONDAY JUNE 19 85 16.30 21.00 AT SOUNIO SATELLITE MEETING “DIABETES” ROOM 1 CONFERENCE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM A MEDITERRANEAN LEADING PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 180 MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM THE LIQUID BIOPSY APPROACH: FOLLOWING THE TUMOR IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD 380 SKALKOTAS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE JUST A NECESSARY EVIL OR A VALUABLE TOOL IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT? Nicholas Katsanis 457 BREAK MITROPOULOS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ETHICAL ISSUES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE THURSDAY JUNE 15 WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 650 HALL A 10.30 12.30 BCLF SYMPOSIUM TOPICS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE IN BALKAN REGION 1500 TRIANTI HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN MASS SPECTROMETRIC APPLICATIONS 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 12.3013.30 CLOSING CEREMONY ANTIDOPING TESTING David Epstein Geoffrey S. Baird 10.30 12.30 DEBATE AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 85 ROOM 1 CONFERENCE ANTIBODIES AND MICROARRAYS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOMARKERS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM 14.30 16.30 SYMPOSIUM INFECTION, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND MIGRATION 180 MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM TRACEABILITY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT EXISTING AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN POCT Rosy Tirimacco 14.30 15.45 MEET THE EXPERT ESTABLISHED & EMERGING BIO MARKERS IN HEART FAILURE DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT Gerasimos Filippatos 380 EduW EduW 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 SKALKOTAS HALL THERMOFISHER THERMOFISHER 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE INTERFACE OF LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS EduW - MENARINI POSTER SESSION George P. Chrousos 457 BREAK 15.45 16.45 17.00 18.00 14.30 15.30 WEDNESDAY JUNE 14 EduW - SIEMENS EduW - SIEMENS EduW - DIASORIN 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM PERSONALIZED MEDICINE MITROPOULOS HALL THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS IN HUMAN DISEASE RISK 650 EduW HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 FUTURE OUTLOOK ON POCT AND CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM EduW - RANDOX BECTON DICKINSON SOCIAL EVENT FOR DELEGATES / SPECIAL TICKET REQUIRED 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 TRIANTI HALL EduW - BIO-RAD EduW - MINDRAY LABORATORY SERVICE IN REFORMING STAGE 17.00 18.00 WORKSHOP 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE ROLE OF LABORATORY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ICU / CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 10.30 12.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE PART 1 14.30 16.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE PART 2 16.45 18.30 SYMPOSIUM REFERENCE INTERVALS IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 12.30 14.30 DEBATE DIRECT TO CONSUMER TESTING Rodger Seccombe Dan Holmes AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 85 ROOM 1 CONFERENCE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE MICROBIOME: PRESENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 16.00 18.00 SYMPOSIUM BIG DATA IN THE ERA OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE FRIDAY JUNE 16 09.30 13.50 AT SOUNIO SATELLITE MEETING “DIABETES” AT SANTORINI ISLAND SATELLITE MEETING “ADVANCES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE AND PATHO BIOLOGY” FRIDAY JUNE 16 to MONDAY JUNE 19 180 MC 3 HALL 85 16.30 21.00 AT SOUNIO SATELLITE MEETING “DIABETES” NEW PERPSECTIVES ON PHARMACO GENETICS & PHARMACOGENOMICS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM HOW TO SUCCEED IN SCIENCE MEDICINE AS A WOMAN Karen Anderson Ann Gronowski 15.30 16.45 MEET THE EXPERT 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT ASSESSING VITAMIN D STATUS IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY Howard Morris ROOM 1 CONFERENCE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM A MEDITERRANEAN LEADING PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 380 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ORTHO SKALKOTAS HALL 180 EduW - SIEMENS EduW - MINDRAY MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS LUNCH 10.30 12.