13TH BELGIAN WEEK OF PATHOLOGY
20.10 > 21.10.23
Dear collegues and friends,
It is our pleasure to announce the 13th edition of the Belgian Week of Pathology (BWP), which will be held at the Tangla Hotel in Brussels, on October 20-21, 2023.
The previous editions of BWP have been a great success, bringing the congress to an international educational level. The BWP provides an environment where pathologist can share knowledge, insights and experiences that will enhance their activities for the benefits of the patients.
This is achieved by the educational program with distinguished national and international guests, the professional organization of the conference and the support of our partners from the industry.
Our aim this year is to continue this successful course of the BWP.
The Belgian Society of Pathology wants to remain at the frontline in all subspecialities; for this reason, in collaboration with the different Working Groups of the BSP we are working to build up a comprehensive and educational program for this year as well.
The Keynote topic of this BWP 2023 will be on Inflammatory Skin Pathology. The Keynote lecture will be given by dr. Steven Billings from the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Billings is an internationally known dermatopathologists, who is also an author of many dermatopathology books.
The Educational Grant Symposium will host this year a special topic about sustainable development in pathology, moderated by dr. Ivan Theate.
Moreover, we have confirmation of prof. dr. Jason Hornick’s participation, from the Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston. Prof. dr. Hornick is an important figure in the pathology world around the globe.
Our program will also cover the new WHO classification of neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. G. Rindi (Italy) will focus mostly on neuroendocrine tumors of the lung, while prof. dr. J-Y. Scoazec (France) on the gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. J. Goodlad (United Kingdom) will elaborate on the cutaneous lymphoproliferations.
As in previous years, this year we encourage residents to present their work by submitting abstracts for poster and oral free presentation. Multiple prices will be awarded for excellent research but also for presenting interesting and difficult cases.
Friday night we will have the Pathology Congress Dinner at the Tangla Hotel. This diner is an equally important event for the conference, as it is an excellent opportunity for colleagues to reunite and to meet the guest speakers in person. So don’t miss the change to reserve your place!
Mrs. Anne-France De Meyer and her team have delivered over the years an excellent organization of the congress, leaving only positive feedback from all participants. This year too, they promise a successful organization.
Last but not least, the BWP 2023 gratefully acknowledges our partners from the industry for their renewed and ongoing support! It is always a pleasure to continue our constructive collaboration.
We are looking forward to meet you all there!
Vasiliki SIOZOPOULOU & Koen VAN DE VIJVER
Belgian Week of Pathology
Pieter DEMETTER
Belgian Society of Pathology

Pieter DEMETTER
Belgian Society of Pathology President
Vasiliki Siozopoulou
Belgian Week of Pathology President
Koen VAN DE VIJVER
Belgian Week of Pathology Vice-President

Board
President
Pieter DEMETTER
Vice-presidents
Birgit WEYNAND
Romaric CROES
Treasurer
Karl DHAENE
Secretary (NL)
Claire BOURGAIN
Secretary (FR)
Joan SOMJA
Past President
Martin LAMMENS
Members
Glenn BROECKX
Kristof COKELAERE
Amélie DENDOOVEN
Ann DRIESSEN
Christine GALANT
Mina KOMUTA
Lola MARTIN-MARTINEZ
Shaira SAHEBALI
Vasiliki SIOZOPOULOU
Gert VAN DEN EYNDEN
Cytotechnologist’s representative
Miet VANHERCK
Working Groups
Breast
Guiseppe FLORIS
Cytology
Shaira SAHEBALI
Dermatology
Vasiliki SIOZOPOULOU
Digestive
Ann DRIESSEN
Haematology
Pascale DE PAEPE
Gynecology
Jean-Christophe NOËL
Molecular
Nicky D'HAENE
Surgical
Philippe DELVENNE
Urology
Sofie VERBEKE
If you want to become member of the BSP,
please visit our website.
2023 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
TOPIC 2023 : SKIN INFLAMMATORY PATHOLOGY
KEYNOTE TOPIC: DERMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY
Jason HORNICK (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School)
Steven BILLINGS (Cleveland Clinic)
■ ROYAL 2 & 3 ■ ROYAL 1
FRIDAY 20/10
08.00-09.00
WELCOME
09.00-10.30
■ Surgical Pathology: Neuroendocrine tumors
Moderator: Philippe Delvenne (CHU Liège), Anne Hoorens (UZ Gent)
09:00
Invited Lecture: Introduction to the new WHO classification 2022 on neuroendocrine tumors, and its application on lung neuroendocrine tumors.
Guido RINDI (Gemelli, Rome Italy)
09:45
Invited Lecture: Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the pancreas: update on histopathology, genomics and reporting.
