ESOT Congress 2023 ScientificProgramme
ESOT Congress 2023 ScientificProgramme
ESOT Congress 2023 ScientificProgramme
In this session, the latest insight into clinical cell therapy in solid organ
transplantation is discussed. What do we learn from the clinical studies on cellular
therapy, how do we monitor our patients and what are the obstacles and
opportunities to move this field?
In addition, we will focus on monitoring aspects, how can we identify tolerant
patients?
09:00 ILC cell therapyAlternative: Translational and clinical cell therapy in solid organ
transplantation
Katja Kotsch – Berlin, Germany
In this session, participants will learn about the most novel and exciting
approaches to organ transplantation. Supercooling of organs could revolutionize
organ allocation, the use of extracellular vesicles could overcome some hurdles
of cellular therapy and we learn about the role of mitochondria could be the key
to preventing ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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Spatial Omics is an exciting new field, technical advances allow for the
simultaneous assessment of multiple modalities as well as spatial organization,
providing new opportunities in the discovery of new cell types, cellular
differentiation trajectories and communication networks across cells and tissues.
This session is designed to provide an overview of how spatial omics can be
implemented in your research and will guide the discovery of novel biomarkers
and a better understanding of rejection and tolerance mechanisms.
14:30 Uncharting the hidden dimensions of transplantation with single cell and spatial
omics
Jasper Callemeyn - Korbeek-Lo, Belgium
15:30 - 17:10 ESOT Science Day: Organ Manipulation and bioengineering: Repair or
MC 2 replace?
Chairs: Cees van Kooten – Leiden, The Netherlands
Jan Czogalla – Hamburg, Germany
Franka Messner – Innsbruck, Austria
Organ manipulation and bioengineering are exciting fields in transplantation. We
will focus on bile duct repair on the pump and generating bile ducts from stem cells.
What is the current state of these innovations and should we repair or replace
organs? The pros and cons will be discussed in a lively discussion.
The session will end with an exciting scientific pub quiz organized by BSC,
ECTORS and VCA. Who knows the most about these fields and will win the
trophy?
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In the area of Immunosuppression, we identified five hot topics that will be at the
centre of this one-day course:
• Transplant immunology: gain insights into the fascinating field of
transplant immunology, understanding the intricate mechanisms behind
immune responses in transplantation
• IS management: learn about the latest advances in immunosuppressive
therapy and discover effective strategies to optimise patient outcomes
• Post-transplant infections: explore the challenges posed by post-
transplant infections, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
approaches, ensuring comprehensive care for transplant recipients
• The patient experience: understand the transplant journey from the
perspective of patients, emphasising the importance of patient-centred
care and enhancing patient outcomes
• Tolerance: explore emerging concepts and research on tolerance
induction in transplantation, paving the way for future breakthroughs in
the field
The course combines dynamic lectures, interactive group discussions, and
engaging roundtables to foster a collaborative and enriching learning
environment. By actively participating, you can exchange ideas, learn from
leading experts, and network with peers who share a passion for improving
transplant outcomes.
10:15 Q&A
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12:00 Q&A and guided group discussion "Managing the side effects of
immunosuppression"
Luciano Potena - Bologna, Italy; Jelena Stojanovic - London, United Kingdom;
Raj Thuraisingham - London, United Kingdom; Luca Toti - Rome, Italy
16:00 The person with an organ - not the organ in the person. What matters to the
organ recipient and how it can be evaluated
Anna Forsberg – Lund, Sweden
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16:15 Q&A
17:10 Tolerance in solid organ transplantation: the holy grail or a foreseeable reality?
Nina Pilat - Vienna Austria
17:25 Round table: Tolerance in solid organ transplantation - can we get rid of
immunosuppressive drugs in all solid organ transplant?
Sophie Brouard - Nantes, France; Olivier Thaunat - Lyon, France; Nina Pilat -
Vienna, Austria
17:55 Wrap up and conclusion
Luca Toti - Rome Italy
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The session has been envisioned to report on and to disseminate the activities in
which EKITA contributed during TLJ 3.0 and the consensus/guideline development
in the field of kidney transplantation.
