...is a meeting for all EASI members and open for everyone who is interested in the topic. These meetings will be organised every second year. The aim is to share and discuss experiences made in the EASI Steering Group », the EASI Forum » and the EASI National Teams » . This would provide an exchange platform for new ideas for improvements in standardisation and the implementation of the proposals discussed in a European setting.

EASI Conferences are usually held during the International Congresses on Autoimmunity »

The last EASI Conference was held at the 7th International Congress on Autoimmunity in Ljubljana on May 7, 2010.

View Program with abstracts » (pdf)

Conference Presentations:

• Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Clinical and Laboratory Challenges for the 21st Century
  R. Cervera
   
• Development of an Empirically based Test Algorithm for Systemic Rheumatic Diseases: The Mayo Clinic Connective Tissue Disease Cascade
  H. Homburger
   
• Recommendations of the IUIS/WHO/AF/CDC Committee on the Standardization of Autoantibody Detection
  P.L. Meroni
   
• Value-Added Reporting in Autoimmune Serology
  X. Bossuyt
   
• An Italian Multicentre Study for Application of a Diagnostic Algorithm in Autoantibody Testing for Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
  A. Melegari
   
• From ANA to ENA: Daily Practice in the Netherlands*
  J. Damoiseaux
   
• Portuguese Autoimmunity Laboratory Survey*
  J. Ramos
   
• Evaluation of Autoimmundiagnostics in Austria Using the Dutch Autoimmune Questionnaire*
  M. Herold
   
• Detection and Clinical Relevance of the Fine Specificity of Antinucleolar Autoantibodies for the Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis
  D. Villalta
   
• Diagnostic Value of Antibodies Against Ribosomal Protein P in SLE
  T. Witte

* these presentation refer to a questionnaire which was sent to labs. Please find the questionnaire (in English) here »

The next EASI Conference will be held at the 8th International Congress on Autoimmunity in Granada, Spain in May, 2012.