Lester Kiewit spoke with Jane Ward, Deputy Director of the South African Bone Marrow Registry, about the 14th International Donor Registry Conference (IDRC) held in Cape Town. The event, hosted by SABMR, gathered over 300 global experts to address donor matching challenges, particularly among under-represented ethnic groups. A key outcome was exploring AI's potential to accelerate the matching process for over 41 million registered donors. Ward discussed how this technology could transform donor matching, though a global rollout is still on the horizon.