The Digital Pathology Symposium will be held on Thursday 24 September 2015 at The Norcroft Centre, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire. The one-day event will provide 6 CPD credits and examine diagnostic digital pathology practices in places that have adopted the technology, compare it to practices in the UK, and identify next steps for implementation in the UK. Speakers will present on digital pathology experiences from Europe, the US, and veterinary and UK settings. An interactive demonstration and panel discussion will explore digital pathology capabilities and vision for adoption in the UK pathology network.

1. Digital Pathology Symposium
Thursday 24 September 2015
6 CPD Credits
To be held at The Norcroft Centre, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP
Registration
Online bookings & Early Bird Rate*
Members £180
Trainees £95
Non-members £250
Regular bookings
Members £210
Trainees £125
Non-members £280
* Early booking - one month prior to event date off line
To understand where diagnostic digital pathology is in those places that have “embraced” it, and examine how this compares with
where we are in the UK and what we may do to promote its adoption where applicable. A plenary talk will present the wider digital
healthcare context in which cellular pathology services will need to operate. European and US experience of diagnostic digital
pathology will be presented, as will on-going experience of UK based digital pathology including that in veterinary histopathology.
An overview of logistical requirements of digital pathology implementation will be presented, including the need for interoperability
for effective IT implementation. A panel discussion will conclude the meeting, with the aim of identifying the next steps towards
implementation of diagnostic digital pathology in the UK.
09:00 Registration & refreshments
09.30 Welcome and Introduction to meeting – Dr Samar Betmouni, Director of Clinical Pathology, Deputy Director of Health
& Wellbeing Centre, Digital Health Zone, University of Bradford
Setting the Scene
10:00 Plenary session – David Furniss, Director, Global Health Portfolio & Practices, BT Health
Title to be confirmed
11:00 Digital Pathology what is it? Interactive demonstration of what digital pathology can do - Stuart Shand - Philips Digital
Pathology Solution
12:00 Refreshments
Diagnostic digital pathology practice in the UK compared to practice elsewhere
12:35 Using digital pathology for primary diagnosis – Dr Michael Dictor, Telemedicine, Barcelona
12:55 Global insourcing of pathology services – Professor Toby Cornish, Co-director, Imaging Analysis, Johns Hopkins
University Oncology Tissue Services
13:15 Lunch
14:15 NE Cancer Network – David Bottoms, NE Pathology Network Programme Manager
14:35 UH Coventry & Warwickshire NHST Digital Pathology – Dr David Snead, Consultant Histopathologist
14:55 Refreshment
15:25 IDEXX veterinary pathology experience – Dr Valeria Café Marcal, Veterinary Histopathologist, IDEXX, Wetherby,
Yorkshire
15:45 Technology adoption: Vision for digital pathology in the UK – Doris-Ann Williams MBE, Chief Executive British In Vitro
Diagnostics Association
16:15 Panel discussion - Summary and plans for UK pathology
17:00 Close
Book online at
http://www.rcpath.org/meetings/book-now
further information - meetings@rcpath.org