Programme

• Sep 20
• Sep 21
• Sep 22
• Sep 23

• Expanding transplant access: Innovations in training, simulation, and global collaboration
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.6 Abstract Session
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• Bridging gaps in transplantation: Equity, access, and unmet needs worldwide
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.11 Abstract Session
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• Optimizing pancreas and islet transplantation: From donor selection and graft preservation to functional outcomes
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.7 Abstract Session
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• Donor risk and recipient outcomes in kidney transplantation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 1 Abstract Session
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• Mechanisms and management of AMR in kidney transplant recipients
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C3.3 Abstract Session
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• Immunosuppression: Experimental and clinical
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 2 Abstract Session
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• Immunoregulation: Tolerance versus rejection 1
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C3.4-C3.5 Abstract Session
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• Long-term outcomes and risk stratification after liver transplantation
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.5 Abstract Session
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• Emerging challenges in transplantation: Allocation, risk prediction, and long-term outcomes
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C3.6 Abstract Session
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• Viral infections in transplantation
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.8 Abstract Session
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• Novel immunosuppression
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.9 Abstract Session
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• Pediatric treatments on the Horizon
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.10 Concurrent
  • Partial heart transplant in children

    Taufiek Konrad Rajab (US)
  • Regulatory cell therapy for solid organ transplantation

    Fadi Issa (GB)

• Delivering value in liver transplantation: Innovation, resources, and the future of care
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room C4.1 Concurrent
  • Implementing change and managing resources: Can we do both?

    Alfred Kow (SG)

• Bridge2Life Corporate Breakfast Symposium on Scaling better outcomes: The role of HOPE in contemporary transplant programs
  8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Room Parkside 1&2 Industry Symposium
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• TTS President's Plenary
  9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session
  • Beyond technology: Building a collaborative societal ecosystem for transplantation (Reflections from China's transplant reform)

    Haibo Wang (CN)
  • Presidential address

    John J. Fung (US)

• Coffee Break
  10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Room Hall 1-2 Coffee Break
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• Lung transplantation outcomes and allograft dysfunction: From mechanisms to clinical prevention strategies
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.6 Abstract Session
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• Vascularized composite allotransplantation: Expanding frontiers in function, immunity, and clinical translation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.2 Abstract Session
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• Prediction of kidney transplant outcomes
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room Cockle Bay 1 Abstract Session
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• Immunologic risk, donor factors and predictive modelling of kidney transplant outcomes
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C3.3 Abstract Session
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• Omics in transplantation 2
  8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room Cockle Bay 2 Abstract Session
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• Immunoregulation: Cell signalling 1
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C3.4-C3.5 Abstract Session
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• Expanding living donor liver transplantation: Emerging evidence and clinical advances
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.5 Abstract Session
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• Transplant outcomes, bridging strategies, and global advances in liver transplantation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.1 Abstract Session
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• Psychosocial, communication and educational aspects of donation and transplantation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.7 Abstract Session
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• Multi-omics and immune profiling in transplantation: Kidney-focused advances with cross-organ insights
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C3.6 Abstract Session
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• Therapeutic organ perfusion: From organ rescue to advanced clinical applications
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.11 Abstract Session
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• Pediatric liver
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.10 Abstract Session
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• Optimizing and utilizing old organ donors
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.9 Concurrent
  • Setting the stage: Older organs - clinical need, ethical and economic considerations

    Krista Lentine (US)
  • Objective quality criteria of old organs

    Varvara Kirchner (US)
  • Old organs and ex vivo treatment

    Jasper Iske (DE)

• Global Transplantation: The GODT Report Analyzes Activities Around the World
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.8 Concurrent
  Moderator: Nadey Hakim (GB)

  • Global observatory on donation and transplantation (GODT)

    Beatriz Domínguez-Gil (ES)
  • Global donation and transplantation activities. An assessment of 2024 GODT data

    Friederike Martin (DE)

• The journey to clinical xenotransplantation
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room C4.10 Concurrent
  • Development of the gene edited pigs to get us to the clinic

    Peter Cowan (AU)
  • Avoiding dysregulation of the complement and coagulation-anticoagulation systems?

