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Sunday, September 20, 2026

15:00–16:30 Opening Ceremony

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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16:45–18:30 Plenary Session 1 (with Starzl and Kanoria Awards)

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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Artificial intelligence in medicine
Karin Verspoor (AU)

Monday, September 21, 2026

09:15–10:30 Plenary Session 2 on Making Xenotransplantation Work for Humanity!

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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Chairs: Peter Cowan (AU); Macey L. Levan (US)

Clinical xenotransplantation: Experience to date
Tatsuo Kawai (US)

Xenozoonosis, no worries!
Anoma Nellore (US)

Let’s start with hearts (or lungs?)!
Richard N. Pierson (US)

Let’s start with islets!
Wayne J. Hawthorne (AU)

The ethics of new technology in xenotransplantation
Luz Padilla (US)

Panel Discussion
Discussion Period (AU)

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

09:15–10:30 TTS President's Plenary

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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Beyond technology: Building a collaborative societal ecosystem for transplantation (Reflections from China's transplant reform)
Haibo Wang (CN)

Presidential address
John J. Fung (US)
15:30–18:00 TSANZ President's Prize Awards

Cockle Bay 1 Plenary Session

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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

10:45–12:00 Plenary Session 3

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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Towards transplantable organs: Vascularized kidney organoids for renal regeneration
Ton J. Rabelink (NL)
12:00–12:30 TTS Business Meeting

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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15:20–16:30 Closing Plenary

Darling Harbour Plenary Session

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Gene and cell therapy in transplantation
Maria Grazia Roncarolo (US)

From donor to recipient: Microbiome signatures as predictors of post-transplant complications
Olivia Smibert (AU)