09:00 ENGAGE Consensus project: European guidelines for the management of Graft
Recipients
Lucrezia Furian – Padua, Italy
09:20 The value of monitoring (subclinical) DSAs for kidney transplant outcomes
Aiko De Vries – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
10:20 Discussion
The second part of the session has been designed to address the topic of long-
term management of kidney transplant recipients including not only transplant
specialists but also vascular surgeons and endocrinologist and paediatricians. In
this latter part there will be a pros and cons discussion and a “talk show” format,
where different point of views in the treatment of bone disease post-transplantation
will be presented by four speakers
11:00 Pros and Cons: Management of vascular access after kidney transplantation
Emin Baris Akin - Istanbul Turkey; Joris Rotmans - Leiden, The Netherlands
11:30 Renal bone disease in kidney transplant recipients: are we speaking the same
language?
Dimitrios Moutzouris - London United Kingdom; Hanne Skou Jorgensen -
Skoedstrup, Denmark; Marc Vervloet - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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12:20 Discussion
09:00 - 10:30 ELITA SUS: Non-tumoral portal vein thrombosis in liver transplant candidates
Banquet Hall Chairs: Constantino Fondevila – Madrid, Spain
Hermien Hartog – Groningen, The Netherlands
09:20 Discussion
09:45 Surgical Treatment before LT: still a place for shunt surgery?
Pal-Dag Line – Asker, Norway
09:55 Discussion
10:25 Discussion
11:00 - 12:30 ELITA: Controversies and emerging issues in liver transplant candidates
Banquet Hall Chairs: Marina Berenguer – Valencia, Spain
Giacomo Germani – Padua, Italy
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11:15 The stigma of alcohol-related liver disease and its impact on liver transplantation
Patrizia Burra – Padua, Italy
11:30 Discussion
09:00 - 10:30 ELPAT,ETAHP, EDTCO in conjunction with ETPO: Patient Pioneers – Those
Skalkotas who dare to go first
Chairs: Nichon Jansen – Leiden, The Netherlands
Hannah Maple – London, United Kingdom
The aim of this Speciality Update Symposium is to discuss the vital role of patients
and their loved ones in the progression of transplantation. We will hear from
‘patient pioneers’ - those who are brave enough to pursue new treatments and
techniques as part of their transplant journey. We will discuss the ethical, legal and
psychosocial aspects of establishing new practices, and the role of patients and
the transplant multidisciplinary team. This collaborative symposium will unite
ELPAT, ETAHP, EDTCO and ETPO, enabling a fruitful conversation between a
wide group of transplant professionals and persons with transplants. Attendees
can expect to hear inspirational stories and interesting perspectives and will have
the opportunity to actively engage in what will undoubtedly be a forum for
fascinating discussion.
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11:00 - 12:30 ELPAT,ETAHP, EDTCO in conjunction with ETPO: Patient Pioneers – Those
Skalkotas who dare to go first
Chairs: Anna Forsberg – Lund, Sweden
Marleen van Buren – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
11:00 Welcome and introduction to part 2 Patient Pioneers – advocacy and the role of
the Multi Disciplinary Team
Anna Forsberg – Lund, Sweden
11:05 What does a successful transplant look like to you? The importance of patient
expectations in pre-transplant decision making
Christian Falck, Sweden ; Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson - Lyon, France
11:25 Group discussion with the audience
Anna Forsberg - Lund, Sweden
11:40 Shared decision making, what is the team approach? Special focus on the role of
the patient, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals
Chiara Cavalli - Padua, Italy; Christian Falck, Sweden; Guðmundur Felix
Grétarsson – Lyon, France; Asia Imedi - London, United Kingdom; Yvette
Meuleman - Leiden, The Netherlands
12:00 Group discussion with the audience
Coby Annema - Groningen, The Netherlands
12:15 Transplant Care Management Award
Anna Forsberg - Lund Sweden; Marleen van Buren - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
12:25 Closing remarks
Christina Papachristou – Thessaloniki, Greece
09:00 - 10:30 ECTTA: Pushing the boundaries of heart and lung donation and preservation
MC 3 Chairs: Irene Bello – Barcelona, Spain
Stephan Ensminger – Lübeck, Germany
The session will deal with the realistic possibilities of expanding the donor pool of
thoracic donors with new innovative solutions. The envision of reshaping the field
of organ donation moving from the centre’s direct retrieval toward organ banks
will be explored and discussed. The final objective is to enlarge the
armamentarium of each transplant centre with different solutions aimed at
improving the extraction of organs and reducing the incidence of primary graft
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09:30 The road from direct retrieval toward organ repair centres and organ banks.
