Programme

• Sep 20
• Sep 21
• Sep 22
• Sep 23

• Cell-based immunomodulation and transplant tolerance: From mechanisms to long-term outcomes
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.10 Abstract Session
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• Metabolic health and kidney transplant outcomes
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C3.3 Abstract Session
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• Advancing living donor kidney transplantation - 1
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room Cockle Bay 1 Abstract Session
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• Immunoregulation 1
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C3.4-C3.5 Abstract Session
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• Organ preservation 1
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C3.4-C3.5 Abstract Session
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• Acute-on-chronic liver failure and liver transplantation: From mechanisms to clinical futility
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.5 Abstract Session
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• Advancing kidney transplant equity and access: Global, national, and systems-level perspectives in transplantation
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C3.6 Abstract Session
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• Pediatric kidney
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.11 Abstract Session
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• Advancing heart transplantation: Preservation strategies, immune monitoring, and rejection mechanisms
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.7 Abstract Session
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• Local/Regional insights for global organ donation advancement
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.9 Concurrent
  Facilitators: Gabriel E. Gondolesi (US), Chloë Ballesté Delpierre (ES)

  • Latin America

    Gustavo Fernandes Ferreira (BR)
  • Europe

    Marti Manyalich Vidal (ES)
  • Middle-East - North Africa

    Riadh Fadhil (QA)
  • Asia

    Susumu Eguchi (JP)
  • North America

    Atul Humar (CA)

• Personalizing immunosuppression in liver transplantation: From microbiome to malignancy
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.1 Concurrent
  • Personalizing IS in complex liver transplant cases: Autoimmune disease, NASH, elderly recipients

    Marina Berenguer (ES)
  • Tacrolimus intrapatient variability in solid organ transplantation

    Juhan Lee (KR)

• Vasculopathy: A tale of three organs
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.6 Concurrent
  • What should we continue to learn from renal allograft pathology

    Mariam Alexander (US)

• 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
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• Plenary Session 2 on Making Xenotransplantation Work for Humanity!
  9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session
  Facilitators: Peter Cowan (AU), Macey L. Levan (US)

  • 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
  9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Room C4.9 Concurrent
  • Why survival alone is not sufficient for transplant successs

    Mariel Nöhre (DE)
  • Psychological distress across the transplant journey

    Iris Fontanilla (NZ)
  • 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
  9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Room C4.10 Concurrent
  Moderator / Panelists: David Thomson (ZA), Dan Harvey (GB)

  • 25 years of innovation: The St. Louis donor care unit

    Gary F. Marklin (US)
  • The US donor care unit landscape

    Jennifer Prinz (US)
  • The first comprehensive-DCU developed in China leading the change of the procurement model

    Xuyong Sun (CN)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Coffee Break
  10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Room Hall 1-2 Coffee Break
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• Complex multi-organ transplantation: Outcomes, innovation, and allocation challenges
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.10 Abstract Session
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• Advancing living donor kidney transplantation - 2
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 1 Abstract Session
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• Risk determinants for kidney transplant outcomes
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C3.3 Abstract Session
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• Surgical innovation and technical advances in transplantation
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.8 Abstract Session
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• Infection and biomarkers
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 2 Abstract Session
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• Immunoregulation - T and B cells
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room Cockle Bay 2 Abstract Session
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• Transplant oncology in HCC and cholangiocarcinoma
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.5 Abstract Session
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• Intestinal transplantation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.1 Abstract Session
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• Organ donation pathways and practices
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.7 Abstract Session
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• Artificial intelligence and machine learning in transplantation: From pathology to predictive clinical decision support
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C3.6 Abstract Session
  • Leveraging large languagemodels for systematic thematic analysis in transplant research: Comparative findings across two qualitative studies

    Carolyn Sidoti (US)
    Details
  • Development and validation of machine learning models using inflammatory indices to predict de novo malignancies after kidney transplantation: A multicenter retrospective study

    Jianning Wang (CN)
    Details
  • Machine Learning Enhances Traditional Risk Scores for 1‑Year Mortality and Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplantation: A Surgery‑Centered AI Approach

    Sarah Fatukasi (NG)
    Details
  • Artificial intelligence–enhanced prediction of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation: A national registry study

    Madhab Ray (US)
    Details

• Normothermic machine perfusion: Organ assessment, repair, and real-time viability in transplantation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.11 Abstract Session
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• Patient-centered outcomes and psychosocial determinants in kidney transplantation: From digital health to life course impacts
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.6 Abstract Session
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• DCD: Controlled and uncontrolled—Where are we going?
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.4 Concurrent
  Facilitator: Kenneth J. Woodside (US)

  • Role of ICU physicians

    Sara Alcantara Carmona (ES)
  • Question Period

    Discussion Period (AU)

• The -omic era in allograft pathology
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.8 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
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.9 Concurrent
  Moderators: Stefan Tullius (US), Fadi Issa (GB)

  • Structure, achievements, goals – Getting your work published, recognized and highlighted

    Stefan Tullius (US)
  • Transplant-Direct: The online campaign journal with an own agenda

    Edward Geissler (DE)
  • AI and publishing: When, how and what is legit?

