*program is subject to minor changes
Sunday, March 5, 2023
All ABC members are invited to join us at the ABC Board Meeting open session, from 1:00 – 4:30 pm.
Monday, March 6, 2023
| Time (ET) | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 – 8:35 am | Welcome | |
| 8:35 – 9:35 am | Keynote: Differentiated Experience For Customers and Employees | Stan Phelps, Best-Selling Author of the Goldfish Series of Books |
| 9:40 – 10:40 am | The New Frontier of Employee Expectations and Employer Models | Jackie Valent Lucca, MSHR, Versiti; Harpreet Sandhu, Stanford Blood Center; Stacy Sime, LifeServe Blood Center |
| 10:40 – 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Connecting Communities: Welcoming Back LGBTQ+ Blood Donors | Benjamin Brooks, JD, MPH, Whitman-Walker Health; Tony Morrison, Senior Director of Communications, GLAAD; Sarah Warbelow, Legal Director, Human Rights Campaign |
| 12:00 – 1:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:20 – 2:35 pm | Creating a Sustainable Pre-Hospital Program: Operational Models and Advocacy Developments | Eric Bank, NRP, FAEMS, Assistant Chief of EMS; Beth Hartwell, MD, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Services; Adrienne Mendoza, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center; Mark Yazer, MD, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2:40 – 3:40 pm | The Return of Whole Blood Platelets? | Gustaaf de Ridder, MD, PhD, Geisinger Medical Laboratories; Merlyn Sayers, MBBCh, PhD, Carter BloodCare |
| 3:40 – 3:55 pm | Break | |
| 3:55 – 4:25 pm | Building Relationships with the LGBTQ+ Community | Pete Lux, RN, ImpactLife |
| 4:30 – 5:30 pm | Celso Bianco Memorial Lectureship: I’m on speed dial for the Jehovah’s Witness liaison | Jed Gorlin, MD, MBA, Medical Director and Vice President, Medical and Quality Affairs, Memorial Blood Centers, New York Blood Center Enterprises |
| 5:30 pm | Wrap-Up |
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
| Time (ET) | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 9:45 am | ABC Member’s Meeting (members only) | |
| 9:45 – 10:10 am | Break | |
| 10:10 am – 12:30 pm | Center Insights – Centralizing a Community-Wide Antibody Registry – Aaron Judge Partnership – Managing Donor Reactions – Data Dashboard for Cross-Department Success – Expanding Blood Center Operations – Data-Driven Approach to Leveraging Google Ads – vCJD/CJD Reinstatement, Donor Communications and Marketing Outcomes – Service Vision Program and Leaders of Tomorrow Program – Project Dream: Versiti’s Community Resource Center | Brian Bautista, Versiti; Connie Foland, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center; Richard Gammon, OneBlood; Jed Gorlin, New York Blood Center, Pete Lux, ImpactLife; Rami Nemeh, Miller-Keystone Blood Center; Tho Pham, Stanford Blood Center; Chris Staub, Central California Blood Center; Lee Ann Weitekamp, Versiti |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch On Your Own | |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | State of the Science Symposium/ADVANCE Study Updates | Brian Custer, PhD, MPH, Vitalant Research Institute |
| 2:35 – 3:05 pm | BARDA Update | Mary Homer, PhD, Chief, Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures, BARDA |
| 3:05 – 3:45 pm | Washington Update and the 2023 Advocacy Agenda | Diane Calmus, JD, Senior Director, Federal Government Affairs America’s Blood Centers |
| 3:45 – 4:10 pm | Break | |
| 4:10 – 5:00 pm | FDA Update | Peter Marks, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration |
| 6:30 – 8:00 pm | ABC Awards of Excellence |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
This additional day is included in your full registration. It is also available as a one-day registration option. Breakfast and lunch are included.
| Time (ET) | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 9:30 am | ADRP Think Tank Topics – What is the definition of a paid donor? Are sponsored business drives ever coming back? Unlike anything you’ve experienced, this event challenges your thoughts and provides a voice to emerging problems. After a quick point of view Ted Talk, audience members can join the circle to offer their thoughts and opinions on each topic. | Moderator: Theresa Pina, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center Speakers: Ben Prijital, Shepeard Blood Center; Kevin Shipley, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center |
| 10:00 am – 12:00 pm | Engaging in State-Based Advocacy This session will cover how to hire a local lobbyist (and how to pick the right lobbyist for your center and issues), and how to track state legislative and regulatory issues. | Stacy Sime, LifeServe Blood Center; Jay Podjenski, South Texas Blood & Tissue Center |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Blood Advocacy Week Training | Diane Calmus and Jeff Gohringer, America’s Blood Centers |
| 2:00 – 2:15 pm | Break | |
| 2:15 – 4:00 pm | Staying Out of Hot Water: The Rules of the Road for Lobbying and Political Activity by 501(c)(3) Blood Centers This session will cover what a 501c3 organizations can and cannot do, how to avoid politics while working with politicians (and how to deal with those that view engagement with politicians as innately political), and how to build and maintain relationships with politicians | Jeff Tenebaum, Esq., Tenebaum Law Group PLLC |
Advocacy Day
We are excited to continue to make our voices heard on Capitol Hill. Advocacy Day will be held virtually on April 26 during the ABC Blood Advocacy Week. Any questions can be directed to Diane Calmus.