Task Force Corporate Members (TF-CM)

Membership

 TF-CM Meeting in person in Munich at the EuroMedLab Congress

 April 11 2022

From left to right - top to bottom: 

Michael Rottmann  - SD Corporate Member Rep/Roche; Tricia Ravalico - Chair/Abbott; Alessandro Ortisi - Secretary/Siemens Healthineers; Joseph Passarelli - Executive Board Corporate Member Rep/Roche - Jean-Sébastien Blanchet - Member/Beckman Coulter.

Aim

The aim of IFCC TF-CM is to enable Corporate Members to make significant and growing contributions to the activities of IFCC, and to elevate key topics and priorities for the betterment of industry collaborations, laboratory medicine and health care.

Objectives

• To assist IFCC in promotion of science, innovation, and advancement of the essential contribution of laboratory medicine to health care
• To facilitate discussion among Corporate Members and identify common topics of interest and/or concern
• To improve the engagement of Corporate Members with the IFCC
• To serve as the “voice of industry” and be more accessible to all IFCC teams and leadership, enabling a more diverse understanding and appreciation of needs among corporate members and the IFCC
• To increase awareness with other Corporate Members of IFCC TF-CM and to encourage their participation in IFCC activities 

Accountability

The TF-CM will report directly to the IFCC Executive Board. The Corporate Representative of the Executive Board will be a liaison to the EB while serving as a member of TF-CM. The TF-CM will prepare reports to the Executive Board on meeting outcomes.

Background

The IFCC Task Force Corporate Members (TF-CM) was approved by the IFCC Executive Board and established in 2019 in order to strengthen the collaboration between IFCC and its Corporate Members. Similar to other task forces, the TF-CM reports directly to the IFCC Executive Board. The TF-CM consists of the chair and 6 other members, including the secretary, the Corporate Representative at the IFCC Executive Board, and 3 other members. Members are elected by the IFCC EB from nominations from the corporate representatives. The corporate representatives from each of the other divisions are also invited and encouraged to attend the TF-CM meetings. Memberships on the TF-CM are for 3 years with the possibility of extension for an additional 3 years.

Areas of Focus

• The voice of corporate members within IFCC
• High impact and frequency of conferences/congresses
• Growth and sustainability of corporate members
• Effective, timely and enhanced communications among IFCC, Conference Organizing Secretariat, and Corporate Members
• Industry needs for IFCC involvement with regulators and clinical societies

Read the TF-CM article  extracted from the IFCC e-News-March 2021

List of Corresponding Members, nominated by Companies