TTS 2026 - Sydney, Australia

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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Pediatric 1: Size matters - Unique challenges in paediatric transplantation

8:00 AM – 9:10 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium

Pediatric 2: Vaccination in the post COVID world

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium

Pediatric 3: Novel therapies in kids - beyond the hype

10:45 AM – 11:40 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium

Pediatric 4: Tolerance and the future

11:40 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium

TID 1: Pushing the boundaries and unexpected transmissions

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderators: Benjamin Teh (AU), Cameron Wolfe (US)

TID 2: Case based discussion: recipient syndromes- is it a DDI?

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderator / Panelists: Camille N. Kotton (US), Helen Opdam (AU)

TID 3: Challenging bugs in vulnerable hosts: Diagnosis, treatment and prevention

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderators: Monica Slavin (AU), Ban Hock Tan (SG)

TID 4: Controversies (Cases and discussion panel in haematologic malignancy)

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderator / Panelists: Wanessa T. Clemente (BR), Matthew Roberts (AU)

PGC Clinical 1 - Transplant state of the art

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course

PGC Clinical 2 - Recipients

9:40 AM – 11:00 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course

PGC Clinical 3 - Contemporary issues in transplantation and obesity management

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course

PGC Basic 1 - What's hot in transplantation?

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course

PGC Basic 2 - Allorecognition and tolerance

9:40 AM – 11:00 AM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course

PGC Basic 3 - Translational science

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Post-Graduate Course

Global nursing and allied health part 1: Organ donation

8:00 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderators: Estephan Arredondo (ES), Anne Floden (SE)

WIT part 1: Scientific methods in sex/gender research

8:45 AM – 11:00 AM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderators: Anita Chong (US), Anette Melk (DE)

WIT part 2: Intersectionality, leadership, and policy impact

11:30 AM – 1:15 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderators: Yolanda Becker (US), Bethany J. Foster (CA)

Global nursing and allied health part 2: Transplantation

10:45 AM – 1:00 PM Room TBD Satellite Symposium
Moderators: Claire West (AU), Bronwyn Levvey (AU)

From principles to practice: Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in transplantation

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Room TBD Industry Symposium

Plenary Session 1 (with Starzl and Kanoria Awards)

4:45 PM – 6:30 PM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session
- Artificial intelligence in medicine
  
  Karin Verspoor (AU)

Monday, September 21, 2026

Personalizing immunosuppression in liver transplantation: From microbiome to malignancy

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Vasculopathy: A tale of three organs

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

The -omic era in allograft pathology

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Transplantation journals: Updates and opportunities

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Plenary Session 2 on Making Xenotransplantation Work for Humanity!

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session

Beyond survival: Addressing mental health in transplantation

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Dedicated donor care units: Centralized donor transfer and outcome optimization

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Lunch and Learn Roundtable

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Room TBD Experts/Mentors

Innovating the Pathway: Allied Health Contributions to Advancing Organ Donation and Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

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

Minimal Invasive Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Donor Evaluation and Optimization: Bridging Safety and Organ Utilization

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Using Technology to optimize outcomes of Liver Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Precision Immune Engineering in Kidney Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Advancing Uterus Transplantation: Global Practices, Innovations, and Program Development

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Harnessing the Power of Genetics in Pediatric Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

How to combat transplant tourism

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Senotherapy in transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Bridging Systems, Scaling Access: Asia-Pacific Leadership in Transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

The mentorship mosaic: Fostering growth in transplant training and practice

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent
Moderator: Natasha Rogers (AU)

Building high-performing transplant registries: Global consensus recommendations and a practical maturity framework

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Advancing ABO histocompatibility: Needs and solutions

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Expanding donor access: The impact of ECMO in thoracic transplantation

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Sex, cancer, and the graft: What women need most from transplant care

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Transplant without borders: Collaborative solutions for global kidney care

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Pediatric treatments on the Horizon

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Optimizing and utilizing old organ donors

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent

The journey to clinical xenotransplantation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent

