BBTS 2025: Clinical and Scientific Programme

Evening (TBC)

Bursary Celebration

20:30 - 23:00

Curry and Quiz Night - Matt Hazell and Martin Maley

Time

8:00

Onwards

Registration

9:15 -

9:30

Conference Opening from BBTS President Prof Dave Roberts

Simultaneous Sessions

9:30 - 11:00

9:30 -

11:00

Red Cell SIG Part 1:

Jannete Stevens & Vanya Crew

Blood Bank Technology SIG

Chairs: Ben Holmes

RCI Assist - Helen Thom

Anti-HbF for FMH Estimation - Sarah James

Cellular Therapies SIG

Kenny Douglas 

Transfusion Practitioner SIG

Karen Mead & Pedro Valle Valliness

Transfusion Practioner Award Winner - TBC

11:00 -

11:30

Break

Simultaneous Sessions

11:30 - 13:00

11:30-

13:00

Red Cell SIG Part 2: 
Jannete Stevens & Vanya Crew

Paediatric SIG

Chair: Anne Kelly 

Transfusion Associated Harm in Neonates - Professor Chris Gale

Laboratory aspects of Paediatric and Neonatal Transfusion - Carol Cantwell

Transfusion in Sickle Cell Disease: When a life-saving intervention becomes life threatening - Dr Nick Fordham

Microbiology SIG

Chair: Shannah Secret

Investigations into West Nile Virus False Reactives - Victoria Maddox

13:00-

14:00

Lunch Break

Simultaneous Sessions

14:00 - 15:30

14:00 -

15:30

Red Cell SIG Part 3

Jannete Stevens & Vanya Crew

Patient Blood Management and Appropriate Transfusion SIG

Chairs: Fateha Chowdhury & Julie Staves

Title TBC - Sewa Joacquim-Hearn

Moving to Group A FFP as Emergency Stock - Julie Northcote

Use of O Dneg Red Cells - Dora Foukaneli

Components SIG

Chairs: Mike Wilshire & Christine Saunders

Update on nDEHP - Richard Blanco

Cold Stored Platelets - Chloe George

15:30 -

16:00

Break

16:00 -

17:30

Plenary I: Cyber Attack - the aftermath and the way forward

Chair: Julie Staves & Fateha Chowdhury 

Speaker 1: Dr Sue Robinson

Speaker 2:

Speaker3: Dr Mike Prentice

17:30 -

20:00

Welcome Reception & Exhibition Opening