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Consensus Conference on HIV Clinical Laboratory Testing
Quebec City, Quebec, June 8 & 9, 2008
AGENDA

Day 1:  June 8, 2008 Sunday

Time

Subject
 

Moderator
8:00-8:30

Continental breakfast

 
8:30-8:40

Welcome and introduction of meeting program

 Christiane Claessens / Carol Swantee
8:40-9:30

Close session:
Review of  2007 Consensus statements:

1.   Consensus Statement for National Program controls: CAHCLS support the NRL EQA program – a correspondence on CAHCLS letter head to support the NRL EQA program.

2.   Consensus statement: Establishment of a Working Group for Development of a National Data Base to Collectively Monitor Number of HIV Serological False Positives – develop term of reference - what data to be collected, with what frequency, etc. needed to follow issue of false positives. (Lead - Christianne,  Members - Fred, Bonita, Todd, John)

3.   Consensus statement: Establishment of Need Assessment (Group: Anthony Chow, Gail McNabb, Barry Plant and Tony Mazzulli and Carol Swantee and Chris Sherlock.)

Follow-up of 2006 consensus statement:

1.   CAHCLS will initiate a discussion to rationalize tissue/organ/cells donor testing across the country

2.   We propose to establish a working group to examine the utility of finding an algorithm that could eliminate the need for WB.

3.   Pamphlets and brochure developed with CATIE

4.   Consensus statement regarding HIV test kit licensure regulations is with Debbie and Maria
 

Chris Sherlock & Carol Swantee

 
9:30-10:10

Open session:
Invited speaker: Dr Robert Myers, Deputy Director, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – HIV Diagnostics
 

 John Kim
10:10-10:25

Refreshment break
 
10:25-12:00

Open session:
HIV drug resistance testing presentation and panel discussion

Invited speakers:
Cécile Tremblay (40 minutes) - New and evolving drugs
Hugues Charest (30 minutes) - Different resistance testing assays

Panel Discussion (25 minutes):
Suggested topics for panel: need for baseline resistance testing for treatment naïve patients, interpretative resistance algorithms and phenotypic accuracy and clinical utility, non-B clades resistance interpretation
 

 Chris Sherlock
12:00-1:00

Lunch
 
1:00-1:15

Close session:
Presentation: CATIE new mandates (Barry Plant)
 

 Carol Swantee & Darrel Cook
1:15-3:00

Close session:
HIV diagnostic testing issues

Presentation: Christianne C. - Data on Abbot AxSym 4th generation

Presentation: Darrel Cook - Pooled NAT testing study

Presentation: Bonita - Pooled NAT testing study

Presentation: Chris S. \ Linda M. - Data on HIV VL comparison on Bayer 440, Roche Taq & Amplicor, Abbott
 

 Carol Swantee & Darrel Cook
3:00-3:15

Refreshment break

 
3:15-4:05

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
Abbott – HIV Combo Assay (Holger Behrens or Gregor Benning from Delkenheim)
 

 Chris Sherlock
4:05-4:20

Close session:
One-on-one with industry: Abbott
 

 Chris Sherlock
4:20-4:35

Close session:
One-on-one with industry: Siemens
 

 Chris Sherlock
4:35-4:50

Close session:
One-on-one with industry: Roche
 

 Chris Sherlock
4:50-5:05

Close session:
One-on-one with industry: bioMérieux
 

 Chris Sherlock
6:00-10:00

SOCIAL EVENT: Dinner Cruise onboard Louis Jolliet along St Lawrence River
Gather at hotel lobby 6:00 p.m. , 15 minutes walk to Croisieres AML
                                    


Consensus Conference on HIV Clinical Laboratory Testing
Quebec City, Quebec, June 8 & 9, 2008
AGENDA

 Day 2:  June 9, 2008 Monday

Time

Subject
 

Moderator
8:00-8:30

Continental breakfast
  
8:30-9:20

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
Siemens – Performance of the VERSANT® HIV-1 RNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) on the VERSANT™ kPCR Molecular System (Greg Gorrin)
 

 Carol Swantee
9:20-10:10

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
Roche – Pending
 

 Carol Swantee
10:10-10:25

Refreshment break
 
10:25-10:55

Open session:
Rapid HIV –

-  Update from Ontario (Hassel free clinic) - Jane Greer

-  Study at St Paul Hospital emergency department – Chris Sherlock

-  Update from Alberta Rapid HIV Pilot – Bonita Lee

-  Update from the rest of Canada
 		 Carol Swantee

10:55-12:15

 

Open session:
Rapid HIV –

-  Update from Ontario (Hassel free clinic) - Jane Greer
Study at St Paul Hospital emergency department– Chris Sherlock

-  Update from Alberta Rapid HIV Pilot – Bonita Lee

-  Update from the rest of Canada
 		 Carol Swantee
12:15-1:15

Lunch
 
1:15-1:30

Close session:

Presentation: John K. - NLHRS quality activities
 

 Darrel Cook
1:30-1:45

Close session:

Presentation: James B. – HIV resistance testing quality assurance
 		 Darrel Cook

1:45-2:00

 

Close session:

Presentation: Debbie Lepine - Health Canada TPP report on new kits, regulations, FDA\Canadian approval and Post-marketing surveillance
 		 Carol Swantee
2:00-3:00

Close session:
HIV diagnostic testing issues

-         HIV test Algorithm

-         HIV Case definition

Tissue testing and Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate Regulations
 		 Carol Swantee & Darrel Cook
3:00-3:15

Refreshment break
 
3:15-4:00

Close session:
HIV diagnostic testing issues & Consensus statement:
 

 John Kim
4:00-5:00

Close session:
CAHCLS business meeting
 

 Chris Sherlock

Click HERE to download this Agenda in Word Document
 

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