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Sunday, September 20, 2026
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08:00–15:00
Satellite Program (Pre-congress activities)
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08:00–13:00
Post-Graduate Course - Clinical Program
Skin cancers post transplantDiona Damian (AU)Pregnancy in transplantationShilpanjali Jesudason (AU)Geriatric transplantation: Pushing the boundariesTracey Ying (AU)Updates in infection disease for transplant recipient (CMV / Infectious diseases /Measles)Camille N. Kotton (US)Obesity: Advances with new medicationsAli Abbasi (US)ABO incompatible transplantation — Recipient sectionJames Lan (CA)Increasing transplantationBeatriz Domínguez-Gil (ES)Tissue typing for cliniciansLucy Sullivan (AU)Welcome and introductionVikas Sridhar (CA)Xeno – evolution & current stateRichard N. Pierson (US)From evidence to impact: The most important transplant papers of the yearSteve J. Chadban (AU)Transplant oncology: Liver transplantation for non-resectable colorectal liver metastasesSimone I. Strasser (AU)Advances in perfusion technique - Machine perfusion and NRPDan Harvey (GB)
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08:00–13:00
Post-Graduate Course - Fundamental and translational science
Innate allorecognitionAravind Cherukuri (US)Direct allorecognition: Does the peptide matter?Alexandra Sharland (AU)Achieving tolerance in NHPsXunrong Luo (US)Indirect allorecognition and DSA: What does the immune system see?Paige Porrett (US)Infectious tolerance through cell therapyMegan Levings (CA)Welcome and introductionTracey Ying (AU)Consumer engagement in basic scienceAmy Prosser (AU)Welcome and introductionGriffith Perkins (AU)What don't we know? A fundamental science perspectiveAnita Chong (US)Co-Presenting - Consumer engagement in basic scienceBrooke Huuskes (AU)What don't we know? A clinical transplantation perspectiveRoslyn B. Mannon (US)Machine perfusionYashutosh Joshi (AU)Experimental islet cell transplantationToby Coates (AU)Metabolism for dummiesLing Lu (CN)
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08:00–13:00
Pediatric Transplantation
Multiorgan transplantation in small recipientsGordon Thomas (AU)Improving access to transplantation in children across Asia PacificAna Rose Dy-Vicente (PH)Transplanting the unvaccinated childChanel Prestidge (NZ)BelataceptNicholas George Larkins (AU)DaratumumabDechu Puliyanda (US)Gene therapy for liver diseaseSusan Mei-Ling Siew (AU)A wish list for the future - a discussion with children and carersNicole Jane Scholes-Robertson (AU)
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08:00–15:00
Transplant Infectious Diseases (TID)
Tackling HHV-8: From risk to management. Global perspectives (Include perspective from different sites, application to AU/NZ)Tina Marinelli (AU)HIV in transplantation: Past lessons, future directionsElmi Muller (ZA)Microbiology on the fast trackMaricar Malinis (US)Unrecognized fungal infectionsJohn W. Baddley (US)New approaches (diagnostics and treatments)Priscilla Rupali (IN)Changing climates, changing viruses: The arboviral surgeWanessa T. Clemente (BR)Where do new drugs fit and AMSAlessandra Mularoni (IT)Respiratory infection and emerging vaccinesCamille N. Kotton (US)Respiratory infection and emerging vaccinesBenjamin Teh (AU)Refractory CMVBradley Gardiner (AU)Case 1Matthew Roberts (AU)Welcome remarksWanessa T. Clemente (BR)Welcome RemarksMatthew Roberts (AU)From mutation to medication: Current perspectives on respiratory virusesStephanie M. Pouch (US)Case 2Kanthi Vemuri (AU)NAMMonica Slavin (AU)Case 3Beatrice Sim (AU)Parasitic challenges in transplantation across non-endemic settingsRebekah Lane (NZ)PanelistsCameron Wolfe (US)Parasitic challenges in transplantation across endemic settingsSiriorn Watcharananan (TH)PanelistsStephanie M. Pouch (US)What the ID physician needs to know about new immunosuppressionOlivia Smibert (AU)Final RemarksWanessa T. Clemente (BR)
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08:00–13:00
Global nursing and allied health leadership in organ donation and transplantation
Introduction - The role of allied health professionalsEstephan Arredondo (ES)International perspectives and best practices in donation nursingIlaria Zardo (IT)Nursing management of deceased donors: clinical optimization of organs, tissues and cellsAnja Meyer (ZA)The evolution of transplant nursing roles over 3 decades in Australasia: A transplant coordinators perspectiveLibby John (AU)Orchestrating the exchange: Transplant nursing coordination in the ANZ paired kidney exchange program’Emma Vanhardveldt (AU)Nurse practitioner led clinics : Optimizing thoracic transplant patient outcomes in New ZealandJames Rance (NZ)Medication adherence - A key role for pharmacists in the transplant clinicSteven Ivulich (AU)Sexual health and pregnancy during the transplant journeyLisa A. Coscia (US)
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08:45–13:00
Women in Transplantation
WelcomeGermaine Wong (AU)Bridging the gap – gender and community inequities in research leadershipIsabella Faria (US)IntroductionAnette Melk (DE)Transforming transplant systems – policy solutions for Indigenous Peoples’ gender inequity in accessKelli Owen (AU)Beyond associations: Causal methods to address sex/gender inequities in transplant careJessica Harding (US)From vision to service – leading a transplant surgical team in low resource settingsGomathy Narasimhan (IN)A methodological framework for evaluating cellular and humoral sensitisation after pregnancySumoyee Basu (GB)Panel DiscussionDiscussion Period (AU)Designing equitable clinical trials – sex and gender representation in transplantation trialsAmanda Vinson (CA)Closing RemarksRuth Sapir-Pichhadze (CA)Panel DiscussionDiscussion Period (AU)
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09:00–12:30
TSANZ Research Accelerator Showcase
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13:30–14:30
From principles to practice: Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in transplantation
Chairs: Nazia Selzner (CA); Cynthia Tsien (CA)
2SLGBTQI-Inclusive care in organ donation and transplantationCarmen Hrymak (CA)Innovations to improve equity and access in pediatric kidney transplantationAviva Goldberg (CA)Mindfulness and meaning in transplant medicine: Supporting the workforceChaya Shwaartz (CA) -
15:00–18:30
Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session
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15:00–16:30
Opening Ceremony
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16:45–18:30
Plenary Session 1 (with Starzl and Kanoria Awards)
Artificial intelligence in medicineKarin Verspoor (AU)
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18:30–20:00
Welcome Reception