ISBT Barcelona 2024

• Date: Monday 24 June 2024, 13:00-17:00
• Location: Room 113
• Chairs and Moderators: Angelo D’Alessandro, Christian Erikstrup, Mike Busch
• Access: Open

Schedule

13:00 Michael P. Busch: Introduction  
13:10 Genetic and non-genetic factors regulate RBC hemolysis in the bag and upon transfusion    
    Angelo D’Alessandro: Omics-driven personalized Transfusion Medicine    
    James C. Zimring: Population studies in tractable murine systems    
    Travis Nemkov: Genetic and non-genetic factors regulate RBC metabolism    
    Nareg Roubinian: Lessons on post transfusion hemoglobin and bilirubin increments from the vein-to-vein database    
14:20 Break    
14:30 Large-scale donor and recipient studies    
    Christian Erikstrup: The Danish Blood Donor Study – even more data      
    Katja van den Hurk: Ferritin-guided iron supplementation in whole blood donors: optimal dosage, donor response, return and efficacy (FORTE) - a randomised controlled trial    
    Gustaf Edgren: Using routine health care data to search for unknown transfusion-transmitted disease: a nationwide, agnostic retrospective cohort study    
    Emanuele Di’Angelantonio: STRIDES - improving donor experiences     
    Simon Stanworth: Towards a Pan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA) 
    Sheila O’Brien: Blood donor research: New directions at Canadian Blood Services
16:20 Break    
16:30-17:00 Angelo D’Alessandro and Christian Erikstrup: Establishing the Big Data Working Party    

This session will introduce social science, and discuss theories and methods used in donation studies. This session is meant to both highlight the work that has been done in this field to date, to speak to the interdisciplinarity of the workshop, and to teach audience members who may not be familiar with the social sciences about how this field is relevant and important for the study of blood, plasma, stem cells, organs & tissues. Following this we will feature two panel presentations featuring the work of 3-4 presenters (balancing experienced scholars, emerging scholars, and ensuring representation from scholars from LMICs). The final session of the workshop is devoted to mentorship. We will match emerging scholars in the field of donation studies with more experienced scholars in the field to meet and establish a connection that can support and sustain emerging scholars entering this field.

• Date: 23 June 2024, 08:00-13:15
• Location: Room 122-123
• Facilitators: Eamonn Ferguson, Barbara Masser, Eva-Maria Merz, Rachel Thorpe
• Access: Open

This full day workshop will provide participants with an overview of the Transfusion Practitioner role, how it began, how countries have recently implemented the role, and how the role has evolved with the changes in the blood sector. In the afternoon session Professor Keogh will focus on how the Transfusion Practitioner, and other transfusion colleagues can be involved in audit and research to measure clinical practice and effectiveness compared to professional standards and targets. The discussions will take audit as a starting point and will then discuss moving the audit paradigm towards a research approach to evaluate uptake of clinical interventions and/or systems of care. Discussion groups will consider the key indicators and metrics required, the use of scientific literature to support both approaches and strategic ways to feedback findings and data. The clinical focus will be iatrogenic anaemia due to blood loss from diagnostic testing.

• Date: 23 June, 2024, 08:00-18:00
• Location: Room 124-125
• Facilitators: Linley Bielby, Rachel Moss, Naomi Rahimi-Levene, Young-Ae Lim, Samantha Keogh, Denise McKeown, Imma Fortea
• Access: Pre-registration required

To register for this workshop, please fill out the form below. 

At the ISBT Young Professionals Breakfast, participants will engage in lively discussions with experts over the most important meal of the day. This informal gathering offers a unique opportunity to connect with fellow young professionals and field experts, all while seated at themed tables matching your interests. Please note that registration is required for the breakfast session.

• Date: June 25, 2024, 07:00-08:00
• Location: VIP Room
• Eligibility: You must have a valid registration for the congress, and be under the age of 41. 
• Access: Pre-registration is required

To register for the breakfast, please fill out the form below. 

