Conference Scientific Program

18–20 September 2026

DONOR MANAGEMENT

• Long term health of Regular whole blood donors - Practices and Policies
• Decoding ambiguities in Blood Donor Eligibility criteria - Evidence based Explanations
• Voluntary Blood Donation in the Digital Era - Novel strategies for donor recruitment
• From Enrollment to Post-donation care of a Stem Cell Donor - The Registry Perspective
• Mastering the art of donor counselling - A prime skill for the blood banker
• Donor Notification policies and Re-entry criteria - Global vs Indian scenario

IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY

• Challenges in IH testing: Indian Perspective
• Molecular Resolution in Immunohaematology: Current Capabilities and Horizons
• Complex Puzzles in Blood Grouping - Case Based Molecular Approach
• Search for a compatible donor from the registries - How far and How fast can we go?
• The Enigma of Drug Induced Hemolytic Anemia

CLINICAL TRANSFUSION

• Intrauterine Transfusion: Precision Transfusion in Fetal Therapy
• When Every Milliliter Matters: Massive and Exchange Transfusion in Neonates
• Red Cell Exchange in Sickle Cell Anemia - Manual vs Automated
• Evolving Protocols in Massive Transfusion - Practical Experience
• Unpredictable Liver Transplants - Road to Successful Transfusion Management
• Aligning Latest Pharmacological Treatment with Transfusion in AIHA

LICENSING, REGULATION & ADMINISTRATION

• Discussion on Regulatory Compliance - Lets Climb the Mountain Together
• Licensing by ONDLS - How it improved BTS
• Accreditations for Excellence for Blood Centres
• Blood Components Standards in Indian Pharmacopoeia - Recent Changes and Implications

TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY

• Molecular Tools to Guide Algorithms for Donor Choice - Boon or Bane?
• The Sensitised Kidney Transplant Recipient - From Risk Assessment to Successful Transplantation
• Beyond Organ Allocation: Why HLA Still Matters in Deceased Donor Transplantation
• ABO Incompatibility in Transplantation - Lessons from Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Flow Cytometry Crossmatch Troubleshooting: Prozone, Therapeutic Antibodies and Other Pitfalls

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE& INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

• AI Driven Inventory Management
• Smart Solutions for Blood Banker and Uses of AI in TM
• Combating Blood Shortage - From Walking Donors to Frozen Blood
• Transforming Blood Bank Supply Chains: Leveraging RFID for Safety, Visibility and Efficiency

COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY, PROCESSING & OPTIMAL USE

• Red Cell Components - Ensuring Conformations with Quality and Regulations
• Ensuring Vigilance from Vein to Vein in Pediatric Transfusion Practice
• Discussion on Revisiting Whole Blood Transfusion
• Donor parameters affecting QC of blood components

APHERESIS

• Granulocyte Transfusion Today - An Evidence Based Reappraisal
• Multi-component Collection Strategies
• De-escalating the Alarm: Lessons on Problem Solving in Stem Cell Apheresis
• Discussion -Evolving Indications of TPE

DISORDERS OF COAGULATION

• Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Lab - Hand in Hand
• In Quest of Conclusive Evidence in Inherited Bleeding Disorders - Practical Experience
• Transfusion Practices in Chronic Liver Disease - To Transfuse or Not
• Patient with Coagulation Disorder - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support from Transfusion Medicine

PATIENT BLOOD MANAGEMENT

• PBM Beyond the Operating Room - Transfusion OPD Perspective
• Role of Autologous Transfusion in Current Clinical Practice to Implement PBM
• Optimizing Performance Metrics in PBM

THERAPEUTIC APHERESIS

• TPE in Toxins - Realms Explored, Success and Failure
• TPE in Neuromyelitis Optica
• Effective Use of Secondary Plasma Devices in Modern Day Transfusion Practice

TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED DISEASES

• Emerging Infections - Most Threatening Infections for Blood Safety
• Resolution of Grey Zone Samples - Still a Grey Area
• Pathogen Inactivation: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead

HEMOVIGILANCE

• Imputability as the Core of Hemovigilance - The Analyst's Perspective
• Hemovigilance Program of India - Way Forward
• Protecting the Health of Repeat Plasma/Plateletpheresis Donors

CELLULAR THERAPY

• Fine-Tuning the T-Cell Dose: Donor Lymphocyte Infusions Following Haplo HSCT
• Best Practice Considerations in Leukapheresis for Patients Undergoing CAR-T Therapy
• Selective TCR Alpha/Beta and CD45RA Depletion for Better Outcome

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• How Centers Respond and Evolve Through Transfusion EQAS
• Equipment Management for Transfusion Practitioner
• Implementing Quality in Your Blood Centre from Scratch - Core Principles to Follow

IMMUNOLOGY, TRANSFUSION & TRANSPLANT

• Value of Platelet Serology in Clinical Practice - Practical Experience
• CDC Crossmatch - Obsolete or Indispensable in the Era of Flow Cytometry?
• The Refractory Patient - Individualised Approach for Platelet Transfusion

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

• Blood Products in Cosmetology - Establishing QC Standards
• Concentrated Growth Factor Preparation
• New Frontier Regenerative Therapies in Transfusion Medicine

NAT AND BLOOD SAFETY

• Vouching for Blood Safety in Blood Banking in India - Unity in Diversity
• Centralised NAT
• NAT Yield in the Country - An Unbiased Analysis
• Tracking Down High Risk/Reactive Donors

