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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• 08:00–09:00 Key components of an ideal high volume transplant program setup: A global surgical perspective
  Room C3.6 Concurrent Surgery

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  Chairs: Dieter Broering (SA); he xiaoshun (CN)

  The European perspective

  Jiri Fronek (CZ)

  The Oceania perspective

  Henry Pleass (AU)

  Panel discussion

  Discussion Period (AU)
• 08:00–09:00 Metabolic dysfunction and liver transplantation
  Room C4.1 Concurrent Liver/Intestine

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  Chairs: Julie Heimbach (US); Geoffrey McCaughan (AU)

  Getting the right patients to transplant: Patient selection, pre-transplant evaluation, and organ allocation in MAFLD

  Kymberly Watt (US)

  Optimising outcomes in patients with obesity after transplant: lifestyle modification, bariatric surgery or lifelong GLP1 therapy?

  Marina Berenguer (ES)
• 08:00–09:30 CMV and BK virus in transplant recipients: Pearls from the guidelines and emerging frontiers
  Room C4.8 Concurrent Infectious Diseases

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  Chairs: Wanessa T. Clemente (BR); Jeremy Chapman (AU)

  Pearls from the BK guidelines

  Nassim Kamar (FR)

  Pearls from the CMV guidelines

  Camille N. Kotton (US)

  Beyond the guidelines- new developments and future directions: BK

  Germaine Wong (AU)

  Beyond the guidelines - new developments and future directions: CMV

  Atul Humar (CA)

  Panel discussion: challenging BK case, challenging CMV case

  Discussion Period (AU)
• 09:15–10:15 From allorecognition to allocation: Moving toward more individualized kidney transplant matching
  Room C4.1 Concurrent Histocompatibility

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  Chair: Rhonda Holdsworth (AU)

  Importance of HLA beyond the A/B/DR

  Anat Tambur (US)

  Beyond HLA: Expanding the immunologic landscape

  Toby Coates (AU)

  Precision risk stratification

  Wai Lim (AU)
• 09:15–10:15 Transplantation beyond traditional publications
  Room C4.10 Concurrent

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  Chairs: Stefan Tullius (US); Macey L. Levan (US)

  Special features: A reality check on opportunities and challenges

  Fadi Issa (GB)

  Editorial fellowships: A great opportunity to be involved

  Melanie Wyld (AU)

  Topic highlights – Article series

  Camille N. Kotton (US)

  Panel discussion

  Discussion Period (AU)
• 10:45–12:00 Expanding horizons in pancreas transplantation: Outcomes, techniques, and program development
  Room C4.9 Concurrent Pancreas and Islet

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  Chairs: Pablo Uva (AR); Toby Coates (AU)

  Current status of pancreas transplantation: Activity and outcomes around the world

  Angelika C. Gruessner (US)

  Donation after circulatory death (DCD) in pancreas transplantation: Logistics, use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) and outcomes

  Joana Ferrer (ES)
• 13:45–15:15 Pediatric cholestatic liver disease around the world
  Room C3.4-C3.5 Concurrent Pediatric Transplantation

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  Chairs: Gabriel E. Gondolesi (US); Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos (US)

  Biliary atresia - whats happening in Latin America. Access to KPE and transplantation

  Monserrat Arreola Gutierrez (MX)

  Progressive familiar intrahepatic cholestasis differences around the world and the role of medical vs. surgical therapy

  Mohamed Rela (IN)

  Primary sclerosing cholangiotis in children and adolescent

  Michael Stormon (AU)
• 13:45–15:15 Organ donation following MAID (VAD/euthanasia)
  Room C4.11 Concurrent Organ Donation and Critical Care

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  Chair: Helen Opdam (AU)

  Panelist representing Canada

  Matthew Weiss (CA)

  Panelist representing Australia

  Wade Stedman (AU)