Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is my great pleasure to announce that the 22 nd IFCC-EFLM
European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine “EuroMedLab Athens 2017” will be held in Athens,
Greece, June 11 th - June 15 th and to invite you to participate to
this very interesting conference. Whether you work in a hospi-
tal, a university, in private practice or in the diagnostics indus-
try “EuroMedLab Athens 2017” will be the place to come.
The chance to combine leading world experts with the unique
art treasures of Athens represents a valuable opportunity to
promote Art and Science meeting and to allow people coming
from all over the world to gather and exchange ideas. This will
be a special conference held in the excellent at Megaron – the
Athens Congress Center in the wonderful city of Athens.
EuroMedLab 2017 will cover all the scientific, doctrinal and
technological aspects of Laboratory Medicine. We are expect-
ing thousands of participants from all over the world and a
great contribution from exhibitors. A well calibrated program
of oral and poster presentations, and dedicated workshops,
will guarantee an efficient exchange of ideas and allow pro-
ductive discussions.
The organization of the congress is already completed. I am
certain the organizing did an outstanding job in delivering a
program of high quality and interest containing innovative
ideas and of direct relevance to modern laboratory medicine.
The accompanying industrial exhibition will provide informa-
tion and advice on the most up to date equipment, diagnos-
tics, informatics and professional practice.
These are exciting times in the world of laboratory medicine.
Therefore, laboratory medicine specialists and the diagnostic
industry have a responsibility to work together to convert data
into knowledge which can be used to add value to patients
health.
I look forward to welcoming you in Athens,
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Maurizio Ferrari
IFCC President
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is indeed a great pleasure to welcome you to Athens
and to Euromedlab 2017. We organise these conferences
for many reasons. Most important to disseminate new
information that we hope can contribute to improved patient
care in the short or in the long run. Secondly, to meet
people and to exchange ideas and experiences. This is
as important since implementation of new ideas needs
communication between laboratory professionals. We
also need to bring the information from conferences back
to our hospitals where we must engage in dialogue with
our clinical colleagues. They must learn about how to interpret
laboratory tests, how much can they trust them,
what are the uncertainties, what are significant changes
between serial results. We have to learn about the consequences
of laboratory results, how do clinicians use them,
how do they benefit patients. We are living in a time with
huge changes also for laboratory medicine and we have
to be informed of these changes and the possibilities to
be able to transform our laboratory and our hospitals in
an efficient way.
So - these are your tasks in Athens: To learn, to be inspired,
to start - and to facilitate cooperation, to meet
old friends and to get new friends and to be part of an
international network in laboratory medicine. EFLM, the
European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine welcomes especially its 40 member societies,
representing more than 22 000 specialists in laboratory
medicine, to this event. EFLM wants to stimulate the
scientific, regulatory, professional and clinical aspects of
laboratory medicine in Europe. I do look forward to seeing
you during the conference.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Sverre Sandberg
EFLM President
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation it is a
great pleasure to welcome you all to the 22nd IFCC-EFLM
European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine and 25th BCLF Meeting.
Looking at the final program it is obvious that Athens
from June 11-15 2017 will be a place of utmost importance
for all the European and international community of specialist
in laboratory medicine. The organizers have taken
a great effort to fulfill broad range of demands for an up
to date scientific program that will further contribute to
the future of promising development of laboratory medicine.
Planed innovations will give all of us the opportunity
to actively participate in finding solutions for common
challenging areas of our profession.
As a regional organization, BCLF gathers laboratory
medicine specialists from the entire Balkan region with
the aim of improving clinical laboratory practice in each
of the Balkan countries. Our joined efforts result in close
collaboration, establishment and encouragement of high
professional standards in clinical laboratory science and
its service to humanity. EuroMedLab Athens 2017 is another
exciting opportunity for us to get together, strengthen
friendship and cooperation with colleagues from other
countries, as well as stay abreast of the latest developments
in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.
Athens procured a significant part of the foundations of
modern democracy, science and medicine, but it is also
a place of outstanding hospitality and friendliness. This
ancient and modern city, with equal measurements of
grace and strength, will ensure an exquisite location for
our meeting with countless opportunities for an exciting
social program.
I sincerely hope that EuroMedLab Athens 2017 will be
remembered as an excellent and exhilarating scientific
event that will bring us new knowledge, ideas for research
and improve the quality of work delivered by our medical
laboratories.
We sincerely hope to see you in Athens in June of 2017.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Najdana Gligorovic Barhanovic
BCLF President
