Program

Time

Subject

08:30 – 09:30

Registration and Welcome

09:30 – 10:30

OPENING AND PROTOCOL SPEECHES

• 09:30 – 09:35: Conference Opening 
• 09:35 – 09:40: Chair - Conference Executive Committee- Ayfer ADIGÜZEL
• 09:40 – 09:50: Chairperson -TURKLAB - Halit KARABOĞA
• 09:50 – 10:00: President – EUROLAB _ Andreas KİNZEL
• 10:00 –10:10:  Head -Calibration Accreditation Departmant -TÜRKAK-Fatih EĞİLMEZ
• 10:10 – 10:20: Director-TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Artificial Intelligence Institute - Dr. Mehmet HAKLIDIR
• 10:20 – 10:30: Director General -Product Safety and Inspection-Ministry of Trade - Hakkı KARABÖRKLÜ

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break (20 min)

10:50 – 12:25

SESSION 1: THE USE OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AS A TOOL IN PUBLIC POLICY

• 10:50 – 10:55: Session Introduction / Opening Remarks 
• 10:55 – 11:10: From Food Safety to Evidence-Based Public Policies: The Strategic Role of

Accredited Food Laboratories Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry –  Dr. Ersin DİLBER

• 11:10 – 11:25: The Role of Accredited Laboratories in the Implementation of

Environmental Policies and the Digital Management of Environmental Conformity Assessment:

The MELBES Experience/Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change – Directorate General of Environmental

Management 

• 11:25 – 11:40: Measurement, Verification, and Conformity Assessment as Enablers of Successful Energy

Efficiency Policies Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources – Energy Efficiency and Environment

Department (EVÇED) -Ali ARSLAN

• 11:40 – 11:55: The Use of Accreditation as a Public Policy Instrument Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK)
• 11:55 – 12:10: The Strategic Role of Conformity Assessment in the Implementation of Occupational

Health and Safety Policies-Ministry of Labour and Social Security – Directorate General of Occupational Health and Safety

• 12:10 – 12:25:Conformity Assessment, Public Trust and Regulatory Effectiveness: Evidence from High-Capacity

         Irena BAJRAKTARI, Chair, CAS Albania Chapter TDI METROLOGY Sh.p.k

12:25 – 12:35

Plaque Presentation

12:35– 13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:20

SESSION 2: CLINICAL DATA ANALYSIS IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY IN DIAGNOSIS

• 13:30 –13:35: Session Introduction / Opening Remarks: Dr. Ayşe Pınar AKALIN

• 13:35– 13:50: The Future of Clinical Diagnosis with Digital Pathology - Prof. Dr. İlknur TÜRKMEN
• 13:50 – 14:05: Integrating Multiomics and Clinical Data - Dr. Barış ERDOĞAN
• 14:05 – 14:20: Next-Generation AI Applications for Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Decision Support-Dr. Ebru İLHAN GÜNER

14:20-14:30

Plaque Presentation

14:30 – 15:35

SESSION 2: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LABORATORIES: AI, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND SMART AUTOMATION

• 14:30 – 14:35 Session Introduction / Opening Remarks
• 14:35 – 14:50 Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence: New Tools Empowering Laboratories -Okan GAZİ
• 14:50 – 15:05 The Impact of Digital Transformation on Calibration Laboratories: Emerging Calibration

Methods and the Digital Calibration Certificate, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Doç. Dr. Melda PATAN ALPER

• 15:05 – 15:20 Robotic Arm Applications in Laboratory Automation – Funda ÇORAKÇI BİLSEL
• 15:20 – 15:35 Enhancing Manufacturing Efficiency through AI-Driven Production Processes /

Dr. Cenk Deniz Mendi-Coordinator of Smart Manufacturing Systems, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Artificial Intelligence Institute

15:35-15:55

• Coffe Break (20 min.)

15:55-16:40

• 15:55 – 16:10 GS1 Standards for Digital Product Passport (DPP) Compliance – Cihan KORUCU
• 16:10 – 16:25 Streamlining Workflows Through Laboratory Automation Systems-Burcu SANCAKLI
• 16:25 – 16:40 Streamlining Quality Management Systems Through Software-Mustafa SARITOPRAK

16:40 – 16:50

Plaque Presentation

16:50-17:00

Day Review & Closing Remarks

Time

Subject

09:30 – 10:35

SESSION 4: DR. ÖMER GÜZEL'S LEGACY IN CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT –

A JOURNEY OF VISION AND LEADERSHIP (PANEL)

• 09:30 – 09:35 Session Introduction / Opening Remarks:
• 09:35 – 09:50 Building Türkiye's Laboratory Ecosystem: The Founding Role of TURKLAB
• 09:50 – 10:05 Advancing the Conformity Assessment Sector through EUROLAB
• 10:05 – 10:20 Contributions to the Establishment of Türkiye's National Accreditation

Infrastructure

• 10:20 – 10:35 Supporting the Establishment of Sector-Specific Laboratories and Their Accreditation Processes

10:35 – 11:00

Coffee Break (25 min)

11:00 – 12:05

Session 5: ESG, Digital Transformation and Future Laboratories

• 11:00 – 11:05: Session Introduction / Opening Remarks
• 11:05 – 11:20: The Digital Transformation of Quality Infrastructure:

Building a trust-anchored ecosystem. Activities in the QI-Digital Initiative / Claudia Koch – BAM   

• 11:20 – 11:35: The digital tools and their impact on labs / Dr. Catharina Kulka-Peschke,

Digitalization Process Manager, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB

• 11:35 – 11:50: The Human Side of Smart Laboratories: Developing the competencies for

digital transformation / Alvaro Silva Ribeiro – President of BoA of RELACRE (Association of

Accredited Laboratories of Portugal), Member of BoA of EUROLAB

• 11:50 – 12:05: How to build a sustainable strategy for labs including environmental,

economic and governance pillars / Marija Cundeva - Chair of WG Sustainability,

Professor at University of Skopje  

12:05 – 12:15

Plaque Presentation

12:15 – 12:25

Closing Remarks