2002 Executive War College- Astor Crowne Plaza, New Orleans, LA, May 7-8


	Lab Industry's First-ever "Lab Automation Bootcamp" to Jump Start Your Lab's Automation Project
	Thursday, May 9, 2002
	8:00 - 8:30 am	What You Need to Know about Different Lab Automation Solutions William Neeley, MD, Medical Director of Laboratories, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI
	8:30 - 9:45 am	The Lab Automation Story: Why japan Developed It; How it Got to the United States; and Understanding Today’s Automated Solutions Rod Markin, MD, Professor & Vice Chairman, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
	10:10 - 11:00 am	How to Identify Your Lab's Needs and Buy the Right Solutions Dixie McFadden, Administrative Director, Kaiser Permanent Northwest Division Regional Laboratory, Clackamas, OR
	11:00 - 11:45 am	"Must Know" Secrets to Prepare Your Lab and Successfully Implement Lab Automation George Krempel, Associate Vice President, Healthcare Services, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, FL
	1:00 - 1:45 pm	Fine-Tuning Your Lab's Automation Project: What to Benchmark and How to Generate Ongoing Productive Gains Doug Jaciow, Director, Pathology Services, Baystate Health System, Springfield, MA
	1:45 - 2:30 pm	Making LIS & LAS Mesh: Getting Information Systems to Support Automation's Success Lee Green, CEO, Triple G Systems Group, Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada
	2:45 - 3:30 pm	Case Study: MDS Metro Laboratory Services Moves to Second Generation TLA Robbie Bowers, Project Coordinator, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
	3:30 - 4:15 pm	Panel–Lab Automation Best Practices: Essential Lessons for Success Panel: Rodney Markin MD, Dixie McFadden, George Krempel, Douglas Jaciow, Lee Green. Moderator: William Neeley, MD
	4:15 - 4:45 pm	Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations William Neeley, M.D.
	4:45 pm	Lab Automation "Boot Camp" Ends
	May 7-8 Agenda \| Web-Based 3rd Day