Events Calendar

Network Events

• Tandem Meetings | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR
  February 2-6, 2022
  Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
  

Network-Only Events

Meetings are by invitation only

November 2021

• The ONE Forum
  Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5, 2021
  Virtual platform (registration required; Network-wide event)
• Donor and Patient Safety Monitoring Advisory Group
  By Invitation Only (closed meeting)
  Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT (Webex)
  

February 2022

• Tandem Meetings | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT & CIBMTR
  Wednesday, February 2 - Sunday, February 6, 2021
  Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
  (registration required; Network-wide event)
  

*Spring Meeting dates may change

2021 Holiday Schedule

NMDP/Be The Match will be closed in observance of the following holidays:

• January 1: New Year's Day
• January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• May 31: Memorial Day
• July 5: Independence Day
• September 6: Labor Day
• November 25 and 26: Thanksgiving Holiday
• December 23 and 24: Christmas Holiday 
  

International Shipping and Holiday Closure Calendar

Timing is essential when delivering blood samples.

A list of the dates that blood cannot be delivered to laboratories (labs) or Transplant Centers is available via International Shipping Calendar (below). The labs or centers in a country are closed on these dates because of a national or religious holiday. Dates are provided by the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) who is responsible for collecting closures from each registry. 

• International Shipping Calendar
  

In general, labs and centers are always closed on certain days of the week:

• All labs and centers are closed Saturday and Sunday unless specified below.
• Every Friday and Saturday, the labs in Saudi Arabia and Israel are closed.
• Every Sunday, the labs in all countries except Israel and Saudi Arabia are closed.