Program – DGfZ Conference 2025

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	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
11:30 am	Welcome Coffee 11:30 am – 12:00 pm CTRD Foyer

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
2:30 pm	Coffee Break 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
11:30 am		Welcome 11:45 am – 12:00 pm

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
12:00 pm				Farewell 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm

Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference

Welcome Coffee
11:30 am – 12:00 pm

CTRD Foyer
Tutorial 1 – Hypothesis-Driven Flow Cytometry Analysis with Cytobank’s Machine Learning Tools
12:00 pm – 2:30 pm

bring your laptop
Coffee Break
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Tutorial 2 – From Data to Discovery: Master Modern Flow Analysis with Cytolution
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

bring your Laptop
Meeting Point Cytometry – First Time Attendee and New Member Welcome Orientation
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Tutorial 3 – Extracellular Vesicles
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Wednesday, 10.9.2025

Parallel: Tutorial 4 – Mechanocytometry & Tutorial 5 – High-Dimensional Cytometry
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Registration & Soup
11:00 am – 11:45 am

Starts at 8:30 am
Welcome
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Core Facility Session
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
European Guest Session: Norway
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Speaker: Elisabeth Müller, Emil Løvstakken, Idun Dale Rein, Sonia Gavasso
Coffee Break & Industry exhibition
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Session 1 – Imaging
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Coffee Break & Industry exhibition
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Klaus Goerttler Keynote by Andreas Radbruch
4:15 pm – 5:45 pm

Including presentation Klaus Goerttler-Prize winner
Welcome Reception
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

including buffet
Core facility Networking Event
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

parallel to Welcome Reception

Thursday, 11.9.2025

Members Assembly
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Coffee Break & Industry exhibition
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Session 2 – Clinical Applications
10:30 am – 11:45 am
Product Slam
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Poster Session & Industry exhibition
1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Session 3 – Data Science + AI
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Guest Lecture
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

Nadine Schmieder-Galfe: Transferring Science to Industry: It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Meet the Speaker & Awards
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Bus to pier leaves CRTD at 6pm, Steam Boot start at 6:30pm

Friday, 12.9.2025

Session 4 – Technological Development / Emerging Technologies
9:00 am – 10:15 am

Szandor Simmons, Institute of Physiology, Charité Berlin
Coffee Break & Industry exhibition
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Session 5 – Assay, Reagents, Functional Probes
10:45 am – 12:00 pm

Philippe Pierre, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Farewell
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm
Lunch
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
DGFZ Board meeting & Programm Committee
1:15 pm – 4:00 pm

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
8:30 am			Members Assembly 8:30 am – 10:00 am
9:00 am		Parallel: Tutorial 4 – Mechanocytometry & Tutorial 5 – High-Dimensional Cytometry 9:00 am – 11:00 am		Session 4 – Technological Development / Emerging Technologies 9:00 am – 10:15 am Szandor Simmons, Institute of Physiology, Charité Berlin
9:30 am
10:00 am			Coffee Break & Industry exhibition 10:00 am – 10:30 am	Coffee Break & Industry exhibition 10:15 am – 10:45 am
10:30 am			Session 2 – Clinical Applications 10:30 am – 11:45 am	Session 5 – Assay, Reagents, Functional Probes 10:45 am – 12:00 pm Philippe Pierre, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
11:00 am		Registration & Soup 11:00 am – 11:45 am Starts at 8:30 am
11:30 am	Welcome Coffee 11:30 am – 12:00 pm CTRD Foyer	Welcome 11:45 am – 12:00 pm	Product Slam 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
12:00 pm	Tutorial 1 – Hypothesis-Driven Flow Cytometry Analysis with Cytobank’s Machine Learning Tools 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm bring your laptop	Core Facility Session 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm		Farewell 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm Lunch 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
12:30 pm			Lunch 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
1:00 pm		European Guest Session: Norway 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Speaker: Elisabeth Müller, Emil Løvstakken, Idun Dale Rein, Sonia Gavasso		DGFZ Board meeting & Programm Committee 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm
1:30 pm			Poster Session & Industry exhibition 1:45 pm – 3:30 pm
2:00 pm		Coffee Break & Industry exhibition 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
2:30 pm	Coffee Break 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Session 1 – Imaging 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
3:00 pm	Tutorial 2 – From Data to Discovery: Master Modern Flow Analysis with Cytolution 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm bring your Laptop
3:30 pm		Coffee Break & Industry exhibition 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm	Session 3 – Data Science + AI 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
4:00 pm		Klaus Goerttler Keynote by Andreas Radbruch 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm Including presentation Klaus Goerttler-Prize winner
4:30 pm			Guest Lecture 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm Nadine Schmieder-Galfe: Transferring Science to Industry: It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint
5:00 pm
5:30 pm	Meeting Point Cytometry – First Time Attendee and New Member Welcome Orientation 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
6:00 pm		Welcome Reception 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm including buffet	Meet the Speaker & Awards 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Bus to pier leaves CRTD at 6pm, Steam Boot start at 6:30pm
6:30 pm	Tutorial 3 – Extracellular Vesicles 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm		Core facility Networking Event 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm parallel to Welcome Reception
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
12:00 pm	Tutorial 1 – Hypothesis-Driven Flow Cytometry Analysis with Cytobank’s Machine Learning Tools 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm bring your laptop
12:30 pm
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
3:00 pm	Tutorial 2 – From Data to Discovery: Master Modern Flow Analysis with Cytolution 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm bring your Laptop
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
5:00 pm

	Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference	Wednesday, 10.9.2025	Thursday, 11.9.2025	Friday, 12.9.2025
1:00 pm		European Guest Session: Norway 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Speaker: Elisabeth Müller, Emil Løvstakken, Idun Dale Rein, Sonia Gavasso
1:30 pm

Tuesday, 9.9.2025 Pre conference

Wednesday, 10.9.2025

Thursday, 11.9.2025

Friday, 12.9.2025

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