Programme Grid
Monday, September 21, 2026
8:00 AM
Metabolic health and kidney transplant outcomes
Moderator: Mads Hornum (DK)
Organ preservation 1
Moderator: Natasha Rogers (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
Moderator: Jongman Kim (KR)
Advancing heart transplantation: Preservation strategies, immune monitoring, and rejection mechanisms
Moderators: Peter MacDonald (AU), Anne Dipchand (CA)
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), Dan Harvey (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
Moderator: Megan Levings (CA)
Risk determinants for kidney transplant outcomes
Moderator: 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
Moderator: Matthew Sypek (AU)
Intestinal transplantation
Moderator: Yaron Avitzur (CA)
DCD: Controlled and uncontrolled—Where are we going?
Facilitator: Kenneth J. Woodside (US)
Transplant oncology in HCC and cholangiocarcinoma
Moderator: 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)
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
Bridging Systems, Scaling Access: Asia-Pacific Leadership in Transplantation
Moderator: Riadh Fadhil (QA)
Senotherapy in transplantation
Moderators: Krista Lentine (US), Jasper Iske (DE)
How to combat transplant tourism
Moderator: Thomas F. Müller (CH)
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
Moderator: 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
Moderator: Sadia Jahan (AU)
Omics in transplantation 1
Moderator: Ana Konvalinka (CA)
Advancing ABO histocompatibility: Needs and solutions
Moderator: Janette Kwok (HK)
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
Moderator: Nancy Kwan Man (HK)
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
Moderator: Lisa A. Coscia (US)
Infectious complications in solid organ transplantation
Moderator: Matthew Roberts (AU)
Clinical pharmacology
Moderators: Teun van Gelder (NL), Steven Ivulich (AU)
Education to outcomes: Enhancing organ donation through training, technology, and public insight
Moderator: Susu Zughaier (QA)
Transplant outcomes and donor biology in the context of multiorgan and regenerative transplant innovation
Moderator: Elias David-Neto (BR)
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)
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM