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All timings are Central European Time (CET) (+1 hour GMT)
Thursday 3 December the meeting will start at 14:00CET (13:00GMT) and finish at 18:00CET (17:00GMT)
Friday 4 December the meeting will start at 09:55CET (08:55GMT) and finish at 14:30CET (13:30GMT)
Thursday 3 December
14:00 – 14:15
Introduction to the meeting
Introduction to the meeting and Day 1 with Desiree Kunkel
14:15 – 14:25
Invited Speaker Laura Kummola
Session 1 - Communities and Societies with Session Chair: Marjolijn Hameetman (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
14:25 – 14:35
Invited Speaker Ilona Uzieliené
Session 1 - Communities and Societies with Session Chair: Marjolijn Hameetman (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
14:35 – 14:45
Invited Speaker Julia Almeida
Session 1 - Communities and Societies with Session Chair: Marjolijn Hameetman (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
14:45 – 14:55
GSK R&D Flow Cytometry Core Facility Stevenage
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Derek Davies (Co-chair: Ekaterina Kopitman)
14:55 – 15:05
FRACTAL - Flow Cytometry Resource Core Facility
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Derek Davies (Co-chair: Ekaterina Kopitman)
15:05 – 15:15
Cell Analytics Facility - UNIFR
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Derek Davies (Co-chair: Ekaterina Kopitman)
15:15 – 15:30
Core Facility Q&As
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Derek Davies (Co-chair: Ekaterina Kopitman)
15:30 – 15:35
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Exploring spectral and nanoscale flow cytometry with the CytoFLEX platform - Andreas Wicovsky
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Peter O'Toole (Co-chair: Lena Müller)
15:35 – 15:40
METAflow - AI-Enhanced Cloud Solution for Cytometry Data Analysis - Brandon Sells
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Peter O'Toole (Co-chair: Lena Müller)
15:40 – 15:45
Parhelia Biosciences Corporation - The First Full-Cycle Benchtop Autostainer for Flow Cytometry - Nikolay Samusik
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Peter O'Toole (Co-chair: Lena Müller)
16:00 – 16:20
Invited Speaker Melanie Piedavant-Salomon
Session 2 - Career Paths: Switching Gears - From Core Facility to Industry and Back with Session Chair: Charlotte Petersen (Co-chair: Gerald Pfister)
16:20 – 16:40
Invited Speaker Gerald Pfister
Session 2 - Career Paths: Switching Gears - From Core Facility to Industry and Back with Session Chair: Charlotte Petersen (Co-chair: Gerald Pfister)
16:40 – 17:00
Invited Speaker Catherine Simpson
Session 2 - Career Paths: Switching Gears - From Core Facility to Industry and Back with Session Chair: Charlotte Petersen (Co-chair: Gerald Pfister)
17:00 – 17:05
STEMCELL Technologies - Talk title TBC - Lotte Carr
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Desiree Kunkel (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
17:05 – 17:10
Cytek Bioscience - Talk title and Presenter TBC
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Desiree Kunkel (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
17:10 – 17:15
Sony Biotechnology - Expanding the Boundaries of Flow Cytometry: Large Particle Sorting on Sony Cell Sorters - Laura Mathä
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Desiree Kunkel (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
17:15 – 17:20
Waters Biosciences (formerly BD Biosciences) - Discover the Future Standard of Spectral Flow Cytometry: Introducing the BD FACSDiscover™ A7 Cell Analyzer - Morgan Blaylock
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Desiree Kunkel (Co-chair: Philip Hobson)
Friday 4 December
10:00 – 10:10
Imaging, Microscopy and Cytometry (IMC) Facility
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Lena Müller (Co-chair: Marjolijn Hameetman)
10:10 – 10:20
Phenotyping Platform, CaixaResearch Institute
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Lena Müller (Co-chair: Marjolijn Hameetman)
10:20 – 10:30
Crib Talk
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Lena Müller (Co-chair: Marjolijn Hameetman)
10:30 – 10:45
Core Facility Q&As
Crib Talks with Session Chair: Lena Müller (Co-chair: Marjolijn Hameetman)
10:45 – 11:00
Invited Speaker Martin Farley
Session 3 -Core Facility Management with Session Chair: Ekaterina Kopitman (Co-chair: Derek Davies)
11:00 – 11:15
Invited Speaker TBC
Session 3 -Core Facility Management with Session Chair: Ekaterina Kopitman (Co-chair: Derek Davies)
11:15 – 11:30
Invited Speakers Saskia Lippens and Gert Van Isterdael
Session 3 -Core Facility Management with Session Chair: Ekaterina Kopitman (Co-chair: Derek Davies)
11:30 – 11:45
Invited Speaker Bernhardt Hochreiter
Session 3 -Core Facility Management with Session Chair: Ekaterina Kopitman (Co-chair: Derek Davies)
12:00 – 12:05
Vesiculab - From Sample to Signal: Facilitating Extracellular Vesicle Flow Cytometry through Improved Sample Preparation, Labelling & Standardisation - Rachel Butler
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Phil Hobson (Co-chair: Desiree Kunkel)
12:05 – 12:10
Agilent - Standardising Flow Cytometry: From Sample Preparation to Automation - Presenter TBC
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Phil Hobson (Co-chair: Desiree Kunkel)
12:10 – 12:15
OLS OMNI Life Science GmbH & Co. KG - Better Samples, Better Sorts: Pre-Sort Quality Control with CASY - Thorsten Rieling
Techno Bites with Session Chair: Phil Hobson (Co-chair: Desiree Kunkel)
12:15 – 12:30
Invited Speaker Sebastian Peer
Session 4 - Technologies and Challenges with Session Chair Chair: Gerald Pfister (Co-chair: Charlotte Petersen)
12:30 – 12:45
Invited Speaker TBC
Session 4 - Technologies and Challenges with Session Chair Chair: Gerald Pfister (Co-chair: Charlotte Petersen)
12:45 – 13:00
Invited Speaker Beata Ramasz
Session 4 - Technologies and Challenges with Session Chair Chair: Gerald Pfister (Co-chair: Charlotte Petersen)
13:00 – 13:15
Invited Speaker Richard Haindl
Session 4 - Technologies and Challenges with Session Chair Chair: Gerald Pfister (Co-chair: Charlotte Petersen)