    Jo Tector (US)
  • The road to regulatory approval for clinical transplantation

    Muhammad Mohiuddin (US)

• Astellas Corporate Lunch Symposium on Strengthening the foundation: From tacrolimus consistency to durable graft outcomes
  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
  • Organ preservation, rejuvenation, and perfusion techniques

    Stefan Tullius (US)
  • Living donor kidney transplantation & paired exchange

    Vivek Kute (IN)
  • BK Guidelines

    Camille N. Kotton (US)
  • "Organ Donation: From Death to Life". How to improve education about organ donation

    David Thomson (ZA)
  • Grant Management

    Shaifali Sandal (CA)
  • Transplant immunology & kidney injury

    Natasha Rogers (AU)
  • Nursing Leadership in Transplant and Donation Systems

    Anne Floden (SE)
  • Roundtable Mentor

    Nicole Isbel (AU)
  • Roundtable Mentor

    Peter G. Stock (US)
  • Roundtable Mentor

    Wenshi Jiang (CN)
  • Roundtable Mentor

    Marcelo Cantarovich (CA)
  • AMR in kidney transplant recipients

    William Mulley (AU)
  • What strategies can effectively prevent unethical practices in donation and transplantation?

    Maria Amalia Matamoros (CR)
  • DCD thoracic transplant

    Gregory I. Snell (AU)

• Deceased Donation Research: Findings and Future Directions
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C3.4-C3.5 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Facilitator: Dominique Martin (AU)

  • Donor intervention studies – ethical and practical challenges

    Dan Harvey (GB)
  • Deceased donor physiological management research

    Gary F. Marklin (US)
  • Thoracic ex-situ machine perfusion research

    Sarah Scheuer (AU)
  • Biobanks for research

    Claire Gordon (AU)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Targeting immune cell metabolism to control alloimmunity
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 2 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • How T cell metabolism regulates function and survival

    Carl Atkinson (US)
  • Treg metabolism and the impact of metabolites on their function and disease progression

    Ling Lu (CN)
  • Regulation of macrophage immunometabolism to drive immunity and inflammation

    Yohana Toner (NL)
  • T cell landscapes following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Antiopi Varelias (AU)

• Artificial intelligence (AI) in Transplant Education
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.7 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • From concept to classroom: How to start using AI in transplant education?

    Susu Zughaier (QA)
  • Mixed reality technology in organ transplantation

    Alfred Kow (SG)
  • AI in Transplantation: AI capabilities, applications and responsible use

    Bill Simpson-Young (AU)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Transplanting Against the Antibody Odds
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.4 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Ankit Sharma (AU)

  • Overview of new HLA tools for measuring antibodies and rapid high resolution sequencing

    Sandra Tafulo (PT)
  • Crossing DSA in lung transplant: Is necessity the mother of invention?

    Kieran Halloran (CA)
  • Immune memory responses: Unmasking the hidden antibody potential

    Gonca E. Karahan (NL)
  • Organ allocation strategies for HLA compatibility

    Philip Andrew Clayton (AU)

• Redefining Surgical Excellence: Metrics, Equity, and Global Perspectives
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C3.3 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Animesh Singla (AU)

  • Novel outcome metrics in surgery

    Pierre-Alain Clavien (CH)
  • Driving quality improvement through global surgical registries

    Dimitri A. Raptis (SA)
  • Ensuring diversity in the transplant surgery workforce

    Kendra Conzen (US)
  • Beyond steatosis: The multisystem metabolic nature of fatty liver disease and its impact on surgical outcomes

    Nazia Selzner (CA)

• Biology and beyond: Multiple dimensions of transplantation
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.1 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderators: Yolanda Becker (US), Philip O'Connell (AU)

  • Addressing gender disparity in access to pediatric kidney transplantation in India

    Kinnari Vala (IN)
  • Social and cultural conflicts in uterine transplantation

    Limor Meoded Danon (IL)
  • Impact of sex on cardiovascular outcomes after pediatric kidney transplantation

    Rizky Indrameikha Sugianto (DE)
  • Intersection of sex/gender, and cancer after transplantation

    Brenda Maria Rosales (AU)

• Obesity Management in Transplantation: Current Evidence and Practical Approaches
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.11 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Latest evidence on GLP-1s in transplantation

    Babak Orandi (US)
  • Managing obesity without GLP-1s: Alternative strategies

    Amanda Velazquez (US)
  • Bariatric surgery in transplantation: Opportunities and challenges

    Shashank R. Joshi (IN)
  • Facilitating weight loss in individuals with frailty and sarcopenia

    Astrid Ruiz-Margáin (MX)

• Pluripotent stem cells and regenerative medicine: the future of transplantation?
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C3.6 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Pluripotent stem cells: Where are we in building new lungs?

