Programme Grid
Sunday, September 20, 2026
8:00 AM
Global nursing and allied health leadership in organ donation and transplantation
Organized by: TTS Allied Health Committee - In Collaboration with
Transplant Infectious Diseases (TID)
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8:45 AM
Women in Transplantation
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9:00 AM
1:30 PM
From principles to practice: Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in transplantation
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Facilitators: Nazia Selzner (CA), Cynthia Tsien (CA)
3:00 PM
5:15 PM
6:30 PM
Monday, September 21, 2026
8:00 AM
Takeda Corporate Breakfast Symposium on Illuminated different constellations: How diverse institutional experiences guide practical CMV management
Organized by
Moderator: Camille N. Kotton (US)
Advancing living donor kidney transplantation - 1
Moderators: Giselle Guerra (US), Philip Andrew Clayton (AU)
Immunoregulation - T and B cells
Moderators: Shane Grey (AU), Michaela Lucas (AU)
Metabolic health and kidney transplant outcomes
Moderators: Mads Hornum (DK), Katharine Hegerty (AU)
Organ preservation 1
Moderator: Natasha Rogers (AU)
Advancing kidney transplant equity and access: Global, national, and systems-level perspectives in transplantation
Moderators: Dorry Segev (US), Tracey Ying (AU)
Personalizing immunosuppression in liver transplantation: From microbiome to malignancy
Moderator: Ashwin Rammohan (IN)
Acute-on-chronic liver failure and liver transplantation: From mechanisms to clinical futility
Moderators: Dinesh Jothimani (IN), Jongman Kim (KR)
Vasculopathy: A tale of three organs
Moderator: Linda C. Cendales (US)
Advancing heart transplantation: Preservation strategies, immune monitoring, and rejection mechanisms
Moderators: Peter MacDonald (AU), Anne Dipchand (CA)
Surgical innovation and technical advances in transplantation
Moderators: Peter G. Stock (US), Dieter Broering (SA)
Local/Regional insights for global organ donation advancement
Facilitators: Gabriel E. Gondolesi (US), Chloë Ballesté Delpierre (ES)
Cell-based immunomodulation and transplant tolerance: From mechanisms to long-term outcomes
Moderator: Antiopi Varelias (AU)
Pediatric kidney
Moderator: Tom Blydt-Hansen (CA)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Plenary Session 2 on Making Xenotransplantation Work for Humanity!
Facilitators: Peter Cowan (AU), Macey L. Levan (US)
Beyond survival: Addressing mental health in transplantation
Moderator: Lisa A. Coscia (US)
Dedicated donor care units: Centralized donor transfer and outcome optimization
Moderator / Panelists: David Thomson (ZA), Dale Gardiner (GB)
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Advancing living donor kidney transplantation - 2
Moderators: Elias David-Neto (BR), Craig Coorey (AU)
Infection and biomarkers
Moderators: Megan Levings (CA), James Lan (CA)
Risk determinants for kidney transplant outcomes
Moderators: Madhav Menon (US), Gustavo Fernandes Ferreira (BR)
Immunoregulation 1
Moderators: Anita Chong (US), Maria-Luisa Alegre (US)
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in transplantation: From pathology to predictive clinical decision support
Moderators: Matthew Sypek (AU), Harry Robertson (AU)
Intestinal transplantation
Moderators: Tomoaki Kato (US), Yaron Avitzur (CA)
DCD: Controlled and uncontrolled—Where are we going?
