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2014 AABB Annual Meeting Schedule at a Glance
Thursday, October 23, 2014
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
New Assessor Training
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
ASQ Certification Exam
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration and Badge/Material Pick Up (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Friday, October 24, 2014
7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Registration and Badge/Material Pick Up (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Patient Blood Management: Better Care and Patient Outcomes Workshop
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Assessor Continuing Education Program
8:30 am – 5:30 pm
CAR T Cell Adoptive Therapies: Product Engineering to Clinical Outcomes Workshop
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
18th Annual NBF Golf Tournament and Challenge Cup
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Patient Blood Management Workshop Product Showcase Reception
5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Speed Networking Event
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Cellular Therapy Networking Reception (ticket required)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Transfusion Medicine Physician Career Development and Networking Dinner (invitation only)
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Dinner Together Networking Event
Saturday, October 25, 2014
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7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Registration and Badge/Material Pick Up (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
7:30 am – 8:00 pm
Administrative and Scientific Abstract Poster Presentations
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Opening Session Featuring Pat Croce
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 cont’d
10:30 am – Noon
(9101-S-CT) Endogenous Membranes and Microparticles as Platforms for Novel Cell-Inspired Therapies and Diagnostics
(9102-S-HEM) TTD I: Update on Dengue/WNV/HEV
(9103-S-CT) Regenerative and Immunomodulatory Capacity of Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells: From the Bench to Clinical
Practice
(9104-TC) Blood Group Systems Update: JR, Lan, Vel
(9105-TC-PBM) Blood Management: The International Perspective
(9106-TC-PBM) Uncommon Donors in the Cloud
(9107-TC) Nursing I: Neonatal Transfusion Practices
(9108-QE-CT) Licensed CB Unit Manufacturing: Discussion of Deviations and Case Studies
(9109-QE-CT) Audits: Internal and External
(9110-LMT) Help, There Are Too Many Data Points! When Do I Take Action?
(9111-LMT) Supply Chain Management
(9131-TC) Molecular Immunohematology Roundtable
Noon – 2:00 pm
Abstract Poster Luncheon (Meet the Authors)
Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Luncheon (invitation only)
(9112-S) NBF Grant Recipients' Lecture and Luncheon (ticket required)
(9113-TC) Apheresis Luncheon: Small Patients with Big Challenges: Apheresis in Children Weighing less than 20 kg/44.1 lb (ticket
required)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
(9114-S) Hemopexin and Haptoglobin for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease ASH/AABB Joint Program
(9115-S-CT) Stem Cell Metabolism
(9116-S) HOT TOPIC: O’ Mice An’ Men - Genetic Insights into RBC Metabolomics and a Systems Analysis Approach
(9119-TC-PBM) Trauma in Developing Countries: Blood Utilization and Management
(9120-TC) Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Adults and Children AABB/ASFA Joint Program
(9121-TC-HEM) Iron and Red Blood Cells in Blood Banking and Transfusion: Insights from REDS-III and Other Research
Protocols
(9122-QE) Are You Really Certain? Traceability, Uncertainty and Your Process
(9123-QE) Competency Assessment: A Toolbox
(9125-LMT-HEM) Risk-Based Decision Making for Blood Safety
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Cómo Prepararse y Sobrevivir a una Inspección?
(9117-TC) Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship: The Monocyte Monolayer (MMA) Past and Present and Other Tests That
Help Predict an Antibody’s Potential Clinical Significance
(9118-TC-CT) The So-Cell Network: Round-Table Discussions for Cellular Therapy Professionals
(9124-LMT) Armed Services Blood Program: From the Armed Services Blood Program to Stateside Emergency Medicine Program
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Refreshment Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Scientific Oral Abstract Presentations:
(010A) Red Blood Cells: Traditional Immunohematology 1
(010B) Platelet and Leukocyte Biology
(010C) Cellular Therapies
(9126-TC-PBM) Liver Transplantation: Controversies in Blood Transfusion Support
(9127-TC-HEM) PAS the Platelets, Please: The Data Behind Platelet Additive Solution
(9128-QE-HEM) Quality Essentials for the Blood Bank Supervisor: Navigating the Quality Maze
(9129-QE) Validation 101
(9130-LMT-HEM) Global Blood Safety Programs
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 cont’d
5:45 pm – 8:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
Sunday, October 26, 2014
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6:30 am – 8:00 am
16th Annual NBF Run For Research 5K/1 Mile Walk
7:00 am – 8:15 am
Industry Workshops
New Member/First-Time Annual Meeting Attendee Breakfast
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Administrative and Scientific Abstract Poster Presentations
Registration and Badge/Material Pick Up
8:30 am – 9:15 am
(9201-S) Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Exhibit Hall VIP Hours (invitation only)
(9203-TC-CT) Interpreting Donor History Questionnaires: What Is Really Being Asked?
(9207-QE-CT) Creating a Successful Training Program for Today's Blood Bank Learner: Does It Have to Be on YouTube for Them to
Pay Attention?