    Rhiannon Werder (AU)
  • Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: Perspectives on recent developments and directions

    Anthony Weiss (AU)
  • Stem cell derived islets under abdominal anterior rectus sheath in a type 1 diabetes patient

    Shusen Wang (CN)

• Transplant Oncology: Peering Over the Horizon
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.9 SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Kwang Woong Lee (KR)

  • Liver transplantation for unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Who truly benefits?

    Julie Heimbach (US)
  • Neuroendocrine tumours and liver transplantation: Time to move beyond traditional boundaries?

    Takashi Ito (JP)
  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and liver transplantation: Pushing the limits of what’s surgically and biologically possible

    Sudha Kodali (US)
  • Liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma: Does biology drive the decision to transplant?

    Mohamed Rela (IN)
  • Liver transplantation for non-hepatoblastoma paediatric tumours: LT as a curative tool?

    Seisuke Sakamoto (JP)

• Honouring voices, changing systems: Indigenous leadership in transplant equity
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.6 SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Building an indigenous lived experience database in organ donation and transplantation

    Caroline Tait (CA)
  • Ka whawhai tonu, ka haere ake: Fighting to advance transplant equity in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Curtis Walker (NZ)
  • Wangkanthi purdita purruna naalitya - Talking kidney health for you Mob

    Kelli Owen (AU)
  • Wangkanthi Purdita Purruna Naalitya - Talking Kidney Health for you Mob

    Stephen McDonald (AU)
  • Panel Discussion and Q&A

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Global collaboration in organ transplantation: Advancing ethical access, innovation, and sustainability
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.8 Concurrent
  • Economics of transplantation

    Vasanthi Ramesh (IN)
  • Capacity building in low-resource settings

    Medhat Askar (QA)
  • Ethical, cultural & patient-centered considerations

    Jeremy Chapman (AU)

• Emerging infectious diseases in transplant ID
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.5 Concurrent
  • Climate change and the changing epidemiology of transplant infections

    Wanessa T. Clemente (BR)
  • New outbreaks of old diseases: Measles and other re-emerging threats in transplantation

    Cameron Wolfe (US)
  • Disease X and vaccine

    Deepali Kumar (CA)

• Life after transplant: Supporting movement, confidence, and long-term recovery across all levels of ability (WTGF)
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room C4.2 Concurrent
  • The long-term transplant journey: What patients experience after discharge

    Liz Schick (CH)
  • Movement when endurance is limited: Finding confidence through everyday activity

    Geoff Jessup (AU)
  • Clinical perspective: Encouraging safe physical activity after transplant

    Geoffrey McCaughan (AU)
  • Panel discussion: Supporting all patients to move

    Discussion Period (AU)
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• ISOT: Redefining organ transplantation in resource-limited settings: Access, affordability, and global leadership from India - Part 1
  1:30 PM – 3:05 PM Room C4.10 Concurrent
  Moderators: Ravi Mohanka (IN), Swarnalatha Guditi (IN), Divyesh Engineer (IN), Amit Pasari (IN), Abi Abraham (IN), Amol Bhawane (IN), Manish Balwani (IN), Feroz Aziz (IN)

  • Organ transplantation in India: Current status and emerging opportunities

    Sanjay Kolte (IN)
  • Government reforms to increase access to organ transplantation: Policy innovations and outcomes

    Anil Kumar (IN)
  • Optimizing transplant outcomes through cost-effective immunological evaluation in LMICs

    Manoj Gumber (IN)
  • Regional success models in deceased donation: Pathways to national self-sufficiency in organ transplantation

    Subho Banerjee (IN)
  • Improving access to living donor kidney transplantation through kidney exchange programmes

    Vivek Kute (IN)

