EuroMedLab Brussels 2025 Satellite Meeting

Joint Symposium between the RBLSM (Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine) and the SFBC (French Society of Clinical Chemistry)

Preventive Diagnostics: the Power of Laboratory Medicine

18th May 2025

10.00-16.00

Inside the Atomium - Ilya Prigogine Lateral Sphere (1020 Brussels - 1 Place de l’Atomium)

Scientific Program

10:00 – 10:30 Registration and welcome coffee
10:30 – 11:40 Morning Session

Chairs: E. Lebredonchel and P. Vermeersch

10:30 – 11:00 Laboratory Medicine’s Impact on Early Detection of Metabolic Syndromes
Michel Langlois – Chair EFLM Science Committee
11:00 – 11:40 The value of Laboratory tests for prevention of Neurological disorders
S. Lehmann and J.L. Bayart
11:40 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30 Navigating the Future of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
A. Mebazaa
12:30 – 13:00 Kidney Health Unveiled, Predictive Biomarkers and Their Role in Early Intervention
E. Cavalier – EFLM Task Group: Chronic Kidney Disease
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:30 Afternoon Session

Chairs: V. Sapin and E. Cavalier

13:45 – 14:10 Preventing the side effects of N2O
G. Gryzch, K. Anseeuw – EFLM TFG: Biological Markers of Diagnosis and Followup of Nitrous Oxide Abuse
14:10 – 14:35 The value of multistakeholders actions
J. De Maeseneer
14:35 – 15:00 Prevention First: How Cutting-Edge Lab Tests Shape the Future of Oncology
R. Van Schaik
15:00 – 15:30 Developing cost-effective strategy for prevention
M. Plebani, EFLM President
15:30 – 15:45 Wrap up and Concluding Remarks – M. Oyaert and K. Peoch