Anne Hoorens (UZ Gent)
■ Haematopathology: Cutaneous Lymphoproliferations
Moderator: Pascale De Paepe (AZ Sint-Jan), Esther Hauben (UZ Leuven)
09:00
Invited Lecture: Cutaneous lymphoproliferations.
John GOODLAD (Scotland, UK)
09:45
Workshop given by the members of the working group and trainees.
10:15
Oral Presentation of a Research Topic (by trainee, 15’)
Loïc DUCHENE (UZ Antwerpen)
10.30-11.15
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
10.40-11.10
Satellite Symposium ASTRAZENECA
HER2: A one year artificial intelligence experience.
Frederik DEMAN (GZA/ZNA Antwerpen)
11.15-12.45
■ Surgical Pathology: Neuroendocrine tumors
Moderator: Philippe Delvenne (CHU Liège), Anne Hoorens (UZ Gent)
11:15
Invited Lecture: Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the gastro-intestinal tract: basics, novelties and perspectives.
Jean-Yves SCOAZEC (Paris, France)
12:00
Invited Lecture: The World Health Organization classifications of pituitary neuroendocrine tumours: A clinico-pathological appraisal.
Chiara VILLA (Paris, France)
12:30
Oral Presentation of a Research Topic (by trainee, 15’)
Ahmed MELEK (UZ Antwerpen)
■ Digitization
Moderators: Amélie Dendooven (UZ Gent), Paul Seegers (Palga, NL)
11:15
Invited Lecture: What is what? Explaining terminology and data 'for dummies'.
Amélie DENDOOVEN (UZ Gent)
11:40
Invited Lecture: Why do we need to pay attention to reporting and data? Examples of using structured data in oncology and molecular pathology.
Leon VAN KEMPEN (UZ Antwerpen)
12:05
Invited Lecture: Status of project on structured reporting BELSYROPA.
Ekaterina BAZYLEVA (Sofia, Bulgaria)
12:30
Oral Presentation of a Case Report (by trainee, 15’)
Marie-Lucie RACU (ULB Erasme)
12.45-14.00
Lunch & Poster Tour
13.20-13.50
Satellite Symposium OWKIN
Role of Al in optimizing MSI screening in colorectal cancer from H&E slides.
Frederic BIBEAU (Besançon, France)
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14.00-15.00
■ Educational Grant Symposium: World Environmental Changes : what are we waiting for opening the way towards Green Path labs in Belgium ?
Moderator: Ivan Théate (Namur)
14:00
Invited Lecture: Energy and Climate changes. Challenges and impacts for the health(care) : what is the true emergency of the 21th century ?
Julie ANGLADE (Brussels)
14:20
Invited Lecture: Is ecologic transformation possible in the hospital ? The importance of general strategy : the example of CHU UCL Namur.
Pauline MODRIE (Namur)
14:35
Invited Lecture: A labellized sustainable clinical unit (Path Lab) : the experience of the CHU Bordeaux.
Anne RULLIER (Bordeaux, France)
14:55
Q/A, conclusions and proposal of a national working group.
Ivan THEATE (Namur)
15.00-15.45
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
15.10-15.40
Satellite Symposium ASTRAZENECA
BRCA analysis in prostate setting
15.45-17.45
■ Molecular Pathology
Moderators: Nicky D’Haene (ULB Brussels), Dieter Peeters (Antwerpen/Mechelen)
15:45
Invited Lecture: Clinical studies with comprehensive genomic profiling in Belgium: results of the BALLETT and GENEO initiatives.
Brigitte MAES (Jessa Hospital, Hasselt)
16:30
Abstract to present as Belgian Speaker
Ingrid FERREIRA (ULB Erasme, Brussels)
16:45
When molecular pathology helped to solve my case (or not)-instructive Cases.
Workshop given by the members of the working group and trainees
■ Gynaecopathology: Inflammatory Vulvar Diseases
Moderators: Jean-Christophe Noël (ULB Erasme, Brussels)
15:45
Invited Lecture: Inflammatory lesions of the vulva.
Karoline VAN DEN BOSSCHE (DermPat Gent)
16:10
Invited Lecture: Squamous precursor lesions.
Koen VAN DE VIJVER (UZ Gent)
16:35
Invited Lecture: Melanocytic lesions of the vulva.
Françoise PLANTIER (Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, France)
17:00
Workshop given by the members of the working group and trainees
17:15
Oral Presentation of a Research Topic (by trainee, 15’)
Fleur CORDIER (UZ Gent)
18.00-19.00
■ KEYNOTE LECTURE: Inflammatory Dermatopathology
Moderators: Marc Haspeslagh (DermPat Gent)
Inflammatory dermatopathology for the general pathologist.
