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30th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2024) | Istanbul, Turkey | September 22-25, 2024

 Sunday, September 22, 2024

Satellite Meetings Industry Rooms
Allied Health Symposium
- TTS AHP Cte
- ITNS
- Turkish Tx Nurses
(translation in Turkish)

08:00-12:30		 Declaration of Istanbul Symposium

08:00-12:30		 Joint Post-Graduate Course
Basic and Clinical
08:00-10:00		 Regenerative Medicine Symposium

08:00-12:30		 IPTA Pediatric  Symposium


08:00-12:30		 Transplant Infectious Diseases


08:00-14:00		 Women in Transplantation
Promoting your career, research and access in transplantation with a sex and gender-conscious lens

08:00-14:00
Post-Graduate Course
Basic Science Topics


10:30-15:00		 Post-Graduate Course
Clinical Science Topics


10:30-15:00
Religious perspectives regarding ethical issues with xeno
13:30-16:00
Parallel Industry Mallinckrodt Pharma
   

Opening, Scientific Awards and Inspirational keynote
18:00-19:30

Welcome Reception - 19:30-21:00

 Monday, September 23, 2024

Beyazıt Emirgan 1 Emirgan 2 Beylerbeyi 1 Beylerbeyi 2 Hamidiye Maçka Üsküdar 3 Çamlıca 3B/01 Studio 1 – 3B-03 Studio 2 – 3B-04 Studio 1 – Yildiz 1

Abstract Sessions / Morning Industry Symposium - 08:00 - 09:15
Kidney
Kidney Surgical 1		   Basic
Biomarkers
 Tx Complications
Complications in transplantation
 Positioning Transplantation Journals: Prime source of information Ped
Pediatric Transplant 1
 Kidney
Kidney - Acute Rejection		 Donation
Making Donation Systems Work		 Santander 2023 and WHO resolution Lung transplant in pneumoconiosis New international TTS BK guidelines
Grab & Go Break / 09:15-09:30
210- Plenary Session 1 / 09:30-10:30
David A. D’Alessandro, USA on Innovations to improve and transform patient-important outcomes in cardiac transplantation
Recognition Awards
Henry Marsh, UK on Risk and the Surgeon

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 10:40-12:10
Kidney
Kidney Outcomes 1		 Histo
HLA histocompatibility		 ID
Bacterial and viral infections		 Liver
Liver techniques & malignancy		 Workshop
Registries, Databases and Repositories for Developing AI in Transplant Care		 Tx Immuno
Transplant Immuno 1		 Cell
Advances in cell transplantion		 MESOT
Transplantation landscape in the Middle-East: Current status and facts 		 Basic
Organ preservation, pre-conditioning and IRI 		Sex/Gender
Sex and gender
 in Tx		 Q&A
David A. D’Alessandro		 Simple six-step approach to plan a CME activity Q&A
Henry Marsh
Lunch Break - Exhibit Area  12:10-13:40 Recognition Awards Q&A  
A. Vathsala		   Recognition Awards Q&A  
Alejandro Nino-Murcia
 TAKEDA Industry Symposium - 12:25-13:25 (Üsküdar 1-2)
230- Meet the Experts/Mentors Lunch - 12:30-13:30

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 13:40-15:10
Kidney
Kidney Living Donor Tx 1		 Kidney
Kidney Transplant Management Challenges 1		 ID
General infectious diseases 1		 Ethics
Tackling global ethical issues in Tx		 Workshop
Teaching the transplant teachers
 Liver
Intestinal Transplant		 Donation
Surgical & Anesthesia Issues: Through a Donation Lens		 Basic
Immune monitoring and Biomarkers 		Workshop
Transplanting the Highly Sensitised patient		 Misc
Predictive model in Tx		 Social media in transplantation Recognition Awards
Q&A Pranjal R. Modi		 Q&A
Adam Alderson
Coffee Break - 15:10-15:40

