Schedule of Events

Subject to change (all times Eastern) 
Name badges required for entry to all conference programs, including the pre-conference workshops. 

 

 

Sunday, October 29

8:00 AM–4:00 PM

    

 

Exhibitor Registration + Installation (Windermere Foyer)  

 

10:00 AM–7:00 PM

 

    

Attendee Registration (Windermere Foyer)  

 

2:00–7:00 PM

 

    

DPA Foundation Headshot Studio (sponsored by Roche)

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 

 

    

Global Task Force for Digital Pathology | Junya Fukuoka, MD, PhD, JSDP President; Liron Pantanowitz, MD, PhD, DPA President; Norman Zerbe, PhD, ESDIP President (Windermere Z)  

 

12:15–1:15 PM

 

 

    

TRACK 1 (Windermere Y)

  

TRACK 2 (Windermere Z)
Roche Workshop
Challenges and Progress in Digital Pathology and Precision Oncology: An interactive Forum		   Epredia Workshop
Sliding Into a Digital Cytology Workflow

 

1:30–2:30 PM

 

 

    
Paige Workshop
The Transformative Potential of AI and Cloud Computing within Digital Pathology		  

Google Workshop

Accelerating adoption of Digital Pathology Globally

 

 

2:45–3:45 PM

 

 

    
Visiopharm Workshop
Qualitopix: An AI-Driven Solution for Standardizing Tissue Staining in Pathology		   PathPresenter Workshop
Choosing the Right Digital Pathology Workflow Partner

 

4:00–5:00 PM

 

 

    
Indica Labs Workshop
Collaborative Working: Development of Pathology-based AI Tools in the Treatment of Lung Cancer		   Owkin Workshop
How AI-powered pathology will usher in the new frontier of precision medicine

 

5:00–7:00 PM

    

Opening Reception (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

7:00–8:00 PM

    

AIFORIA DINNER WORKSHOP (Windermere Z)  

Leveraging the Aiforia platform for translational research for improved diagnostics in pathology

 

Monday, October 30

 

7:00 AM–7:00 PM

 

 

 

 

Conference Registration (Windermere Foyer)  

 

11:00 AM–7:00 PM 

 

 

 

DPA Foundation Headshot Studio (sponsored by Roche)

 

7:30–8:30 AM

 

 

 

ROCHE BREAKFAST WORKSHOP (Windermere Z)  

Uniting biopharma and diagnostics companies with laboratories for Digital Pathology algorithm development to create medical value solutions

 

8:30–9:00 AM

 

 

 

Refreshment Break & Visit with Exhibitors (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

 

9:00–9:30 AM

 

 

 

Welcome & Opening Remarks | Liron Pantanowitz, MD, PhD, UPMC; DPA President (Windermere Y) 

 

9:30–9:45 AM

 

 

DPA Foundation Remarks | Michael Rivers, Roche; DPAF President (Windermere Y)  

9:45–10:45 AM

 

 

 

 

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Windermere Y)  

Reflections of a Clinician-Data Scientist: Successes, Disappointments, and Future Directions of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare | Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS; CHOC, AIMed

 

10:45–11:15 AM

 

 

 

Large Language Models in Diagnostic Pathology – Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations | Rama Gullapalli, MD, PhD; University of New Mexico and Ehsan Ullah, MBBS, MPhil, PhD; Health New Zealand, Auckland

11:15–11:45 AM

 

 

 

The Cost of Digital Pathology: A Dynamic Customizable Cost Calculator for Informed Decision-making | Orly Ardon, PhD, MBA; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

11:45 AM–12:45 PM

 

 

 

Lunch & Visit with Exhibitors (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

 

12:45–1:05 PM

 

    

TRACK 1 (Windermere Y)

 

TRACK 2 (Windermere Z)
Digital Primary Diagnosis at a mid-sized Pathology Department- Report from the University of Texas Medical Branch, two years after going live | Harshwardhan Thaker, MBBS PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch  

A scalable, standardized, and responsible framework for the translation and deployment of clinical AI models | David McClintock, MD and Chris Garcia, MD, MS, Mayo Clinic

 

1:10–1:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 

    
How the Historical Radiology Digital Transformation can be Leveraged for Digital Pathology Conversion. Lessons Learned and Training Opportunities | Thomas Crawford, University of NC School of Medicine and Ally Donabella Brown, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine   Mayo Atlas - Indexing Tissue, Reports and Molecular Data to Search in Pathology Archives | Hamid Tizhoosh, PhD; Mayo Clinic

1:35–1:55 PM

 

 

 

 

    
National pathology imaging cooperative: at the forefront of digital pathology and artificial intelligence | Daljeet Bansal, PhD, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS    Bridging the Gap: Building Accessible Datasets for Cancer Research | Shaoli Sun, MD, The Ohio State University

2:00–2:20 PM

 

 

 

    
Considerations for digital pathology displays | David Brettle, PhD, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS   Tissue contamination challenges the credibility of machine learning models in real world digital pathology | Jeffery Goldstein, MD, PhD, Northwestern University

2:25–2:45 PM

 

 

 

 

 

    
Identifying Missing Ingredients: Baking Your Business Case for Digital Pathology Investments | Sunil Singhal, MEE, Baylor College of Medicine    Weakly-supervised learning is an effective method for assisting diagnosis/prognosis on gigapixel histopathological images | Wenchao Han, PhD, Mayo Clinic

 

2:45–3:30 PM

 

    

Refreshment Break & Visit with Exhibitors (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

 

3:30–3:50 PM

 

    

TRACK 1 (Windermere Y)

 

TRACK 2 (Windermere Z)
Patterns and challenges of digital pathology implementation in Asia and continental Europe | Andrey Bychkov, MD, PhD, FRCPath, Kameda Medical Center   Predicting breast cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes with artificial intelligence | Nghia Nguyen, MD, University of Texas-Houston Medical School

 

3:55 – 4:15 PM

 

 

 

    
KI-67 Image Analysis: A Comparative Analysis of an Organ-based Approach | Rand Abou Shaar, MD, Cleveland Clinic   Predicting metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) events with machine learning: model development and cross-validation | Mohammad Alexanderani, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine

4:20 – 4:40 PM

 

 

 

    
The impact of stain variation on automated cell count | Catriona Dunn, BSc, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS   Domain-General vs. Domain-Specific Pre-trained Models: Binary Patch Grouping for Improved WSI Representation | Clinton Campbell, MD, PhD, William Osler Health System 

4:45 – 5:05 PM

 

 

 

 

 
Assessing quality in the modern histology laboratory: using image analysis and AI to develop next generation quality assurance programs | J. Mark Tuthill, MD, Henry Ford Health    

 

5:10 – 5:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 
The fruits of Digital Pathology in education | Kristina Doytcheva, MD, University of Chicago   Status Update On Digital Pathology And AI Algorithm Usage In An Academic Anatomical Pathology Practice: A 6-Year Report Card | Zaibo Li, MD, PhD, MBA, The Ohio State University

5:30–7:00 PM

 

 

Networking Reception (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

7:00–8:00 PM

 

 

PHILIPS DINNER WORKSHOP (Windermere Y)
Decoding Success: Unmasking Strategies for Digital Pathology Integration in Major Medical Centers

 

Tuesday, October 31

 

6:00–6:30 AM

 

    

 

DPA Foundation Yoga Class (PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

 

7:00 AM–3:30 PM

 

    

Conference Registration (Windermere Foyer)  

 

7:30–8:30 AM

 

    

IRON MOUNTAIN BREAKFAST WORKSHOP
Transform Pathology Collaboration & Clinical Efficiency

 

8:30–9:00 AM

    

Refreshment Break & Visit with Exhibitors (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

9:00–9:45 AM

 

    

PLENARY ADDRESS

Twenty Years of Digital Pathology: Lessons Learned | Sylvia Asa, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Cleveland (Windermere Y)

 

9:45–10:45 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interoperability is a must for clinical and economic utility | Esther Abels, SolarisRTC LLC; John Groth, MD, NorthShore Edward Elmhurst Health; Heather King, The Center For Genomic Interpretation; Eric Merchant, NorthShore Edward Elmhurst Health; Alexander Sicular, Google Cloud (Windermere Y)

 

DICOM Connectathons for testing interoperability between AI and digital pathology systems | Kenneth Philbrick, Google; Heather Jalisi, Leica; John Groth, MD, NorthShore Edward Elmhurst Health

 

10:45–11:30 AM

 

 

 

FDA and DPA collaborative insights: with guest speaker Shyam Kalavar | Heather Jalisi, Leica; Esther Abels, SolarisRTC LLC; Shyam Kalavar, FDA (Windermere Y)

 

11:30–12:30 PM

 

 

Lunch & Visit with Exhibitors (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

12:30–12:50 PM

 

 

 

 

TRACK 1 (Windermere Y)

 

TRACK 2 (Windermere Z)
Current uses of AI in the Pathologist's Digital Daily Workflow, and What the Future Holds | Giovanni Lujan, MD, OSU   Clinical validation of primary diagnosis and feature detection by Hamamatsu NanoZoomer S360MD Digital Slide scanner system: Key Findings and Study Insights | Anil Parwani, MD, PhD, MBA, OSU and Liron Pantanowitz, MD, PhD, MHA, UPMC

 

12:55–1:15 PM

 

 

 

 
AI-Empowered Digital Workflow for Prostate Pathology in Clinical Routine: A Reader Study for Prostate Biopsies | Piotr Borkowski, MD, Quest Diagnostics/Ameripath   Immediate image-based molecular profiling to empower optimized diagnosis process | Addie Dvir, MSc, Imagene

 

1:20–1:40 PM

 

 

 

 
AI-supported Primary Diagnosis of Gastric Biopsies: Multi-Site and Multi-Reader Study | Adam Booth, MD, Northwestern University   Improved statistical benchmarking of digital pathology models predicting cell and tissue types using nested pairwise frames evaluation | Ylaine Gerardin, PhD, PathAI

 

1:45–2:05 PM

 

 
DeepHeme: A generalizable, bone marrow classifier with hematopathologist-level performance | Harry (Shenghuan) Sun, UCSF   An update on the European Bigpicture project | Jeroen van der Laak, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center

 

2:10–2:30 PM

 

 
Comparison between Glass Slides Versus Digital Slides for Thyroid Cytology: A Step Towards Digital Cytology Workflow | Himani Kumar, MD, OSU   Cloud based digital pathology repositories for sharing WSI to build and validate AI models | Rajendra Singh, MD, Summit Health and Anil Parwani, MD, PhD, MBA, OSU

2:30–3:15 PM

 

 

Refreshment Break & Visit with Exhibitors (Windermere W - Expo Hall)  

3:15–3:30 PM

 

 

Poster Awards (Windermere Y)  

3:30–4:15 PM

 

 

 Moving Toward DP Reimbursement | Michael Rivers, Roche; Giovanni Lujan, MD, OSU; Paul Gerrard, Artera (Windermere Y)  

4:15 PM

 

 

 Closing Session | Liron Pantanowitz, MD, PhD, UPMC; 2023 DPA President (Windermere Y)