Facilitators: Kenneth J. Woodside (US), Mauricio Pereira (ES)
Transplant oncology in HCC and cholangiocarcinoma
Moderators: Julie Heimbach (US), Sudha Kodali (US)
Organ donation pathways and practices
Moderators: Maria Gomez (AE), Tina Coco (AU)
The -omic era in allograft pathology
Moderators: Nancy Kwan Man (HK), Joshua Lawrence Lee (AU)
Transplantation journals: Updates and opportunities
Moderators: Stefan Tullius (US), Fadi Issa (GB)
Complex multi-organ transplantation: Outcomes, innovation, and allocation challenges
Moderator: Thomas Loudovaris (AU)
Normothermic machine perfusion: Organ assessment, repair, and real-time viability in transplantation
Moderators: Ahmer Mohammad Hameed (AU), Anji Wall (US)
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Precision Immune Engineering in Kidney Transplantation
Moderators: Fadi Issa (GB), Stephen Alexander (AU)
Bridging Systems, Scaling Access: Asia-Pacific Leadership in Transplantation
Moderators: Riadh Fadhil (QA), Anil Kumar (IN)
Senotherapy in transplantation
Moderators: Krista Lentine (US), Jasper Iske (DE)
How to combat transplant tourism
Moderators: Thomas F. Müller (CH), Benita Padilla (PH)
Bridging Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine: Enhancing Graft Viability and Exploring Stem Cell-Islet Immunotherapies in Diabetes
Moderators: Ahmer Mohammad Hameed (AU), Thomas Kay (AU)
The mentorship mosaic: Fostering growth in transplant training and practice
Moderators: Sarah Tsou (US), Natasha Rogers (AU)
Minimal Invasive Transplantation
Moderators: Susumu Eguchi (JP), Emily Granger (AU)
Using Technology to optimize outcomes of Liver Transplantation
Moderators: Shantanu Bhattacharya (AU), Varvara Kirchner (US)
Advancing Uterus Transplantation: Global Practices, Innovations, and Program Development
Moderators: Jiri Fronek (CZ), Limor Meoded Danon (IL)
Innovating the Pathway: Allied Health Contributions to Advancing Organ Donation and Transplantation
Moderators: Anne Floden (SE), Bronwyn Levvey (AU)
Donor Evaluation and Optimization: Bridging Safety and Organ Utilization
Moderators: Tina Marinelli (AU), Atul Humar (CA)
Building high-performing transplant registries: Global consensus recommendations and a practical maturity framework
Moderator / Panelist: Sang Joseph Kim (CA)
Harnessing the Power of Genetics in Pediatric Transplantation
Moderators: Siah Kim (AU), Carl Grabitz (DE)
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Transplant candidate determinants of post-transplant outcomes
Moderators: Steve Chadban (AU), Sadia Jahan (AU)
Omics in transplantation 1
Moderator: Ana Konvalinka (CA)
Cancer, co-morbidities and kidney transplant outcomes
Moderators: Angela Webster (AU), Wai Lim (AU)
Insights into old and new therapeutics 1
Moderators: James Lan (CA), Raman Venkataramanan (US)
Advancing ABO histocompatibility: Needs and solutions
Moderators: Janette Kwok (HK), Lucy Sullivan (AU)
Surgical innovation and complex vascular reconstruction in liver transplantation
Moderator: Refaat Kamel (EG)
Expanding donor access: The impact of ECMO in thoracic transplantation a TTS/ISHLT Conjunct Session
Moderators: Pablo Sanchez (US), Raj Ramanan (US)
From patient to planet: The global essential standards as a framework for transformative change in transplantation
Facilitator: John J. Fung (US)
Tumor biology and immunotherapy in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
Moderators: Nancy Kwan Man (HK), Takashi Ito (JP)
Ethical and legal lenses of organ donation and allocation
Moderators: Vasanthi Ramesh (IN), Dominique Martin (AU)
Quality and safety in organ donation and transplant care
Moderators: Lisa A. Coscia (US), Helen L. Pilmore (NZ)
Infectious complications in solid organ transplantation
Moderators: Matthew Roberts (AU), Stephanie M. Pouch (US)
Clinical pharmacology
Moderators: Teun van Gelder (NL), Steven Ivulich (AU)
Education to outcomes: Enhancing organ donation through training, technology, and public insight
Moderators: Ala Ali (IQ), Susu Zughaier (QA)
Transplant outcomes and donor biology in the context of multiorgan and regenerative transplant innovation