Where are we now?
Marcelo Cypel – Toronto, Canada
09:45 Darwin and transplants: the Australian experience with Non-Ischemic Heart
Preservation
David McGiffin – Melbourne, Australia
10:00 Preserving without freezing the lung: working for a standard of care in organ
preservation.
Laurens Ceulemans – Tremelo, Belgium
11:00 - 12:30 ECTTA: Preserving the organs and the recipients in the long-term
MC 3 Chairs: David Gomez-de-Antonio – Majadahonda, Spain
Martin Schweiger – Zurich, Switzerland
The session will deal with the realistic possibilities of improving QOL and long term
survival after thoracic transplantation. Multiple and different dimensions of the
problem will be highlighted to clarify the need for multidisciplinary teams to provide
extended survival to recipients. Questions and answers with patients’
representatives will be welcome
12:00 Prevention and treatment of chronic lung allograft dysfunction: new kids on the
block?
Robin Vos – Leuven, Belgium
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09:00 - 10:30 EPITA SUS: Predicting success of beta cell replacement therapy
MC 2
Chair: Andrew Sutherland – Edinburgh, United Kingdom
11:00 Pancreas after kidney or islet after kidney: who should get what?
Michiel Nijhoff – Leiden, The Netherlands
11:15 Top scoring abstract EPITA: Islet after kidney vs kidney Transplant alone: A
French nationwide study on behalf of the TREPID group
Mehdi Maanaoui – Lille, France
11:45 Conclusions
TV-STUDIO
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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STORYTELLING
Sunday, 17 September 2023
12:15 Discussion
Dilan Dabare - Birmingham, United Kingdom ; Hannah Esser – Innsbruck, Austria
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sunday, 17 September 2023
SOLUTION ROOM
Sunday, 17 September 2023
This session will bring together ethicists and regulators to discuss challenges that
lie ahead for the progression of regenerative medicine therapy products toward
the clinic.
14:00 Introduction
Pedro Miguel Baptista - Zaragoza, Spain; Ekaterine Berishvili – Geneva,
Switzerland
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14:05 How can we avoid the ‘valley of death’ between first-in-human advanced therapy
trials and adopted standard of care, equitably available to all
James Shaw - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
FISHBOWL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
14:00 - 15:30 How far can we really push the envelope in organ donation
Conference Suite 1 Chairs: Chloe Balleste – Barcelona, Spain
Frank Dor – London, United Kingdom
During this session we intend for the participants to understand the current
challenges regarding organ donation in Europe and the main measures to improve
the situation; the need of improving organ quality during maintenance, the use of
normothermic regional perfusion techniques in DCD, the indications for ex-situ
perfusion machines, and strategies for cold ischemia time’s shortening from
professionals and patient’s perspectives. The session will be conducted by a
moderator that will present a clinic case and in each phase, the speakers related
to the procedure will debate with the participants the options and decisions that
can be taken based on evidence and experiences.
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STORYTELLING
Sunday, 17 September 2023
14:02 Introduction
Liset Pengel- Rotterdam The Netherlands; Luca Toti - Rome, Italy
14:58 Our mentorship experience: lessons learned from mentors and mentees: Part I
Mentee: Mindaugas Kvietkauskas - Vilnus Lithuania
Mentor: Stephen Clark - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
15:06 Our mentorship experience: lessons learned from mentors and mentees: Part II
Mentee: Lucia Ramona - Barcelona Spain
Mentor: Lorna Marson - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
15:14 Discussion with all mentors and mentees
15:26 Launch of the 2024 ESOT Mentorship programme and concluding remarks
Liset Pengel- Rotterdam The Netherlands; Luca Toti - Rome, Italy
FOCUS GROUP
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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TV-STUDIO
Sunday, 17 September 2023
14:00 - 14:30 The next step: Moving forward now with patient inclusion
Muses Foyer Host: Jacqui Thornton – Winchester, United Kingdom
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FULL ORAL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
FULL ORAL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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Skalkotas Chairs: William E Scott III - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Nina Pilat – Vienna, Austria
FULL ORAL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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BRIEF ORAL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
14:00 - 15:30 Safety and quality at the core of donation and transplantation
MC 2 Chairs: Frederike Ambagtsheer - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Régis Bronchard - Saint Denis, France
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15:12 BODY MASS INDEX (BMI), OBESITY AND URIC ACID: PRIOR TO DONOR
NEPHRECTOMY AND OVER A 15-YEAR FOLLOW-UP PERIOD, EXPERIENCE
OF OUR CENTER
Jelena Tadic - Belgrade Serbia
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BRIEF ORAL
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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TV-STUDIO
Sunday, 17 September 2023
15:30 - 16:00 How registries will transform transplant data and care
Muses Foyer Host: Jacqui Thornton – Winchester, United Kingdom
PLENARY
Sunday, 17 September 2023
During the Covid pandemic technology was a key asset for the delivery of care and
collaboration was how we accelerated the implementation of change and achieved
successful therapies. As we are emerging on the other side of the pandemic, we
are witnessing a game-changing explosion of disruptive technologies such as AI,
digitalization and virtual reality that hold immense potential but also bring new
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challenges. This session will explore how transplant care could look in a
technology-driven world. Is technology going to enhance the delivery of trusted
transplant care? What is the impact for patients and how can they benefit from this
technological revolution? We will then learn why we should sustain and expand the
level of collaboration achieved during the pandemic to further accelerate the
technological redesign of transplant care with examples from the world of Nobel
prize winners.
