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Program (Tentative)

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration and Reception

9:00AM – 9:25AM

Opening Address

• Dr Ngai Tseung Cheung
• Professor Suet Yi Leung
• Professor Philip Ip

9:25AM – 10:30AM

Symposium I: Soft Tissue Pathology

Hou Pao Chang Medical Memorial Fund Lecture

Introduction

• Professor Andrew Folpe (Mayo Clinic, USA)
  - What’s New in Rhabdomyosarcoma?

• Professor Herbert Loong (Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  - Advancements and road blocks in clinical management of sarcomas

Q&A

10:30AM – 11:00AM

Coffee Break

11:00AM – 12:20PM

Symposium II: Advances in Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence

James Gibson Lecture

Introduction

• Professor Sylvia Asa (University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA and University Health Network, Canada)
  - The Increasing Role of Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice
  
  
• Professor Thomas Lui (Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)
  - Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy: Latest Evidence and Challenges
  
  
• Professor Maximus Yeung (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)
  - Clinical application of deep learning techniques in computational pathology
  

12:20PM – 1:50PM

Lunch Symposium on Cytology and AI: Evolution in Cytology & its essential requirements with worldwide examples 
- Sponsored by Hologic

1:50PM – 2:55PM

Symposium III: Application of NGS Data and Bioinformatics in Personalized Medicine

• Professor Aya El Helali (Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong)
  - Leveraging Precision Oncology and Molecular Tumor Boards for Personalized Treatment Approaches
  
  
• Professor Ui Soon Khoo (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)
  - The Changing Landscape in the Use of PARP inhibitors for the treatment of cancers
  
  
• Dr Richard Wong (Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital)
  - The role of genomic testing in tubo-ovarian carcinomas
  
  
• Dr Alvin Ip (Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital)
  - “Life scripting” – Clinical utility of transcriptomics in leukaemias

Q&A

2:55PM – 3:25 PM

Coffee Break

3:25PM – 4:25PM

State-of-the-Art Lectures

• Professor Andrew Folpe (Mayo Clinic, USA)
  - Why Do Classifications Change? Lessons Learned from Liposarcoma

• Professor Sylvia Asa (University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA and University Health Network, Canada)
  - Practical issues: Finding the ROI and Early Adoption Tools

4:25PM– 4:30PM

Closing Remarks