Programme Grid
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)