The document provides information about the 2012 APHL Annual Meeting & Sixth Government Environmental Laboratory Conference held in Seattle. It includes details about the conference schedule, speakers, workshops hosted by corporate partners, poster sessions, exhibits, and recognition of sustaining members and supporters. Future APHL conferences are also announced.

1. WELCOME TO SEATTLE
2012 APHL ANNUAL MEETING &
SIXTH GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY
CONFERENCE

2. ONE WORLD. ONE
HEALTH.
One Voice. One Community.
One Connection. One Vision.
One Advocate. One Resource.
One Future.

3. OUR WORLD. OUR HEALTH.
Our Voice. Our Community.
Our Connection. Our Vision.
Our Advocate. Our Resource.
Our Future.

4. 2012 PLANNING COMMITTEE
Charles Brokopp, Chair
Robyn Atkinson
Kerry Buchs
Dan Didier
Romesh Gautom
Rosemarie Gearhart
James Hurley
Robert Martin
Godfred Masinde
Kristy Osterhout
Dan Rice
Michael Wichman

5. APHL acknowledges the following companies
for their support of the
2012 Annual Meeting & Sixth Government
Environmental Laboratory Conference
The content of the 2012 APHL Annual Meeting &
Sixth Government Environmental Laboratory
Conference is completely controlled by APHL
through its planning committee. The use of trade
names is for identification purposes only and does
not imply endorsement by APHL.

6. Welcome Reception
Life Technologies
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member

7. Awards Luncheon &
General Support
Gen-Probe
APHL Diamond
Level
Sustaining Member

8. General Conference Support &
Hotel Key Cards
PerkinElmer
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member

9. General Conference Support
Abbott
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member
Luminex
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member
QIAGEN
APHL Diamond
Level
Sustaining Member

10. Refreshment Breaks
Afternoon
Roche
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member
Morning Coffee Breaks
Bio-Rad
APHL Gold Platinum (12-
13) Level Sustaining
Member

11. Healthiest Laboratory Award
HDR
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member

12. Tote bags
Thermo Scientific
APHL Diamond Level
Sustaining Member
Water Bottles
Flash Drives Pall Life Sciences
APHL Platinum Level
Idaho Technology Sustaining Member
APHL Silver Level
Sustaining Member

14. Diamond
Abbott
Gen-Probe Gold
HDR Platinum ApolloLIMS
Life BD Diagnostics
Esri
Technologies Bio-Rad
LabWare
Cepheid
Luminex Pall Life
PerkinElmer Sciences
QIAGEN STARLiMS
Roche
ThermoFisher
Hardy Diagnostics
BioSearch
Silver Bruker Daltonics
Idaho Technologies
Applied Maths Innogenetics
ChemWare
The Baker Company OpGen
DiaSorin
BioMerieux Safe Secure Solutions
Global Biohazard
Technologies
Trinity
WorkingBuildings
Thanks to the 2012
APHL Sustaining

15. Attend APHL’s Corporate Partners’
Industry Workshops
Monday, May 21 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Abbott Molecular – St. Helens, 2nd Floor
PLEX-ID : A Convergence of Broad Detection &
Surveillance
QIAGEN – Vashon, 3rd Floor
Implementation of QFT in Public Health Laboratories
Life Technologies – Adams, 2nd Floor
Influenza Typing, Bacterial Identification & Newborn
Screening with the Ion Torrent Personal Genome
Machine
PerkinElmer – Olympic, 2nd Floor
Newborn Screening for Lysosomal Storage
Disorders

16. Attend APHL’s Corporate Partners’
Industry Workshops
Monday, May 21 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Roche - Adams, 2nd Floor
Roche cobas CT/NG Test
Luminex – Olympic, 2nd Floor
NeoPlex 4-Improved Efficiency for Your Newborn Screening Lab
An Epidemiology Tool for RVP Surveillance
Enhanced Gastrointestinal Pathogen Screening Through Multiplex Analysis
Thermo – St. Helens, 2nd Floor
Sensitive Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water using
Ion Chromatography
Light Refreshments will be served from 6:30 – 7:00 PM