Theme Invited Sessions - 15:40-16:40
Organ utilisation - do we need to challenge each other to do better? Genetics in Precision Medicine Promises of big data and AI - facts or fiction? Pancreas and Islet Workshop
Transformational learning - learning from failures/patient safety 		 Life participation and living well after transplantation Uterus-transplantation: where are we now Clinical trials design and end-points in transplantation       Recognition Awards Q&A Haval Shirwan   

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 16:50-18:30
Kidney
ABO incompatibility, HLA and Donor Characteristics		   Donation
Maximizing deceased donation		 Kidney
Basic Science Insights into Acute Rejection		 Workshop
The Big Idea-using data to drive change
17:00-18:30		 Thoracic
Lung tx
 Basic Sce
Innate Immunity and Inflammation		 Basic
Immunoregulation, tolerance		 Afternoon Industry Symp
MERCK
17:30-18:30		   ISN-TTS sister transplant centers - Discuss pair activities Case Study in PTLD
Vikas Dharmidharka

Networking Events - 18:30-19:30 (WIT) 

WIT EVENT

 

 

 

Early Career Member Event 19:00-21:30

 Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Beyazıt Emirgan 1 Emirgan 2 Beylerbeyi 1 Beylerbeyi 2 Hamidiye Maçka Üsküdar 3 Çamlıca 3B/01 Studio 1 – 3B-03 Studio 2 – 3B-04 Studio 3 – Yildiz 1

Abstract Sessions / Morning Industry Symposium - 08:00 - 09:15
ISOT
Expanding living and deceased donor pool in Asia

08:00-12:30		  
Kidney
Kidney Deseased
Donor Issues

 

 Liver
Complications & techniques		 Tx Immuno
Tx Immunosuppression 2		 Reg. Med
Regenerative medicine: focus on liver		 BK & CMV guidelines after SOT Basic Science
Biomarkers-Transcriptomics, Genomics and Metabolomics		 Kidney
Kidney Diagnostics		 TTS Research Grant Award Winners - Discuss their research The new Era of DCD education
Marti Manyalich
Grab & Go Break / 09:15-09:30    
310- Plenary Session 2 / 09:30-10:30
Kefeng Dou, Liver xenotransplant
Leonardo Riella, First kidney xenotransplantation with a genetically modified pig into a living human
Hiromitsu Nakauchi on Exogenic organs: Going beyond xenotransplantation

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 10:40-12:10
Kidney
Kidney Transplant Management Challenges 2		 Basic Science
Biomarkers and immune monitoring		 Basic Sce
Mechanisms of Allograft inflammation and rejection		 TTS-ISN Workshop
Accessibility & sustainability kidney Tx care		 Education Workshop
What's new in Living Donor Liver Tx		 Pancreas & Islet
Pancreas transplantation		 Thoracic
Heart tx		 Xeno
Xeno Tx 1		 Donation
Allocation and Utilization		 IXA Panel
Leonardo V. Riella, USA		 IXA Panel
Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Japan		 Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
Vikas Dharnidharka
Lunch Break - Exhibit Area  12:10-13:40
Industry Symposium - 12:25-13:25 (Üsküdar 1-2)
330- Meet the Experts/Mentors Lunch - 12:30-13:30

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 13:40-15:10
Kidney
Kidney Living Donor Tx 2		 ID
General infectious diseases 2		 Liver
Liver rejections, markers and complications		 Kidney
Kidney Outcomes and Complications 1		 Basic Sce
Novel Therapeutics and Immuno strategies 1		 VCA
Cutting edge of VCA tx		 AHP/Patient Care
Patient centered care in Tx		 MESOT
Organ transplantation activities in MESOT countries		 Workshop
Machine Learning (Technical)
13:30-15:30		   IXA Panel
Ke-Feng Dou,
China		 Banff Antibody
Mediated Injury
Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze
Coffee Break  - 15:10-15:40

Theme Invited Sessions - 15:40-16:40
Organ perfusion and preservation Dealing with post-transplant complications Kidney Transplant Surgery Advances in Antibody Assessment Education Workshop
Transition of solid organ recipients into adult medicine - a success story?		 Reproductive care - General Equity and access in transplantation Cellular therapies     Manuscript Guidelines
Carla Baan

