Dear members,

to read the new issue of IFCC eNews (pdf and flipping version) click here.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• In Memoriam - Prof. Gèrard Siest
• Launching the IFCC eNews Flash
• Electronic Journal of IFCC (eJIFCC) accepted for indexing by MEDLINE/PUBMED
• The IFCC Medal for Outstanding Service
• Shaping the Future of Laboratory Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges for Laboratory Medicine Specialists in Modern Healthcare
• IFCC Task Force for Young Scientists
• The 2nd IFCC Symposium on Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease
• IX National Congress of the Cuban Society of Clinical Pathology (CONAPAC)
• IFCC and SEQC Young Scientists Joint Meeting
• NEWS FROM REGIONAL FEDERATIONS AND MEMBER SOCIETIES
• The Faculty of Clinical Chemistry of the Central University of Ecuador, Quito, Celebrates its Sixty-Seventh Anniversary from its Foundation
• The Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology (SEQC) promotes residents' training
• First EAS-EFLM consensus guideline on non-fasting lipid testing and reporting
• EFLM campaign for the harmonization of the units of measurement
• EFLM Task-and-Finish Group "Standardization of the colour coding for blood collection tube closures"
• Focus on the activity of the EFLM Working Group "Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine"
• Turkish Biochemical Society outreaches 3 different cities with 3 Symposia
• 9th International and 14th National Congress on quality improvement (IQC14) - Tehran, Iran
• Recognition of Specialists in Laboratory Medicine at the EU Commission
• IFCC'S CALENDAR OF CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Committee for information and public relations

For those who were not able to join the EFLM webinar „The estimate of measurement uncertainty" held on May 10 by Ilenia Infusino, BSc. Or for those attendants who want to recall presented ideas, we are happy to inform you that the recording of the EFLM webinar on is now available at:

http://www.ceva-edu.cz/pluginfile.php/9233/mod_resource/content/3/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5IhMvQ9ZC0&feature=youtu.be

If you attend the webinar, we would be very pleased if you can fill in our short feedback questionnaire about it. We thank Ilenia Infusino for sharing this material.

Committee for information and public relations

Dear Members,

The 4th Joint EFLM-UEMS Congress will be held in Warsaw 21.-24.09.2016.

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to May 30, 2016!

Abstracts of scientific contributions, covering the field of clinical chemistry, clinical molecular biology and laboratory medicine in broader sense are welcome. Among all accepted abstracts for poster display, some of them will be selected also for Oral Presentation. Accepted abstracts will be published in the CCLM Journal (on-line version).

Abstracts can only be submitted via the congress website at:
http://www.eflm-uems.warsaw2016.eu/registration.html

All presenting authors (max two abstracts per person) must register as delegates at the congress.

Guidelines for authors: http://www.eflm-uems.warsaw2016.eu/abstracts.html

Committee for information and public relations