ESOT 2015 Advanced Program

17th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation
FROM THE HEART F EUROPE T

THE WORLD F TRANSPLANTATION
13-16 September 2015 Brussels, Belgium
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Advanced Program
The biennial congress of ESOT will take place in the

capital of Europe the theme for the meeting is
From the Heart of Europe to the World of
Transplantation. ESOT 2015 will build on the recent
very successful meetings in Vienna and Glasgow
with all forms of modern educational and training
aids in use. Besides different State of the Art sessions
dealing with several, still burning questions about organ donation and transplantation, many
important European contributions in the field of organ and tissue transplantation as well as
procurement will be highlighted. Attention will also be given to the European view in relation to
ethical and legal aspects in the field of donation and transplantation.
This is Brussels calling

Brussels is the thriving centre of Europe.
Brussels is home to the European Commission, Parliament and NATO, a buzzing, influential city
where history is made. The city is a key European commercial hub too, a base for many
progressive international companies. But more than that, Brussels is a compact city, friendly,
positive, cosmopolitan, easy to get around. For a major European capital, Brussels is
surprisingly eco-friendly too, peppered with parks and green spaces. A walk through Brussels
takes you through a potted architectural history, from ancient medieval buildings to strikingly
modern edifices, taking in the Art Nouveau styling of illustrious architect Victor Horta along
the way.
We look forward to seeing you at a very fruitful and memorable
congress in the capital of the European Union!
Jan Lerut and Dirk Van Raemdonck,
Congress Chairs
What we are planning

The Scientific Program Committee is made up of a blend of ESOT leaders, internationally
established experts and young and talented transplant physicians, surgeons and scientists,
all active in the various fields of transplantation. What are we planning for Brussels 2015?
We want to set up a congress that reflects the global dimension that transplantation has
acquired over the years. Indeed, today transplantation ranges from cells, to isolated organs,
multi-organs and even composite tissue allograft transplantation. It is performed on all
continents, requires the collaboration of a high number of distinct specialist areas, and is still
the focus of burgeoning clinical and basic research. But there is more to it than that!
We are facing exciting times where the idea of organ transplantation is being expanded to a
broader concept of functional organ replacement, in which new technologies are likely to play
a prominent role in the very near future. Realization of ideas such as organ regeneration, bioengineering or 3D-printing may be around the corner. The ambition of this Congress is to
present the highlights of transplantation today and what we think they might be tomorrow!
We will strive to capture this diversity in the development of the scientific program so that,
whether young or old, scientist, surgeon or physician, whether looking for up-to-date
knowledge on daily clinical practice or cutting edge research, every attendee can be sure to
find a relevant and stimulating session.
We welcome your contributions and to sharing latest researches and clinical cases.
Daniel Abramowicz and Thierry Berney
SPC Chairs
Top 10 Reasons to Attend:

1.
Enjoy a stimulating rejuvenated format with a focus on interaction and information

exchange AND the latest developments in the field of transplantation.
2. Be inspired, educated, connected and entertained.

3. Moving "Beyond the Horizon" with experts and innovative thinkers from all fields.
4. Understand the latest trends in biomarkers, biologicals and immunosuppression and
how this may change patient care.
5. Learn about the latest discoveries in the science of transplantation and aging.
6. Experience translational research and recent developments at the interjunction
between basic science and clinical care.
7.
Attend courses addressing the greatest surgical or immunological challenges.
8.
Discuss present and upcoming challenges in transplantation: where business,

legislation and medicine/science meet.
9.
Present your work and be selected as a case/topic for focused discussions

guided and instructed by key opinion leaders in the field.
10. Get engaged in this interactive meeting and take an active role in shaping the
future of transplantation research and medicine.
Table of content
2 Scientific Program Overview
24 Registration fees
4 Committees
25 Information
5 Specialty update Symposia
26 ESOT 2015 Congress Awards
15 Program
Scientific Program Overview

Sunday, September 13
Monday, September 14
08.00 09.00 h
13.00 14.30 h
Astellas
Corporate
Symposium
Chiesi
Corporate
Symposium
Education Committee Campfire
Healthcare Allied Professional

Joint Symposium ETAHP&ITNS
Ethical, Legal and

Psychosocial by ELPAT
Vascularized Composite by VCA
Basic Science by BSC
Thoracic by ECTTA
EKITA&ERA-EDTA DESCARTES
Joint Symposium
Pancreas & Islets by EPITA
Organ Donation Meeting by EDTCO
09.00 12.50 h
Liver & Intestine by ELITA
SPECIALTY SYMPOSIA
09.10 10.40 h
Full Oral Sessions
State of the Art 1

LIVE CASTED
Global warming
in transplantation
10.40 11.10 h
11.10 12.40 h
13.00 14.00 h
Brief Oral Sessions
State of the Art 2
State of the Art 3
B-yond the horizon:

humoral responses
in transplantation
Decision tree or
lottery: allocating
grafts and therapies
Coffee break
Full Oral Sessions
Macopharma
Best Abstract
Challenge
Novartis One
Pharma- Lambda
ceuticals
Corporate Symposia
Gilead
The Devils
Advocate
Future
Leaders
Forum by
YPT
LIVE CASTED
14.05 15.35 h
Plenary Session 2
Of men and machine
14.45 16.15 h
Astellas Corporate Symposium

15.35 16.00 h
16.30 19.00 h
Opening & Plenary Session 1
Coffee break
16.00 17.00 h
Beyond the
Horizon 1
LIVE CASTED
The future of
human body
Beyond the
Horizon 2
The race of
tolerance with
regenerative
medicine
17.00 18.00 h
HOTT Project
Workshop
ESOT meets the

Editors
LIVE CASTED
Full Oral
Sessions
ESOT meets the World
18.00 19.30 h
19.00 20.00 h
Brief Oral
Sessions
ePoster Speed Dating

Session Opening
Networking Event
19.00 22.00 h
Brief Oral
Sessions
A Night at the Square
Astellas Corporate Symposium
Brief Oral
Sessions
Tuesday, September 15
08.00 09.00 h
09.10 10.40 h
Full Oral Sessions
State of the Art 4

LIVE CASTED
Markers & makers
of success and
failure
State of the Art 5

The new frontier:
transplantation
across antibody
barriers
10.40 11.10 h
Coffee break
11.10 12.40 h
Guess what?
Striking clinical
cases
Wednesday, September 16
Brief Oral Sessions
08.00 09.00 h
State of the Art 6

The enemy within:
improving
compliance and
drug levels
09.10 10.40 h
10.40 11.10 h
Brief Oral Sessions
Late Breaking
Session
State of the Art 7
State of the Art 8
State of the Art 9
Immunosuppression:
Is the pipeline
empty?
Cell therapy:
Hit or miss?
Life after
transplantation:
blessing or curse?
Full Oral Sessions
Coffee break
Beyond the Horizon
Full Oral Sessions
The Devils
Advocate
11.10 13.00 h
Presidential Session &

Honorary Membership Ceremony
CLOSING
13.00 14.00 h
Dr. Khler
Chemie
Sandoz
BristolMyers
Squibb
Corporate Symposia
Immucor
Rising
Stars
Video
Session
by YPT
Brief Oral
Sessions
Who should attend?

