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• 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 TBD 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 TBD 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)
  • 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 TBD 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 TBD 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)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Senotherapy in transplantation
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD 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 TBD 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

    Divya 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)

• From patient to planet: The global essential standards as a framework for transformative change in transplantation
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Room TBD 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 Australia: Translating standards into value for every actor in the ecosystem

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

    Discussion Period (AU)
  • Panelist

    Karen Rockwell (GB)

• Deceased Donation Research: Findings and Future Directions
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD 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 TBD 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 TBD 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)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• Transplanting Against the Antibody Odds
  1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD 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 TBD 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 TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: 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 TBD 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 TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Transplantation of pluripotent stem cell-derived progenitors and organoids to reconstitute in vivo liver function

    Eric Lagasse (US)
  • 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 TBD 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 TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  • 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)

• Next-Generation Transplantation: Regenerative Medicine Breakthroughs
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Giuseppe Orlando (US)

  • The bioartificial kidney: Lessons learned and the road ahead

    William Fissell (CA)
  • Organoids, organs-on-a-chip, and the path to organ manufacturing

    Sean Vincent Murphy (US)
  • Artificial heart: A life-saving bridge to transplant

    Francisco Arabia (US)

• Targeted Therapies and Tailored Dosing: The New Era in ABMR Treatment
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Jen Li (AU)

  • Is there still a role for anti IL-6R in ABMR treatment?

    Roslyn B. Mannon (US)
  • Is anti-CD38 the most promising agent for ABMR?

    Katharina Mayer (AT)
  • What does monitoring AUC add compared to C-trough only?

    Teun van Gelder (NL)
  • Model Informed precision dosing

    Anders Asberg (NO)

• Clinical Xenotransplantation has Arrived!
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Understanding optimal genetic modification

    Peter Cowan (AU)
  • Molecular analysis in clinical xenotransplantation

    Carmen Lefaucheur (FR)
  • Clinical xenotransplantation: A new era through the eyes of patients and families

    Macey L. Levan (US)

• Rise of the Machines: Maximizing donor opportunities in Thoracic Transplantation
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderator: Pablo Sanchez (US)

  • Debate 1: Pro normothermic regional perfusion

    Ashish S. Shah (US)
  • Debate 1: Pro ex vivo machine perfusion

    Peter MacDonald (AU)
  • Debate 2: Pro ex vivo perfusion

    Sandra Lindstedt Ingemansson (SE)
  • Debate 2: Pro immediate transplant

    Gregory I. Snell (AU)
  • Expanding the donor pool: Practical implementation of normothermic regional perfusion for DCD heart and lung recovery

    Irene Bello Rodriguez (ES)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)

• State of VCA- Present and Future
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderators: Patrik Lassus (FI), Hatem Amer (US)

  • Overview of VCA transplants

    Hatem Amer (US)
  • VCA becoming part of universal health care

    David Leonard (GB)
  • Is VCA reconstructive surgery or transplantation

    Linda C. Cendales (US)
  • Challenges and opportunities for VCA in the global south

    Subramania Iyer (IN)
  • Standardizing outcomes in VCA: Are we ready for a SONG or for COVER

    Allison Jaure (AU)

• Evolving Ethics and Emerging Trends in Transplantation
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderators: David Thomson (ZA), Aviva Goldberg (CA)

  • Rating ourselves on the ethics of NRP - How are we doing?

    Anji Wall (US)
  • Social media use in transplantation

    Shaifali Sandal (CA)
  • Ethical tissue sourcing for organoids: Why and How

    Katrina Bramstedt (CH)
  • Pediatric prioritization

    Thozama Siyotula (ZA)
  • Retransplantation after nonadherence (adult & children)

    Aaron Wightman (US)

• Evolving strategies in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderators: Helen Evans (NZ), Rajith Amaratunga (AU)

  • Isolated intestine transplantation for short gut syndrome in the era of GLP-2 agonist

    Yaron Avitzur (CA)
  • Novel immunosuppression in intestine transplantation

    Jennifer Garcia (US)
  • Pros and cons of protocol biopsy and stoma

    Jonathan Hind (AU)

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gender and Transplantation
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Regional and gender disparities in abstracts presented at international transplant congress

    Maggie Kam Man Ma (HK)
  • Unseen and unequal: Addressing gender and financial disparities in access to kidney transplantation

    Elmi Muller (ZA)
  • Redefining equity: Women, access, and outcomes in liver transplantation

    Gomathy Narasimhan (IN)
  • Designing gender-responsive transplant policies: Lessons from south and southeast Asia

    Yeong Hoon Kim (KR)

• Living Organ Donation in 2026: Unified Principles, Organ-Specific Nuances
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  • Shared framework for living donor evaluation: medical, psychosocial, and ethical core

    Krista Lentine (US)
  • Surgical challenges and functional outcomes in living kidney donation

    Mireia Musquera (ES)
  • Surgical challenges and functional outcomes in living liver donation

    DongJin Joo (KR)
  • Predictive models and global registry insights to enhance donor safety

    Allan Massie (US)

• Innovations in skin cancer in transplantation
  1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
  Moderators: Angela Webster (AU), Brenda Maria Rosales (AU)

  • Skin cancer risk prediction and communication

    Anne Cust (AU)
  • Evaluation of benefits and harms of melanoma screening in chronic disease

    Katy Bell (AU)
  • Complex surgical oncology

    Alexander Varey (AU)
  • Novel developments in keratinocyte cancer treatments in Australia

    Kiarash Khosrotehrani (AU)
  • Panel Discussion

    Discussion Period (AU)