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ISBT Annual Report 2019–2020 Table of Contents Table of Contents Page 4 Vision, mission and goals 5 Foreword from the President 6 Foreword from the Secretary General 7 Board of Directors 8 Membership 2019-2020 10 Congresses • Bangkok Congress Report • Basel Congress report 14 Report from the Young Professionals Council 16 Financial Summary 18 Reports from ISBT Working Parties • Blood Supply Management Working Party • Cellular Therapy Working Party • Clinical Transfusion Working Party • Donors and Donation Working Party • Global Blood Safety Working Party • Granulocyte Immunobiology Working Party • Haemovigilance Working Party • Immunohaematology Working Party • Information Technology Working Party • Platelet Immunobiology Working Party • Quality Management Working Party • Rare Donor Working Party • Red Cell Immunogenetics and Blood Group Terminology Working Party • Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Working Party 2 ISBT Annual Report 2019–2020 Table of Contents 43 Reports from ISBT Standing Committees • ISBT Standing Committee of the ISBT Academy • ISBT Standing Committee on Ethics • ISBT Standing Committee on Jean Julliard Prize • ISBT Standing Committee of Vox Sanguinis 50 Report from Vox Sanguinis 51 Report from the ISBT Science Series 52 Report from ISBT Foundation 53 ISBT Award and Prizes Corporate Partners ISBT is pleased to acknowledge the following Corporate Partners during 2019-20 GOLD: SILVER: BRONZE: 3 ISBT Annual Report 2019–2020 Vision, mission and goals 2020 Vision, mission and goals The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) is Working parties a scientific society that was founded in 1935. Since that Support Working Party activities to achieve outputs aligned time the ISBT has grown in to an international society with the ISBT strategy where transfusion medicine professionals from across the globe come together and do the one thing they do best: Governance share knowledge to improve the safety of blood transfusion Be recognized for transparent and sustainable governance worldwide. Advocacy Our vision and mission and strategic goals Be the advocate for blood donors and patients Vision A world of safe and sufficient blood Mission ISBT is a global community of professionals sharing knowledge to enhance transfusion practice. We do this by: Providing opportunities for advancing knowledge and education & by advocacy for the welfare of blood donors and patients. Strategic goals The new goals, agreed as part of a 5 year strategic plan for 2020-2024, are designed to keep, and build upon those things we do well and to address areas where we feel we can improve. Education & Knowledge Be the global ‘go to’ organisation for transfusion medicine education, and knowledge sharing Training and implementation of knowledge Be the leader in transforming knowledge into practice International outreach Engage transfusion medicine professionals and institutions globally Congress Be the international congress of choice for transfusion medicine professionals Publications Be respected for high-quality scientific and professional publications Digital Resources Be a trusted ‘go to’ source for information and interaction in all aspects of transfusion medicine 4 ISBT Annual Report 2019-2020 Foreword from the President During the 2019/2020 financial year, ISBT has continued to build its to develop new and old relations with organisations around us. During brand as the go-to organisation for transfusion professionals around the this year, we have intensified our work together with WHO. We signed globe. In addition to our two regional congresses in Basel and Bangkok agreements with the Chinese Society of Blood Transfusion and developed during 2019, and the multitude of ISBT Academy events supported in memoranda of understanding with the International Collaboration for many parts of the world, we introduced ISBT Highlights meetings to Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) and Associação Brasileira de increase our outreach further. We started by offering a mix of the best Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHH) in Brazil. speakers and updated topics from the past few congresses and were able We have also continued to develop ISBT’s Corporate Partner base. During to hold two successful and much appreciated ISBT Highlights in Brazil 2019-20 we had 8 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze partners – important and India. I am of course very grateful to everybody, whose hard work sounding boards for ISBT and true friends of our profession. Many made this possible, particularly the national organisations who welcomed of them are taking advantage of the possibility to direct part of their us as part of, or prequel to, their meetings. contribution to specific Working Parties of their choice according to the From a long-term perspective, perhaps the most important activity level of engagement they have chosen. This has resulted in a flurry of undertaken during