16:00 Introduction
Pisana Ferrari – Udine, Italy; Vassilios Papalois, London, United Kingdom
JOINT SESSION
Sunday, 17 September 2023
17:30 - 18:30 ESOT – ISOT joint session: Expanding living donor pool in kidney transplant
MC 2 Chairs: Sandeep Guleria – New Delhi, India
Hannah Maple – London, United Kingdom
ASSEMBLY
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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TV-STUDIO
Sunday, 17 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
08:20 ALL ECD KIDNEYS ARE EQUAL BUT ARE SOME MORE EQUAL THAN
OTHERS? A POPULATION-COHORT ANALYSIS OF UK TRANSPLANT
REGISTRY DATA
Kamlesh Patel – Morden, United Kingdom
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FULL ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
FISHBOWL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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Much has been said about the role of AI in the delivery of healthcare but is it really
ready for prime time in transplantation? How will it improve and streamline care?
Will it deliver personalised / precision care? Will it assist outpatient care? Will it be
precision medicine for the organ or the patient or both? What should we expect
from AI?
08:00 Introduction
Marlies Reinders – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
SOLUTION ROOM
Monday, 18 September 2023
08:00 - 09:30 Let’s talk about living donation: there’s an app for that
Mitropoulos Chairs: Klemens Budde – Berlin, Germany
Hannah Maple – London, United Kingdom
08:20 www.i_need_a_donor
Frank Dor - London United Kingdom
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08:40 Ethical and legal issues in using social media for identifying donors
Katrina Bramstedt - Queensland, Australia; Greg Moorlock - Warwick, United
Kingdom
09:20 Discussion
BRIEF ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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DARE TO ASK
Monday, 18 September 2023
08:00 - 09:30 ESOT and IPTA joint session: Solutions to challenges in paediatric
Conference Suite 1 transplantation
Chairs: Nicos Kessaris – London, United Kingdom
Jelena Stojanovic – London, United Kingdom
08:20 Combined liver and kidney transplantation in children with congenital metabolic
abnormalities-is it worth doing?
Jelena Stojanovic – London, United Kingdom
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FOCUS GROUP
Monday, 18 September 2023
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FOCUS GROUP
Monday, 18 September 2023
TV-STUDIO
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09:30 - 10:00 Work-life balance: how to recruit and retain transplant professionals of the
Muses Foyer future
Host: Jacqui Thornton – Winchester, United Kingdom
FULL ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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SOLUTION ROOM
Monday, 18 September 2023
How can technology can be utilised to support and develop organ transplantation
in low and middle income countries?
This session explores the potential role of technology in supporting the
development of organ transplantation programs in low and middle income
countries. The use of technology to facilitate remote training opportunities and
access to specialised expertise that may be unavailable in resource limited settings
will be discussed. The potential benefits and challenges inherent in providing
international support for program development and implementation will be
considered, [[+/- including potential ethical concerns about international outreach
activities]. Panelists and speakers from a range of settings will share their
experiences and perspectives, and audience members will be strongly encouraged
to share examples of effective practices and suggestions for future ESOT initiatives
in this domain.
