Av. du Bugnon 25 1011 Lausanne-CHUV CH- Switzerland 80th annual congress of the Swiss Society of Pathology CHUV, Lausanne, November 6-8, 2014 www.sgpathlausanne2014.ch Half-day post-graduate course for residents in training CHUV, Yersin auditorium Thursday, November 6, 2014 Slide seminar on bone marrow pathology Organizers: Laurence de Leval and Stephan Dirnhofer 08:30 - 09:00 Introductory lecture 09:00 - 10:00 Case presentations (part I) Coffee break 10:30 - 12:00 Case presentations (part II) Annual Symposium CHUV, Cesar Roux auditorium Thursday, November 6, 2014 13:00 - 13:10 Opening and welcome: Laurence de Leval Session I: update on selected topics of thoracic pathology Chairs: Igor Letovanec and Holger Moch 13:10 – 13:40 Molecular pathology of lung cancer (Marc Ladanyi) 13:40 – 14:10 The role of the pathologist in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (Andrew Nicholson) 14:10 – 14:40 Thymic epithelial tumors (Alex Marx) Coffee break Industrial exhibition and posters 15:40 – 16:10 Thoracic sarcomas (Petur Nielsen) Keynote lecture Introduction: Laura Rubbia-Brandt 16:10 – 16:50 Targeting cancer stem cells in sarcoma (Ivan Stamenkovic) Session II: free papers Chairs: Thomas McKee and Markus Tolnay 17:00 – 18h15 Friday, November 7, 2014 Session III: head and neck pathology Chairs: Paul Komminoth and Alexandre Lobrinus 08:00 - 08:30 Cystic lesions of the jaws (Piet Slootweg) 08:30 - 09:00 Bone lesions of the head and neck (Petur Nielsen) 09:00 - 09:30 Tumors of the thyroid: an update (Mauro Papotti) 09:30 - 10:00 Salivary gland tumors (William Faquin) Coffee break Industrial exhibition and posters Session IV: free papers Chairs: Wolfram Jochum and Matthias Roessle 11:00 - 12:00 Keynote lecture Introduction: Laurence de Leval 12:00 – 12:45 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: from karyotypes to next generation sequencing (Riccardo Dalla-Favera) Lunch Session V: selected topics in « basic » pathology Chairs: Rainer Grobholz and Luca Mazzucchelli 14:00 - 14:30 Diagnosing infectious diseases in pathology: Now and tomorrow (Paul Hofman) 14.30 - 15.00 HPV in head and neck carcinogenesis (William Faquin) 15:00 - 15:30 Lymphatics and their role in inflammation and tumor progression (Michael Detmar) Coffee break Industrial exhibition and posters Session VI: molecular pathology Chairs: Gad Singer and Peter Wild 16:15 - 16:45 Impact of modified 2013 ASCO/CAP Guidelines on HER2 testing in breast cancer (Organizer: Zsuzsanna Varga) (sponsored by Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG) 16:45 – 17:15 RAS in colorectal cancer (Organizer: Gieri Cathomas) (sponsored by Merck (Schweiz) AG) Session VII: free papers Chairs: Joachim Diebold and Alexandar Tzankov 17:15 - 18:15 18.15 Attribution of poster prizes Chair: Lukas Bubendorf Gala Dinner Evening Gala evening at the Olympic Museum, Ouchy-Lausanne. Visit of the museum and dinner Slide seminar Saturday, November 8, 2014 08:30 – 10:00 General Assembly of the SGPath/SSPath Coffee break 10:30 – 13:00 Slide Seminar - Endocrine pathology in non-endocrine organs Organizers: Massimo Bongiovanni and Achim Weber Panelists: William Faquin, Paul Komminoth, Stefano La Rosa, Alex Marx, Aurel Perren, Guido Rindi CHARGES Half-day post-graduate course for residents in training, 06.11.2014 Resident and young staff pathologists (SSPath/SSPath members) free of charge Non-members of SGPath/SSPath : students, residents CHF 120 Non-members of SG Path/SSPath : others CHF 200 Annual Symposium, 06-07.11.2014 Ordinary and extraordinary SGPath/SSPath members CHF 200 Retired, junior and honorary SGPath/SSPath members CHF 150 Non-members of SGPath/SSPath : residents, students, technicians CHF 150 Non-members of SGPath/SSPath : others CHF 240 Gala Dinner, 07.11.2014 Members and non-members CHF 80 Slide seminar, 08.11.2014 Ordinary and extraordinary and junior SGPath/SSPath members free of charge Retired and honorary SGPath/SSPath members CHF 80 Non-members of SGPath/SSPath : residents, students, technicians CHF 80 Non-members of SGPath/SSPath : others CHF 120 REGISTRATION In advance online registration is mandatory for all participants using the link: http://www.sgpathlausanne2014.ch/ Deadline for online registration: 25.10.2014. PAYMENT After your registration you will receive the bill by post (the address you give by the registration will be used for the bill). The confirmation for the registration will be sent by e-mail.