Event Timing: Saturday, March 14th at 8.30 AM -> Saturday, June 6th at 8:30 AM
Event Address: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
Room in bib: Royal Sky Room 1
Contact us at +32 (0)2 649 21 47 or raf@vbs-gbs.org

Accreditation : Ethics & Economics.
Registration number for accreditation : will follow

Max 120 persons allowed.

Program:
  8.30       Welcome & coffee
  9.00       Quality systems and the place of the practical guide (Y. Guiot, CHU Saint-Luc)
  9.30       Entry controls and release of critical reagents (D. Mvumbi, CMP lab)
10.00       External quality controls (N. Vanderheyden, UZLeuven)
10.20       Internal audit and continuous improvement (I. Roland, CHU Erasme)
10.50       Coffee break
11.10       Validation and verification of methods of analysis (D. Van Hecke, AZ Sint-Lucas Brugge)
12.10       Measurement uncertainty (Y. Guiot, CHU Saint-Luc)
12.30       Discussion & closing remarks (R. Croes, AZ Sint-Blasius Dendermonde)

The symposium will be followed by the general assemblee for the members of the VBS/GBS AP.

Registration is definitive after payment of
- 100 € for members of the VBS-GBS AP and graduated YPS members
- 250 € for non-members pathologists, pharmacists, biologists and medical staff
- 120 € for MLT-TLM, quality coordinator, non-medical staff, non-members trainees & residents non-YPS member
-   60 € for residents that are YPS members. Graduated YPS members pay 100 €.
By wire transfer to the account BE84 0682 3050 4359 (BIC: GKCCBEBB) of the VBS/GBS AP with mentioning your NAME, SURNAME and Symposium 14.3.

Attention: Payment will not be possible on site!