18. Money or Die: Global Health and
Disease Prevention
Award-winning Author
Laurie Garrett
Tuesday, May 22 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Grand Ballroom I
Katherine Kelley Distinguished Lecture

19. Social Media @ APHL
Social media allows APHL to connect with
members, staff, partners and the public.
Find links to all of these sites at
www.aphl.org/media

20. Follow the annual meeting
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22. REMINDER: Member Assembly
Monday, May 21
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Grand Ballroom III

23. REMINDER: Awards Luncheon
sponsored by Gen-Probe
Tuesday, May 22
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Grand Ballroom I

24. POSTERS
Available for Viewing
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Sunday, May 20
8:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Monday, May 21
7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, May 22
7:30 AM – 5:30 PM

25. Visit the APHL Experience
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Experience APHL  Learn More  See Demos
•Explore the NEW Survey Resource Center
•APHL’s Resources for YOU—the Member Resource
Center
•Your Lab’s Best Friend – APHL Training
•Quality Systems—Cost Accounting Tool for your
Laboratory
•Get Social with APHL - Spread the Word!
•Sample Size Models for Influenza
•MicrobeNet
•What’s New in Newborn Screening??
•Focus on APHL’s Preparedness Program
•Biomonitoring Database – See it in Action!

27. VISIT THE EXHIBITS
Grand Ballroom I/II
SUNDAY: 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
3:30 PM Break sponsored by Roche
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception sponsored by Life Technologie
MONDAY: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
10:00 AM Break sponsored by Bio-Rad
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch in Exhibit Hall
3:30 PM Break sponsored by Roche

28. EXHIBIT HALL RAFFLE
Win Prizes!
Turn in your completed
raffle card at Registration
by 3:30 PM on Monday!
Drawing will be during
the afternoon break
Monday.
You must be present to win.
Thanks to CLSI, BtB Software,
SSI/MiraVista, Healthpac
Computer Systems, Neogen &
Pall Life Sciences for prize
donations!

29. 2012 APHL SUSTAINING
MEMBER EXHIBITORS
DIAMOND PLATINUM GOLD
Abbott Bio-Rad (2012-13) ApolloLIMS
Gen-Probe LabWare BD
HDR Pall Life Sciences Cepheid
Life Technologies STARLIMS SILVER
Luminex Applied Maths
PerkinElmer The Baker Company
QIAGEN bioMerieux
ThermoFisher ChemWare
DiaSorin
Global Biohazard
Technologies
Hardy Diagnostics
Idaho Technology
Innogenetics
OpGen
Trinity Biotech
WorkingBuildings

30. MORE 2012 EXHIBITORS
BtB Software Agilent
CDC BioHelix
Arlington Sciences Biotage
Delta Biotech Promium
Phthisis Rainbow Scientific
The NELAC Institute CLSI
CAP Technical Safety Services
SSI/Miravista BioGX
Healthpac Computer Systems Art’s Way Scientific
Microbiologics Qualtrax
Micronics
IMMY
Neogen

31. UPCOMING APHL
CONFERENCES
www.aphl.org/conferences
16th Annual PulseNet Update Meeting & 8 National OutbreakNet
th
Conference
August 27 - 30, 2012 Atlanta, GA
2013 Joint Meeting of the Newborn Screening & Genetic Testing
Symposium and International Society for Neonatal Screening
May 5 - 10, 2013 Atlanta, GA
2013 APHL Annual Meeting & Seventh
Government Environmental Laboratory Conference
June 2 - 5, 2013 Raleigh, NC
8th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis
August 19 - 21, 2013 San Diego, CA

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34. See you next year!
2013 APHL Annual Meeting &
Seventh Government
Environmental
Laboratory Conference
June 2-5, 2013
Raleigh, NC