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM THE LIQUID BIOPSY APPROACH: FOLLOWING THE TUMOR IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD Françoise Baylis POSTER SESSION 457 BREAK TUESDAY JUNE 13 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ROCHE EduW - ROCHE 380 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM IMPLEMENTING AND MAINTAINING STANDARDIZATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE MITROPOULOS HALL EduW - BINDINGSITE SKALKOTAS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE JUST A NECESSARY EVIL OR A VALUABLE TOOL IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT? HUMAN GENE EDITING: THE DAWN, ZENITH, AND DUSK 650 HALL A Nicholas Katsanis 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 Presentation of Nader Rifai: "Communication Scientific Information" EduW - ABBOT EduW - SYSMEX 457 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM KIDNEY DISEASES ƒ HOT QUESTIONS ON ESTABLISHED AND NOVEL BIOMARKERS BREAK MITROPOULOS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ETHICAL ISSUES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE THURSDAY JUNE 15 WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 TRIANTI HALL 650 EduW - RANDOX 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM STATE OF THE ART IN CARDIAC MARKERS EduW - MENARINI EduW - FUJIREBIO HALL A 10.30 12.30 BCLF SYMPOSIUM TOPICS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE IN BALKAN REGION 1961 PLENARY IFCC TASK FORCE OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS ‚TFƒYS„ ƒ EVENT / DINNER LIMITED ATTENDANCE ALL DELEGATES NEED A SPECIAL TICKET ‚ free for YS) LAMBRAKIS HALL 1500 10.30 12.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM INCREASING CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 14.30 15.30 PRESIDENT'S INVITED SPEAKER George Maliaras THE ETHICS OF GENE EDITING Nicholas Katsanis Françoise Baylis 12.30 14.30 DEBATE 16.00 18.00 IFCC SYMPOSIUM ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN P4 LABORATORY MEDICINE TRIANTI HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN MASS SPECTROMETRIC APPLICATIONS AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 85 NEW 12.3013.30 CLOSING CEREMONY ANTIDOPING TESTING David Epstein Geoffrey S. Baird 10.30 12.30 DEBATE  ROOM 1 17.00 18.00 CONFERENCE ANACHEM EduW 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM TRACEBILITY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: A MATTER OF PATIENT SAFETY 14.30 16.30 SYMPOSIUM ESCCA PERSPECTIVES IN CLINICAL FLOW CYTOMETRY IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 180 MC 3 HALL 85 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND FOLLOW UP OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA 14.30 16.45 MEET THE EXPERT ACCREDITATION AND LAB MANAGEMENT WHY AND HOW TO DO IT Wim Huisman Michel Vaubourdolle Hélène Mehay Elizabeth Frank 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT SUCCESS IN RESEARCH ACADEMIC CAREER Eleftherios Diamandis ROOM 1 CONFERENCE ANTIBODIES AND MICROARRAYS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BIOMARKERS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM 14.30 16.30 SYMPOSIUM INFECTION, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND MIGRATION 380 EduW** 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ORTHO SKALKOTAS HALL 180 EduW - SIEMENS MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM HARMONISATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE BECKMAN COULTER LUNCH 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM TRACEABILITY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT EXISTING AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN POCT Rosy Tirimacco 14.30 15.45 MEET THE EXPERT ESTABLISHED & EMERGING BIO MARKERS IN HEART FAILURE DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT Gerasimos Filippatos George Pavlakis POSTER SESSION 457 EduW * MONDAY JUNE 12 BREAK 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ROCHE EduW - ABBOTT 380 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR DAMAGE MITROPOULOS HALL EduW EduW BECKMAN COULTER 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 