ADLM Scholars Program Agenda

McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL, USA, Room N426a

Day One – Tuesday, July 29

11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Meet and Greet | McCormick Place Convention Center Room N426a

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Career Panel and Luncheon | McCormick Place Convention Center Room N426a

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: Explore the expo floor, check out the scavenger hunt or visit with exhibitors, and attend poster presentations

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Recommended scientific session visits

  • 33224 You did what now? Addressing questionable laboratory practices
  • 33225 The compliance detective: Finding errors before they become issues
  • 33226 The dilemma of bad testing: Is something better than nothing?

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm: (optional event) CLS Happy Hour - network with clinical laboratory scientists | Marriott Marquis Chicago Room Daniel Burnham

Day Two – Wednesday, July 30

9:30 am - 10:15 am: ADLM Lounge breakfast with mentors in the expo hall booth #4551

10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Recommended scientific session visits

  • 34102 Improving laboratory analysis and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) quality to optimize diabetes therapy
  • 34104 JALM hot topics: Diagnostic stewardship in action! Adding laboratory medicine value and improving healthcare
  • 34106 Breaking down silos: Transfusion medicine, microbiology, and hematopathology intersections with clinical chemistry

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch in the expo hall

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Poster presentations

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Recommended scientific session visits

  • 34221 Analytical approaches to preanalytical errors
  • 34223 Lab adventures: Mastering diagnostics through real-life cases
  • 34226 Let’s talk about STIs, baby: Considerations for STI diagnoses and pharmacologic changes during pregnancy
  • 34228 Forensic toxicology case files: Uncovering the laboratory’s crucial role in investigations, patient care, and public health

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Lab Feud on the expo floor

Departure at 5:00 pm