Programme

• Sep 20
• Sep 21
• Sep 22
• Sep 23

• Pediatric 1: Size matters - Unique challenges in paediatric transplantation
  8:00 AM – 9:10 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  • Introduction
  • Small donors for small recipients

    Martina Koch (DE)
  • Multiorgan transplantation in small recipients

    Gordon Thomas (AU)
  • Improving access to transplantation in children across Asia Pacific

    Ana Rose Dy-Vicente (PH)

• Pediatric 2: Vaccination in the post COVID world
  9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  • Transplanting the unvaccinated child

    Chanel Prestige (NZ)
  • Live vaccinations post transplant

    Masayoshi Shinjoh (JP)
  • New vaccines for old foes - RSV, pneumococcal and new targets

    Hayley Altman Gans (US)

• Pediatric 3: Novel therapies in kids - beyond the hype
  10:45 AM – 11:40 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  • Belatacept

    Nicholas George Larkins (AU)
  • Daratumumab

    Dechu Puliyanda (US)
  • Gene therapy for liver disease

    Susan Mei-Ling Siew (AU)

• Pediatric 4: Tolerance and the future
  11:40 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  • Mixed chimerism for tolerance

    Ephraim Fuchs (US)
  • Cellular therapies for tolerance

    Qizhi Tang (US)
  • Chimerism in practice

    Stephen Marks (GB)
  • A wish list for the future - a discussion with children and carers

    Nicole Jane Scholes-Robertson (AU)

• TID 1: Pushing the boundaries and unexpected transmissions
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderators: Benjamin Teh (AU), Cameron Wolfe (US)

  • Tackling HHV-8: From risk to management. Global perspectives (Include perspective from different sites, application to AU/NZ)

    Tina Marinelli (AU)
  • HIV in transplantation: Past lessons, future directions

    Elmi Muller (ZA)
  • Microbiology on the fast track

    Maricar Malinis (US)
  • Unrecognized fungal infections

    John W. Baddley (US)
  • Welcome remarks

    Wanessa T. Clemente (BR)
  • Welcome Remarks

    Matthew Roberts (AU)

• TID 2: Case based discussion: recipient syndromes- is it a DDI?
  9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderator / Panelists: Camille N. Kotton (US), Helen Opdam (AU)

  • Case 1

    Matthew Roberts (AU)
  • Case 2

    Kanthi Vemuri (AU)
  • Case 3

    Beatrice Sim (AU)
  • Panelists

    Cameron Wolfe (US)
  • Panelists

    Stephanie M. Pouch (US)

• TID 3: Challenging bugs in vulnerable hosts: Diagnosis, treatment and prevention
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderators: Monica Slavin (AU), Ban Hock Tan (SG)

  • New approaches (diagnostics and treatments)

    Priscilla Rupali (IN)
  • Changing climates, changing viruses: The arboviral surge

    Wanessa T. Clemente (BR)
  • Where do new drugs fit and AMS

    Alessandra Mularoni (IT)
  • Respiratory infection and emerging vaccines

    Camille N. Kotton (US)
  • Respiratory infection and emerging vaccines

    Benjamin Teh (AU)

• TID 4: Controversies (Cases and discussion panel in haematologic malignancy)
  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderator / Panelists: Wanessa T. Clemente (BR), Matthew Roberts (AU)

  • Refractory CMV

    Bradley Gardiner (AU)
  • From mutation to medication: Current perspectives on respiratory viruses

    Stephanie M. Pouch (US)
  • NAM

    Monica Slavin (AU)
  • Parasitic challenges in transplantation across non-endemic settings

    Rebekah Lane (NZ)
  • Parasitic challenges in transplantation across endemic settings

    Siriorn Watcharananan (TH)
  • What the ID physician needs to know about new immunosuppression

    Olivia Smibert (AU)
  • Final Remarks

    Wanessa T. Clemente (BR)

• PGC Clinical 1 - Transplant state of the art
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course
  • From evidence to impact: The most important transplant papers of the year

    Steve J. Chadban (AU)
  • Transplant oncology: Liver transplantation for non-resectable colorectal liver metastases

    Simone I. Strasser (AU)
  • Advances in perfusion technique - Machine perfusion and NRP

    Dan Harvey (GB)
  • Xeno – evolution & current state

    Richard N. Pierson (US)

• PGC Clinical 2 - Recipients
  9:40 AM – 11:00 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course
  • Skin cancers post transplant

    Diona Damian (AU)
  • Pregnancy in transplantation

    Shilpanjali Jesudason (AU)
  • Geriatric transplantation: Pushing the boundaries

    Tracey Ying (AU)
  • Updates in infection disease for transplant recipient (CMV / Infectious diseases /Measles)

    Camille N. Kotton (US)

• PGC Clinical 3 - Contemporary issues in transplantation and obesity management
  11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course
  • Obesity: Advances with new medications

