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Friday the 8th of May 2026

The Ninth International Workshop in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry
Time Title & Speaker Duration
12:00pm – 1:00pm Registration open (QLD time)
 		 60min
1:15pm – 1:30pm The International Workshop in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry at the 15th Anniversary (2011-2026)
Glenn Francis, President of the Australasian Immunohistochemistry Society		 15min
1:30pm – 1:55pm Technical test approach: the pre-analytical phase
Piero Nelva, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia		 25min
2:00pm – 2:25pm Technical test approach: the analytical phase
Nathan Acott, PathWest, Department of Health, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre,
Nedlands, WA, Australia		 25min
2:30pm – 2:55pm Immunohistochemistry post-analytical phase with focus on controls – what do we have in the tool-box?
Kristi Bøgh Anderson, Søren Nielsen, NordiQC, Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Pathology,
Aalborg University, Department of Clinical Medicine, Denmark		 25min
3:00pm – 3:30pm Coffee break
 		 30min
3:30pm – 4:30pm IHC mock-examination
David Gan, The Australasian Immunohistochemistry Society and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
and RCPA-QAP, St Leonards, NSW, Australia		 60min
6:00pm till late Cocktail party –
 
Saturday the 9th of May 2026

The Ninth International Workshop in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry
8:30am – 9:00am Registration open (QLD time) 30min
9:00am – 9:25am Short introduction of NordiQC version 2026
Kristi Bøgh Anderson, Søren Nielsen, NordiQC, Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Pathology,
Aalborg University, Department of Clinical Medicine, Denmark		 25min
9:30am- 9:55am Introduction of new IHC assays in the laboratory; a multi-site perspective
Nathan Acott, PathWest, Department of Health, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre,
Nedlands, WA, Australia		 25min
10:00am – 10:25am Current issues in immunohistochemistry practice: ER recall
Piero Nelva, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia		 25min
10:30am – 11:00am Coffee break
 		 30min
11:00am – 11:25am The Challenges in ER Quality Control
Colin Tristram, HistoCyte Laboratories Ltd, Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle
Upon Tyne, United Kingdom		 25min
11:30am – 11:55am What you can do in the lab that you are told not to!
David Gan, The Australasian Immunohistochemistry Society and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
and RCPA-QAP, St Leonards, NSW, Australia		 25min
12:00pm – 12:25pm Mismatch Repair IHC: Keeping Quality In Control
Colin Tristram, HistoCyte Laboratories Ltd, Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle
Upon Tyne, United Kingdom		 25min
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
 		 60min
1:30pm – 1:55pm Molecular pathology vs immunohistochemistry- are they friends or foes?
Beena Kumar, The Australasian Immunohistochemistry Society and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia		 25min
2:00pm – 2:25pm Emerging IHC Predictive Markers: What’s New? What’s Next?
Fadia Mitali, ACT Pathology, Canberra Health Services and Canberra Clinical School, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra, Australia		 25min
2:30pm – 2:55pm Immunohistochemistry in gynecological pathology: Why it matters?
Elizabeth Paver
ACT Pathology, Canberra Health Services and Canberra Clinical School,
ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra, Australia		 25min
3:00pm – 3:30pm Coffee break
 		 30min
3:30pm – 3:55pm The immunohistochemistry of cutaneous soft tissue tumors: an update
Thomas Brenn, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA		 25min
4:00pm – 4:25pm Immunohistochemistry pitfalls in lymphoid neoplasms
Beena Kumar, The Australasian Immunohistochemistry Society
and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia		 25min
4:30pm – 4:55pm The role of immunohistochemistry in diagnosis of skin adnexal tumors
Thomas Brenn, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA		 25min
6:30pm – Gala Dinner –
 
Sunday the 10th of May 2026

The Ninth International Workshop in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry
Time Title & Speaker Duration
8:30am – 8:55am NordiQC External Quality Review on Most Commonly Used IHC assays – Expectations, Disappointments and Challenges During Last Decade
Kristi Bøgh Anderson, Søren Nielsen, NordiQC, Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Pathology,
Aalborg University, Department of Clinical Medicine, Denmark		 25min
9:00am – 9:25am What is new for Her2?
Zenobia Haffajee, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia-Quality Assurance Programs (RCPA-QAP) –
St Leonards NSW, Australia		 25min
9:30am – 9:55am The Challenges in Her2 Quality Control
Colin Tristram
HistoCyte Laboratories Ltd, Quorum Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle
Upon Tyne, United Kingdom		 25min
10:00am – 10:25am Digital immunohistochemistry in breast cancer with high-intratumoral heterogeneity
Eugen Petcu, The Australasian Immunohistochemistry Society NYIT- Histopathology Core Facility and Biomedical Sciences, Old Westbury, NY, USA
and Griffith University School of Medicine and Dentistry, Gold Coast
Campus, Queensland, Australia		 25min
10:30am – 11:00am Coffee break
 		 30min
11:00am – 11:25am P53 IHC: transition from a simple binary assay to a complex multicomponent assay
Kristi Bøgh Anderson, Søren Nielsen, NordiQC, Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Pathology,
Aalborg University, Department of Clinical Medicine, Denmark		 25min
11:30am – 12:30pm Meet the Experts: Addressing common issues in the IHC lab
Bring your own case for a second opinion!		 60min
12:30pm – 1:00pm Farewell coffee, sandwiches, and cakes
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