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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• 13:45–15:15 Clinical Xenotransplantation has Arrived!
  Cockle Bay 1 SOTA/Thematic Session Xenotransplantation

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  Chairs: Richard N. Pierson (US); Robert A. Montgomery (US)

  Understanding optimal genetic modification

  Peter Cowan (AU)

  Experience and immunosuppression for clinical xenotransplantation

  Raphael Meier (US)

  Molecular analysis in clinical xenotransplantation

  Carmen Lefaucheur (FR)

  Clinical xenotransplantation: A new era through the eyes of patients and families

  Macey L. Levan (US)
• 13:45–15:15 Living Organ Donation in 2026: Unified Principles, Organ-Specific Nuances
  Cockle Bay 2 SOTA/Thematic Session Surgery

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  Chairs: Kwang Woong Lee (KR); Henry Pleass (AU)

  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)
• 13:45–15:15 Targeted Therapies and Tailored Dosing: The New Era in ABMR Treatment
  Room C3.3 SOTA/Thematic Session Transplant Immunosuppression

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  Chair: 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)
• 13:45–15:15 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gender and Transplantation
  Room C3.6 SOTA/Thematic Session Equity and Diversity

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  Chairs: Maria Gomez (AE); Victorine Bandolo Nzana (CM)

  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)
• 13:45–15:15 Evolving Ethics and Emerging Trends in Transplantation
  Room C4.1 SOTA/Thematic Session Ethics and Transplantation

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  Chairs: 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)
• 13:45–15:15 Innovations in skin cancer in transplantation
  Room C4.5 SOTA/Thematic Session Thematic

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  Chairs: 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)
• 13:45–15:15 Rise of the Machines: Maximizing donor opportunities in Thoracic Transplantation
  Room C4.6 SOTA/Thematic Session Thoracic

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  Chairs: Miranda Paraskeva (AU); 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)
• 13:45–15:15 State of VCA- Present and Future
  Room C4.7 SOTA/Thematic Session VCA/Uterus

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  Chairs: 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)
• 13:45–15:15 Next-Generation Transplantation: Regenerative Medicine Breakthroughs
  Room C4.8 SOTA/Thematic Session Regenerative Medicine/Cell Tx

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  Chair: 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)
• 13:45–15:15 Evolving strategies in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation
  Room C4.9 SOTA/Thematic Session Liver/Intestine

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  Chairs: 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)