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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, October 28, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    GenDx Tulip Run and Walk
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rose Payne Award and Lecture
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Morning Break with Poster Presentations
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary 2: Real World Implications of Deploying AI in Transplantation
  • 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    ASHI Lunch
  • 12:40 PM - 1:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Symposium: CareDx
  • 1:40 PM - 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Symposium: GenDx
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract 3: HLA Antibodies, Eplets, and Mismatch: Translating Immunogenetics into Clinical Practice
    Speaker: Massimo Mangiola, PhD, A(ACHI) – NYU Langone Health
    Speaker: Emma Martin, B.S. – Duke University
    Speaker: Pawan Kumar Raghav, PhD – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO (UCSF)
    Speaker: Paula Arnold, PhD, F(ACHI) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Speaker: Alberto Cardoso Martins Lima, PhD – IGEN/AFIP
    Speaker: Franz Fenninger, PhD – Vancouver Coastal Health
    Moderator: Chantale Lacelle, PhD, F(ACHI) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 2: Approaches to Validation of In-house dd-cfDNA Testing and Considerations for Molecular Diagnostics
    Speaker: James Lan, MD, FRCP(C), D(ABHI) – University of British Columbia
    Speaker: Peter Jindra, PhD, F(ACHI) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Speaker: Kelley MK Hitchman, MS, PhD, F(ACHI) – UT Health San Antonio
    Moderator: Luis Hidalgo, PhD, F(ACHI) – University of Alabama - Birmingham
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 3: Joint Session with AABB - HLA Antibodies, Eplets, and Mismatch: Translating immunogenetics into clinical practice
  • 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Afternoon Break
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Directors Forum
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Laboratory Professionals Forum
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Directors in Training Reception
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Inspectors Reception
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    International Reception