    Ali Abbasi (US)
  • ABO incompatible transplantation — Recipient section

    James Lan (CA)
  • Increasing transplantation

    Beatriz Domínguez-Gil (ES)
  • Tissue typing for clinicians

    Lucy Sullivan (AU)

• PGC Basic 1 - What's hot in transplantation?
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course
  • What don't we know? A fundamental science perspective

    Anita Chong (US)
  • What don't we know? A clinical transplantation perspective

    Roslyn B. Mannon (US)
  • Allograft fibrosis and regeneration

    Pietro Cippa (CH)
  • Metabolism for dummies

    Ling Lu (CN)

• PGC Basic 2 - Allorecognition and tolerance
  9:40 AM – 11:00 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course
  • Innate allorecognition

    Aravind Cherukuri (US)
  • Direct allorecognition: Does the peptide matter?

    Alexandra Sharland (AU)
  • Achieving tolerance in NHPs

    Xunrong Luo (US)
  • Indirect allorecognition and DSA: What does the immune system see?

    Paige Porrett (US)

• PGC Basic 3 - Translational science
  11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course
  • Infectious tolerance through cell therapy

    Megan Levings (CA)
  • Consumer engagement in basic science

    Amy Prosser (AU)
  • Co-Presenting - Consumer engagement in basic science

    Brooke Huuskes (AU)
  • Machine perfusion

    Yashutosh Joshi (AU)
  • Experimental islet cell transplantation

    Toby Coates (AU)

• Global nursing and allied health part 1: Organ donation
  8:00 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderators: Estephan Arredondo (ES), Anne Floden (SE)

  • Introduction - The role of allied health professionals

    Estephan Arredondo (ES)
  • International perspectives and best practices in donation nursing

    Ilaria Zardo (IT)
  • Nursing management of deceased donors: clinical optimization of organs, tissues and cells

    Anja Meyer (ZA)
  • Nursing roles in living donor evaluation, psychosocial evaluation, long term care/ follow-up

    Yaprak Sarigol (TR)
  • Communication with donor families: ethical, cultural and emotional aspects

    Tina Coco (AU)
  • Strengthening organ donation through nurse-led research and education

    Anne Floden (SE)

• WIT part 1: Scientific methods in sex/gender research
  8:45 AM – 11:00 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderators: Anita Chong (US), Anette Melk (DE)

  • Welcome and introduction

    Germaine Wong (AU)
  • Beyond associations: Causal methods to address sex/gender inequities in transplant care

    Jessica Harding (US)
  • A methodological framework for evaluating cellular and humoral sensitisation after pregnancy

    Sumoyee Basu (GB)
  • Designing equitable clinical trials – sex and gender representation in transplantation trials

    Amanda Vinson (CA)
  • Sex, gender and equity: Implementation science as a tool for translational change

    Lily Cervantes (US)

• WIT part 2: Intersectionality, leadership, and policy impact
  11:30 AM – 1:15 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderators: Yolanda Becker (US), Bethany J. Foster (CA)

  • Test

    Catherine Parker (test) (CA)
  • Bridging the gap – gender and community inequities in research leadership

    Isabella Faria (US)
  • Transforming transplant systems – policy solutions for Indigenous Peoples’ gender inequity in access

    Kelli Owen (AU)
  • From vision to service – leading a transplant surgical team in low resource settings

    Gomathy Narasimhan (IN)
  • Closing Remarks

    Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze (CA)

• Global nursing and allied health part 2: Transplantation
  10:45 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
  Moderators: Claire West (AU), Bronwyn Levvey (AU)

  • The evolution of transplant nursing roles over 3 decades in Australasia: A transplant coordinators perspective

    Libby John (AU)
  • Orchestrating the exchange: Transplant nursing coordination in the ANZ paired kidney exchange program’

    Emma Vanhardveldt (AU)
  • Nurse practitioner led clinics : Optimizing thoracic transplant patient outcomes in New Zealand

    James Rance (NZ)
  • Medication adherence - A key role for pharmacists in the transplant clinic

    Steven Ivulich (AU)
  • Sexual health and pregnancy during the transplant journey

    Lisa A. Coscia (US)
  • From post-transplant nurse to building transplant systems: One nurses' leadership journey

    Anahita Masoumi (US)

• From principles to practice: Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in transplantation
  1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Room TBD Industry Symposium
  • 2SLGBTQI-Inclusive care in organ donation and transplantation
  • Innovations to improve equity and access in pediatric kidney transplantation

    Aviva Goldberg (CA)
  • Mindfulness and meaning in transplant medicine: Supporting the workforce

• Plenary Session 1 (with Starzl and Kanoria Awards)
  4:45 PM – 6:30 PM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session
  • Artificial intelligence in medicine

    Karin Verspoor (AU)