Plenary Session 3
14.05 15.35 h
Transplantation 2.0.15
15.35 16.00 h
16.00 17.00 h
18.30 19.30 h
Coffee break
Beyond the Horizon 3
LIVE CASTED
Organ resuscitation
lab
Beyond the Horizon 4

Crazy transplants or
transplants of
tomorrow?
Full Oral Sessions
ESOT GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Brief Oral
Sessions
Sanofi Corporate
Symposium
Brief Oral
Sessions
YPT ePoster
Cocktail
Transplant surgeons
17.15 - 18.45 h
17.00 18.30 h
The target audience for this conference

includes all fields involved in health
care and research with an affiliation in
transplantation. This includes but is not
limited to:
Physicians of all fields with an

involvement in transplantation
Coordinators, Nurses
General surgeons and clinicians
with an interest in transplantation
Transplant scientists
Nutrition and rehabilitation
specialists and coordinators
Transplant pharmacists
Further, health care professionals with
an involvement in treatment of organ
failure, cell therapy, tissue and
regenerative medicine are warmly
welcome to our conference.
ESOT 2015 Brussels Congress Local Organizing Committee

Chairs:
Jan Lerut
Dirk Van Raemdonck
Members:
Olivier Detry, Lige (ULG)
Vincent Donckier, Brussels (ULB)
Patrick Evrard, Mont-Godinne (UCL)
Jacques Pirenne, Leuven (KUL)
Xavier Rogiers, Ghent (UG)
Bernard Stockman, Aalst (OLV)
Martin Wissing, Brussels (VUB)
Dirk Ysebaert, Antwerp (UA)
ESOT 2015 Scientific Program Committee

Chairs:
Daniel Abramowicz, Antwerp, Belgium
Thierry Berney, Geneva, Switzerland
Members:
Patrizia Burra, Padua, Italy | Franco Citterio, Rome, Italy | Edward Geissler, Munich, Germany |
Denis Glotz, Paris, France | Maarten Naesens, Leuven, Belgium | Gabriel Oniscu, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom | Andreas Pascher, Berlin, Germany | Luciano Potena, Bologna, Italy | Axel
Rahmel, Frankfurt, Germany | Olivier Thaunat, Lyon, France | Teun van Gelder, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands | Thomas Wekerle, Vienna, Austria
ESOT 2015
Organizing Executive
ESOT 2015Sponsorship
Advisory Committee
Thierry Berney
Jan Lerut
Maarten Naesens
Gabriel Oniscu
Olivier Thaunat

John Forsythe, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Stefan Schneeberger, Innsbruck, Austria
Annalisa Ponchia, ESOT Executive Officer
ESOT 2014 2015 Council

President: John Forsythe, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Past President: Carla Baan, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Secretary: Thierry Berney, Geneva, Switzerland
Treasurer: Stefan Schneeberger, Innsbruck, Austria
Councillors:
Marina Berenguer, Valencia, Spain | Diego Cantarovich, Nantes, France | Franco Citterio, Rome,
Italy | Aksel Foss, Oslo, Norway | Robert Langer, Budapest, Hungary | Ugo Livi, Udine, Italy | Birgit
Sawitzki, Berlin, Germany | Jonas Wadstrm, Stockholm, Sweden | Dirk Ysebaert, Antwerp, Belgium
Members:
Lionel Badet, Lyon, France VCA Committee Chair | D.L. Bensdorp The Netherlands | Lisa Burnapp,
London, United Kingdom EDTCO Chair | Undine Gerlach, Berlin, Germany YPT Committee Chair |
Sir Peter Morris, London, United Kingdom CET Director | Paolo Muiesan, Birmingham, United
Kingdom ELITA Chair | Rainer Oberbauer, Vienna, Austria EKITA Chair | Vassilios Papalois, London,
United Kingdom Education Committee Chair | Rutger Ploeg, Oxford, United Kingdom Ambassador
Committee Chair | Luciano Potena, Bologna, Italy ECTTA Chair | Johann Pratschke, Berlin,
Germany EPITA Chair | Willem Weimar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ELPAT Chair | Thomas
Wekerle, Vienna, Austria Basic Science Committee Chair
Executive Officer: Annalisa Ponchia, Padua, Italy
SPECIALTY UPDATE SYMPOSIA

Sunday, September 13, 2015
09.00 12.50 Specialty Update Symposium:
Advances and challenges of Liver Transplantation for HCV liver cirrhosis
09.00
Introduction
Paolo Muiesan, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Christophe Duvoux, Paris, France
Session 1:
Liver Transplantation for patients with HCV Liver Cirrhosis

CHAIRS: Luca S Belli, Milan, Italy
Thomas Berg, Leipzig, Germany
09.15
Liver transplantation for HCV liver cirrhosis in Europe results from the ELTR
Ren Adam, Paris, France
09.35
The new weapons and their combinations: the present and 5 year outlook
Thomas Berg, Leipzig, Germany
09.55
Expected epidemiologic changes in the liver transplant lists in Europe

Stefano Fagiuoli, Bergamo, Italy
10.20 10.40
Q&A
Session 2:
The new treatments for Hepatitis C in liver transplant candidates and recipients
CHAIRS: Christophe Duvoux, Paris, France
Stefano Fagiuoli, Bergamo, Italy
11.10
New regimens in listed patients and ELITA recommendations

Luca S. Belli, Milan, Italy
11.30
New regimens for post transplant HCV disease recurrence and

ELITA recommendations
Christophe Duvoux, Paris, France
11.50
Cost effectiveness and sustainability of the new regimens

Sylvie Deuffic, Paris, France
12.10
Final results on the SILVER Study

Edward Geissler, Regensburg, Germany
12.30 12.50
Q&A
ELITA in pills: The European Liver and Intestine Transplantation Association is a multi-disciplinary Society of
health professionals in liver and intestine transplantation which is the official professional society delegated by
ESOT for liver and intestine transplantation in Europe.
Goals: To provide a range of educational activities, stimulate discussion and influence European legislation in
liver and intestine transplantation. In partnership with the European Liver Transplant Registry to stimulate
clinical research and publications from analysis of the registry.
Aim: Our aim is to set guidelines and standards and to provide education and support in liver and intestine
transplantation within the European Countries.
Objectives: To provide the liver transplant professionals with up to date information on donor selection,
anatomical and surgical technical pitfalls and management of recipients after small for size syndrome in
split and living donor liver transplants.
Target audience: Liver transplant surgeons and hepatologists, HPB surgeons and general hepatologists,
HPB oncologists, specialist nurses in liver transplantation, HPB, hepatology and oncology.