• Coffee Break
  3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room Hall 1-2 Coffee Break
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• TSANZ President's Prize Awards
  3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 1 Plenary Session
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• Imaging and biomarkers to assess kidney allograft dysfunction
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.4 Abstract Session
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• Biomarkers, pharmacokinetics and kidney allograft outcomes
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C3.3 Abstract Session
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• Organ preservation 2
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room Cockle Bay 2 Abstract Session
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• Immunoregulation: Cell signalling 2
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C3.4-C3.5 Abstract Session
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• Optimization strategies in living donor liver transplantation
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.5 Abstract Session
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• Precision immunosuppression and therapeutic optimization in transplantation: Kidney-centered advances across solid organ care
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C3.6 Abstract Session
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• Integrated machine perfusion strategies for DCD organ optimization and transplant outcomes
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.11 Abstract Session
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• Precision virology in transplantation: Immune responses, diagnostics, and emerging therapies
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.8 Abstract Session
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• Engineering immune compatibility in transplantation: Gene editing, cell therapy, and regenerative strategies
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.6 Abstract Session
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• Overcoming immune barriers in xenotransplantation: From innate recognition to gene-edited graft compatibility
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Room C4.1 Abstract Session
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• Solving immune problems for the life of the allograft
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.7 Concurrent
  • Single cell spatial technologies in kidney allograft pathology- inflammation, fibrosis and beyond

    Mariam Alexander (US)
  • Direct and indirect allorecognition – more alike than we thought?

    Gavin Pettigrew (GB)

• TTS-ISN: Pregnancy in renal transplant recipients - Outcomes, barriers, and clinical management
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room C4.9 Concurrent
  in collaboration with:

  
  • The pregnancy after renal transplantation OUTcomes registry (PARTOUT) in the Netherlands with granular data

    Margriet de Jong (NL)
  • Assessing risk and overcoming barriers in pregnancy after kidney transplantation

    Shilpanjali Jesudason (AU)

• ISOT: Redefining organ transplantation in resource-limited settings: Access, affordability, and global leadership from India - Part 2
  3:35 PM – 6:10 PM Room C4.10 Concurrent
  Moderators: Shruti Tapiawala (IN), Gireesh MS (IN), Mohan Patel (IN), Raj Kanwar Yadav (IN), Dhananjaya KL (IN), Pranjal Kashiv (IN), Ashish Sharma (IN), Narayan Prasad (IN), Vikas Jain (IN), Sourabh Sharma (IN), Pankaj Shah (IN)

  • Making ABO-incompatible transplantation affordable for low- and middle-income countries: Scalable cost-reduction strategies

    Deepak S. Ray (IN)
  • HLA desensitization in transplantation in LMIC: Balancing access, cost, and clinical outcomes

    Umapati Hegde (IN)
  • Integrating cell-free DNA surveillance into cost-effective organ transplantation pathways in LMIC settings

    Pratik Das (IN)
  • Gender disparity in organ transplantation: Insights and lessons from LMIC

    Khushboo Saxena (IN)
  • Pioneering surgical techniques in transplantation: The global south contribution to global practice

    Pranjal Modi (IN)
  • ISOT position statements for increasing access to transplantation

    Jigar Shrimali (IN)

• Multidisciplinary: Leveraging shared infrastructure for hematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplantation
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room C4.6 Concurrent
  • The challenge of siloed program building vs. opportunities of integration

    Elmi Muller (ZA)
  • Immunologic bridge

    Rajdeep Das (US)
  • One pathogen, two populations

    Monica Slavin (AU)
  • Beyond the graft

    Teun van Gelder (NL)
  • Panel discussion on global perspectives on integration and innovation

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Approaching and navigating difficult conversations with transplant patients
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room C4.7 Concurrent
  • Conversations around kidney transplant evaluation: Who and how to communicate non-eligibility for transplant

    Rhiannon Reed (US)
  • Palliative care post-transplant: Throughout patient journey and symptom management

    Kathryn Ducharlet (AU)
  • Navigating through organ failure to transplant: Liver transplant

    Suk Kyun Hong (KR)
  • Navigating conversations on cardiac mechanical support therapy to heart transplant

    Shunichi Nakagawa (US)

• Poster Session 2
  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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• TSANZ Networking Event
  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Room Cockle Bay 1 Networking Event
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• Mentee-Menor Networking Events
  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Room C3.3 Networking Event
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• Congress Networking Event (ICC)
  7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Room ICC Grand Ballroom Networking Event
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