SKALKOTAS HALL THERMOFISHER THERMOFISHER 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE INTERFACE OF LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS EduW - MENARINI NEW VACCINES AND IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR AIDS CANCER 650 HALL A POSTER SESSION 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 George P. Chrousos EduW - SEBIA EduW - ROCHE EduW - ABBOTT 457 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE ROLE OF LABORATORY IN STROKE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS STROKE BIOMARKERS BREAK 15.45 16.45 17.00 18.00 14.30 15.30 WEDNESDAY JUNE 14 EduW - SIEMENS EduW - SIEMENS EduW - DIASORIN 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM PERSONALIZED MEDICINE MITROPOULOS HALL THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS IN HUMAN DISEASE RISK 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 TRIANTI HALL EduW - SYSMEX 650 EduW - WERFEN EduW - BIO-RAD 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PREGNANCY EduW HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 FUTURE OUTLOOK ON POCT AND CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM EduW - RANDOX BECTON DICKINSON SOCIAL EVENT FOR DELEGATES / SPECIAL TICKET REQUIRED 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 1500 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN CANCER BIOMARKER DISCOVERY LESSONS FROM 30 YEARS OF CANCER SCREENING Anne McTiernan Karen Anderson 14.30 16.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM STANDARDIZATION IN ENDOCRINOLOGY 12.30 14.30 DEBATE 16.30 18.30 AUTHOR WORKSHOP TIPS AND TRICKS OF GETTING YOUR PAPER PUBLISHED IN A GREAT JOURNAL Mario Plebani Anthony Newman 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 TRIANTI HALL EduW - BIO-RAD EduW - MINDRAY 17.00 18.00 WORKSHOP LABORATORY SERVICE IN REFORMING STAGE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE ROLE OF LABORATORY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ICU / CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS JUNE 11 SUNDAY 20.1522.15 HERODION THEATER OPENING CEREMONY 21.00  21.30 OPENING LECTURE David Epstein 22.00 WELCOME GET TOGETHER 09.00 16.00 AT CHOREMEIO SATELLITE MEETING “INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM” 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL JUNE 10 10.30 12.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE PART 1 14.30 16.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE PART 2 16.45 18.30 SYMPOSIUM REFERENCE INTERVALS IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 12.30 14.30 DEBATE DIRECT TO CONSUMER TESTING Rodger Seccombe Dan Holmes 08.55 17.30 AT WAR MUSEUM ANNEX “SAROLGIO MANSION” SATELLITE MEETING “BONE METABOLISM DISEASE” 17.0020.00 AT CHOREMEIO SATELLITE MEETING “INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM” SATURDAY DAY AREA ROOM 9 CAPACITY 12.30 14.30 10.30 12.30 18.00 20.00 14.30 18.00 10.00 10.30 EXHIBITION 20.00 22.00 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 22.00 00.00 09.00 10.00 85 ROOM 1 CONFERENCE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE MICROBIOME: PRESENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 16.00 18.00 SYMPOSIUM BIG DATA IN THE ERA OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 180 MC 3 HALL NEW PERPSECTIVES ON PHARMACO GENETICS & PHARMACOGENOMICS 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM HOW TO SUCCEED IN SCIENCE MEDICINE AS A WOMAN Karen Anderson Ann Gronowski 15.30 16.45 MEET THE EXPERT 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT ASSESSING VITAMIN D STATUS IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY Howard Morris 380 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ORTHO SKALKOTAS HALL EduW - SIEMENS EduW - MINDRAY 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS LUNCH Françoise Baylis POSTER SESSION 457 BREAK TUESDAY JUNE 13 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ROCHE EduW - ROCHE 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM IMPLEMENTING AND MAINTAINING STANDARDIZATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE MITROPOULOS HALL EduW - BINDINGSITE HUMAN GENE EDITING: THE DAWN, ZENITH, AND DUSK 650 HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 Presentation of Nader Rifai: "Communication Scientific Information" EduW - ABBOT EduW - SYSMEX 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM KIDNEY DISEASES ƒ HOT QUESTIONS ON ESTABLISHED AND NOVEL BIOMARKERS 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 TRIANTI HALL EduW - RANDOX 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM STATE OF THE ART IN CARDIAC MARKERS EduW - MENARINI EduW - FUJIREBIO 1961 PLENARY IFCC TASK FORCE OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS ‚TFƒYS„ ƒ EVENT / DINNER LIMITED ATTENDANCE ALL DELEGATES NEED A SPECIAL TICKET ‚ free for YS) LAMBRAKIS HALL 10.30 12.