Time

Subject
 

Moderator

Breakfast

Welcome and introduction of meeting program

Open session:

Invited speaker: Sue Cousineau - "HIV/AIDS and the Unsung heroes of Africa: The life and struggles of African grannies and their orphaned grandchildren."
 

9:20-9:35

Close session:

Review of  2008 Consensus statements:

1.   CAHCLS members along with CATIE (B. Plant) will coordinate efforts to provide information regarding HIV seroconversion testing, clinical monitoring and basic biology. (C. Swantee)

2.   CAHCLS will correspond with the Therapeutics Directorate to urge them to provide more resources to address the longer than necessary time taken to respond and review kit licensure applications

3.   CAHCLS should revisit POC statements from previous years with a view to take the opportunity to ensure the quality of POC testing in their own province.

Follow-up of 2006 consensus statement:

1.   Consensus Statement for National Program controls: CAHCLS 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 to 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.)
 

Chris Sherlock & Carol Swantee

Close session:

HIV diagnostic testing issues
PRESENTATION: Christiane Claessens – experience with CLSI HIV guideline
PRESENTATION: Christiane Claessens – Abbot AxSym 4^th generation experience
 

Refreshment break
 

Close session:

HIV diagnostic testing issues
 

Lunch
 

Close session:

HIV diagnostic testing issues
PRESENTATION: John Gill - HIV NAT evaluation PRESENTATION: Linda Merrick - Roche VL lot release data
PRESENTATION: Bonita - Pooled NAT Alberta ER room study
PRESENTATION: Darrel Cook\Mel - Pooled NAT testing study in BC
 

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
Roche – Dr. Maurice Rosenstraus: "Blips: Assay Performance and Therapeutic Effectiveness in a Pas de Deux"
 

Refreshment break

3:15-5:00

Close session:

HIV diagnostic testing issues
HIV NAT Panel discussion
PRESENTATION: Mona Loutfy, John Gill, Chris Sherlock, Bonita Lee, Tony Mazzulli – HIV Blip evaluation

SOCIAL EVENT: A lobster cruise discovery
Bus leaves hotel 6:00pm;
Boarding 6:30pm; Departure 7:00pm; Return 9:30pm

Tour Description and Map   

Time

Subject
 

Moderator

Breakfast
 

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
Abbott – Dr. John Hackett, Jr: “Evolution in Real-Time: Global Diversification of HIV-1”
 

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
Siemens – Dr. Jim Uzgiris: “Siemens HIV Research and Development Update”
 

Refreshment break
 

Open session:

Industry scientific presentation
GenProbe – Dr. C. Thomas (Tom) Nugent: “Detection of HIV-1 in Alternative Specimens Types Using the APTIMA HIV-1 RNA Qualitative Assay”
 

Open session:

PRESENTATION: John K. - NLHRS quality activities
 

11:25-12:00

Open session:

Rapid HIV
PRESENTATION:
Update from Alberta Rapid HIV Pilot – Bonita Lee & Carol Swantee & Darrel Cook and rest of Canada
 

Lunch
 

Close session:

Close session:

Close session:

Close session:

2:00-2:15

Close session:

Close session:

CAHCLS need assessment survey - Barry Plant
 

Refreshment break
 

Close session:

HIV diagnostic testing issues & Action statement:
 

Close session:

CAHCLS business meeting