(9208-LMT) Industry Trends That Impact Transfusion Medicine at Both Hospitals and Blood Centers
8:30 am – Noon
(9204-TC) Chief Technologist SIG
(9205-TC-PBM) Nursing II: Clinical Applications for Transfusion Safety and Patient Blood Management Programs: Creating
Success for TSOs and PBMCs
(9206-QE) SBB/BB Exam Review
9:15 am – 10:00 am
(9202-S) Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 am – Noon
(9209-S-CT) Erythropoiesis, Granulopoiesis and Thrombopoiesis from Pluripotent Stem Cells
(9210-S-CT) Dendritic Cell Biology and Therapeutics
(9211-S) Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Glycosylation in Blood Cell Homeostasis
(9212-TC-HEM) Stump the Hemovigilance Experts
(9213-TC) Recent Trends in Live Donor Kidney Paired Donations, and ABO-incompatible Renal Transplantation in the US
National Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation Program
(9214-TC) It's Time to Resolve Serological Weak D Test Results Using Molecular Methods
(9215-QE) Managers: What Do You Expect of an SBB?
(9216-LMT-CT) Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award and Lectureship
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 cont’d
Noon – 1:00 pm
Transfusion Medicine Subsection Meetings
Noon – 2:00 pm
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
National Blood Exchange Luncheon (invitation only)
Cellular Therapy Sizzling Topics Luncheon (ticket required)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Transfusion Medicine Section General Business Meeting and Luncheon
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
(9217-S) Regulation of Programmed Cell Death: Red Cells, Heme and Everything in Between
(9218-S) Membranes in Platelet and Megakaryocyte Functions
(9219-TC) Top Gun Serology
(9220-TC-CT) Next Generation Regenerative Medicine: Organogenesis from Stem Cells in 3D Culture
(9221-TC) TTP-HUS: Better Treatment Due to Better Understanding
(9222-QE-CT-HEM) HPC Infusion Adverse Event Reporting
(9223-QE-CT) How to Train the Quality Assurance Staff for the Cell Therapy Laboratory
(9224-QE-HEM) What Blood Bankers Should Know About Tissue Biovigilance
(9225-LMT) Motivating Staff: Not Magic, But Close!
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Refreshment Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Scientific Oral Abstract Presentations:
(020A) Donor and Therapeutic Apheresis
(020B) Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases
(020C) Red Blood Cells: RBC Immunohematology, Molecular Testing and Genetics – RH
(020D) Pediatric Transfusion Medicine
(9226-TC-CT) Cell Therapy in Cardiology - State of The Art: Who, What and How
(9227-TC) The Donor History Questionnaire: New Challenges and Solutions
(9228-TC- HEM) How to Avoid Non-ABO Immune-Mediated Hemolysis and Red Cell Alloimmunization
(9229-TC-PBM) The Role of TSOs/Patient Blood Management Specialists in the Blood Collection Center
(9230-QE) Baldrige Performance Excellence Program: Looking Closer at a Model of Success
(9231-QE) Test Your Blood Bank Knowledge
(9232-QE-CT) Partnering for Positive Patient Outcomes: The Role of Quality Assurance in Effective Communication between the
Cell Manufacturing Laboratory, the Transfusion Service and the Clinician
(9233-LMT) The Operational Excellence Transformation: The Role of Leadership
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Research and Progress (RAP) Sessions
The RAP sessions will deal with new developments, rather than review general topics, and will convene experts in each area under
discussion. Please check www.aabb.org/annualmeeting in August for topics and RAP session directors.
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Monday, October 27, 2014
7:00 am – 8:15 am
Industry Workshops
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Administrative and Scientific Abstract Poster Presentations
Monday, October 27, 2014 cont’d
7:30 am – 6:30 pm
Registration
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Exhibit Hall VIP Hours (invitation only)
(030A) Scientific Oral Abstract Plenary Session
(9302-TC-CT) AABB/TERMIS-Americas Joint Program
(9303-TC) Serological Challenges in Perinatal Management
(9304-QE-CT) Platelet-Rich Plasma: Preparation and Application as a Cellular Therapy
(9305-QE) Making the Grade: Preparing for Successful Assessments, Inspections and Surveys
(9306-LMT) Leveraging Competitive Advantage
(9327-TC-PBM) Choosing Wisely
8:30 am – Noon
(9301-TC-IT) IT Technology Talk for Techs
9:00 am – Noon
AABB/NBF CEO Summit
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
10:30 am – Noon
(9307-S) Human B-Cell Biology and Therapeutics
(9308-S-CT) Gene Therapy: Novel Approaches for Correcting Sickle Cell Disease
(9309-S) TTD II: Parasites Plasmodium/Babesia/Anaplasma Phagocytophilum
(9310-TC-CT) Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Issues: Is it time for Change? AABB/ASBMT Joint Program
(9311-TC-HEM) Hemovigilance: Using Hospital Data to Improve Performance
(9312-TC) Evaluating Antibodies for Clinical Significance, One Blood Group System at a Time: Round 3
(9313-QE) Transfusion Medicine in Undergraduate and Resident Education: International Perspectives
(9314-QE-CT) Unclean! Unclean! Lessons Learned From a Non-Compliant Clean Room
(9315-LMT) Cost Repositioning for Transfusion Services in the Era of Ongoing Reimbursement Changes