    Germaine Wong (AU)

• 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
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• Lunch and Learn Roundtable
  12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Room The Gallery 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)
  • Immunological monitoring of the pancreas graft

    Pablo Uva (AR)

• Innovating the Pathway: Allied Health Contributions to Advancing Organ Donation and Transplantation
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.7 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Anne Floden (SE)

  • 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 C3.6 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Ahmer Mohammad Hameed (AU)

  • 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 C4.4 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Minimally invasive thoracic organ transplantation

    Albert Jauregui (ES)
  • Minimally invasive abdominal organ transplantation

    Kwang Woong Lee (KR)
  • Education and training strategies to safely disseminate robotic organ transplantation

    Jinna Yao (AU)
  • 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 C4.8 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 C4.5 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Shantanu Bhattacharya (AU)

  • Normothermic regional perfusion: Is ex vivo perfusion still necessary?

    Anji Wall (US)
  • What does optimal use of HOPE and NMP look like?

    Carlo Pulitano (AU)
  • 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 Cockle Bay 1 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Next-generation co-stimulation blockade

    Cheng Yang (CN)
  • 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 C4.6 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 C4.11 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 C3.4-C3.5 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Thomas F. Müller (CH)

  • 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)
  • Essentials to prosecute and punish transplant-related criminal activities

    Jessica Porter (GB)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Senotherapy in transplantation
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C3.3 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Global and local consequences of ‘environmental sciences’ on organ age

    Stefan 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 Cockle Bay 2 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • From intent to impact: How to start and sustain a deceased donation programme

    Maria Gomez (AE)
  • Equity and access in fragile health systems: A south asian perspective

    Dibya 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 C4.1 Concurrent
  Moderators: Sarah Tsou (US), Natasha Rogers (AU)

  • Introduction and framing / Panel discussant

    Fadi Lakkis (US)
  • 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 C4.9 Concurrent
  Moderator / Panelist: Sang Joseph Kim (CA)

  • 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)
  • Establishing trust: Governance, ethics, and legal architecture of transplant registries

    Axel Rahmel (DE)
  • From aspirational standards to practical assessment: Introducing the transplant registry maturity model

    Yee Lu (US)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)
  • Panelist

    Nicole Jane Scholes-Robertson (AU)

• Coffee Break
  3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room Hall 1-2 Coffee Break
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• Clinical pharmacology
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.9 Abstract Session
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• Ethical and legal lenses of organ donation and allocation
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.6 Abstract Session
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• Transplant candidate determinants of post-transplant outcomes
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room Cockle Bay 1 Abstract Session
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• Cancer, co-morbidities and kidney transplant outcomes
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C3.3 Abstract Session
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• Omics in transplantation 1
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room Cockle Bay 2 Abstract Session
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• Insights into old and new therapeutics 1
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C3.4-C3.5 Abstract Session
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• Surgical innovation and complex vascular reconstruction in liver transplantation
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.1 Abstract Session
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• Tumor biology and immunotherapy in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.5 Abstract Session
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• Quality and safety in organ donation and transplant care
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.7 Abstract Session
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• Transplant outcomes and donor biology in the context of multiorgan and regenerative transplant innovation
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.11 Abstract Session
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• Infectious complications in solid organ transplantation
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Room C4.8 Abstract Session
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• From patient to planet: The global essential standards as a framework for transformative change in transplantation
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Room C4.4 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Facilitator: John J. Fung (US)

  • The human face of standards

    John J. Fung (US)
  • Dignity for all: The human covenant: How the global essential standards protect every individual in the transplant encounter

    Efstratios (Stratos) Chatzixiros (CH)
  • The institutional blueprint: How the global essential standards create a transplant ecosystem that is equitable, safe, and self-sustaining

    Medhat Askar (QA)
  • Stakeholders perspective from China: Translating standards into value for every actor in the ecosystem

    Haibo Wang (CN)
  • Stakeholders perspective from Australia: Translating standards into value for every actor in the ecosystem

    Helen Opdam (AU)
  • Connecting the circles: Panel discussions

    Discussion Period (AU)
  • Panelist

    Karen Rockell (GB)

• Advancing ABO histocompatibility: Needs and solutions
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C3.6 Concurrent
  • ABO antigens and antibodies: Updating old dogmas

    Anne Halpin (CA)
  • ABO incompatible kidney transplantation, strategies and successes

    Marta Crespo Barrio (ES)

• Expanding donor access: The impact of ECMO in thoracic transplantation a TTS/ISHLT Conjunct Session
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.2 Concurrent
  Moderators: Pablo Sanchez (US), Raj Ramanan (US)

  • The role of NRP and machine perfusion in cardiothoracic transplantation

    Sandra Lindstedt Ingemansson (SE)
  • Complex decisions: Ethical dilemmas of ECMO, DCD and NRP donors

    Emily Granger (AU)

• Education to outcomes: Enhancing organ donation through training, technology, and public insight
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.10 Abstract Session
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• Sex, cancer, and the graft: What women need most from transplant care
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room C3.3 Concurrent
  • Do women do better or worse – What the data say across cancer and transplant?

    Brenda Maria Rosales (AU)
  • Designing transplant care for women: drugs, risks, and immune set‑points

    Yao Xiao (US)
  • 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 C3.4-C3.5 Concurrent
  • The global interdependence of health and the burden of kidney disease as a pressing public health priority

    Benita Padilla (PH)
  • Transplant knowledge and skills transfer: the role of collaborative partnerships in reducing disparities in kidney disease-related morbidity and mortality

    Shyam Bihari Bansal (IN)
  • Overcoming the challenges in achieving equity in global access to kidney transplantation

    Beatriz Domínguez-Gil (ES)
  • 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 C3.6 Concurrent
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• Poster Session 1
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room Hall 1-2 Posters
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• Industry Symposium
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Room Parkside 1&2 Industry Symposium
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• WIT Networking Event
  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 1 Networking Event
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• Early Career Networking
  7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Room Pumphouse Networking Event
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