WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 14, 2026

03:00 pm – Registration

03:00 pm – Exhibitors Set-Up

01:00 pm – SCDAA CBO Leadership Intensive (registration required)

05:00 pm – SCDAA Business Meeting (Closed)

07:00 pm – SCDAA President’s Dinner (Closed)

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 15, 2026

07:00 am –  Registration

07:00 am – Poster Presentation Set-Up

07:00 am – Exhibitors Open (Continental Breakfast)

08:00 am – SCDAA Board Meeting (Closed)

08:00 am – Sickle Cell 101

08:30 am – Abstract Poster Walk

10:00 am – Opening Ceremony

11:00 am – Charles F. Whitten, MD Memorial Lecture

12:05 pm – Sponsored Lunch

12:05 pm – Pfizer Lunch and Listen

01:00 pm – Federal Update

02:00 pm – Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, MD Memorial Symposium

03:00 pm – Lennette Benjamin, MD Memorial Panel

04:00 pm – Concurrent Workshops - Session I

• Warrior / Caregiver
• Community-Based Organizations
• Healthcare Provider
• Nursing
• Social Work/Psych/CHW
• Advocacy

06:00 pm – Survivor Guilt and Grief

07:30 pm – Welcome Reception (Heavy Hors D’oeuvre) 

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 16, 2026

07:00 am – Registration

07:00 am – Exhibitors Open (Continental Breakfast)

07:30 am – Abstract Session I

09:00 am – Cell and Gene Therapy Summit

10:00 am – Member Organization Highlights

11:00 am – Patient Empowerment Symposium

12:10 pm – Sponsored Lunch

12:10 pm – NASCC Lunch (Pre-registration 150 Limit)

01:15 pm – Global Perspectives on Sickle Cell Disease

02:00 pm – Clarice Reid, MD Lecture

03:00 pm – C.A.R.E.S Consortium: Clinical Trial / Drug Development

04:00 pm – Abstract Session II

06:30 pm - Private Reception

06:30 pm - Red Carpet Gala Reception

07:30 pm – SCDAA Gala (Dinner)

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 17, 2026

07:00 am – Registration

07:00 am – Exhibitors Open (Continental Breakfast)

03:00 pm – Exhibitors Breakdown

08:30 am – SCDAA Board Meeting

10:15 am – SCDAA Masterclass

12:10 pm – Break (Light Refreshments)

12:20 pm – Women Living with Sickle Cell Disease

01:10 pm – Men Living with Sickle Cell Disease

02:00 pm – SCDAA Closing Assembly & Adjournment