NEW: CBA Foundation Travel Grants

The CBA Foundation is offering three $1,500 need-based travel grants to current CBA members. For more details and guidelines, please refer to the application form. The deadline to apply is July 26. Recipients of another travel grant from the CBA are not eligible.

Apply for a CBA Travel Grant

Exciting Scientific and Technical Sessions

Get ready to dive into groundbreaking research and innovative advancements in cord blood at our upcoming scientific and technical sessions:

Scientific Sessions: 
Allogeneic Transplant Derived from Cord Blood 

• How do alternative donors (cord blood, haplo-identical, and mis-matched unrelated) fit into the current transplant landscape and what the near future will look like for allogeneic transplant. 
• Care of patients with leukodystrophies with the focus being on transplant technique, assessing pre- and post-transplant neurologic function, as well as a talk from a parent’s perspective. 

Cord Derived Cell Therapies

• Sessions on natural killer cells, mesenchymal stromal cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells from cord blood. 
• Genetic, immunologic or metabolic manipulation of cord blood or cord tissue to create therapies for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and other disorders. 

Technical Sessions: 
Global Perspectives in Cord Blood Banking

• Discussion of perspectives from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia 
• Myth Busters Session-back by Popular Demand 

Registry/Regulatory Session

• Role of the World Marrow Donor Program, Value of Accreditation, Regulatory pathway to Cell Therapy Approval

Novel Therapeutics

• Novel uses of cord blood, Developers’ experience, novel uses for autologous cord blood. 
• Poster Sessions, Best Abstracts, Literature Review, networking, and more! 

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Oceanside View

Cord Blood Connect will convene at Loews Miami Beach Hotel, located oceanside in the heart of the fabled South Beach neighborhood with its trendy restaurants, shops and attractions. September provides some of the best “off season” savings, and special rates have been negotiated to make conference housing affordable for teams of cord blood bank personnel.