I. Goals Related to the Structure and Operation of MLDT

1. Updating MLDT’s legal, administrative, accounting, and financial operations
• Renewal of the external support team (legal expert, accounting company, secretary).
• Updating contracts and responsibilities.
• Renewal of the “In Vitro Veritas Foundation” (new Board of Trustees,
  legal/accounting updates).
• Headquarters change.
2. Improving MLDT’s revenue sources
   • Increasing membership and associate membership.
   • Offering industry-sponsored target-support activities (e.g., Jubilee Congress).
   • Applying for MTA funding for operational costs.
3. Refreshing the ‘Ad hoc’ Board structure
• Updating tasks and membership of ad hoc committees.
• Quarterly reports on activities.
4. Updating MLDT’s communication
• Renewing website and social media presence.
• Ensuring continuous information flow to members (regular e-news).
• Increasing MLDT visibility in professional and public forums.
5. Professional advocacy
• Representation regarding MSc qualifications and medical salary tables.
• Advocacy for MOLSZE laboratory professionals.
• Addressing registration issues in EESZT for biochemists, MSc graduates, analysts.

II. Organizing Laboratory Diagnostic Activities in Collaboration with OLT

1. Updating guidelines according to OLT planning and coordination
• Preanalytical processes of routine laboratory tests.
• Handling of critical laboratory values.
• POCT application guideline.
• eGFR guideline.
2. LOINC implementation and unified request/le report formats
• Developing a unified nomenclature guideline for laboratory tests.

III. Attracting Young Professionals to Laboratory Medicine

1. Introducing exciting “lab experiences” to school students
• Special classroom sessions in primary schools.
• Annual “Introduction to Laboratory Diagnostics” programs in selected labs for high-
  school students (POCT, molecular genetics demonstrations).
2. Motivating university/college students who use laboratory methods
   • “Best Laboratory Presentation” award at TDK conferences.
3. Supporting young MLDT members’ professional engagement
   • Grant opportunities for congress participation and domestic study visits.

IV. MLDT’s Cooperation with National Professional Societies

1. Strategic cooperation with MOTESZ.
2. Joint planning with MOLSZE.
3. Collaboration with QualiCont.
4. Cooperation with other scientific societies (Immunology, Haemostasis & Thrombosis,
   Nephrology).
5. Collaboration with related IVD disciplines (microbiology, transfusion medicine, genetics,
   pathology, personalized medicine).

V. MLDT Special Programs

1. Dr. Arnold O. Beckman Talent Program
• Contract with Beckman Coulter.
• Framework development.
• Launch and annual awarding.
2. Reviving the MLDT Patronage Program
   • Redesigning program conditions with diagnostic industry.
   • Launching new sponsored programs.
3. Collaboration with Primary Care Section (SZK)
   • Integration of POCT guidelines for general practice settings.
   • Participation in primary care screening/diagnostic programs.
4. Reviving the MLDT Test Registry
   • Surveying current situation.
   • Decision on redesign of the registry for rare tests.
5. Updating accreditation preparation materials
• Alignment with the new standard.
6. Providing accurate public information about laboratory tests
• Operating the LTO (Laboratory Test Online) professional information interface.

VI. International Activities of MLDT

1. Increasing MLDT participation in EFLM and IFCC functional units.
2. Supporting active presence at international congresses.

VII. MLDT Professional Training, Continuing Education, and Scientific Events

1. Trainings and congresses
• Mandatory postgraduate training in harmonization with universities.
• MLDT Congress 2025.
• Professional involvement in MOLSZE congresses (2024, 2026).
2. Communicating MLDT’s 80th anniversary (2026)
   • o Jubilee communication nationally and internationally.
   • o Possible MOTESZ event: “How Laboratory Diagnostics Transformed Modern
     Medicine” (e.g., hs-troponin, individualized therapies, bleeding management,
     hematology).
3. Undergraduate education
• Promoting BSc and MSc analytical programs and competencies.
• Training of assistants and specialist assistants.
• Consideration of launching phlebotomy training.