Challenges in Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
Session 1:
Unstable diabetes and treatment options

CHAIRS: Johann Pratschke, Berlin, Germany
Steve White, Newcastle, United Kingdom
09.00
Pancreas transplantation?
Stephen Bartlett, Baltimore, United States
09.30
Islet transplantation?
Paul Johnson, Oxford, United Kingdom
10.00
We do not need either we have insulin and technology

Pratik Choudhary, London, United Kingdom
10.30 - 10.40
Q&A
Session 2:
The future of beta cell therapy

CHAIR: Paul Johnson, Oxford, United Kingdom
11.10
The first clinical experience with islet scaffolds

Barbara Ludwig, Dresden, Germany
11.40
Stem cells are the future

Eelco de Koning, Leiden, The Netherlands
12.10
Islet encapsulation
Berit Lkengard Strand, Trondheim, Norway
12.40 - 12.50
Q&A
EPITA in pills: The European pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association is a section of ESOT founded to
provide a Forum for the pancreas and islet transplantation community in Europe.
Goals: To facilitate the exchange of information of the field of pancreas and islet transplantation.
Aim: The aim of EPITA is to contribute to the development of the pancreas and islet transplantation field and of
alternate forms of beta-cell replacement therapy for the benefit of patients suffering from type 1 diabetes.
Objectives: To review recent developments in pancreas and islet transplantation.

To aim for an excellent graft survival despite increasing challenges in organ quality.
Target audience: Transplant surgeons and physicians, transplant coordinator, nurses and
medical student with an interest in transplantation of pancreas and islets.
ESOT 2013, Vienna

09.00 12.50 EKITA-DESCARTES Joint Symposium:

Personalization in Transplantation
CHAIRS: Rainer Oberbauer, Vienna, Austria
Daniel Abramovicz, Brussels, Belgium
09.00
Definition of sensitization (including solid phase technologies)

stratification and impact on the success of the Transplant
Sren Schwartz Srensen, Copenhagen
09.20
Impact of sensitization on the waiting time Simulations of real world data

Frans Claas, Leiden, The Netherlands
09.40
Cost-effectiveness of ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation and

kidney paired donation
Umberto Maggiore, Milan, Italy
10.00
Diagnosis and Treatment of ABMR based on the individual immunologic profile

Georg Bhmig, Vienna, Austria
10.20 - 10.30
Q&A
11.00
Novel tools/biomarkers to stratify diagnosis, prognosis and prediction

using omics technologies
Gunilla Einecke, Hannover, Germany
11.30
Pathophysiology and drug mechanism of action: systematic integration and

linking with outcome
Bernd Mayer, Vienna, Austria
12.00 - 12.50
Q&A to personalization in transplantation live polls

Franco Citterio, Rome, Italy
EKITA in pills: EKITA is the kidney section of ESOT and deals with all aspects of renal transplantation. As a
European platform, EKITA supports research, education and clinical work in this area. Furthermore, EKITA is
highly ambitious in preparing policies and creating transnational interactions to advance renal allografting in all
European member states.
Goals: The main goal of EKITA is to improve quality of life of people with ESRD by advancing all aspects of kidney
transplantation.
Aims: The ultimate aim of EKITA is the optimization of renal transplantation trough activities in research,
education, clinical collaboration and health policy.
Descartes is an ERA-EDTA Working Group.
Objectives: To provide an overview and offer specific solutions for the 'complicated'/ sensitized patient.
Solutions range from individualization through omics technologies to bioinformatics approaches.
Target audience: Transplant surgeons and physicians, nephrologist, immunologists at all
stages of training and expertise.
ESOT 2013, Vienna

Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of early and late thoracic graft dysfunction:
a journey with the graft from the donor to the long-term recipient
Session1:
Thoracic organ donor management: setting the standards and pushing the limits
CHAIRS: Arne Neyrink, Leuven, Belgium
Luciano Potena, Bologna, Italy
09.00
Report from the consensus conference on thoracic organ donors:

recommendations and unmet needs
Arne Neyrinck, Leuven, Belgium
09.20
Debate: How to improve transportation and reconditioning of explanted lungs:

Reconditioning while warm perfusion
Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven, Belgium
Cold transportation and then bench reconditioning
Shaf Keshavjee, Toronto, Canada
10.00
How to optimize heart preservation and recovery

Bruno Podesser, Vienna, Austria
10.20
Resuscitating and transplanting a non-beating heart: it-could-work!

Macdonald Peter, Sydney, Australia
10.40
Featured abstract
Simon Messer, London, United Kingdom
Session 2:
Controversy and new knowledge in the management of machines and immunity

CHAIRS: Michiel Erasmus, Groningen, The Netherlands
Ugo Livi, Udine, Italy
11.15
Debate: Optimize transplantation timing in VAD patients on the waiting list:

Only stable VAD patients should be transplanted
Andreas Zuckermann, Vienna, Austria
Only complicated VAD patients should be transplanted
Evgenij Potapov, Berlin, Germany
11.45
Modalities, indications and outcomes of patients needing ECMO support before

lung transplantation
Franco Valenza, Milan, Italy
12.05
Mechanisms of antibody mediated injury: looking for therapeutic targets in

thoracic transplantation
Elaine Reed, Los Angeles, United States
12.25
Featured abstract
Antoine Roux, Paris, France
12.40
Closing remarks
ECTTA in pills: The Thoracic Committee has been endorsed to promote initiatives aimed at improving the
educational and scientific opportunities ESOT can offer to professionals involved in heart and lung
transplantation.
Goals: Our ambition is to become a gathering home to foster scientific growth, exchange programs, collaborative
projects and funding opportunities dedicated to European heart and lung transplantation programs.
Aim: Improve quality of care for patients with end-stage heart or lung disease and for thoracic organ transplant
recipients. Advance education and stimulate networking amongst thoracic transplant professionals.
Objectives: To provide updates on the etiologies, mechanisms, treatment strategies and diagnostic tools of
early and late dysfunction of the transplanted heart and lungs. The lectures will focus on the main
strategies and mechanisms leading to graft dysfunction starting from donor and organ management, to
prevention of long-term chronic immunological injury leading to graft impairment.
Target audience: Cardiologist, Pneumologists, Cardio-thoracic surgeons, Anestesiologists,
Transplant coordinators.

VCA: Where are the limits, what is the future?
CHAIRS: Emmanuel Morelon, Paris, France
Lionel Badet, Lyon, France
09.00
Limitations and results of face transplantation

Sylvie Testelin, Amiens, France
09.30
Limitations and results of upper limb transplantation

10.00
Laryngeal and Tracheal transplantation

Pierre Delaere, Leuven, Belgium
2nd Part:
Joint Session Basic Science & Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

CHAIRS: Pietro Cipp, Zurich, Switzerland
Henri Leuvenink, Groningen, The Netherlands
11.10
Chronic rejection in VCA: from myth to reality

Olivier Thaunat, Lyon, France
11.40
Cell-based therapy options in VCA

Jan Plock, Zurich, Switzerland
12.10
What have we learned from animal models in VCA?