All young professionals are welcome to join the Legendary Leadership workshop including those who are already leading and those who are not so sure about leadership or how to apply it in their work/study situation. It is a career development opportunity that will help you to discover your own leadership style/s and explore various aspects of what it means to be a leader.

Homework will be distributed beforehand and you are expected to complete it and bring it with you to the session. 

• Date: June 25, 2024, 08:30 - 10:00
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Judith Chapman, Nysa McGowan
• Access: Pre-registration is required
• Target group: Young Professionals who are 40 years old or younger

To register for this workshop, please complete the form below. 

Being able to review, critique and analyze scientific literature is a key skill, given the high numbers and large range of papers which are published daily. How do we judge whether a study was well designed? How do we know if the study results are reliable and relevant? How do experts pick their ‘top’ papers? In this interactive workshop, experts from the ISBT/Systematic Reviews Initiative “Transfusion Evidence Round-Up” program will guide participants through the process of how to critically review scientific papers, and take participants through a real-life example of how a “Transfusion Evidence Round-Up” is done including: abstract and full text review, how to assess quality and bias in different study types, how to do PICO summaries. There will be small group breakout sessions led by workshop facilitators, in which participants will work through example papers from a recent Transfusion Evidence Round-Up. Participants will be given practical tips about how to review papers and how to identify the key elements of a high quality paper/study design. 
Participants with a diverse range of previous experience with literature review are welcome; including beginners and those who already have experience with writing and reviewing scientific papers.

• Date: 25 June, 2024, 16:00-17:30
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Allison Mo, Catherine Kimber, Susan Brunskill, Lise Estcourt, Erica Wood

• Access: Open

This session will delve into the exciting intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of transfusion practice, education and research. Participants will discover how AI-driven technologies and social media platforms can enhance and revolutionize the way transfusion practice, education and research are delivered, making it more engaging, effective, and accessible. This session plan aims to engage participants in a thoughtful exploration of how AI can enhance transfusion practice, education, and research ultimately contributing to improved patient care and safety.

• Date: 25 June, 2024, 16:00-17:30
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Jansen Seheult, Richard Gammon, Ruchika Goel, Arwa Al Riyami
• Access: Pre-registration is required

To register for this workshop, fill in the form below. 

The workshop is being organized by the Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases  Working Party (Sheila O’Brien, Canadian Blood Services, Canada and Brian Custer, Vitalant Research Institute, USA) and the Global Blood Safety Working Party (Susan Stramer, USA and Jay Epstein, USA).

This session will focus on resource limited settings. We will encourage participants to evaluate their own infectious disease testing algorithms, to consider options for doing things differently, and to understand how donor testing can impact donors who are notified of a positive result. This is an interactive session in which the attendees will be encouraged to participate in polls and discussion.

• Date: June 26, 2024, 08:30 - 10:00
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Galen Conti, Claude Tayou-Tagny, Hem Chandra Pandey, Michel Garcia
• Access: Open 

More information about this workshop is coming soon. 

• Date: June 26, 2024, 14:00 - 15:30
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Richard Charlewood, Naomi Rahimi-Levine, Ratti Ram Sharma
• Access: Open

This session will share evidence, experience and expertise in how to translate transfusion research into practice. It will offer a framework for doing so and address key questions:

1. How do you identify opportunities and priorities for improvement?
2. What evidence-based approaches are available to promote best transfusion practice in your setting, and which have you found to work, or not, in your experience?
3.  How can you monitor, evaluate and sustain change?
4. How can ISBT help you implement best transfusion practices in your setting? 
5.  Is there a role for an ISBT endorsement of critical areas for implementation?

• Date: June 27, 2024, 10:30 - 12:00
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Pierre Tiberghien, Erica Wood, Jeannie Callum, Robbie Foy, Simon Stanworth
• Access: Pre-registration encouraged but walk-ins possible

More information about this workshop will be added soon. 

• Date: June 27, 2024 
• Location: Room 113
• Facilitators: Sofia Lejon Crottet, Shane Grimsley 

• Access: TBC