Programme

Morning Abstract and Concurrent Sessions

Abstract Sessions from 1 to 11

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Abstract Session

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Personalizing immunosuppression in liver transplantation: From microbiome to malignancy

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

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Vasculopathy: A tale of three organs

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

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Takeda Corporate Breakfast Symposium on Illuminated constellations: How diverse experiences guide practical CMV

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Room Parkside 1&2 Industry Symposium

Organized by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.

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Abstract and Concurrent Sessions

Abstract Sessions from 12 to 22

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Abstract Session

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The -omic era in allograft pathology

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent
- Does metabolic phenotype in the kidney affect transplant outcome?
  
  Ana Konvalinka (CA)
- Endogenous peptides in T cell allorecognition and beyond – Lessons from preclinical models
  
  Alexandra Sharland (AU)

Transplantation journals: Updates and opportunities

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent
- Structure, achievements, goals – Getting your work published, recognized and highlighted
  
  Stefan G. Tullius (US)
- Transplant-Direct: The online campaign journal with an own agenda
  
  Edward K. Geissler (DE)
- AI and publishing: When, how and what is legit?
  
  Germaine Wong (AU)

Coffee Break / Exhibits and Poster Viewing

Coffee Break

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Room Hall 1-2 Coffee Break

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Plenary and Concurrent Sessions

Plenary Session 2 on Making Xenotransplantation Work for Humanity!

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session
- Clinical xenotransplantation: Experience to date
  
  Tatsuo Kawai (US)
- Xenozoonosis, no worries!
  
  Anoma Nellore (US)
- Let’s start with hearts (or lungs?)!
  
  Richard N. Pierson (US)
- Let’s start with islets!
  
  Wayne J. Hawthorne (AU)
- The ethics of new technology in xenotransplantation
  
  Luz Padilla (US)
- Panel Discussion
  
  Discussion Period (AU)

Beyond survival: Addressing mental health in transplantation

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
- Why survival alone is not sufficient for transplant successs
  
  Mariel Nöhre (DE)
- Practical strategies for integrating mental health in transplant care
  
  Ming Hwei Yek (US)
- Panel Discussion
  
  Discussion Period (AU)

Dedicated donor care units: Centralized donor transfer and outcome optimization

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
- Panel Discussion
  
  Discussion Period (AU)

Lunch Break / Industry Symposia / Lunch with Experts & Mentors

Hansa BioPharma Corporate Lunch Symposium on Transplanting the untransplantable – Idefirix® (imlifidase), a breakthrough innovation for highly sensitised kidney transplantation

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Room Parkside 1&2 Industry Symposium

Organized by Hansa BioPharma

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Lunch and Learn Roundtable

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Room TBD Experts/Mentors
- CMV Guideline
  
  Atul Humar (CA)
- Medical Assist in Dying (MAID) and benefit to organ donation
  
  Matthew Weiss (CA)
- Survival outcome impact related to distance from transplant center
  
  Susumu Eguchi (JP)
- Pediatric cardiovascular health and patient survival
  
  Anette Melk (DE)
- Induction and mechanisms of transplant tolerance
  
  Xunrong Luo (US)
- Alternative islet transplant sites
  
  Toby Coates (AU)
- Transplant policy, development and education to improve access and quality of kidney transplantation across Latin America
  
  Paola Karina Garcia Padilla (CO)
- Infectious disease surveillance and management in clinical xenotransplantation
  
  Jay Fishman (US)
- Roundtable Mentor
  
  Gabriel E. Gondolesi (US)
- Roundtable Mentor
  
  Helen Opdam (AU)
- Roundtable Mentor
  
  Dorry Segev (US)
- Roundtable Mentor
  
  Siah Kim (AU)
- Roundtable Mentor
  
  Fadi Issa (GB)

SOTA, Thematic and Concurrent Sessions

Innovating the Pathway: Allied Health Contributions to Advancing Organ Donation and Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Driving excellence in transplant care: The role, vision and impact of the tts allied health committee
  
  Estephan Arredondo (ES)
- Extending organ viability: The role of allied health in machine perfusion programs
  
  Joaquim Albiol (ES)
- Mobilizing recovery: Physiotherapy as a key player in the transplant continuum
  
  Louise Fuller (AU)
- Strategies to improve adherence after solid organ transplantation
  
  Mariel Nöhre (DE)
- Panel discussion
  
  Bronwyn Levvey (AU)
- Panel Discussion
  
  Discussion Period (AU)

Bridging Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine: Enhancing Graft Viability and Exploring Stem Cell-Islet Immunotherapies in Diabetes

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Pancreas transplantation in type 2 diabetes mellitus
  
  Peter G. Stock (US)
- Diagnosis and treatment of pancreas rejection
  
  Pablo Uva (AR)
- Islets and stem cells in diabetes therapy: Current status
  
  Eelco de Koning (NL)
- Enhancing outcomes with innovative immunosuppressive therapies: Strategies and challenges
  
  Toby Coates (AU)
- Towards immunosuppression-free transplantation: Stem cell-based approaches and immune tolerance
  
  Hanne Scholz (NO)

Minimal Invasive Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Minimally invasive thoracic organ transplantation
  
  Albert Jauregui (ES)
- Minimally invasive abdominal organ transplantation
  
  Kwang Woong Lee (KR)
- Future technological development in robotic organ transplantation
  
  Dieter Broering (SA)

Donor Evaluation and Optimization: Bridging Safety and Organ Utilization

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- mNGS and rapid diagnostics: The next frontier in donor screening?
  