Gerald Brandacher, Baltimore, United States
VCA in pills: VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery.
This committee brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
Goals: Our goal is to raise the scientific and clinical development of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
(VCA) in Europe and to serve as a platform for scientists and clinicians for information and exchange.
Objectives: Understand the risks and limits of face and upper limb transplantation; Discuss and implement
new data to characterize chronic rejection; Discuss the contribution of animal models in VCA; Discuss
alternatives strategies for patients' management.
Target audience: Surgeons, physicians, researchers, transplant coordinators.
09.00 12.50 BSC Specialty Update Symposium

CHAIR: Joanna Heesters, Oxford, United Kingdom
09.00
Artificial organs/regenerative medicine

Harald Ott, Boston, United States
09.30
Rescuing organs (recovering and revitalizing discarded organs)

10.00
Xenotransplantation (of islets)

Massimo Trucco, Pittsburgh, Unites States
2nd Part:
Joint Session Basic Science & Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

11.10
Chronic rejection in VCA: from myth to reality

Olivier Thaunat, Lyon, France
11.40
Cell-based therapy options in VCA

Jan Plock, Zurich, Switzerland
12.10
What have we learned from animal models in VCA?

Gerald Brandacher, Baltimore, United States
BSC in pills: The Basic Science Committee promotes Basic science in transplantation in Europe.
Goals: Translation of innovation into clinical activity; Communication between basic scientists and clinicians;
Collaboration between laboratories in Europe.

08.30 12.50 Healthcare Allied Professionals Joint Symposium ETAHP & ITNS
Supporting self-management in transplant patients: an interdisciplinary journey
Session 1:
What should and could we do?

CHAIRS: Marjo van Helden, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Yaprak S. Ordin, Izmir, Turkey
08.30
Introduction
Marjo van Helden, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
08.40
Lifestyle problems: which issues do we face?

Christiane Kugler, Hannover, Germany
09.10
Lifestyle interventions for transplant patients: state of the art

Jasper Vanhoof, Leuven, Belgium
Session 2:
Promoting a healthy lifestyle: the roles of allied health disciplines

CHAIRS: Anna Forsberg, Lund, Sweden
09.40
Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse

Nathalie Duerinckx, Leuven, Belgium
10.00
Role of the physiotherapist

Edwin van Adrichem, Groningen, The Netherlands
10.20
Role of the pharmacist

Andrea Devaney, Oxford, United Kingdom
10.40
Role of the psychologist and social worker

Ins Mega, Lisbon, Portugal
Session 3:
Tailored self-management interventions for vulnerable populations

CHAIRS: Marion Wessels, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Andrea Devaney, Oxford, United Kingdom
11.20
People with low health literacy

Cynthia Russell, Kansas City, United States
11.40
Adolescents and young adults

Paul Harden, Oxford, United Kingdom
12.00
Elderly people
Oliver Mauthner, Basel, Switzerland
12.20 - 12.50
Panel discussion and take home messages

Fabienne Dobbels, Leuven, Belgium
ETAHP In pills: ETAHP reaches out to nurses, e.g. basic nurses, advanced practice nurses and nurse coordinators
(recipient care); psychologists; physiotherapists; social workers; dieticians; pharmacists and other professionals
working in the field of transplantation.
Goals: Within ETAHP, nurses and allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe will be united to ensure the
best care possible to all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
Aims: We will do so by creating a strong European interdisciplinary platform to:
share evidence-based knowledge
exchange experiences and provide training
facilitate research and clinical collaborations
set the standards for the quality of care in transplant nursing and for allied health professionals.
Objectives: The lectures will focus on post transplant lifestyle problems, the role of nurses and allied health
professionals in promoting a healthy lifestyle, and non-medical interventions aiming to improve posttransplant self-management.
Target audience: Nurses, physical therapists, dieticians, social workers, occupational therapists
psychologists, among other allied healthcare professionals.

Unspecified living organ donation to a stranger
CHAIRS: Annette Lennerling, Gothenburg, Sweden
Willem Weimar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
09.00
Is it unethical for doctors to encourage healthy adults to donate a kidney to a stranger?

Antonia Cronin, London, United Kingdom
09.30
Unspecified donors and domino-paired chains

Willij Zuidema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
10.00
Acceptability of public solicitation, the role of social media

Mihaela Frunza, Cluj, Romania
10.30 - 10.40
Q&A
11.10
The legal debate on anonymous donation

Leonie Lopp, Mnster, Germany
11.40
Psychological outcomes after unspecified donation

Hannah Maple, London, United Kingdom
12.10
Ethical and practical issues of breaking anonymity

Linda Wright, Toronto, Canada
12.40 - 12.50
Q&A
ELPAT in pills: Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation (ELPAT) is a European platform
that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on ethical, legal, and psychosocial aspects
of organ donation and transplantation.
Goals: Provides a forum for discussion about ethical, legal, and psychosocial problems and questions related to
donation and transplantation; Organizes regular, international open and invitational conferences.
Objectives: To increase the knowledge, understanding, and skills to implement a successful

living kidney exchange program.
Target audience: Nephrologists, surgeons, psychologists, social workers, transplant
coordinators, nurse practitioners.
ESOT 2013, Vienna

09.00 16.00 EDTCO 2015 Symposium Brussels:
Donation at the end-of-life: routine rather than exception
Session 1:
Donation at the end of life: what do we do well and what could we do better?
CHAIRS: Julien Charpentier, Paris, France
Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Frhlich, Stuttgart, Germany
09.00
Lessons learned from ACCORD

Beatriz Domnguez-Gil, Madrid, Spain
& Paul Murphy, Leeds, United Kingdom
09.20
Engaging intensive care professionals in deceased donation: What can the

transplant community do?
Axel Rahmel, Frankfurt, Germany
09.35
What can professional societies do?

Jacques Duranteau, Paris, France - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
09.50
What can individuals do?

