Announcing CRB’s Third Live, Onsite Laboratory Management and Leadership Development Workshop
WHEN: Friday-Saturday, July 31-August 1, 2026
NEW LOCATION: Hilton Kansas City Airport
8801 NW 112th Street, Kansas City, MO 64153
This third installment in CRB's professional development program for emerging and established ART/IVF laboratory leaders will feature brand new information and teachings presented by a highly acclaimed faculty, as well as exciting interaction and discussion. Preliminary program topics:
- Leadership and Personality Styles
- Executive Presence – Body Language, Messaging, and Graffiti
- Prioritization for Lab Leaders: Automate — Delegate — Eliminate
- Strategic Thinking and Decision-Making
- Laboratory Finance 101
- Understanding Operations Through Others’ Eyes – Cross-Department Perspectives
- Building and Protecting the Laboratory Service Menu
- Ethical Decision-Making and Staff Counseling
- Advocacy for the Patient as a Laboratory Leader
- The Future of Embryology: Workforce, Leadership, and Innovation
- Managing Laboratory Isolation
- The Laboratory as the “Catchall”: Setting Boundaries and Redefining Roles
- Building a Global Laboratory Mindset
Audience: Emerging leaders in the reproductive laboratory, as well as team leaders at all levels, from the bench to laboratory directors, will benefit from this program.
Continuing Education: PEER (American Board of Bioanalysis) program approval pending for up to 12 contact hours. Contact hours earned can be used to satisfy CE requirements in California, Florida, Louisiana, and Montana.
NEW LOCATION: Hilton Kansas City Airport, 8801 NW 112th Street, Kansas City, MO 64153
The CRB Workshop has moved to a new location in 2026 – the Hilton Kansas City Airport. Individuals who reserve a room at the Hilton may take advantage of a daily complimentary breakfast buffet of hot and cold items for up to two people per room per night plus complimentary wireless internet in guestrooms, meeting space, and public spaces. Registrants who are not staying at the Hilton do not qualify for the free breakfast but can purchase breakfast for $17 plus tax and gratuity per person.
Complimentary shuttles to and from the airport and discounted self-parking at $5.00+ per car per day are also available.
Make your hotel reservation as soon as possible. The July 16, 2026, deadline date for guaranteed room availability will apply only as long as rooms are available. If the AAB/CRB block fills up, reservations will be accepted on a space-available basis, possibly at a higher rate. The current group room rate is $149.00 per night, single or double occupancy, plus applicable guestroom tax (16.475%) and a Kansas City Development Fee of $3 per room per night. Make your hotel reservations as soon as possible ONLINE or by calling toll-free at 1-800-HILTONS. If calling, be sure to ask for rooms reserved for the AAB College of Reproductive Biology. Contact Ethan Thomason at (314)241-1445 at the AAB office if you have any problems reserving a room.
Online Registration and additional meeting details will be available soon.
In the meantime, mark your calendar: July 31-August 1, 2026!
Thank you to the sponsors of the 2026 CRB Leadership Workshop
Limited sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact LeAnn Hampton, hamptonl@aab.org or 314-241-1445, for details.