Invited Speaker: Steven BILLINGS (Cleveland, USA)
19.00-23.00
Cocktail Reception and Dinner at Tangla Hotel
SATURDAY 21/10
08.00-09.00
WELCOME
09.00-10.30
■ Young Pathologist Section
Moderator: Irthe Van Assche (UZ Leuven)
09:00
Invited Lecture: Differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors: what a young pathologist should know.
Jason HORNICK (Harvard, USA)
09:45
Workshop given by the members of the working group and trainees
■ Cytopathology
Moderator: Shaira Sahebali (UZ Brussel), Birgit Weynand (UZ Leuven)
09:00
Invited Lecture: Cervical screening, past, present and future.
John-Paul BOGERS (AML, Antwerpen)
09:45
Invited Lecture: The Genius system; AI in cervical screening.
Birgit Weynand (UZ Leuven), Kristof Cokelaere (Yperman), Lelie Bart (AZ Zeno)
10.30-11.15
Coffee Break & Poster Tour
10.40-11.10
Satellite Symposium SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS/PROSCIA
Food for thought: the seamless integration of multiple AI algorithms within everyday workflows.
11.15-12.45
■ Cytopathology
Moderator: Shaira Sahebali (UZ Brussel), Birgit Weynand (UZ Leuven)
11:15
HPV primary screening in Europe.
Claire Bourgain (Bonheiden)
11:35
Case studies
12:30
Oral Presentation of a Case Report (by trainee, 15’)
Louise CRAS
■ Gastrointestinal Pathology
Moderators: Ann Driessen (UZ Antwerpen), Laurine Verset (ULB Brugmann)
11:15
Invited Lecture: Skin-related inflammatory pathology of the oesophagus
Francesca BOSISIO (KULeuven)
11:50
Invited Lecture: Inflammatory and (pre)neoplastic pathology of the anus
Prof Kieran SHEAHAN (St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland)
12:30
Oral Presentation of a Case Report (by trainee, 15’)
Emanuele FRIGO (UZ Leuven)
12.45-14.00
Lunch & Poster Tour
13.00-13.20
■ General Assembly Belgian Society of Pathology
13.20-13.50
Satellite Symposium BMS
Pink is much more than the colour of an apple. Traps of PD-L1 scoring in advanced melanoma.
Vasiliki SIOZOPOULOU (Brussels)
14.00-16.00
■ Dermatopathology
Moderators: An-Katrien De Roo (UCL Saint-Luc, Brussels)
14:00
Invited Lecture: Diagnostic challenges in cutaneous vascular tumors.
Steven BILLINGS (Cleveland, USA)
15:00
Invited Lecture: Beyond dermatofibroma: what's new in cutaneous soft cutaneous tumors.
Jason HORNICK (Harvard, USA)
16.00-16.15
■ Awards Ceremony
Prizes of the BWP 2023 for best Oral and Poster Presentations
■ Closing Ceremony BWP 2023
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstract submission is open till July 11, 2023. The date is extended to July 18, 2023. The Belgian Society of Pathology invites all residents and researchers to participate actively in this congress. The submitted abstracts should give a brief description of the title and topic. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Three prizes of €500 will be awarded for best oral presentation of a research topic, for best oral presentation of a case report and for best poster presentation during the Belgian Week of Pathology 2023.
Guidelines for preparation:
- 1. Please choose a title that clearly indicates the content of the contribution.
- 2. Titles should contain no more than 100 characters, including space. The rest of the abstract text should contain no more than 300 words.
- 3. Please make sure to use proper English language.
- 4. Please avoid abbreviations in the title (exception: scientific terms). Abbreviations may be used in the text if they are defined when used first. Please avoid using capital letters in the title.
- 5. Submitting author states for all authors: name, institution, city and country. Please omit titles and degrees. The e-mail address of the first author is mandatory for notifications.
- 6. Graphs and pictures are not allowed and will cancel the submission. Please avoid references.
- 7. The abstract should be informative and clearly structured. Content must include: Background and objective / Materials and methods / Results / Conclusions
- 8. Ensure that the abstract does not contain spelling, grammar or scientific errors, as it will be reproduced exactly as submitted.
- 9. Abstracts which do not conform to the guidelines, will be cancelled and will require a new submission.
- 10. All abstracts must be submitted no later than July 11, 2023. The date is extended to July 18, 2023.
- 11. A maximum of 3 abstracts per author will be accepted for submission.
- 12. All abstracts will be evaluated and notification will be given to the first author in the week after August 15, 2023. The best abstracts submitted by a resident or a PhD student will be invited as Oral Presentations.
- 13. Registration to the congress is mandatory to be able to present the abstract (poster or oral presentation) and must be completed by August 15, 2023. If the submitting author fails to register, his / her abstract will be excluded.
- 14. Abstracts should be e-mailed to the President of the BWP 2023, prof. dr. Vasiliki Siozopoulou: vasiliki.siozopoulou@saintluc.uclouvain.be
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