Stephan Eschertzhuber, Innsbruck, Austria
10.05 10.25
Audience and speakers discussion
Session 2:
Family approach: theory into practice

Family approach: the way I do it when
CHAIRS: Beatriz Domnguez-Gil, Madrid, Spain
Dagmar Vernet, Bern, Switzerland
10.40
Brain death criteria are met

Paolo Maia, Porto, Portugal
10.55
Brain death is expected, but has not occurred yet

Teresa Pont, Barcelona, Spain
11.10
Circulatory death is expected to occur following the Withdrawal of Life Sustaining

Treatment (Controlled DCD)
Tineke Wind, Maastricht, The Netherlands
11.25
Unexpected circulatory death occurs following unsuccessful cardiopulmonary

resuscitation (Uncontrolled DCD)
Anna Faucher, Annecy, France
11.40 12.00
Session 3:
The Moral Maze: Upholding the overall best interests of the dying patient
CHAIRS: Bernadette Haase, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dirk Ysebaert, Antwerp, Belgium
13.00
Is it ethically and legally defensible to overrule the expressed consent of the dying
patient to be an organ donor?
For: Michael Bos, The Hague, The Netherlands
Against: David Shaw, Glasgow, United Kingdom
13.20 13.35
13.35
Is ethically and legally defensible to initiate and continue active treatment beyond
futility to incorporate the option of organ donation in the end-of-life care pathway?
For: Dale Gardiner, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Against: Julien Charpentier, Paris, France
13.55 14.10

Session 4:
How can we raise awareness and engage society and the public in the deceased
organ donation debate?
CHAIRS: Lisa Burnapp, London, United Kingdom
David Paredes, Barcelona, Spain
14.25
Advertising for donation after death: what makes a difference?

Jeantine Reiger, Leiden, The Netherlands
Social media: do the benefits outweigh the risks in engaging the public?
14.50
Patient perspective
Nicholas Palmer, Head of Advocacy at the National Kidney Federation
15.00
Donor family perspective

Tim Overdiek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15.10
Healthcare professional perspective

Danica Avsec, Ljubljana, Slovenia
15.20
Journalist perspective
Melissa Thermidor, United Kingdom
15.30 16.00
Audience and panel discussion
EDTCO in pills: EDTCO is a section within ESOT dedicated to donation and procurement activities.
Goals: Increase organ and tissue availability; Ensure the quality and safety of organs and tissues for
transplantation; Optimise the safety of living donors and care for deceased donors and their relatives; Optimise
potential recipient care and follow-up through effective clinical coordination.
Aim: To establish clinically effective programmes in organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation
by supporting and representing all healthcare professionals involved in the process.
Objectives: To promote better understanding of the barriers to deceased donation;

To develop knowledge and skills in end of life care, donor management and family support;
To enhance collaboration between healthcare professionals working in the fields of intensive care
medicine and organ and tissue donation.
Target audience: Healthcare professionals involved in intensive care and emergency medicine, end of
life care, organ and tissue donation and coordination. Patient, family and society representatives,
EU commissioners and political representatives.
ESOT 2013, Vienna
Talk to me and I will forget.

Teach me and I might remember.
Involve me and I will learn!!!
Benjamin Franklin
09.00 12.50 1st ESOT Education Campfire

09.00
Welcome and introduction

Vassilios Papalois, Education Committee Chair
09.10
Presentation of the Campfire format and themes

Frank Dor, Education Committee Vice-Chair
09.20 09.35
Theme 1: European Transplant Fellowship and Mentorship Programs.

The time has come to learn from each other
Introduced by Bynvant Sandhu, London, United Kingdom
This is where we will discuss:
New avenues in transplant education, training and professional

development.
Transplant programs across Europe.
09.35 09.50
Theme 2: Keep Calm, you are not alone with your decision:
The MDT is here to help
Introduced by Herold Metselaar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Decision making when part of a multidisciplinary transplant team.
09.50 10.10
Theme 3: Tools to deal with the information Tsunami. How to become an

Information Master
Introduced by Simon Knight, Oxford, United Kingdom
& Luca Toti, Rome, Italy
How to master the tsunami of medical information.
Quality lifelong learning.
10.10 10.25
Theme 4: The DO's and DON'Ts of starting and growing a new

transplant program
Introduced by Andrew Ready, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Aim and the Motivation.
The Best Approach for a deep-rooted and long lasting program.
10.25 11.30
Light the fire!

Group discussion over presented themes
11.30 12.15
Get together
Reports from groups
12.15 12.50
Summary of the outcomes from the campfire and take home actions
Vassilios Papalois, Education Committee Chair
Frank Dor, Education Committee Vice-Chair
Who should attend: Any Transplant Professional from Senior to Generation Y

The Education Committee is dedicated to:
Promoting the overall educational philosophy and programs of ESOT
Organising and supporting the advanced courses which are part of
the formal ESOT education pathway
Collaborating with the ECs of Transplant Societies across Europe and
beyond to promote transplant education in a mutually beneficial way
Provide quality control for the UEMS-ESOT Exams in
Transplantation, Surgery, Medicine, Coordination and Immunology
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
SUNDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER
16.45 18.00
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
16.30 18.30
OPENING of the ESOT 2015 Brussels Congress
16.30 16.45
Welcome addresses by the Congress Chairs:

Jan Lerut, Brussels, Belgium;
Dirk van Raemdonck, Leuven, Belgium
ESOT Meets the World

Moderator: John Forsythe, ESOT President
KEY LEARNING: Overview of transplantation in culturally diverse regions

Forum on major issues on Transplantation, discussants:
For the American Society of Transplantation:
Roslyn Mannon, Birmingham, United States
For the Asian Society of Transplantation:
Chao-Long Chen, Taipei, Taiwan
For the Middle East Society of Transplantation:
Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini, Shiraz, Iran
For the South Latin American & Caribbean Society of Transplantation:
Valter Duro Garca, Porto Alegre, Brasil
Who should attend: General, Donation policies, Politics, Cultural issues
18.00 18.20
Keynote presentation: Building a more Social Europe, One Step at a Time

Herman van Rompuy, President European Council emeritus
18.20 18.45
PIANO PERFORMANCE by Enrica Ciccarelli and Edoardo Zosi
19.00 20.00
ePoster Speed Dating Session Opening
19.00 22.00
Networking evening: A night at the Square
MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 1 Global warming in transplantation

CHAIR: Diethard Monbaliu, Leuven, Belgium
KEY LEARNING: Increasing the organ pool quality and quantity

09.10
Cool is beautiful
Philipp Dutkowski, Zurich, Switzerland
09.30
Can we escape global warming?

Gabriel Oniscu, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
09.50
Keeping the heart warm and the lungs breathing

Martin Strueber, Grand Rapids, United States
10.10
The down on the new ice age

Korkut Uygun, Boston, United States
10.30
Q&A
Who should attend: Surgeons, Scientists, Coordinators
...MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 2 B-yond the horizon:

humoral responses in transplantation
CHAIRS: Menna Clatworthy, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Oliver Thaunat, Lyon, France
09.10
Humoral responses: basic concepts in cinemascope!

Facundo Batista, London, United Kingdom
09.30
Detection and clinical relevance of donor specific antibodies

Frans Claas, Leiden, The Netherlands
09.50
Antibody-independent functions of B cells in allograft rejection

Geetha Chalasani, Pittsburgh, United States
10.10
B cells not always the bad guys: B cell regulatory functions

Sophie Brouard, Nantes, France
10.30
Q&A
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 3 Decision tree or lottery:

allocating grafts and therapies
CHAIRS: Roslyn Mannon, Birmingham, United States
Luuk Hilbrands, Neijmegen, The Netherlands
09.10
Tailor made organ allocation

Axel Rahmel, Frankfurt, Germany
09.30
Tailor made surgery

Peter Friend, Oxford, United Kingdom
09.50
Tailor made immunosuppression

Teun van Gelder, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
10.10
Tailor made post transplant follow up?