CONVEY, CONVINCE AND EDUCATE

• Implementing PBM Across Specialities
• Simulation as a Tool for Education in Transfusion Medicine
• Learning Apheresis the Right Way - Lessons Through Case Based Approaches

HOW DO I

• How Do I Build a Platelet Registry and Achieve 100% Voluntary Donation
• How Do I Use a Simple Screening Tool Using Anti-D Absorption and Titration to Decide on FMH Testing with KB
• How Do I Ensure Optimal Viability of Cryopreserved Hematopoietic Stem Cells?
• ICCBBA & IP 2026 Consensus and Demonstration of Correct Labelling of Blood Products

TRANSFUSION IN SPECIAL SCENARIOS

• The Difficult Crossmatch - Practical Approach to Resolve a High Incidence Antibody
• Procoagulant Potential of PRBC on Multitransfused Individuals
• Optimizing Patients for BMT: Predicting Transfusion Needs in Thalassemia
• The Bloggers/Writers/Thinkers of Transfusion Medicine: The Future of Communication
• LDL Apheresis -Practical Considerations
• How to Prepare for Pandemic - Learning from Lessons
• Bedside Transfusion Practices-A comprehensive method to educate Nurses and Monitor practices

INNOVATION SESSION

• Artificial Blood Development Programme - A Ray of Hope
• Unlocking the True Value of Plasma: The Manufacturer's Perspective

SPECIAL DISCUSSION SESSIONS

• Addressing the Blood Transfusion Needs of Remote Hospitals
• Rethinking Platelet Transfusion: Modern Concepts & Clinical Application
• Dedicated Session for Best practices across the country – NBTCs and SBTCs

FREE PAPER / AWARD PRESENTATIONS

• Free Paper Presentation (Award Category)
• Video Presentation (Selected)

PLENARY SESSION

PANEL DISCUSSION

QUIZ

Pre-Conference Workshops

17 September 2026

HLA 360°: Concepts to Clinical Practice in Transplant Immunology

• Basics of Transplant Immunology
• Basics of HLA System
• Crossmatch Techniques in Transplantation
• Anti-HLA Antibody Testing
• Integration of data generated from various tests
• Lab demonstration
• Case discussions

CellFlow: Apheresis for Stem Cells, Platelets & Granulocytes

• Current Standards in Donor Selection for Platelet, Stem Cell, and Granulocyte Apheresis
• How to Validate a New Platelet Apheresis System: A Step-by-Step Practical Approach
• ACD vs Heparin in Apheresis: Practical Experiences, Advantages, and Limitations
• Venous Access for Stem Cell Apheresis: Use of Mini-Midline Catheters—Technique and Demonstration
• Troubleshooting Stem Cell & CAR-T Apheresis: Step-by-Step Demonstration of Common Problems
• Essential Calculations in Apheresis: Principles and Practical Applications
• Evolution of Apheresis Devices: A Practical Understanding of Principles and Mechanisms
• Managing RBC Contamination in Stem Cell Products: Methods and Best Practices for RBC Depletion

MedAI: Applied Generative & Research AI in Medicine

• How Generative AI Works: LLMs, Tokens & Probability
• Major AI Platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Deepseek — Strengths & Use Cases
• Prompt Engineering: Writing Prompts That Actually Work (Live exercise: Before vs After comparison)
• AI in Research — Idea Generation & Deep Research (Research Rabbit, Consensus, Perplexity, Scite AI)
• Literature Review, Introduction & Writing: Practical Workflow
• Data Analysis, Sample Size Calculation & Results Drafting with AI
• AI for References, Graphs & Scientific Image Generation
• Custom GPTs & Claude Projects: Building Your Personal Research Assistant
• Presentation Generation with AI: Gamma, NotebookLM, Napkin AI
• Practical Use Cases: Emails, Grant Writing, Covering Letters, Checklists
• AI in Hospital Information Systems — Live Demo
• Identifying & Escaping AI Hallucinations
• Ethics & Legal Considerations: Plagiarism, DPDP Act, Data Privacy — What NOT to Share with AI

ReGen: Regenerative Medicine in Practice

• Overview of Regenerative Medicine
• Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) & Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF): Basics, Applications, Quality Control & Regulatory Aspects
• PRP & PRF Preparation: Demonstration & Hands-On
• Regenerative Therapies for Hair
• Regenerative Therapies for Skin & Face
• Regenerative Therapies in Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• Clinical Demonstration: Regenerative Therapies in Dermatology & Aesthetic Medicine
• Clinical Demonstration: Regenerative Therapies in Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• Advanced Therapies in Regenerative Medicine

Geno-Type Molecular Blood Typing

• Regulation of gene expression-from genotype to blood group phenotypes
• Blood group genetic diversity in India: current challenges
• Molecular epidemiology of the RH blood group system in India: current knowledge
• Role of molecular blood group typing in establishing a rare blood donor registry
• Solving Immunohaematological puzzles by red cell genotyping
• Different platforms for red cell genotyping available in India
• Hand-ontraining

Vigil: Hemovigilance in Practice

• Haemovigilance Programme of India- An overview & Update
• Donor adverse reactions: Classification & Definitions
• Severity Grading Tools in Donor adverse reaction
• National Donor Haemovigilance Data- analysis and recommendations
• Case Discussion: Localised donor adverse reactions
• Vaso Vagal Reactions: Case based approach & Prevention strategies

CME

17 September 2026

Dr. JG Jolly Memorial VBD Conclave
A Collective Platform for All Stakeholders in Voluntary Blood Donation