About the Meeting

The AABB Annual Meeting brings together the latest research and practice-changing resources for the fields of blood and biotherapies. Colleagues from throughout the world attend to connect, network, learn and advance the field.

Keep Up-to-Date on Changes in the Field

  • Advance Your Career
    Keep up with new research and innovations while earning continuing education credits.
  • Connect to Your Community
    Network with a global community of blood and biotherapies professionals on today’s critical issues.
  • Bring Practice-Changing Solutions Back
    Access practical and valuable information you can implement in your facility.
  • Be Inspired by Innovation
    Learn more about the field’s latest technological advances in the exhibit hall.

AABB Annual Meeting attendees include:

  • physicians
  • nurses
  • scientists
  • researchers
  • administrators
  • medical technologists
  • other health care providers

Learning Objectives

The education sessions at the Annual Meeting are designed to provide insights and solutions for physicians and other health care professionals who practice in transfusion medicine and biotherapies, and to help them maintain and enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

By actively participating in the continuing education programming at the Annual Meeting, physicians and other health care professionals should be able to:

  • Disseminate the latest developments in laboratory, clinical, and administrative practices in the fields of blood and biotherapies.
  • Foster conversations with colleagues to stimulate scientific research, enhance clinical practice and improve quality management to improve donor and patient safety in transfusion medicine and biotherapies.
  • Evaluate state of the art innovations in transfusion medicine and biotherapies.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access at the Annual Meeting

AABB is proud to welcome attendees from throughout the world into our community and to the AABB Annual Meeting. The diversity of backgrounds, knowledge and life experiences represented within AABB is critical to our success as an Association. That is why AABB is deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Action Plan, which puts these principles into action at the AABB Annual Meeting and across all facets of our Association.

Tina S. Ipe, M.D., M.P.H

"I was awestruck at my first AABB meeting by the quality of education offered and by the people I met, all whom were thought leaders and change agents in the field."

— Tina S. Ipe, M.D., M.P.H
Chief Medical Officer, Oklahoma Blood Institute