(9316-LMT-PBM) How a Community Blood Center Can (and Should) Support Important Patient Blood Management Efforts at Its
Customer Hospitals
10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Noon – 2:00 pm
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
Cellular Therapies Section Business Meeting and Luncheon
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
AABB Professional Engagement Program (PEP) Member Mingle
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Monday, October 27, 2014 cont’d
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Administrative Oral Abstract Presentations:
(030B) Quality Management
(030C) Administrative Blood Management
(030D) Education and Training
Scientific Oral Abstract Presentations:
(030G) Transfusion Practice
(030H) Donor Recruitment, Retention, and Adverse Events: Quantitative Aspects; Donor Recruitment/Retention/Marketing and
Donor (Suitability) Eligibility
(030I) Red Blood Cells: Traditional Immunohematology 2
(9318-TC-HEM) Donor Hemovigilance Data: Climbing the "Rocky Steps" Toward a Global Standard for Donor Health
(9319-TC-CT) What’s Up with Related and Unrelated Hematopoietic Cell Donors? AABB/NMDP Joint Program
(9320-QE-CT) The Statistics Toolbox Revisited
(9321-QE-CT) 351 vs 361 Products: Regulatory, Clinical, and Scientific Perspectives
(9328-TC) Guidelines for Platelet Use
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
(9317-TC-PBM) Pediatric Intraoperative Bleeding Management
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Networking Hour
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Administrative Oral Abstract Presentations:
(030E) Inventory Management, Storage, Distribution, Product Manufacturing
(030F) Management, Finance, and General Marketing
Scientific Oral Abstract Presentations:
(030J) Components and Component Processing 1
(030K) Scientific Blood Management
(030L) Red Blood Cells: Molecular Basis of Blood Groups – Non-RH
(9322-TC- HEM) Understanding TACO: What It Is and What We Can Do to Reduce the Risk
(9323-TC-CT) Law and Ethics in Cellular Therapy
(9324-TC) Challenges in the Detection of Blood Group Alloantibodies: Identifying the Problems and Generating Solutions
(9325-QE) Ask the FDA and CMS/CLIA
(9326-TC) Is Current Component Therapy the Best Way to Treat Massive Transfusion Recipients?
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
NBF Reception (invitation only)
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Corporate Evening Satellite Symposia (invitation only)
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
7:00 am – 8:15 am
Industry Workshops
7:30 am – 2:00 pm
Administrative and Scientific Abstract Poster Presentations
Registration and Badge/Material Pick Up
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 cont’d
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Exhibit Hall VIP Hours (invitation only)
(9401-S-CT) Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship
(9402-QE-CT) Qualifying Vendors for CT Laboratories: Practical Applications, Experiences, and Challenges
(9403-LMT) Blood Center Mergers: The Florida Experience
(9404-LMT) Coding and Reimbursement for Blood and Transfusion Services: 2014 Updates
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 am – Noon
(9405-S) Platelet Microparticles: Small Size Really Matters
(9406-S-CT) Michrochimerism of Mothers and Babies and Sometimes Fathers, Too
(9407-TC-HEM) New Developments in Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI): From the Blood Bank to the Bedside
(9408-TC-PBM) PBM for Obstetrics an Evidence-Based Approach to Blood Management in the Pregnant Patient AABB/SABM Joint
Program
(9409-TC-PBM) Massive Transfusion: Product Alternatives
(9410-TC) Let's Talk About the 30-minute Rule for Red Blood Cells
(9411-QE-CT) HPC, Apheresis Collection in the Post COBE Spectra Era
(9412-LMT-CT) Translation of a Tissue Engineered Organ: The Science, Regulatory Considerations, and Funding AABB/RMF Joint
Program
(9421-S-CT-HEM) The Research Side of FDA: Updates from CBER
Noon – 2:00 pm
Anaheim 2015 Preview Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
AABB Business Meeting
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Scientific Oral Abstract Presentations:
(040A) Components and Component Processing 2
(040B) Recipient Non-Adverse Infectious Events
(9413-TC) Ask the Standards Committee
(9414-TC) Coming to a Blood Bank Nearest You! The Newest FDA Approved Plasma Derivatives/Recombinant Products: EvidenceBased Practices
(9415-TC) Strategies for Testing Methods to Meet the Revised TRALI Risk Reduction AABB Standard
(9416-TC-PBM) Management of Bleeding Patients
(9417-TC-CT) Engineered T-Cell Vaccine for Cancer Therapy
(9418-QE-CT) Crossing International Borders: How Cellular Therapy Regulations Differ
(9419-LMT) Promoting Professional Growth and Development by Utilizing Effective Feedback and Evaluation Strategies
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Refreshment Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Closing Session
5:30 pm – Midnight
Hospitality Receptions (invitation only)
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
President’s Reception (invitation only)
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