2026 Annual Meeting & AIMS Schedule at a Glance
*Schedule is tentative. Times and sessions are subject to change*
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
| 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Registration Open |
| 12:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Exhibits Setup/Move In |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
SCABB Connect |
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration Open |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibits Open |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am |
SCABB Annual Membership Meeting |
| 8:45 am - 9:45 am |
John Moulds Award Lecturer |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Exhibit Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Breakout Session 1
Engage: Leadership Development
AIMS/Technical Scientific: Platelets; What we know and what we don’t know about IgA deficiency and the risk for anaphylactic transfusion reactions
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| 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
SCABB Awards Luncheon |
| 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm |
Breakout Session 2
Engage/Technical Scientific: Diversifying the Donor Pool for Sickle Cell Patients - Mobile Collections; Diversifying the Donor Pool for Sickle Cell Patients - AI
AIMS: COBE Sunsetting - Technical & Manual Processes; Impact to Customers & Billing
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| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Exhibit Break |
| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Breakout Session 3
AIMS: Revolutionizing Blood Typing: The Role of Next-Generation Sequencing
Engage/Technical Scientific: Implementation of Prehospital Transfusion Guidelines
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| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Exhibit Break & Poster Presentations |
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
Breakout Session 4
AIMS: PIGZ
Engage: Culture Building
Technical Scientific: Sol Haberman Award Winner Oral Abstract
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| 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Engage Party |
Thursday, April 9, 2026
| 7:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Registration Open |
| 7:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Exhibits Open |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Technical/Scientific Award Lecturer |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am |
Exhibit Break |
| 9:15 am - 10:45 am |
Breakout Session 5
AIMS/Technical Scientific: Case Studies/Immunohematology Interesting Cases; Cases - AIMS & Tech Science
Engage: Digital Transformation in Donor Recruitment
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| 10:45 am - 11:00 am |
Exhibit Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Breakout Session 6
AIMS: Allo vs WA & Clinical mgmt of WA
Engage: Round Tables
Technical/Scientific: Utilizing Informatics for EHR Improvement
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| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Vendor Lunch
AIMS Lunch & Learn - When Forward and Reverse Don't Match, DNA Testing can Help!
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| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Breakout Session 7
AIMS: Titer Controls; MMA
Engage: Reviving the Heart of Leadership
Technical/Scientific: Things we do for no reason: Plasma Transfusion; The Fibrinogen Quandary
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| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Exhibits Move Out |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm |
Breakout Session 8
AIMS: BBK Trivia; Blood Bank Terminology
Engage: Industry Workshop
Technical Scientific: Round Table; Ask the Experts
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*Schedule is tentative. Times and sessions are subject to change*
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