*program is subject to minor changes
PACE credits will be provided.
For just $495, you will have full access to four days of exceptional content.
Monday, April 4
Open to all attendees.
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 – 5:00 pm | BCA IRL Conference (sponsored by BCA, open to all attendees) | |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Networking Reception |
Tuesday, April 5
Open to all attendees, this kicks off the TD workshop.
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 – 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm | BCA IRL Conference Case Studies (sponsored by BCA, open to all attendees) |
Tuesday, April 5
Below is included in the TD Workshop
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch (only for paid attendees) | |
| 12:00 – 2:00 pm | Registration | |
| 1:00 – 1:30 pm | Welcome, Introductions and Ice Breaker | |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Today’s Blood Components-Inventory Product Updates (and Accompanying Variances) • Low/Variable Dose Platelets • Cold Stored Platelets • Low Titer Whole Blood Impact on Blood Centers • PF24 Cryoprecipitate | Kristine Belanger, VP, Operations and COO, Community Blood Center, Appleton Christine Jones, Director Lab Services, Blood Assurance Debbie Nennstiel, Director of Quality Assurance, Blood Assurance Nikki Watlington, Director of Quality and Regulatory Services, LIFELINE |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 – 5:00 pm | Inventory Management Strategies (includes roundtables) • Managing Collection and Multiple Inventories & Inventory Decision Making • Strengthening Relationships with Hospital Inventory Managers-collaboration emphasis • Consignment Versus Contract Strategies | Lindsay Peters, Director of Customer Relations, ImpactLife Jim Cramer, Vitalant |
| 5:00 – 5:10 pm | Wrap-up | |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Joint Networking Reception (all attendees welcome) |
Wednesday, April 6
Below is included in the TD Workshop and the Quality Workshop.
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Welcome, Introductions, and Ice Breaker | |
| 8:30 – 9:15 am | Status of the Blood Industry | Kate Fry, CEO, America’s Blood Centers |
| 9:15 – 10:00 am | Hot Topics in the Blood Industry & Their Impact on Future of Blood Centers (e.g. Buffy Coat Platelets, Freeze-Dried Platelets, Fibrinogen Concentrate, and DEHP) | Rita Reik, Chief Medical Officer, ABC |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm | Staffing, Training/Competency, Work from Home Strategies to Meet Challenges of Today & Tomorrow (includes roundtables) | Kristine Belanger, VP, Operations and COO, Community Blood Center, Appleton Sonya Breckenridge, Vitalant |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:45 pm | Is this the End of ‘Just In Time’?: Blood Center Supply Chain Issues & Efforts to Ensure Future Resilience; Supplier Qualification Strategies (includes roundtables) | Kate Fry, CEO, America’s Blood Centers Stacy Conway, Blood Centers of America |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Platelet Quality Issues | Horacio Requena, OneBlood |
| 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Platelet Adoption Strategies from a Small Center Perspective | Shelley Harkey, SunCoast Blood Centers |
| 5:15- 6:15pm | Joint Networking Reception (all attendees welcome) | |
Thursday, April 7
Below is included in the Quality Workshop.
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 am | Welcome and Introductions | |
| 8:15 – 10:00 am | Blood Center Risk-Based Challenges • Risk-Based Decision-Making for Blood Centers • Cybersecurity Threats & Mitigation for Blood Centers • Requirements for blood center to meet insurance requirements for liability/technical support • Financial risk-based decision making- what’s the cost of doing nothing • Blood Center HIPPA Breaches & Obligations | Todd Rosenbaum, CPA, Assurance Partner, MCM Advisors Richard Dunn, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center JB Gaskins, Blood Assurance Roxanne Tata, Vitalant |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm | How Did You Change Work During the Pandemic? | Nikki Watlington |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15- 2:00 pm | Improving Paid Donors-Donor Recruitment & Customer Acceptance (includes roundtables) • Path to paying donors/Competition with volunteer donors • Strategies to market to customers | Jane Miller, Director of Quality Assurance Shepeard Community Blood Center |
| 2:00 – 3:45 pm | Implementing New Processes | Alan Ueoka, Blood Bank of Hawaii |
| 3:45 – 4:00 pm | Closeout | |