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 16:50-18:30

   TTS-ILTS paired transplant Centers - Discuss the pair activities
Kidney
Kidney Outcomes 2		 Afternoon Symp
Ministry of Public Health – Qatar
17:30-18:30		 Basic Science
Regulatory immune cells and Tolerance 		 Kidney
Kidney Diagnostics / Surgical		 Education Workshop
Truth and lies in living donation		 Liver
Liver pediatric and miscellaneous		 Ped
Pedatric Transplant 2		 Basic
Organ preservation, IRI, Inflammation, Injury		  
International Mentee-Mentor Awards Networking Events - 18:30-19:30
Congress Networking Dinner - 20:00

 Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Beyazıt Emirgan 1 Emirgan 2 Beylerbeyi 1 Beylerbeyi 2 Hamidiye Maçka Üsküdar 3 Çamlıca Studio 1 – 3B-03 Studio 3 – Yildiz 1

Abstract Sessions / Morning Industry Symposium - 08:00 - 09:15

    
Kidney
Kidney Pre-Transplant Management		 Thoracic
Lung translational		 Liver
Liver cancer		 Donation
Living Donation		 TTS-Vitallink
Strengthening organ transplantation capacity in low-middle income countries (LMIC)		 Ethics
Ethics in organ donation		 Basic Sce
Novel Therapeutics and Immuno Strategies 2		 Kidney
Kidney Transplant - Donor and Recipient Issues
Grab & Go Break / 09:15-09:30

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 09:30-10:30

 Starzl
Q&A Montgomery
Kidney
Kidney Acute Rejection and Diagnostics		 Kidney
Kidney Surgical 2		 ID
Strategies to prevent infections in tx recipients		 Liver
Liver quality & Live donor		   LMIC Discussion
Organ donation in low-middle income countries		   Donation
Technology and Performance
 Basic Sce
Transcriptomics & Genomics-Biomarkers
President's Plenary
10:40-12:10
Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze on Embracing Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Principles to Improve Access and Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplantation
Medawar, Starzl award, etc		  
Lunch Break - Exhibit Area  12:10-13:40 Medawar Q&A
Ronald W. Busuttil		 Medawar Q&A
Shaf Keshavjee
 Industry Symposium - 12:25-13:25 (Üsküdar 1-2)
Meet the Experts/Mentors Lunch - 12:30-13:30

Abstract Sessions / Workshops - 13:40-15:10
Kidney
Kidney Outcomes and Complications 2		 Kidney
Kidney Post-Transplant Management Issues		 Basic Sce
Tregs and tolerance		 Pancreas & Islet
Islet transplantation		 Education Workshop
'Asking difficult questions during difficult times’ (consent)		 AST (Asia) Workshop
How Tx policy change practice?		 Education
Global perspective in TX and patient education		 Xeno
Xeno tx 2		 Donation
Organ preservation and perfusion		 Q&A
Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze		 Medawar Q&A
Mehmet Haberal
AST (Asia) Workshop
Health literacy & deceased organ donation
Coffee Break  - 15:10-15:25

Theme Invited Sessions - 15:25-16:25
Surfing the big data wave Infection complications in Transplantation Minimally Invasive Recipient Surgery: the future is here Education Workshop
What is cultural safety and how can it improve donation and transplantation care?		 Regenerative medecine Patient-centred care  Xenotransplantation’s Regulatory Road to the Clinic Normothermic Regional Perfusion (A-NRP and TA-NRP)
TTS Business Meeting - 16:30-17:00
Closing Ceremony and Keynote Address - 17:00-18:00
Michelle A. Josephson, USA on Pregnancy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients – current recommendations and controversies
Zofeen Ebrahim, Pakistan  on Through the Lens: A Journalist's perspective and experience in raising awareness on organ donation and transplantation
Presentation of WTC 2025 and TTS 2026