Session 23: Laboratory Planning, Maintenance and Engineering Now and in the Future

Session 23: Laboratory Planning, Maintenance and Engineering Now and in the Future Hosts: Dr. Jacques Cohen & Giles PalmerWhat we know and do not know about requirements for lab designGiles PalmerIVF laboratory planning, refurbishment and new design: an architect’s perspectiveChip CalcagniParticle and Pressure Control: A Mechanical Engineer’s PerspectiveTucker MatthewsSupervision during IVF laboratory construction or renovationAntonia Gilligan presented by Jacques Cohen Giles Palmer Giles Palmer is a senior clinical embryologist, skilled in Laboratory, Business and Quality management.After graduating in Genetics at Leeds University, UK he attained a position as research officer at London's Hammersmith Hospital's acclaimed IVF unit working with Professors Lord Winston and Alan Handyside.After a consultancy position for Iceland's first IVF Unit (University Hospital, Reykjavik) he moved to Greece in 1992.Since moving to Greece, he has worked in the largest IVF units in Athens.H