API Digital Pathology and AI Workshop 4.0

Faculty

Planning Committee and Staff

Virtual Vendors

Presentations from Prior Meetings

The Association for Pathology Informatics (API)

Presents

VIRTUAL Digital Pathology and AI Workshop 4.0

October 8, 15, and 22, 2020

This 3-day virtual workshop will take place over three consecutive Thursday sessions. Each Thursday session is 2 hours and will emphasize the practical considerations for digital pathology and AI relevant to registrants' home practices. There are a total of nine 30-minute lectures by national and international experts punctuated by 10 minutes of audience engagement with Q and A sessions. Included is a virtual tour of the digital pathology labs at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Engaged registrants will have a keen interest in deploying digital pathology systems in their home practices. By the completion of the workshop, they will understand a broad range of practical ideas on how to accomplish this goal rapidly. 

Learning objectives for all registrants include:

• Understanding the directions for digital pathology and AI from a domestic U.S. and international perspective, given the advances in technology, market shifts, regulatory changes, and transformation in pathology culture
• Understanding deployment of digital pathology for registrants' home practices, including operational considerations for remote sign-out, optimization of surgical pathology workflows, and information system integration
• Understanding the AI basics, touchpoints of digital pathology and AI, and future possibilities for AI

Each of the three Thursday sessions will be followed by a separate Zoom meeting link to provide registrants the opportunity to interact with industry representatives to learn more about their respective industry products and solutions.

Note that registrants will be provided with a separate link to a Zoom meeting that is different from the virtual educational content which will be presented using Zoom webinar.

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm  (followed by Q&A and breakout rooms with company representatives)

Leica Biosystems: The Digital Pathology Implementation Journey – 20 Years of Insight Speaker: Ron Williams, Market Development Manager Profile: Ron Williams is a Market Development Manager for the Imaging Solutions business at Leica Biosystems (Vista, CA), where he supports the commercial and global accounts teams focused on delivering innovative digital pathology workflow solutions. Ron earned his bachelor‘s degree in microbiology from UC Davis and holds an MBA in business management from CSUSM. Ron has over 12 years of experience collaborating with lab personnel and IT professionals to efficiently and effectively transition to digital pathology. Before its acquisition by Leica Biosystems, Ron managed the Aperio Global Application Specialists team, which designed and executed customer implementations and training. Prior to joining Aperio and Leica Biosystems, Ron spent 10 years in clinical diagnostics (Development and Applications).

Note that registrants will be provided with a separate link to a Zoom meeting that is different from the virtual educational content which will be presented using Zoom webinar.

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm (followed by Q&A and breakout rooms with company representatives)

Paige: Transforming Pathology One Million Slides at a Time Speaker: Razik Yousfi, VP of Engineering Profile: Technology and engineering leader with strong technical background and experience in lean product development, enterprise architecture and engineering excellence. Previously, Director of Engineering at HeartFlow where he led product engineering and enterprise architecture across all engineering teams focusing on all aspects of the product, from hospital data ingestion and cloud computing / web-services to visualization, reporting and scientific / medical applications. Before that, Razik held various engineering positions in multiple industries where he focused on the entire product development lifecycle.

Registration open until Tuesday, September 22, 2020
All Sessions:  API members: $279 | Non-members: $379
Individual Sessions: API members: $99 | Non-members: $129
Trainees can register for the webinar at a discounted rate
All Sessions: API resident/fellow members: $59 | Non-member residents/fellows: $79
Individual Sessions: API resident/fellow members: $29 | Non-member residents/fellows: $49

CME ACCREDITATION STATEMENT:  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Michigan Medical School and the [name of the organization]. The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.