Leuven, Belgium, 13-15 October 2026
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| TOPIC | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| Tuesday | ||
| Where we started, where we headed for and where we need to go | Rob Jansen | |
| History of EQALM |
|
Gro Gidske |
| Wednesday | ||
| Commutability study for POCT glucose | -- | Anne Stavelin |
| Current status of the Comet project, including the multiparameter commutability study | Vincent Delatour | |
| Preparation of commutable samples for hCMV | Jacqueline Fryer | |
| EQA for software solutions | Arjen-Kars Boer | |
| IT system expectations from participants | Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic | |
| Development of IT tools for External Quality Assessment: A Belgian experience | Joséphine Lantione, Ülviye Karahisarli | |
| Secondary use of EQA: using EQA for staff competence | Angie Kolozi | |
| Post-market surveillance and legal liabilities, how to support by data | Rachel Marrington | |
| Responsibility and obligation of EQA providers in case of underperforming labs/methods | Stéphanie Albarède | |
| The combined assessment of neonatal bilirubin assay performance by evaluation of three international value assigned EQA schemes | Miranda van Berkel | |
| Validation of synthetic M-protein materials for External Quality Assessment: homogeneity, commutability, and stability | Moniek Bioch | |
| EQA usefulness in monitoring diagnostic quality and supporting clinical guidelines in the context of inherited red blood cell membrane disorders | Nathalie Vandevelde | |
| Thursday | ||
| Redesigning POCT EQA Feedback - Tailored Guidance for POCT Users and a Streamlined Tool for POCT Coordinators | Sara Ekvall, David Afzelius | |
| Monitoring analytical quality in the next decade: integrating patient-based data with traditional EQA | -- | Aasne Karine Aarsand |
| Building a Eurovision for Pre- and PostAnalytical EQA: Findings from the EQALM Survey | Rachel Marrington | |
| The state of the art about state of the art: survey outcome and way forward | Stéphanie Albarède | |
| AI and EQA | István Juhos | |
| EQA panel discussion on AI and EQA: what is the future of EQA in the era of artificial intelligence? | Sverre Sandberg, Arjen-Kars Boer, Ashley Cartwright, István Juhos, Xavier Albe | |
| Feed back of break out sessions | Jonna Pelanti |