Moderators: Elias David-Neto (BR), Akihiko Soyama (JP)
4:45 PM
Sex, cancer, and the graft: What women need most from transplant care
Moderators: Karen Keung (AU), Nazia Selzner (CA)
Transplant without borders: Collaborative solutions for global kidney care
Moderators: Germaine Wong (AU), Medhat Askar (QA)
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
7:00 AM
Bridge2Life Corporate Breakfast Symposium on Scaling better outcomes: The role of HOPE in contemporary transplant programs
Organized by
Moderator: Mauricio Carvalho (US)
8:00 AM
Prediction of kidney transplant outcomes
Moderators: Tracey Ying (AU), Vikas Sridhar (CA)
Omics in transplantation 2
Moderator: Ana Konvalinka (CA)
Mechanisms and management of AMR in kidney transplant recipients
Moderators: Wenshi Jiang (CN), Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze (CA)
Immunoregulation: Tolerance versus rejection 1
Moderator: Alexandra Sharland (AU)
Emerging challenges in transplantation: Allocation, risk prediction, and long-term outcomes
Moderators: Lachlan McMichael (AU), Ross Francis (AU)
Delivering value in liver transplantation: Innovation, resources, and the future of care
Moderator: Gabriel E. Gondolesi (US)
Long-term outcomes and risk stratification after liver transplantation
Moderators: Simone I. Strasser (AU), Oscar Cesar Imventarza (AR)
Expanding transplant access: Innovations in training, simulation, and global collaboration
Moderators: Jen Li (AU), Marti Manyalich Vidal (ES)
Optimizing pancreas and islet transplantation: From donor selection and graft preservation to functional outcomes
Moderators: John Kanellis (AU), Raja Kandaswamy (US)
Viral infections in transplantation
Moderators: Monica Slavin (AU), Bradley Gardiner (AU)
Novel immunosuppression
Moderators: Dong Jin Joo (KR), Marcelo Cantarovich (CA)
Pediatric treatments on the Horizon
Moderators: Katherine E. Twombley (US), Matthew Sypek (AU)
Bridging gaps in transplantation: Equity, access, and unmet needs worldwide
Moderators: Riadh Fadhil (QA), Anantharaman Vathsala (SG)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Donor risk and recipient outcomes in kidney transplantation
Moderators: Angela Webster (AU), John S. Gill (CA)
Immunosuppression: Experimental and clinical
Moderators: Jaeseok Yang (KR), Raman Venkataramanan (US)
Immunologic risk, donor factors and predictive modelling of kidney transplant outcomes
Moderators: Alessandra Orsillo (AU), Kate Wyburn (AU)
Immunoregulation: Cell signalling 1
Moderator: Michaela Lucas (AU)
Vascularized composite allotransplantation: Expanding frontiers in function, immunity, and clinical translation
Moderator: Maria Siemionow (US)
The journey to clinical xenotransplantation
Moderator: Evelyn Salvaris (AU)
Expanding living donor liver transplantation: Emerging evidence and clinical advances
Moderator: Kwang Woong Lee (KR)
Lung transplantation outcomes and allograft dysfunction: From mechanisms to clinical prevention strategies
Moderators: Gregory I. Snell (AU), Jyotika Prasad (AU)
Psychosocial, communication and educational aspects of donation and transplantation
Moderators: Estephan Arredondo (ES), Bronwyn Levvey (AU)
Global Transplantation: The GODT Report Analyzes Activities Around the World
Moderators: Stefan Tullius (US), Beatriz Domínguez-Gil (ES)
Optimizing and utilizing old organ donors
Moderators: Helen Opdam (AU), Jeffrey Orlowski (US)
Pediatric liver
Moderators: Helen Evans (NZ), Michael Stormon (AU)
Therapeutic organ perfusion: From organ rescue to advanced clinical applications
Moderators: Dale Gardiner (GB), Sarah Scheuer (AU)
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Targeting immune cell metabolism to control alloimmunity
Moderators: Alexandra Sharland (AU), Mariam Alexander (US)
Redefining Surgical Excellence: Metrics, Equity, and Global Perspectives
Moderators: Animesh Singla (AU), Peter G. Stock (US)
Deceased Donation Research: Findings and Future Directions
Facilitator: Dominique Martin (AU)
Pluripotent stem cells and regenerative medicine: the future of transplantation?
