

1st JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON
DIGITAL PATHOLOGY AND AI IN THE D•A•CH REGION
Thursday, February 3rd 2022
Digital pathology & AI are transforming our approach to diagnostics, education and research. This joint symposium aims to share experiences from Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH), together called the DACH region, to address challenges in digital pathology, showcase on-going research, initiate open exchanges and intensify opportunities for collaboration.
In English, the German word DACH translates to “roof”, a fitting symbol for our common goals in digital pathology and beyond.
Organizer

Norman Zerbe
Head Research Digital Pathology
Institute of Pathology
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany
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Inti Zlobec
President of the Swiss Consortium for Digital Pathology, Institute of Pathology,
University of Bern
Switzerland

Johannes Haybäck
Direktor Institute of Pathology, Neuropathology und Molekularpathology
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Austria



Program
February 3rd 2022
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome
09:10 - 10:40
Research on Digital pathology & AI in the DACH Region
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UNDER ONE ROOF: WHAT’S GOING ON IN Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH) (30 min)
Norman Zerbe, Johannes Haybaeck, Inti Zlobec
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Research from PhD candidates/early post-docs (50 min)
METHODS OF GROUND TRUTH OPTIMIZATION TO DEVELOP CLINICAL GRADE AI FOR THE APPLICATION IN PATHOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS
Tom Bisson Insitute of Pathology, Charité-Universtätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
GRAPH REPRESENTATION LEARNING IN COMPUTIONAL PATHOLOGY
Guillaume Jaume Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) & IBM Research, Switzerland
NUCLEAR INSTANCE SEGMENTATION OF BLADDER CANCER TISSUE USING HOVER-NET - IMPLEMENTATION, VALIDATION AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF SEGMENTATION RESULTS
Maximilian Koeller Medical University Vienna, Institute of Pathology, Austria
INTERPRETABILITY OF DEEP LEARNING FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF HISTOPATHOLOGY IMAGES
Mara Graziani Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Delémont, Switzerland
DEEP LEARNING IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY, BRIGHTFIELD AND DARKFIELD
Maryam Sadeghi Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
AI FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEPHROPATHOLOGY
Roman David Bülow Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
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DISCUSSION (10 min)
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
My Way into Digital Pathology
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HIGHLIGHT TALK (40 min)
A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO DIGITAL PATHOLOGY
Rainer Grobholz, Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Switzerland
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SHORT TALKS (12 min each)
DIGITAL PATHOLOGY EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COLOGNE
Yuri Tolkach Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
GLEASON SCORING AND AI
Eva Maria Comperat Medical University Vienna, Institute of Pathology, Austria
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF YOUR JOURNEY TO AI
Maurice Henkel Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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DISCUSSION (10 min)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
SDiPath GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13:30 - 15:00
Best Practices from the DACH Region
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HIGHLIGHT TALK (40 min)
THE DIGITAL PATHOLOGY ECOSYSTEM
Peter Hufnagl Insitute of Pathology, Charité-Universtätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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SHORT TALKS (12 min each)
DIGITAL PATHOLOGY: THE BERN EXPERIENCE
Heather Dawson Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland
MULTICLASS SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION IN PROSTATE
Andreas Turzynski Joint Practice for Pathology, Lübeck, Germany
TOWARDS THE VIRTUAL HISTOPATHOLOGIST
Rupert Ecker Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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DISCUSSION (10 min)
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
The Future of Digital Pathology
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EXPLAINABLE AI: INSIGHTS AND PITFALLS (40 min)
Christian Langkammer Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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SHORT TALKS (12 min each)
HOLISTIC HISTOLOGY MODELS ACROSS SPECIES
Pierre Moulin, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Switzerland
MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSIS OF PSA GERMLINE VARIANTS IN PROSTATE CANCER
Jyotsna Batra Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
DIGITAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PATHOLOGY: READY FOR PRIMETIME?
Peter Wild, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany
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DISCUSSION (10 min)
17:00 - 17:10
Closing
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