  Maricar Malinis (US)
- HIV-positive organ donation: Evolving guidelines and global perspectives
  
  Cameron Wolfe (US)
- MDRO: Cross-disciplinary approaches to donor-derived infection risk assessment
  
  Priscilla Rupali (IN)
- Donors in the tropics and LMICs: What to consider?
  
  Siriorn Watcharananan (TH)

Using Technology to optimize outcomes of Liver Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Normothermic regional perfusion: Is ex vivo perfusion still necessary?
  
  Anji Wall (US)
- What does optimal use of HOPE and NMP look like?
  
  David Nasralla (GB)
- Ischemia-free organ transplantation
  
  Guo Zhiyong (CN)
- The future for artificial Intelligence in liver transplant
  
  Dorry Segev (US)

Precision Immune Engineering in Kidney Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Regulatory T-cell therapy 2.0: CAR-Tregs
  
  Megan Levings (CA)
- Emerging pharmacotherapies for desensitization in HLA incompatible kidney transplantation
  
  Marta Crespo Barrio (ES)
- How immunosuppressed is my patient: the role of biomarkers in immunosuppression adjustment
  
  Philip O'Connell (AU)

Advancing Uterus Transplantation: Global Practices, Innovations, and Program Development

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Global uterus transplantation activities and outcomes: the ISUTx registry
  
  Mats Brännström (SE)
- Robotic surgery in uterus transplantation
  
  Jean-Marc Ayoubi (FR)
- Setting up a uterus transplantation program
  
  Rebecca Deans (AU)
- Updates on treatment and donor/recipient selection
  
  Paige Porrett (US)

Harnessing the Power of Genetics in Pediatric Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Overview of genomic sequencing techniques
  
  Katherine E. Twombley (US)
- When and why to consider genetic testing pre-transplant
  
  Hugh McCarthy (AU)
- Bioethics in transplant gene testing
  
  Anne Priesz (AU)

How to combat transplant tourism

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Patients traveling overseas for transplants - Practical experiences
  
  Anantharaman Vathsala (SG)
- Challenges in registering unethical travel for transplant activities
  
  Dominique Martin (AU)
- The living donor liver registry
  
  Dimitri A. Raptis (SA)
- Tools to detect and report suspicious cases of trafficking
  
  Maria Amalia Matamoros (CR)
- Panel Discussion
  
  Discussion Period (AU)

Senotherapy in transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- Global and local consequences of ‘environmental sciences’ on organ age
  
  Stefan G. Tullius (US)
- Cell-type and sex specific aspects of senescence
  
  Anette Melk (DE)
- Aged immune systems drives organ aging
  
  Matthew Yousefzadeh (US)

Bridging Systems, Scaling Access: Asia-Pacific Leadership in Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
- From intent to impact: How to start and sustain a deceased donation programme
  
  Maria Paula Gomez (AE)
- Equity and access in fragile health systems: A south asian perspective
  
  Divya Singh Shah (NP)
- Paired kidney donation at scale: Asian experience driving global dialogue
  
  Vivek Kute (IN)
- From data to action: Asian models of registry-driven transplant policy reform
  
  Curie Ahn (KR)
- The role of international collaboration in developing transplant programs: A success story from TTS-ILTS paired transplant centers program
  
  Sergelen Orgoi (MN)

The mentorship mosaic: Fostering growth in transplant training and practice

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
Moderator: Natasha Rogers (AU)
- Panel discussant
  
  Friederike Martin (DE)
- Panel discussant
  
  Gomathy Narasimhan (IN)
- Panel discussant
  
  Khushboo Saxena (IN)

Building high-performing transplant registries: Global consensus recommendations and a practical maturity framework

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
- Opening remarks and overview: From fragmented data to global alignment. Why transplant registries need a shared framework
  
  Sang Joseph Kim (CA)
- Creating a transplant registry: Defining purpose, scope, and sustainable infrastructure
  
  Germaine Wong (AU)
- Panel Discussion
  
  Discussion Period (AU)

Coffee Break / Exhibits and Poster Viewing

Coffee Break

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room Hall 1-2 Coffee Break

No lectures listed yet.

Afternoon Abstract and Concurrent Sessions

Abstract Sessions from 23 to 33

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Abstract Session

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Advancing ABO histocompatibility: Needs and solutions

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Concurrent

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Expanding donor access: The impact of ECMO in thoracic transplantation

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Concurrent
- Diagnosing brain death in the ECMO patient
  
  Jose Moya-Sanchez (ES)

Workshop Sessions / Industry Symposium / Poster Sessions

Sex, cancer, and the graft: What women need most from transplant care

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
- Do women do better or worse – What the data say across cancer and transplant?
  
  Brenda Maria Rosales (AU)
- Post transplant care: Patient perspectives
  
  Nicole Jane Scholes-Robertson (AU)

Transplant without borders: Collaborative solutions for global kidney care

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
- The global interdependence of health and the burden of kidney disease as a pressing public health priority
  
  Benita Padilla (PH)
- Sustainable and scalable models for establishing kidney transplant programs in resource-limited contexts
  
  Elmi Muller (ZA)

Optimizing cardiometabolic health across the lifespan following transplantation

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

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Poster Session 1

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room Hall 1-2 E-Posters

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Industry Symposium

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Room Parkside 1&2 Industry Symposium

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Networking Events

WIT Networking Event

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Room TBD Networking Event

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Early Career Networking

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Room TBD Networking Event

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