the past fiscal year was development and completion creative projects and activities, now involving many more of our Working of a new strategy for our organisation. Whilst much of this work was Parties. done by the Board, it is up to all parts of this organisation to implement Financially, we continue to perform well despite increased activities on it, action point by action point, during the coming five years. I encourage most fronts but the coming year already looks like a challenge for us, as you to read it and think about how you can help ISBT reach its new it is for the rest of the world. No matter what, we were able to donate ambitious goals. a substantial amount to the ISBT Foundation in accordance with our Our Working Parties remain the engine of our Society, the hubs where agreement with the Dutch tax authorities. work gets done. ISBT depends on individual members taking a step Perhaps the most drastic change to the Society during the period, forward, serving as Working Party chairs, vice chairs, secretaries and happened on the very last day of the fiscal year. As you have probably treasurers to grease up these engines so they can continue to run all noticed, our Executive Director since eleven years, Judith Chapman, smoothly to go where ever ISBT needs them to go. They also need retired on March 31, 2020. Throughout the year, her successor Jenny delegates who devote their time and expertise to a higher, common goal White has been standing by, learning the tools of the trade directly from – to improve the knowledge base and actual practice in the field specific Judith, sometimes on site in Amsterdam and sometimes from a distance. to each Working Party, on a worldwide scale. I thank you for all your Jenny has also taken part in Board meetings, strategy work sessions and dedicated contributions. congresses to be able to hit the ground running from April 1. Needless Despite the serious turbulence and harsh consequences due to the to say, I am very happy that this handover process has had the chance Covid-19 situation during Q1 of 2020 for all of us, both personally and to settle over time, especially given how disruptive the Covid-19 situation professionally, ISBT as a Society can look back at another prosperous has been. year. Individual membership numbers surpassed our goal, which was The painful but necessary decision to postpone the ISBT congress in first to reach 2000, then 2020. Thanks to many of you and eager Barcelona was taken by the Board on 16 March 2020, which of course work from the Central Office staff, we made it to 2037 individual meant that Judith’s last days in office were busier than ever and Jenny’s members whilst we at the same time grew our Affiliate membership start could have been easier. As expected both did a stellar job sorting to record levels, including 32 organisations with many thousands of everything out, as did our staff at the Central Office. transfusion individuals, who can now all benefit from a selection of ISBT’s To summarise the past 12 months, ISBT continues to strive for “A world educational offering. of safe and sufficient blood” by being a most vital 85-year-old with Towards the end of the fiscal year, many activities gravitated towards a leading role in providing a friendly arena for science and education providing help, expertise and support to our members for how to deal available to transfusion professionals globally. with the pandemic and its effects on staff, donors and patients. Even I want to close by again expressing my immense gratitude towards Judith if our office staff had to work from home, numerous activities were Chapman, who truly transformed ISBT from 2009 to what it is today in initiated, including viral webinars, WHO interactions and a resource 2020. Her legacy is strong and provides inspiration for all of us when we webpage at www.isbt.org with a collection of the latest, informative continue to battle the hardship of the pandemic. My thanks also go to all documents. fellow Board members, our wonderful office staff and of course to you, Part of ISBT’s philosophy is to be as inclusive, fair and transparent as the ISBT family. possible. In order to achieve this, we favour collaboration rather than competition, and keep the door open for agreements about working Martin L Olsson together to help reach common goals. Therefore, we have continued President 5 ISBT Annual Report 2019-2020 Foreword from the Secretary General The ISBT held two successful Regional Congresses in the past The 14 Working Parties continue to be an active and vital part year - in Basel in June 2019 and in Bangkok in November 2019. of the Society. The working parties contribute to the content of the Congresses and many presentations on the ISBT Education The Local Organising and Scientific committees as well as MCI Web Portal have come from Working Parties and working party Amsterdam once again contributed expertise, organization and members. enthusiasm leading to very successful and enjoyable Congresses in Europe and in Asia.