Moderator: Edward Geissler (DE)
Biology and beyond: Multiple dimensions of transplantation
Moderators: Yolanda Becker (US), Philip O'Connell (AU)
Transplanting Against the Antibody Odds
Moderators: Ankit Sharma (AU), Anne Halpin (CA)
Emerging infectious diseases in transplant ID
Moderator: Olivia Smibert (AU)
Honouring voices, changing systems: Indigenous leadership in transplant equity
Moderators: Jaquelyne Hughes (AU), Stephen McDonald (AU)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in Transplant Education
Moderator: Harry Robertson (AU)
Global collaboration in organ transplantation: Advancing ethical access, innovation, and sustainability
Moderators: Rajdeep Das (US), Marcelo Cantarovich (CA)
Transplant Oncology: Peering Over the Horizon
Moderators: Kwang Woong Lee (KR), Mohamed Rela (IN)
ISOT: Redefining organ transplantation in resource-limited settings: Access, affordability, and global leadership from India - Part 1
Moderators: Ravi Mohanka (IN), Swarnalatha Guditi (IN), Amit Pasari (IN), Abi Abraham Mookanottle (IN), Amol Bhawane (IN), Sreebhushan Raju (IN), Manish Balwani (IN), Feroz Aziz (IN)
Obesity Management in Transplantation: Current Evidence and Practical Approaches
Moderators: Dorry Segev (US), Marina Berenguer (ES)
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Organ preservation 2
Moderator: Henry Pleass (AU)
Biomarkers, pharmacokinetics and kidney allograft outcomes
Moderator: Toby Coates (AU)
Immunoregulation: Cell signalling 2
Moderator: Kate Gartlan (AU)
Precision immunosuppression and therapeutic optimization in transplantation: Kidney-centered advances across solid organ care
Moderators: Shyam Bihari Bansal (IN), Yolanda Becker (US)
Overcoming immune barriers in xenotransplantation: From innate recognition to gene-edited graft compatibility
Moderators: Richard N. Pierson (US), Peter Cowan (AU)
Imaging and biomarkers to assess kidney allograft dysfunction
Moderators: Samuel Neeling (AU), Terence Kee (SG)
Optimization strategies in living donor liver transplantation
Moderators: Dimitri A. Raptis (SA), Akihiko Soyama (JP)
Solving immune problems for the life of the allograft
Moderators: Xunrong Luo (US), Kieran Halloran (CA)
Precision virology in transplantation: Immunity, diagnostics, and targeted therapies
Moderators: Matthew Roberts (AU), Tina Marinelli (AU)
TTS-ISN: Pregnancy in renal transplant recipients - Outcomes, barriers, and clinical management
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Moderator: Curie Ahn (KR)
Integrated machine perfusion strategies for DCD organ optimization and transplant outcomes
Moderators: John Whitlam (AU), Irene Bello (ES)
3:35 PM
ISOT: Redefining organ transplantation in resource-limited settings: Access, affordability, and global leadership from India - Part 2
Moderators: Shruti Tapiawala (IN), Gireesh MS (IN), Mohan Patel (IN), Raj Kanwar Yadav (IN), Dhananjai Agarwal (IN), Dhananjaya KL (IN), Pranjal Kashiv (IN), Ashish Sharma (IN), Narayan Prasad (IN), Arpita Ray Chaudhury (IN), Amresh Krishna (IN), Gomathy Narasimhan (IN), Vikas Jain (IN), Sourabh Sharma (IN), Pankaj Shah (IN)
4:45 PM
Multidisciplinary: Leveraging shared infrastructure for hematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplantation
Moderators: Medhat Askar (QA), Marcelo Cantarovich (CA)
Approaching and navigating difficult conversations with transplant patients
Moderator: David Thomson (ZA)
5:00 PM
Corporate Symposium on State-of-the-Art Care for Kidney Transplant Recipients: Implications for the Forthcoming KDIGO Guideline Update
This program is supported by an independent educational grant from Veloxis, an Asahi Kasei company
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
TSANZ Networking Event
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7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
Basic mechanisms of experimental kidney allograft injury
Moderators: Shane Grey (AU), Anita Chong (US)
Kidney allograft rejection; mechanisms and novel therapeutics
Moderators: William Mulley (AU), Roslyn B. Mannon (US)
Insights into old and new therapeutics 2
Moderators: Philip O'Connell (AU), Zhejia Tian (DE)
Key components of an ideal high volume transplant program setup: A global surgical perspective
