Annual Conference


Programme 2014


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Wednesday 24th September

TimeTitleHall
10:00-
12:00

Translational Iron Therapy
Mr Toby Richards, Prof Guenter Weiss, Dr Chris Tselepis, Dr Ravi Rao Baikady

Debate:
Beware the hidden effects, 'how can too much iron be a bad thing'?
Prof John Porter, UCL
'The benefits of iron supplementation outweigh the risk'
Prof Iain MacDougall, Kings College London



10:30 - 
12:00
Red Cell SIG I

10:30 - 
12:00
Paediatrics SIG - 'Paediatric transfusion prescribing, emergency blood provision & transfusion avoidance'


10:30 - 
12:00
Therapeutic Apheresis SIG - 'What's in the collect bag & how do we know?' The ongoing challenge of evidence in Clinical Apheresis

10:30 - 
12:00
Cellular Therapy SIG I - 'Cellular therapies in clinical practice'


12:00-
13:15

Lunch & Trade Exhibition


13:15 - 
14:45
Red Cell SIG II


13:15 - 
14:45
Blood Bank Technology SIG - 'Matching phenotypes for red cell transfusion - what's the frequency'?

13:15 - 
14:45
Components SIG - 'Costs & benefits of platelet production'


13:15 - 
14:45
Cellular Therapy SIG II - 'An overview of novel cellular therapies currently in development'

13:15-
14:45
Blood Management in patients in conjunction with HoT SIG
Dr Simon Towler, Prof Gavin Murphy, Prof Ravi Gill



14:45-15:00
Comfort Break

15:00 - 
16:30
Microbiology SIG



15:00 -
16:30

Red Cell SIG III


15:00 - 
16:30
Iron supplementation in clinical practice
Dr Richard Burden, Dr Andrew Klein, Dr Tariq Iqbal, Dr Kurinchi Gurusamy, Dr Jose Garcia Erce

15:00 - 
16:30
Cellular Therapy SIG III - 'Cellular therapy training opportunities'

16:30-
17:00
Tea & Trade Exhibition

17:00-
18:30


Plenary I
'Research in Practice'

'Optimising Donor Health and the blood supply: update on the Interval Study' 
Prof Dave Roberts, Oxford
Western Australian success story of Patient Blood Management Dr Simon Towler,, Perth, Australia
Research to change practice: the role of Tranexamic acid
Prof Ian Roberts, London




18:30-
20:30

20:30-
22:00

Trade Exhibition Reception & Hot Supper


Live Entertainment/Cash Bar                                                                      


Thursday 25th September

TimeTitleHall
08:00 - 
09:00
Education Session I - SHOT, '50 ways to fail the patient'


08:00 09:00Education Session II - Testing of donated blood & other products



09:00-
10:30

Serology Case Studies
09:00-
10:30
Blood Donation - Impact of change of Donor Services


09:00 - 
10:30
New technologies for increasing blood safety margins


09:00-
10:30
Clinical Case Studies
 

10:30-
11:00
Coffee & Trade Exhibition

11:00
12:15
Plenary 2
James Blundell Award lecture - Dr Marion Reid, New York Blood Ctre
Race & Sanger Award lecture - Dr Joanna Flatt, IBGRL



12:30-
13:00
Annual General Meeting 
BBTS Members Only

12:15-
13:45
Lunch & Trade Exhibition


13:45-
15:15
Blood Management short paper oral presentations


13:45-
15:15

Nursing Symposium - 'The power of change'


13:45-
15:15

Master Class on educational skills



13:45-
15:15
Quality Assurance for Laboratories

15:15-
16:15
Official Poster Viewing & Judging
Tea & Trade Exhibition



16:15-
16:30
Poster Award Ceremony

16:30-
17:10


17:10-
18:00

Plenary 3
Kenneth Goldsmith Award
 -  Dr Jonathan Wallis, Newcastle

BBT 'Question Time' - Panel of experts across all sectors of the transfusion community to discuss/debate current topical themes


19:15-
19:45
Presidents Reception


19:45-
00:30

Gala dinner                                                                                



Friday 26th September

TimeTitleHall
09:00 -
10:30
Healthcare Scientist Career Progression in the wake of Modernising Scientific Careers


09:00 -
10:30
Non-Clinical short paper oral communications


09:00-
10:30

Clinical/audit/service improvement & quality management short paper oral communications


09:00-
10:30
Clinical Serology Workshop:Trouble in Transfer, Trauma & Transplantation



10:30 -
11:00
Coffee &  Trade Exhibition


11:00 -
12:30
Plenary 4 - In association with NATA: 'Diagnosis & treatment of coagulopathies in the bleeding patient: We want it quick and we want it now!'




12:30 -
13:30
Lunch & Trade Exhibition

13:30 -
15:00
Clinical Transfusion short paper oral communications

13:30 -
15:00
Margaret Kenwright Young Scientist short paper oral communications


13:30- 15:00Quality improvement initiatives from around the UK - Share good practice & projects & translate these back to your own region & organisation


13:30 - 
15:00
Transfusion Practitioners Symposium - 'Educating the Educators' who & what teaches the teachers?


15:00 - 
15:30
Tea & Close