2018 APHL Annual Meeting and Twelfth Government Environmental Laboratory Conference is organized by Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and will be held during Jun 02 - 05, 2018 at Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, California, United States of America.
The target audience for this medical event is Infectious Disease. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15 Contact hours.
Course Description :
The APHL Annual Meeting is a 4-day conference of more than 500 professionals that addresses public health laboratory issues, trends, and technologies relative to emerging infectious diseases, environmental health, emergency preparedness, informatics, food safety, newborn screening, global health and more.
• Learn about new technology/ trends/ what’s hot in public health laboratory science, at this 4-day conference with 4 pre-conference workshops, 45 sessions, industry workshops and over 100 posters, on a variety of topics, relevant to you.
• Discover new products and services for your laboratory from 60+ exhibitors.
• Explore APHL resources at the Experience. Get the annual scoop on the state of APHL at the Member Assembly.
• Listen to a thought-provoking presentation by the international award-winning novelist and journalist, Maryn McKenna, author of Big Chicken, as the Katherine A. Kelley Distinguished Lecturer.
• Network with old friends and meet new ones. Get inspired by your peers; renew excitement about your science, your work, your mission and public health.
• Find solutions to your problems by exchanging best practices with colleagues.
• Meet industry leaders face-to-face and contribute to discussions.
• Recognize your colleagues for their amazing accomplishments at the Awards Breakfast.
• Earn up to 15 P.A.C.E.® continuing education credits.
• Enjoy sunny southern CA in Pasadena, the city of roses!
Pre-Conference Workshops: June 02, 2018
Timings : 8:00-11:30 am
• Giving Your Data Its Due: Visualizing Data in Excel
• Fostering Partnerships to Maximize the Potential of Biomonitoring
• Quality Considerations for NGS
• PulseNet Surveillance for Listeria: Introduction to Interpretation and Reporting of Whole Genome Sequencing Data