Featuring Expert Speakers
Engage in specially curated sessions featuring expert speakers who will delve into the latest developments in operations, science, medicine, technical affairs, and more. These highly tailored sessions are aimed at fostering growth by providing invaluable knowledge and best practices.


Collaborative Strategy Sessions
Engage with your peers on the topics most important to you during collaborative strategy sessions that push boundaries, foster a culture of growth, and spark creative solutions to drive transformation within blood centers and the broader blood community.
Recognizing Excellence in Supporting the Blood Supply
We recognize leaders from across the country for excellence in supporting the nation’s blood supply as part of the Awards of Excellence ceremony, where winners will be recognized by allies who advocate for our shared goals.

The Schedule
Join us for discussions with leaders from the blood community, federal agencies, national media outlets, and more. Confirmed speakers include individuals from the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, POLITICO, and CNN. View the full schedule through the link below.

This year's keynote will be given by Laura DiAngelo, the Director of Regulatory Research for POLITICO's AgencyIQ, who will be speaking about the "Regulatory Forecast for the Second Trump Administration."
Laura focuses on regulatory policy and intelligence in life sciences, in both the U.S. and E.U. and advises clients on both regulatory and legislative policy. Laura has a Master's in Public Health Policy from the George Washington University School of Public Health, where she was President of the LGBT+ Student Association.

Register
Pricing for the event is as follows:
ABC Members: $875
Non-Members: $1,050
Emeritus Member: $190
Industry (non-sponsors or blood center professionals): $3,500
Hotel Information
Join us at the Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City. The deadline to book your hotel is Friday, February 14, 2025.

Directions
Located close to downtown Washington, DC and steps away from the Pentagon 9/11 memorial, you are close to many attractions our Nation’s Capitol has to offer.
Airport: The closest airport is Reagan National (DCA). The hotel has a metro stop (Pentagon City) nearby or you can take a taxi to the hotel.
Cancellation Policy
If circumstances change and you can no longer attend this Workshop, you may cancel your registration by providing written notice to memberservices@americasblood.org. Our cancellation policy is outlined below.
Registrations will be refunded if you notify ABC of your cancellation in writing on or before midnight EDT, February 24, 2025.Â
There will be no refunds given for any cancellations received after February 24, 2025. This can include but is not limited to, failure to attend the conference because of illness, alteration or rescheduling of the Workshop by ABC, or due to events beyond the parties’ reasonable control, such as travel problems, natural disasters or weather emergency, civil unrest, epidemic, public health emergency (declared or undeclared), or an act of terrorism. For cancellations received after the cutoff date with a balance due, the registration amount remains due in full.
Conference refunds approved by ABC will be issued within five to seven business days. All refunds will be issued back to the original payment form.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT CANCELLING YOUR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL YOUR HOTEL AND TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. ATTENDEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CANCELLING THEIR OWN HOTEL AND TRAVEL RESERVATIONS.
Substitution Policy
Substitution of registrations may be made at any time up to the Workshop start date and, in certain cases, on-site. Please contact memberservices@americasblood.org to complete a substitution.
If the substitution takes place on-site, the substitute must bring a letter on company letterhead authorizing the substitution.