TTS President's Plenary

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room Darling Harbour Plenary Session
- TBD
  
  Haibo Wang (CN)
- Presidential address
  
  John J. Fung (US)

Lunch and Learn Roundtable

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Room TBD Experts/Mentors

Deceased Donation Research: Findings and Future Directions

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session
Facilitator: Dominique Martin (AU)

Targeting immune cell metabolism to control alloimmunity

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Artificial intelligence (AI) in Transplant Education

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Transplanting Against the Antibody Odds

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Redefining Surgical Excellence: Metrics, Equity, and Global Perspectives

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Biology and beyond: Multiple dimensions of transplantation

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Obesity Management in Transplantation: Current Evidence and Practical Approaches

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Pluripotent stem cells and regenerative medicine: the future of transplantation?

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Transplant Oncology: Peering Over the Horizon

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Global collaboration in organ transplantation: Advancing ethical access, innovation, and sustainability

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Emerging infectious diseases in transplant ID

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Life after transplant: Supporting movement, confidence, and long-term recovery across all levels of ability (WTGF)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

ISOT: Redefining organ transplantation in resource-limited settings: Access, affordability, and global leadership from India - Part 1

1:30 PM – 3:05 PM Room TBD Concurrent
Moderators: Ravi Mohanka (IN), Swarnalatha Guditi (IN), Divyesh Engineer (IN), Amit Pasari (IN), Abi Abraham (IN), Amol Bhawane (IN), Manish Balwani (IN)

Solving immune problems for the life of the allograft

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Pregnancy in renal transplant recipients: Outcomes, barriers, and clinical management

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Room TBD Concurrent

ISOT: Redefining organ transplantation in resource-limited settings: Access, affordability, and global leadership from India - Part 2

3:35 PM – 6:10 PM Room TBD Concurrent
Moderators: Shruti Tapiawala (IN), Gireesh MS (IN), Mohan Patel (IN), Raj Kanwar Yadav (IN), Dhananjaya KL (IN), Pranjal Kashiv (IN), Ashish Sharma (IN), Narayan Prasad (IN), Vikas Jain (IN), Sourabh Sharma (IN), Pankaj Shah (IN)

Multidisciplinary: Leveraging shared infrastructure for hematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplantation

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Approaching and navigating difficult conversations with transplant patients

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Metabolic dysfunction and liver transplantation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Key components of an ideal high volume transplant program setup: A global surgical perspective

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room TBD Concurrent

From allorecognition to allocation: Moving toward more individualized kidney transplant matching

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Transplantation beyond traditional publications

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Plenary Session 3

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room Pyrmont Theatre Plenary Session
- Towards transplantable organs: Vascularized kidney organoids for renal regeneration
  
  Ton J. Rabelink (NL)
- Antibody mediated rejection as a continuum of risk
  
  Alexandre Loupy (FR)

Expanding horizons in pancreas transplantation: Outcomes, techniques, and program development

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Room TBD Concurrent

CMV and BK virus in transplant recipients: Pearls from the guidelines and emerging frontiers

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room TBD Concurrent

Lunch and Learn Roundtable

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM Room TBD Experts/Mentors

Next-Generation Transplantation: Regenerative Medicine Breakthroughs

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Targeted Therapies and Tailored Dosing: The New Era in ABMR Treatment

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Clinical Xenotransplantation has Arrived!

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Rise of the Machines: Maximizing donor opportunities in Thoracic Transplantation

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

State of VCA- Present and Future

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Evolving Ethics and Emerging Trends in Transplantation

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Evolving strategies in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gender and Transplantation

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Living Organ Donation in 2026: Unified Principles, Organ-Specific Nuances

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Innovations in skin cancer in transplantation

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD SOTA/Thematic Session

Pediatric cholestatic liver disease around the world

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Organ donation following MAID (VAD/euthanasia)

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Room TBD Concurrent

Closing Plenary

3:20 PM – 4:30 PM Room Pyrmont Theatre Plenary Session
- 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)