Bryce Kiberd, Halifax, Canada
10.30
Q&A
11.10 12.40
"The Devil's Advocate" Contradictory discussion of clinical trials

CHAIRS: Luciano Potena, Bologna, Italy
11.10
11.20
Case 1. Defender: Aksel Foss, Oslo, Norway

Is Liver Transplantation an Option in Colorectal Cancer Patients with
Nonresectable Liver Metastases and Progression on All Lines of Standard
Chemotherapy?
Opponent: Franois-Ren Pruvot, Lille, France
11.30
Discussion
11.40
11.50
Case 2. Defender: Arne Andreassen, Oslo, Norway

Everolimus initiation and early calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal in heart
transplant recipients: a randomized trial.
Opponent: Luciano Potena, Bologna, Italy
12.00
Discussion
12.10
12.20
Case 3. Defender: Amit Garg, London (Ontario), Canada

Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia in living kidney donors.
Opponent: Frank Dor, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
12.30
Discussion
13.00 14.00
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
Future Leaders Forum by Young Professional in Transplantation Committee

CHAIRS: Dorry Segev, Baltimore, United States
Forum with representatives from:
ASTS Vanguard Group: Mike Englesbe, Ann Arbor, United States
BTS British Transplantation Society: Bynvant Sandhu, London, United Kingdom
ESOT: Antje Habicht, Munich, Germany
ILTS Vanguard Group: Burcin Ekser, Indianapolis, United States
a) Should I stay or should I go?
Is it more useful to stay in one institution throughout your education, or is
it more advisable to complete fellowships abroad, changing institution to
gain a broader experience? How do you get to the top? Organizing your
own career with "center hopping" or rather staying in one place and
"grow up" in the same team?
b) To specialize or not to specialize?
Recognized specializations in transplant surgery and medicine are not
available in all countries. Should you narrow your education down to
become a specialist in transplantation or is a broader education in
general surgery/hepatology/nephrology a better bet.
Who should attend: younger physicians, surgeons and scientists who
have an interest in transplantation
14.05 15.35
PLENARY SESSION 2: Of men and machine

CHAIRS: Thierry Berney, Geneva, Switzerland
Gabriel Oniscu, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
14.05
The ethics of the Robot

Liam Plant, Cork, Ireland
14.25
Printing the human body

John D. Jackson, Winston-Salem, United States
14.45
Artificial organs: a step towards the bionic man?

Shuvo Roy, San Francisco, United States
15.05
Keynote presentation II: I, Cyborg!

Kevin Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Who should attend: General interest, artificial organs
16.00 17.00
"BEYOND THE HORIZON" 1: The future of the human body

CHAIRS: Franco Citterio, Rome, Italy
Andreas Pascher, Berlin, Germany
16.00
Giving Birth to Uterus Transplantation

Mats Brnnstrm, Gothenburg, Sweden
16.20
Neural stem cells for spinal cord repair Ready to walk the talk?
Norbert Weidner, Heidelberg, Germany
16.40
Changing the face of transplantation

Stephen Bartlett, Baltimore, United States
Who should attend: General interest, no specialization required
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
16.00 17.00
"BEYOND THE HORIZON" 2: The race of tolerance

with regenerative medicine
CHAIRS: Alain Le Moine, Brussels, Belgium
Thomas Wekerle, Vienna Austria
16.00
The Odyssey of tolerance induction in solid organ transplantation

Herman Waldmann, Oxford, United Kingdom
16.20
The promises of regenerative medicine

Harold Ott, Boston, United States
16.40
Racing against or complementing each other?

Sam Strober, Palo Alto, United States
17.00 18.00
ESOT meets the Editors

Moderator: Philip Halloran, Edmonton, Canada
Round table and interactive session with questions from the floor to discuss
issues related to medical journal publication:
o Impact factor: how is it calculated?
o Reviewing process
o Submitters' choice and common mistakes
Editors' from major medical journals present and answer
questions from the audience:
American Journal of Transplantation (AJT): Sandy Feng and John O'Grady,
Senior Editors
Transplant International (TI): Thomas Wekerle, Editor-in-Chief
Transplantation Direct: Edward Geissler, Executive Editor
PLoS One: Lorna Marson, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Academic Editor
17.00 18.00
HOTT Project Workshop Organ trafficking anno 2015: the latest insights
CHAIRS: Jan Lerut, Brussels, Belgium
Willem Weimar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
17.00
Revealing the modus operandi of organ trafficking networks

Martin Gunnarson, Lund, Sweden
17.20
Tackling organ trafficking: a prosecutor's perspective

Jonathan Ratel, Pristina, Kosovo
17.40
Transplant professionals should breach their secrecy oath

Frederike Ambagtsheer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 4 Markers and makers of success and failure

CHAIRS: Alberto Sanchez Fueyo, London, United Kingdom
Minnie Sarwal, San Francisco, United States
09.10
Personalized medicine and precision medicine in solid organ transplantation

Alexandre Loupy, Paris, France
09.30
Drinking from the fire hose a critical appraisal of biomarkers in

transplantation
Rainer Oberbauer, Vienna, Austria
09.50
Facing the hurdles to clinical implementation of novel biomarkers

Hans-Dieter Volk, Berlin, Germany
...TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
10.10
Biomarker implementation in clinical practice: the regulatory

agency's perspective
Thorsten Vetter, EMA London, United Kingdom
10.30
Q&A
Who should attend: Physicians and Translational Researchers
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 5 The new frontier:

transplantation across antibody barriers
CHAIRS: Frans Claas, Leiden, Netherlands
Denis Glotz, Paris, France
09.10
Squaring the circle: Hybridizing desensitization with paired exchange

Bob Montgomery, Baltimore, United States
09.30
Acceptable mismatches, past and future

Sebastian Heidt, Leiden, The Netherlands
09.50
ABO incompatible liver transplantation

Gi-Won Song, Seoul, Korea
10.10
Autoantibodies against the graft, do they mean anything?