SOLUTION ROOM
Monday, 18 September 2023
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10:00 - 11:30 Consent for research in donation and transplantation during the end of life
Banquet Hall period
Chairs: Jayme Locke – Birmingham, United States
Dominique Martin – Geelong, Australia
10:00 Introduction
Jayme Locke – Birmingham, United States; Dominique Martin – Geelong, Australia
10:05 Consent for participation in research and deceased donation - untangling the
legal frameworks
Shih-Ning Then – Brisbane, Australia
BRIEF ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Looking through the glass – fresh perspectives on ethicolegal and
Mitropoulos psychosocial aspects of donation and transplantation
Chairs: Frederike Ambagtsheer - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Greg Moorlock – Warwick, United Kingdom
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BRIEF ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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BRIEF ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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JOINT SESSION
Monday, 18 September 2023
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10:00 Update on diagnosis of CMV infection in SOT and HSCT recipients in the era of
new antivirals
Tiziana Lazzarotto – Bologna, Italy
11:15 Q&A
SOLUTION ROOM
Monday, 18 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Let’s talk about: the strongest people who win battles we know nothing about
Library Chairs: Fabienne Dobbels – Leuven, Belgium
Ines Mega – Lisbon, Portugal
10:20 You are not alone: Mental health challenges for HCP
Hannah Maple – London, United Kingdom
10:40 How to address the unmet need? Solutions for patients and HCP
Martina de Zwaan – Hannover, Germany
FISHBOWL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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Surgical techniques in transplantation have been static for many years with the
exception of laparoscopic approaches to donor-living donor surgery. Will the robot
make a difference? How far have we progressed, or will we remain in the realm of
open surgery?
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
Monday, 18 September 2023
10:00 Overview
Thomas Wekerle – Vienna, Austria
10:10 Kidney
Klemens Budde – Berlin, Germany; Rainer Oberbauer – Vienna, Austria
10:20 Liver
Jacques Pirenne – Leuven, Belgium; Thomas Soliman - Vienna, Austria
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10:30 Heart
Markus J. Barten – Hamburg, Germany; Andreas Zuckermann - Vienna, Austria
10:40 Lung
Andrew Fisher - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Peter Jaksch - Vienna,
Austria
10:50 Panel discussion with all speakers and Patrizia Burra (Padua) and
AnnemarieWeißenbacher (Innsbruck)
FOCUS GROUP
Monday, 18 September 2023
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HANDS-ON COURSE
Monday, 18 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Machine Perfusion in my hands: Virtual and interactive LIVER (Group 1)
Ground floor foyer -
Hands on course
6 machines for organ perfusion will be available in the wet lab setting. Guided by
tutors, participants will follow the steps of liver perfusion. Participants will rotate
around the machines/stations every 15 minutes. Additional registration for this
session is required. Please register via the Congress website
10:45 Aferetica
Vincent E. de Meijer – Groningen, The Netherlands
11:00 EBERS
Daniele Dondossola - Milan, Italy
11:45 - 13:15 We are always the same age inside? The role of ageing in organ
Lambrakis transplantation
Chairs: Menna Clatworthy – Cambridge, United Kingdom
Diethard Monbaliu – Leuven, Belgium
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The use of electronic devices and modern electronic technologies (eHealth) can
undoubtedly improve clinical outcome of transplant recipients and reduce cost of
health care. What are hurdles in implementing eHealth in clinical practice? What
about patient preferences and required health care personnel technical skills to
support patient needs? eHealth applications generate large amounts of data,
which can be processed by methods of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate
automatic algorithms to support patient decisions. What is ready for prime time?
AI can provide automated analysis of digitalised slides of transplant pathology.
Where do we stand with automated pathology readings in solid organ
transplantation? Can AI overcome the problem of shortage of transplant
pathologists? Implementation of large-scale clinical research is increasingly
demanding nowadays, because of the logistic and financial burden. The recent
mandatory requirement that future clinical studies collect patient reported
outcomes (PROs) might make research a prohibitive task for Academia. How can
digital technology fix the problem?