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM INCREASING CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 14.30 15.30 PRESIDENT'S INVITED SPEAKER George Maliaras THE ETHICS OF GENE EDITING Nicholas Katsanis Françoise Baylis 12.30 14.30 DEBATE 16.00 18.00 IFCC SYMPOSIUM ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN P4 LABORATORY MEDICINE AREA EXHIBITION 10.00 17.30 EXHIBITION OPEN 85 NEW  ROOM 1 17.00 18.00 CONFERENCE ANACHEM EduW 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM TRACEBILITY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE: A MATTER OF PATIENT SAFETY 14.30 16.30 SYMPOSIUM ESCCA PERSPECTIVES IN CLINICAL FLOW CYTOMETRY IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK 180 MC 3 HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND FOLLOW UP OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA 14.30 16.45 MEET THE EXPERT ACCREDITATION AND LAB MANAGEMENT WHY AND HOW TO DO IT Wim Huisman Michel Vaubourdolle Hélène Mehay Elizabeth Frank 16.45 18.00 MEET THE EXPERT SUCCESS IN RESEARCH ACADEMIC CAREER Eleftherios Diamandis 380 EduW** 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ORTHO SKALKOTAS HALL EduW - SIEMENS 10.30 12.30 EFLM SYMPOSIUM HARMONISATION IN LABORATORY MEDICINE BECKMAN COULTER LUNCH George Pavlakis POSTER SESSION 457 EduW * MONDAY JUNE 12 BREAK 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - ROCHE EduW - ABBOTT 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR DAMAGE MITROPOULOS HALL BECKMAN COULTER NEW VACCINES AND IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR AIDS CANCER 650 HALL A 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 EduW - SEBIA EduW - ROCHE EduW - ABBOTT 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM THE ROLE OF LABORATORY IN STROKE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS STROKE BIOMARKERS 1500 15.45 16.45 14.30 15.30 17.00 18.00 TRIANTI HALL EduW - SYSMEX EduW - WERFEN EduW - BIO-RAD 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PREGNANCY 1961 PLENARY LAMBRAKIS HALL 10.30 12.30 SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN CANCER BIOMARKER DISCOVERY LESSONS FROM 30 YEARS OF CANCER SCREENING Anne McTiernan Karen Anderson 14.30 16.30 IFCC SYMPOSIUM STANDARDIZATION IN ENDOCRINOLOGY 12.30 14.30 DEBATE 16.30 18.30 AUTHOR WORKSHOP TIPS AND TRICKS OF GETTING YOUR PAPER PUBLISHED IN A GREAT JOURNAL Mario Plebani Anthony Newman JUNE 11 SUNDAY 20.1522.15 HERODION THEATER OPENING CEREMONY 21.00  21.30 OPENING LECTURE David Epstein 22.00 WELCOME GET TOGETHER 09.00 16.00 AT CHOREMEIO SATELLITE MEETING “INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM” JUNE 10 08.55 17.30 AT WAR MUSEUM ANNEX “SAROLGIO MANSION” SATELLITE MEETING “BONE METABOLISM DISEASE” 17.0020.00 AT CHOREMEIO SATELLITE MEETING “INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM” SATURDAY DAY ROOM CAPACITY 12.30 14.30 10.30 12.30 14.30 18.00 18.00 20.00 10.00 10.30 20.00 22.00 22.00 00.00 09.00 10.00 Map11-15 JNEof Exhibition Area

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REGISTRATION DESKS / GSCC-CB / IFCC / EFLM / EQALM / AACC / DURBAN 2017 / BARCELONA 2019

No 67 ABAXIS No 43 DIATRON / MEDICON No 64 KONICA MINOLTA No 21 SEBIA No 52 ABBOTT No 40 DIRUI INDUSTRIAL No 77 LABQUALITY No 25 SEKISUI DIAGNOSTICS No 63 ACON LABORATORIES No 74 DISERA No 58 LIFOTRONIC No 17 SENTINEL No 102 ADALTIS / I.S.E. No 24 DRG INSTRUMENTS No 95 MAYO MEDICAL LABORATORIES No 55 SHENZHEN DYMIND BIOTECHNOLOGY No 23 ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS No 96 EUROFINS BIOMNIS No 15 MENARINI No 71 SHIMADZU EUROPA No 50 ARK DIAGNOSTICS No 46 EUROIMMUN No 29 MICOBIOMED Νο 2 SIEMENS No 28 ASP LAB AUTOMATION No 30 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Νο 5 MINDRAY No 20 SNIBE No 51 AWARENESS TECHNOLOGY No 47 FUJIFILM No 38 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL EUROPE No 18 STAGO Νο 1 BECKMAN COULTER No 19 FUJIREBIO No 87 NEOMEDICA Νο 4 SYSMEX No 11 BECKMAN COULTER No 61 GENTIAN No 83 NIHON KOHDEN EUROPE No 54 T & O LABSYSTEMS No 12 BIO-RAD No 93 GREINER BIO-ONE No 22 NOVA BIOMEDICAL Νο 8 THE BINDING SITE No 89 BIOLYPH No 81 HITACHI No 26 NOVATEC IMMUNDIAGNOSTICA Νο 6 THERMOFISHER No 35 BIOSYSTEMS No 14 HORIBA Νο 7 ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS No 53 TIMEDICO No 88 BIT GROUP No 62 IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS No 59 PHILIPS Νο 10 TOSOH BIOSCIENCE No 78 BUHLMANN No 39 IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK No 13 RANDOX No 94 TRINITY BIOTECH No 91 DIAGAM No 80 IMPROVE MEDICAL No 103 RESPONSE BIOMEDICAL No 65 WATERS No 48 DIAGNOSTICS BIOCHEM CANADA No 105 INFOMED Νο 3 ROCHE No 57 WEQAS No 72 DIASOURCE No 56 INPECO No 31 SARSTEDT No 33 YHLO No 45 DIASYS DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS No 68 INSTAND No 104 SCIEX No 86 ZIVAK TECHNOLOGIES 11 How11-15 JNEto get to Athens

Athens is easily accessed by air, sea and land (road and BY ROAD railroad) as it is the Greece’s capital and one of the major Athens can be reached by road via the Western Balkan cities of the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean area. countries, Bulgaria, Albania and Turkey. Moreover, moving around the city is a real pleasure. Ath- ens public transportation system connects the city center BY RAILROAD and Megaron - Athens International Conference Center, the The main railway network of Greece currently provides links be- Congress Venue, with all surrounding areas through a mod- tween Athens and Northern and Southern Greece and the rest ern network combining many lines of metro, suburban rail- of Europe through the Western Balkan countries and Bulgaria. way, train, buses, trolleys and trams. The road system has been modernized in recently with new highways. The capi- BY SEA tal is connected with other parts of the mainland through a There are daily ferryboat connections from Italy (Ancona, network of railways, buses and coaches. Furthermore, Ath- Bari and Brindisi, Venice and Trieste) to Patras the second ens has direct connections to all Greek islands through the largest port of entry to Greece; approximately 220 km (135 ports of Piraeus, Lavrio and Rafina. miles) from Athens. The Middle East is accessible via the port of Volos located 300km (180 miles) from Athens. BY AIR The new award-winning “Eleftherios Venizelos” Athens In- FREE SHUTTLE ternational Airport, has been serving the Greek capital since A free shared shuttle service will be offered to its opening to the public on March 28th, 2001. Its exciting you from and to Athens international airport and design has, according to surveys, made it one of the world’s Megaron Convention Center from June 10, 2017 leading airports in overall passenger satisfaction for the last four years and Europe’s fastest growing airport. • Saturday 10 June 8am-8pm At the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, • Sunday 11 June 8am-8pm Athens is a city that is easily accessible from virtually any • Monday 12 June 10am-6pm point of the world. Flights from major airport hubs in London, • Tuesday 13 June 10am-6pm Frankfurt, Paris, Berlin, Zurich, Milan, Rome, Istanbul, New • Wednesday 14 June 10am-6pm York, Larnaca and Dubai come in at least once per day. • Thursday 15 June 8am-15pm Located 33 km (20 miles) southeast of Athens, it is easily ac- The detailed timetable and frequency will be cessible via Attiki Odos, a major highway part of the Athens available soon at www.athens2017.org City Ring Road. Public transport to Athens and the port of Piraeus is provided by the new metro system, express airport bus connections, taxi and high-speed rail. The service is kindly offered by Mindray 12 EuroMedLab news

Congress Venue

The EuroMedLab Athens 2017 Congress will be held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center, one of the finest and technologically advanced conference venues in Europe. The center offers an impressive environment of beauty, cutting edge facilities and unrivalled client service.

MEGARON ATHENS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER Vassilisis Sophias Ave. & Kokkali Str. Athens GR-115 21, Greece Phone: +30 2107282000

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