Dany Anglicheau, Paris, France
10.30
Q&A
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 6 The enemy within:

improving compliance and drug levels
CHAIRS: Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
Teun van Gelder, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
09.10
Intra-patient variability of drug concentrations as a predictor of non-adherence

Dirk Kuypers, Leuven, Belgium
09.30
Risk factors of poor adherence, prevention and education in adult

Giacomo Germani, Padua, Italy
09.50
New tools to detect non-adherence

Sabina de Geest, Basel, Switzerland
10.10
The journey from adolescence to adulthood

Paul Harden, Oxford, United Kingdom
10.30
Q&A
11.10 12.40
"The Devil's Advocate" Contradictory discussion of Basic Science Studies

CHAIRS: Alain Le Moine, Brussels, Belgium
Thomas Wekerle, Vienna, Austria
11.10
11.20
Case 1. Defender: Olivier Hermine, Paris, France

G-CSF mobilizes CD34+ regulatory monocytes that inhibit
graft-versus-host disease
Opponent: James Hutchinson, Regensburg, Germany
11.30
Discussion
11.40
11.50
Case 2. Defender: Fadi Lakkis, Pittsburgh, United States

Non-self recognition by monocytes initiates allograft rejection
Opponent: Herman Waldmann, Oxford, United Kingdom
12.00
Discussion
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
12.10
12.20
Case 3. Defender: Guillaume Canaud, Paris, France

Inhibition of the mTORC Pathway in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Opponent: Alexandre Hertig, Paris, France
12.30
Discussion
11.10 12.40
Guess what? Striking clinical cases by Education Committee

CHAIRS: Patrzia Burra, Padova, Italy
Frank Dor, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cases and presenters:
The ascites that would not go away
John O'Grady, London, United Kingdom
An extreme case in live donor kidney transplantation - when is it time to stop?
Nizam Mamode, London, United Kingdom
13.00 14.00
Rising Stars Video Session by YPT
13.00
Surgical treatment for chylous

ascites after laproscopic
donor nephrectomy
Mert Altinel, Istanbul, Turkey
13.10
Splenic artery transposition for arterial reconstruction in living donor

liver transplantation: A perfect substitute
Arzu Oezcelik, Istanbul, Turkey
13.20
Right-sided donor nephrectomy with hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic

approach offers increased safety with excellent outcome
Soykan Barla, Istanbul, Turkey
13.30
Optimized decellularization of rat livers by arterial and portal venous

perfusion under oscillating pressure conditions
Karl Hillebrandt, Berlin, Germany
13.40
Sub-normothermic oxygenated machine perfusion ameliorated recipient

survival after mouse liver transplantation using DCD grafts
Masato Fujiyoshi, Hokkaido, Japan
14.05 15.35
PLENARY SESSION 3: Transplantation 2.0.15

14.05
Social Media and transplantation: an ethical point of view

Adam Pea, Houston, United States
14.25
Age of real-time medicine

Bart Van Den Bosch, Leuven, Belgium
14.45
Will Big Data reshape transplantation?

Dorry Segev, Baltimore, United States
15.05
Keynote presentation III: Reshaping healthcare through eHealth

Lucien Engelen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Who should attend: General interest, no specialization required
16.00 17.00
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM
"BEYOND THE HORIZON" 3: Organ resuscitation lab

CHAIRS: Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven, Belgium
Chris Watson, Cambridge, United Kingdom
KEY LEARNING: Reconditioning the organs versus growing the organs

16.00
Organ reconditioning: the new transplant evolution?

Jacques Pirenne, Leuven, Belgium
16.20
From scaffolds to functioning organs

Andrea Gobin, Houston, United States
16.40
The organ hub the future model for solid organ transplantation
Shaf Keshavjee, Toronto, Canada
Who should attend: Physicians and Translational Researchers
16.00 17.00
"BEYOND THE HORIZON" 4: Crazy transplants or

transplants of tomorrow?
CHAIRS: Gerald Brandacher, Baltimore, United States
Benoit Lengele, Brussels, Belgium
16.00
Vascularized organ xenotransplantation

Robin Pierson, Baltimore, United States
16.20
Growing new organs in vivo

Hiro Nakauchi, San Francisco, United States
16.40
Heart transplantation from non-heart-beating donors

Hendrik Tevaearai, Berne, Switzerland
WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 7 Immunosuppression: Is the pipeline empty?

CHAIRS: Josep Grinyo, Barcelona, Spain
Karl Martin Wissing, Brussels, Belgium
KEY LEARNING: How to get new drugs in our field

09.10
Promising novel agents: what happened to them?

Klemens Budde, Berlin, Germany
09.30
What are the new immunosuppressive drugs in the pipeline?

Christophe Legendre, Paris, France
09.50
New immunosuppressants: interaction between academia, biopharma and

regulatory agencies
Randall Morris, Palo Alto, United States
10.10
Drug repositioning: teaching old drugs new tricks

Yves Moreau, Leuven, Belgium
10.30
Q&A
Who should attend: General interest, Physicians
ESOT 2015 PROGRAM

...WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 8 Cell therapy: Hit or miss?

CHAIRS: Edward Geissler, Regensburg, Germany
Andreas Pascher, Berlin, Germany
09.10
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Organ Transplantation

Carla Baan, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
09.30
Application of suppressive antigen presenting cells in transplantation

James Hutchinson, Regensburg, Germany
09.50
The present status and future of regulatory T cell therapy in organ

transplantation
Robert Lechler, London, United Kingdom
10.10
Cell therapy for diabetes

Camillo Ricordi, Miami, United States
10.30
Q&A
09.10 10.40
STATE OF THE ART 9 Life after transplantation: blessing or curse?

CHAIRS: Giacomo Germani, Padova, Italy
Jan Lerut, Brussels, Belgium
09.10
Long-term organ transplant recipient survivors: quality of life

09.30
Sexual function and fertility after solid organ transplant

Patrizia Burra, Padua, Italy
09.50
Pregnancy after solid organ transplant

Corinne Hubinont, Brussels, Belgium
10.10
Physical activity and sports in organ transplant recipients

Alessandro Nanni Costa, Rome, Italy
10.30
Q&A
11.00 13.00
PLENARY SESSION 4: Beyond the Horizon

CHAIRS: John Forsythe, ESOT President
ESOT elected President
Presidential & Honorary Membership
11.00
Keynote presentation IV: Beyond the Horizon: the astronaut's view

Jean-Francois Clervoy, ESA astronaut
11.20
Beyond the horizon in clinical science

Maarten Naesens, Leuven, Belgium
11.40
Beyond the horizon in basic science

Menna Clatworthy, Cambridge, United Kingdom
12.00
Presidential address
12.15
Jan Lerut celebrating Honorary Member

SG Lee, Seoul, South Korea
12.35
Rutger Ploeg celebrating Honorary Member

Gerhard Opelz, Heidelberg, Germany
12.55 13.00
Closing remarks
ESOT 2015 Congress Registration Fees

Type of
registration
Early registration
by 31 May 2015
Late registration
by 30 August 2015
On site
by 12 September 2015
ESOT Member
580
680
710
Non-Member
750
850
880
ESOT Trainee,
coordinator,
nurse member
360
410
440
Trainee,
coordinator,
nurse non-member
410
460
490
Fees are inclusive of VAT at the prevailing rate.
Delegate registration fee includes:

