BBTS Conference


BBTS 2024: Clinical and Scientific Programme

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DAY 1: Tuesday 14th October
Time
8:00
onwards

REGISTRATION

9:15 - 9:30Conference Opening from BBTS President Prof Dave Roberts


Simultaneous Sessions
9.30 - 11.00

9:30 - 11:00

Red Cell SIG Part 1:

Jannete Stevens & Vanya Crew

Blood Bank Technology SIG

Ben Holmes

Cellular Therapies SIG

Kenny Douglas 

TP 

Karen Mead & Pedro Valle Valliness

11:00 - 11:30
Break  


Simultaneous Sessions
11.30 - 13.00

11:30 - 13:00
Red Cell SIG Part 2: 

Jannete Stevens & Vanya Crew

Paediatric SIG

Anne Kelly 

Professor Chris Gale

Carol Cantwell

Microbiology SIG

Shannah Secret

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break



Simultaneous Sessions
14.00 - 15.30

14:00 -

Red Cell SIG Part 3

Jannete Stevens & Vanya Crew

Patient Blood Management and Appropriate Transfusion SIG

Fateha Chowdhury & Julie Staves

Sewa Joacquin-Hearn

Dora Foukaneli

Components SIG

Mike Wilshire & Christine Saunders

15:30 - 16:00Break
16:00 - 17:30Plenary I: Cyber Attack - the aftermath and the way forward

Chair:
Julie Staves & Fateha Chowdhury 

Speaker 1:
Dr Sue Robinson 

Speaker 2:

Speaker3:
Dr Mike Prentice

17:30 - 20:00Welcome Reception & Exhibition Opening


DAY 2: Wednesday 15th October

Time
08.00
onwards
5K Run
08:00 - 08:45
REGISTRATION


Simultaneous Sessions
09.00 - 10.30

09:00 - 10:30

1: Red Cell Matching 

Nicole Thornton

2: Margaret Kenwright Awards

Jamie Nash

3: Patient Blood Management and Blood Health

Danny Gaskin

10:30 - 11:00Break
11:00 - 12:30

Plenary II: BBTS Award Lectures

12:30 - 13:00BBTS Annual General Meeting, Members Only
13:00- 14:00Lunch


Simultaneous Sessions
14.00 - 15.30

14:00 - 15:30

4. Hospital Lab

Tim / Graham

5: Clinical Case Studies 

Katie Hands

Michelle Melly

Kalinga Perera

Laura Knox

 6: Donors / Donation

Chiara Vendramin & Champa Manchanayake 


7: Transfusion Transformation

Louise Sherliker 

15:30 - 16:45Networking and Poster Viewing Afternoon
16:45 - 17:15Poster Prize Giving
19:00 - 23:30Conference Dinner


DAY 3: Thursday 16th October 

TimeSession
08:00 
onwards
REGISTRATION
09:30 - 11:008: Serological Case Studies

Laura Eastwood


9: SHOT

Caryn Hughes


10: EDI

Ian / Osaro

11:00 - 11:30Break 
11:30 - 13:00
Plenary III - Machine Learning and AI in Blood Transfusion           

Chair: Simon Stanworth & Julie Staves 

Monitoring, benchmarking and feedback of data: Ryan Metcalf

Creating Multi-centred datasets in England - new Data Flows: Alwyn Kotze

Novel trail designs and embedding research into practice: Akshay Shah

13:00 - 13:15
Closing Remarks, Prof David Roberts 
13:15-
13:45
Lunch
13:45Close of Exhibition and Departure