The morning sessions featured the following presentations:
Ms. G. Jones & Mr. R. Human: Bacteriology, Electron Microscopy and Radioisotopes: an Evaluation in Determining Swab Structure, Absorption and Release
Dr. M. Chernesky: New Collection Devices for Non-invasive Screening of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Dr. J. Schachter: New Swabs for Novel Anatomic Collection Sites in MSM
Dr. C. Gaydos: Internet Recruitment of Self-obtained Genital Samples for Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Present Success and Future Possibilities
Dr. T. Krech: Sampling of Chlamydia trachomatis and Human Papilloma Viruses from the Vagina: Use of a Dual Swab to Avoid Sampling Errors when Comparing Novel Flocked Swabs with Conventional Rayon Swabs
Dr. Martin J. Lee: Comparative Sensitivity of Conventional versus Flocked Swabs for a New Rapid Vaginal Yeast Test
Mr. Norman Sharples: Back to the Future: Innovation in Specimen Processing, an Introduction to fastPAS

The afternoon sessions included the following:
Dr. M. Smieja: Enhancing Culture, DFA and PCR Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses in Adults and Children
Dr. S. Richardson: Introduction of a New Program to Lower Sample Rejection Rates and Improve Rapid Direct Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Children
Dr. M. Hindiyeh: Comparison between Flocked Swabs and Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for the Detection of Common Respiratory Viruses
Dr. V. Sambri: Preliminary Evaluation of the Combined Use of ESwab and the fastPAS Instrumentation: A Possible Way to Bring the Automation into the Bacteriology Laboratory
Dr. P. Bourbeau: ESwab: The Opening of a New Frontier for Microbial Collection, Transport and Detection
Mr. Daniele Triva: Enhancing the Microbiology Diagnostic Process for the Investigation of Infectious Diseases: a Role for Copan