Moderators: Dieter Broering (SA), Meng Qingze (CN)
Metabolic dysfunction and liver transplantation
Moderator: Julie Heimbach (US)
LMIC health system strengthening in transplantation: Improving access sustainably in Africa
Moderator / Panelist: David Thomson (ZA)
Immune tolerance, biomarkers, and chronic allograft injury in liver transplantation
Moderator: Nancy Kwan Man (HK)
Ethics and kidney transplantation
Moderators: Aviva Goldberg (CA), Ruben Omar Schiavelli (AR)
Advancing islet and stem cell transplantation: Immune modulation, bioengineering, and graft survival
Moderators: Hanne Scholz (NO), Angelika C. Gruessner (US)
CMV and BK virus in transplant recipients: Pearls from the guidelines and emerging frontiers
Moderators: Wanessa T. Clemente (BR), Jeremy Chapman (AU)
Pediatric general
Moderators: Bethany J. Foster (CA), Henry H L Wu (AU)
HLA, antibodies, and alloimmune risk in transplantation: Kidney-focused insights with cross-organ relevance
Moderator: Anne Halpin (CA)
Beyond static cold storage: Hypothermic machine perfusion in transplantation—from mechanisms to clinical impact
Moderator: Björn Nashan (CN)
9:10 AM
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation and antibody mediated rejection
Moderators: Kate Wyburn (AU), Peter Hughes (AU)
Ischaemia reperfusion injury
Moderators: Stephen Alexander (AU), Haibo Wang (CN)
Immunoregulation in transplantation 2
Moderator: Xunrong Luo (US)
Advances in organ preservation, perfusion, and peri-transplant monitoring across liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation
Moderator: Oscar Garcia Valencia (US)
From allorecognition to allocation: Moving toward more individualized kidney transplant matching
Moderator: Rhonda Holdsworth (AU)
Advancing equity and innovation in transplantation: From donor assessment to allocation and novel therapies
Moderator: Vivek Kute (IN)
Post-transplant complications, risk prediction & outcomes
Moderator: Jiri Fronek (CZ)
Immunosuppression in liver and kidney transplantation
Moderators: Jennifer Garcia (US), Roslyn B. Mannon (US)
Long-term outcomes and precision surveillance in heart transplantation: Rejection, vasculopathy, and immune monitoring
Moderators: Kavitha Muthiah (AU), Lori J. West (CA)
Clinical outcomes, perioperative management, and organ utilization in transplantation
Moderator: Henry Pleass (AU)
Transplantation beyond traditional publications
Moderators: Stefan Tullius (US), Macey L. Levan (US)
Vascularized tissue engineering and organ-on-chip platforms for transplantation and organ replacement
Moderator: Maria Siemionow (US)
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
Expanding horizons in pancreas transplantation: Outcomes, techniques, and program development
Moderators: Pablo Uva (AR), Toby Coates (AU)
12:00 PM
1:45 PM
Clinical Xenotransplantation has Arrived!
Moderators: Richard N. Pierson (US), Robert A. Montgomery (US)
Living Organ Donation in 2026: Unified Principles, Organ-Specific Nuances
Moderators: Kwang Woong Lee (KR), Henry Pleass (AU)
Targeted Therapies and Tailored Dosing: The New Era in ABMR Treatment
Moderators: Jen Li (AU), Lori J. West (CA)
Pediatric cholestatic liver disease around the world
Moderators: Gabriel E. Gondolesi (US), Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos (US)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gender and Transplantation
Moderators: Maria Gomez (AE), Victorine Bandolo Nzana (CM)
Evolving Ethics and Emerging Trends in Transplantation
Moderators: David Thomson (ZA), Aviva Goldberg (CA)
Innovations in skin cancer in transplantation
Moderators: Angela Webster (AU), Brenda Maria Rosales (AU)
Rise of the Machines: Maximizing donor opportunities in Thoracic Transplantation
Moderators: Miranda Paraskeva (AU), Pablo Sanchez (US)
State of VCA- Present and Future
Moderators: Patrik Lassus (FI), Hatem Amer (US)
Next-Generation Transplantation: Regenerative Medicine Breakthroughs
Moderators: Giuseppe Orlando (US), Vijay Gorantla (US)
Evolving strategies in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation
Moderators: Helen Evans (NZ), Rajith Amaratunga (AU)
Organ donation following MAID (VAD/euthanasia)
Moderators: Peggy John (CA), Helen Opdam (AU)
3:20 PM
3:20 PM
Closing Plenary
Introducer: Nadey Hakim (GB)