EVENT REVIEW
Pathology Horizons: discovering the future of pathology
This year’s Pathology Horizons event, hosted by Cirdan, made its return after a pandemic-enforced break. Pathology in Practice reports from an event which boasted a wide array of interesting and influential speakers.
After a pandemic-enforced break covered by online events, Cirdan’s Pathology Horizons conference made its return earlier this year as a face-to- face event. The UK city of Bath was the venue, following the schedule of hosts alternating between antipodean and British Isles venues – representing Cirdan’s main international bases. ‘The future of pathology’ was the given title for the conference and a strong line up of speakers was gathered, boasting a strong degree of diversity and experience across the most recent and future advances in the profession. The CPD accredited event focused on the future of pathology and facilitated an international audience of delegates from a mix of clinical, academic, IT and business backgrounds. Across two days, the meeting saw 16 speakers take to the stage to cover a range of areas in pathology, ranging from the transformation from whole slide imaging to no slide imaging, to pathology education, to drone application and sustainability. Cirdan CEO Dr Hugh Cormican welcomed the 100-plus delegates on the conference’s first morning and set the scene for the two days ahead. First though, he looked back at previous editions of the event, which started in 2015 and made it clear how important
it was to be back hosting in-person after online events during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially important as Cirdan wants to make a big deal of the 10-year anniversary event, which will take place in Hobart, Tasmania. Dr Cormican went on to outline the ‘horizons’ which made up the event’s raison d’etre: the first being this year and next year, the second being five years ahead, and the third and final horizon looking 10 years and more into the future.
The speakers would look to provide insights into what lies ahead across all three horizons he said.
Journey to 3.0
First speaker up was Branko Perunovic, Chief Medical Officer at Black Country Pathology Services (BCPS) which works across four NHS Trusts in the West Midlands. He first outlined what he meant by 3.0 – the third iteration of pathology moving on from basic transactional services, through improved services offered consistently and at scale, to a transformational service, fully connected, responsive to the needs of patients and able to anticipate future needs. In describing the route to BCPS’s
current services, Branko went back to 2017, and the establishment of the Pathology Networks, at which point the business case for BCPS was put together and the tasks of creating an IT team to meet the forthcoming challenges as
Cirdan CEO Dr Hugh Cormican welcomes delegates.
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