11:45 Introduction
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12:50 Large-scale clinical research and PROs: digital solutions to make it easy
Michelle Willicombe – London, United Kingdom
TV-STUDIO
Monday, 18 September 2023
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PLENARY
Monday, 18 September 2023
15:00 - 16:30 Overcoming the organ shortage: Thinking outside the box
Lambrakis Chairs: Beatriz Dominguez-Gil – Madrid, Spain
Stefan Schneeberger – Innsbruck, Austria
This plenary session will address innovative strategies to fight organ shortage in
countries with developed organ donation programs from a multidisciplinary
perspective. The speakers will give insight into the role of algorithms and artificial
intelligence aiming to enhance the equitable answer to the patients urgently waiting
for an organ as well as the new solutions coming from regenerative medicine and
bioengineering promising to revolutionize the transplant field
15:00 Introduction: setting the scene for the session – current strategies
Stefan Schneeberger – Innsbruck, Austria
15:10 Can AI better address the gap between supply and demand?
Dorry Segev - New York, United States
PLENARY
Monday, 18. September 2023
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BRIEF ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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DARE TO ASK
Monday, 18 September 2023
17:00 - 18:30 When the tension gets too intense- ethical and clinical challenges in the ICU
Mitropoulos in donation and transplantation.
Chairs: Željka Gavranović - Zagreb, Croatia
Eduardo Sousa - Coimbra Portugal
The aim of this session is to go in-depth into the role of ICU professionals in organ
donation. Major ethical and clinical challenges in the ICU context will be treated,
including their role in brain death donors DBD, Donors after cardiac death DCD,
pediatric DCD donors and donations included in end-of-life care ICOD. Thus it will
cover both ICU, donation and pediatric aspects. The session will point out the need
to bring the multi-professional team to the table to widen the perspective on
realistic care. DCD in the context of end-of-life care, with an emphasis on potential
perspectives/attitudes of HCP and families about decision-making
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15:00 Introduction
Željka Gavranović Zagreb, Croatia; Eduardo Sousa – Coimbra, Portugal
15:50 Maximization of deceased donor detection in ICU through innovative digital tools
Marco Sacchi – Milan, Italy
FULL ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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STORYTELLING
Monday, 18 September 2023
This session will give the stage to organ recipients (lung, heart, kidney and live) to
tell their stories. A panel discussion with members of the medical profession will
follow including a surgeon, specialist nurse, social worker and psychologist.
15:00 Introduction
John Boletis – Athens, Greece
BRIEF ORAL
Monday, 18 September 2023
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17:00 - 18:30 Contemporary heart transplantation: scores, pumps, cells and much more
MC 3.2 Chairs: Marco Masetti – Bologna, Italy
Martin Schweiger – Zurich, Switzerland
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FOCUS GROUP
Monday, 18 September 2023
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HANDS-ON COURSE
Monday, 18 September 2023
17:00 - 18:30 Machine Perfusion in my hands: Virtual and interactive LIVER (Group 2)
Ground floor foyer -
Hands on course
6 machines for organ perfusion will be available in the wet lab setting. Guided by
tutors, participants will follow the steps of liver perfusion. Participants will rotate
around the machines/stations every 15 minutes.
17:45 EBERS
Thamara Perera – Birmingham, United Kingdom
18:00 Aferetica
Daniele Dondossola - Milan, Italy
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FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
FOCUS GROUP
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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08:20 THE CLOUDED ZONE BEHIND THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR LIVER
TRANSPLANTATION IN COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES PATIENTS: A
PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Alessandra Bertacco – Padua, Italy
SOLUTION ROOM
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
08:00 - 09:30 Let’s talk about DCD hearts – rewriting the rules of donation?
Mitropoulos Chairs: Nichon Jansen – Leiden, The Netherlands
Arezu Aliabadi-Zuckermann – Vienna, Austria
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This session will focus on how to set up a DCD heart donation program, the
different types of DCD heart preservation, ethical issues concerning death
declaration and the effect of DCD heart donation on lung donation.
08:15 How to setup a DCD heart donation program in The The Netherlands TA NRP or
direct procurement ?
Niels van der Kaaij – Utrecht, The Netherlands
08:30 Ethical issues in DCD heart donation when faced with NRP programs
Antonio Rubino – Cambridge, United Kingdom
09:00 Discussion
FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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SOLUTION ROOM
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
The session will explore the concept of shared decision-making (SDM) from a
range of perspectives, engaging with misconceptions and assumptions about the
role of SDM in donation and transplantation. Participants will learn about potential
barriers - both real and imagined- to meaningful SDM and discuss examples of
effective strategies to address common barriers. Following three talks featuring
patient, clinician and organizational perspectives, a multidisciplinary panel will
draw on their personal and professional experiences to discuss the culture(s) of
SDM in a range of settings.