Admission to the all scientific sessions
Admission to all Specialty Update Symposia
Access to the exhibition
Access to delegate lounges
Participant's kit with congress material
Provision of the required device for use throughout the duration of the congress
Admission to poster opening & networking reception
Refreshment breaks
Ecosystem
ESOT 2015 will be a paperless congress, printed matters
will be fully replaced by a multifeature App, to maximize
participants engagement and connectivity.
60 DISCOUNT
from the relevant congress fee for
participants with their own devices!
Information
ABOUT TARGET AUDIENCE
The target audience for the meeting includes all professionals involved in
clinical care and research related to organ and cellular transplantation as
well as organ and tissue donation.
Beside transplant researchers, physicians and surgeons, all different allied
health professionals involved in transplantation and donation such as
pharmacists, nurses, psychologists, nutrition and rehabilitation specialists,
clinical and donation coordinators are warmly welcome.
The meeting is also addressed to health care professionals involved in the expanding fields of
care of organ failure and regenerative medicine.
ABOUT THE VENUE

The SQUARE meeting Centre: an architectural
landmark in its own right, in the vibrant Mont des
Arts cultural quarter in the heart of Brussels. It sits
easily among the city's major museums and art
galleries, including the recently opened Magritte
Museum, devoted to the country's aster of
surrealism.
www.square-brussels.com
All the major shops and tourist attractions are just a

short stroll away, and there are plenty of good hotels
to choose from in the neighborhood. SQUARE is situated in front of the
Central Station, handy for the international airport and train connections.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
A number of rooms in different hotel categories has been blocked at
preferential rates. Several hotels are located close to the venue at walking
distance or within easy reach with public transport system. The full list of
hotels is available on the website http://esot2015.esot.org
Make sure to book your room and benefit from the preferential rates.
ESOT 2015 Congress Awards

As part of the ESOT commitment to advancing education and research in
Transplantation, the following Awards will be assigned to abstract presenters
in recognition of their contribution.
All Awardees will be required to be ESOT members.
BAC Best Abstract Challenge supported by

10 outstanding contributions, selected by the
ESOT 2015 Scientific Program Committee from all submitted abstracts
based on the overall referees' score, will be presented during the BAC
Session on Monday 14th September, from 11.10 to 12.40 h.
Awards
amount to
2500 each
The Audience will vote to select 6 finalists, to which these awards

will be assigned to.
YIA Young Investigator Awards supported by
10 awards will be assigned to young clinicians or scientists

(under 40 years of age in 2015), who have submitted abstracts to
the ESOT 2015 Brussels Congress.
Awards
amount to
1500 each
Awards are assigned by the Scientific Program Committee of the

ESOT 2015 Congress and announced at the congress.
EUROLIVER FOUNDATION Awards
The EUROLIVER Foundation was set up in 1992 by the late Mr Herman TOB
and Prof Jean-Bernard OTTE of the University Hospital St-Luc in Brussels,
Belgium in order to support research projects in the field of liver
transplantation and organ donation, and also to improve the psychosocial
support of both future liver recipients and liver transplant patients.
Awards
amount to
1000 each
2 awards are assigned to young researchers who have made a valuable

contribution in relation to these topics.
Awards are assigned by the ELITA Board and announced at the congress.
BELDONOR Awards
BELDONOR is an initiative of the federal public services from the Belgian

Ministry of Health supporting the development of organ donation.
5 awards are assigned to Five professionals and they will be awarded for
best research presented in the field of Allocation and Donation.
Awards
amount to
1000 each
EPITA Awards
Two prizes will be awarded to distinguish the best abstracts
presented in the field of Islet and Pancreas transplantation
respectively.
Awards are assigned by the EPITA Board and announced at
the congress.
Awards
amount to
1000 each
ECTTA Awards
For the first time at ESOT Congress, ECTTA has instituted
4 awards for the following topics:
1. Improvement of thoracic organ procurement (including
donor management, organ reconditioning, DCD donors)
One Oral presentation will be awarded with 1.000 and
two Posters will be awarded with 500 each
2 Oral
Awards
amount to
1000 each
Supported by
2. Diagnosis and management of antibody mediated
rejection in heart or lung transplant recipients
One Oral presentation will be awarded with 1.000
2 Poster
Awards
amount to
500 each
Supported by
Awards will be assigned to submitted abstract selected by the ECTTA Board and announced at
the congress. Candidates must be under 40 years of age at the moment of submission.
The Awardees of the Oral presentations will be invited to present their abstracts during the
ECTTA Specialty Update Symposium, on Sunday 13th September from 09.00 to 12.50 h.
BO Best Oral Presentation Award

The award for the Best Oral Presentation will be assigned to
the Oral Presentation most 'voted' by the attendees during
the Congress. The audience can express more than one
preference via the Congress App, where all presentations
will be available.
Award
amounts to
500
BBO Best Brief Oral Presentation Award

The award for the Best Brief Oral Presentation will be
assigned to the Brief Oral Presentation most 'voted' by the
attendees during the Congress. The audience can express
more than one preference via the Congress App, where all
presentations will be available.
Award
amounts to
500
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ESOT wishes to acknowledge the support of the following
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17th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation

FROM THE HEART F EUROPE T

The biennial congress of ESOT will take place in the

This is Brussels calling

What we are planning

Top 10 Reasons to Attend:

Enjoy a stimulating rejuvenated format with a focus on interaction and information

2. Be inspired, educated, connected and entertained.

Attend courses addressing the greatest surgical or immunological challenges.

Discuss present and upcoming challenges in transplantation: where business,

Present your work and be selected as a case/topic for focused discussions

5 Specialty update Symposia

26 ESOT 2015 Congress Awards

17th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation

Scientific Program Overview

Education Committee Campfire

Healthcare Allied Professional

Ethical, Legal and

Vascularized Composite by VCA

Basic Science by BSC

Pancreas & Islets by EPITA

Organ Donation Meeting by EDTCO

Liver & Intestine by ELITA

Full Oral Sessions

State of the Art 1

Brief Oral Sessions

State of the Art 2

State of the Art 3

B-yond the horizon:

Full Oral Sessions

Astellas Corporate Symposium

Opening & Plenary Session 1

ESOT meets the

ESOT meets the World

ePoster Speed Dating

A Night at the Square

Astellas Corporate Symposium

Full Oral Sessions

State of the Art 4

State of the Art 5

Brief Oral Sessions

State of the Art 6

Brief Oral Sessions

State of the Art 7

State of the Art 8

State of the Art 9

Full Oral Sessions

Full Oral Sessions

Presidential Session &

Who should attend?

Beyond the Horizon 4

Full Oral Sessions

The target audience for this conference

Physicians of all fields with an

ESOT 2015 Brussels Congress Local Organizing Committee

ESOT 2015 Scientific Program Committee

Thierry Berney, Geneva, Switzerland

ESOT 2014 2015 Council

SPECIALTY UPDATE SYMPOSIA