08:00 Introduction
Marleen van Buren – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
08:42 Going patient-centric in clinical trial design and endpoints (early involvement of
patients)
Aimee Sundberg – Lexington, United States
FISHBOWL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
08:00 Introduction
Patrizia Burra - Padua, Italy; John Forsythe - Bristol United Kingdom
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FOCUS GROUP
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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FOCUS GROUP
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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Tuesday, 19 September 2023
BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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11:18 THE PATIENT'S WISH IS A MAJOR REASON FOR REMOVAL FROM THE
EUROPEAN SENIOR PROGRAMME WAITING LIST
Marcel Naik – Berlin, Germany
SOLUTION ROOM
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Personalization starts before transplantation: choosing the best organ for
Trianti long-term success
Chairs: Carmen Lefaucheur – Paris, France
Maarten Naesens – Leuven, Belgium
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In this session, we will discuss the recent advancements in the immunologic risk
stratification, as well as insights into the role of donor characteristics (e.g. Older
DCD kidneys), and how the immunological risks add to the organ quality risks. We
can also discuss which algorithms and tools exist to improve this risk stratification,
and how this could be implemented into realistic allocation systems, better than it
is done currently.
10:20 Combining donor and recipient characteristics for optimal risk stratifications at the
time of transplantation in different solid organ transplantation
Olivier Aubert – Paris, France
11:00 Engage 1, 2, 3
Lucrezia Furian – Padua, Italy
BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Improving outcomes of end-stage heart failure: from MCS to the long-term
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SOLUTION ROOM
10:00 - 11:30 What if HCP listen to patients? Non-adherence after transplantation
Skalkotas Chairs: Anna Brantmark – Gothenburg, Sweden
Keren Ladin – Boston, United States
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issue. The session will end with a brainstorming segment with patients, panel
members and the audience looking for solutions to this complex issue
10:40 How strong is the link between symptom burden and adherence
Anna Forsberg – Lund, Sweden
11:00 Panel Discussion and debate with the audience - the way forward
Anna Brantmark - Gothenburg, Sweden; Emma Dalman - Stockholm, Sweden;
Anna Forsberg - Lund Sweden; Rob Horne - London, United Kingdom; Keren Ladin
- Boston, United States
BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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FOCUS GROUP
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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SOLUTION ROOM
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Let’s talk about transition: can we ever get it right?
Library Chairs: Jelena Stojanovic – London, United Kingdom
Stella Stabouli – Thessaloniki, Greece
Based on ESOT 2021 delegate feedback that more discussions are needed on
transition, this session addresses systems where the transition process is poor
flagging its challenges, followed by a summary of a very successful transition
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programme. Session is opened by a patient who had heart and kidney transplant
as a child and shares her experiences on good and bad transition process and
effects it had on her lives. We expand on the role of MDT in transition and close
the session with an open discussion between delegates and panellists on future
collaborations on guideline setting.
FISHBOWL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Digital interface with patients – outpatients in the 22nd century
Conference Suite 1 Chairs: Marita Dalvindt – Lund, Sweden
Colin White – Balbriggan, Ireland
The move to increased digitalisation offers huge advantages but also warrants
major changes in the way health systems function for both patients, their families
and healthcare workers. Successful implementation requires investment and
overcoming change resistance. This session will focus on how to do this
successfully and the potential cost savings along with a discussion on how such
technology reduces the carbon footprint of healthcare.
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FOCUS GROUP
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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10:00 - 11:30 Treatable traits lead the way towards better outcomes in lung transplantation
MC 3.4 Chairs: Antoine Roux – Paris, France
Andrea Zajacova – Prague, Czech Republic
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HANDS-ON COURSE
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 Machine Perfusion in my hands: Virtual and interactive KIDNEY (Group 1)
Ground floor foyer -
Hands on course
6 machines for organ perfusion will be available in the wet lab setting. Guided by
tutors, participants will follow the steps of kidney perfusion. Participants will rotate
around the machines/stations every 15 minutes.
Additional registration for this session is required. Please register via the Congress
website
11:00 EBERS
Annemarie Weissenbacher – Innsbruck, Austria
11:00 Aferetica
Lionel Badet - Lyon, France
11:45 - 13:15 Charting the Future - Bioartificial Organs Approaching the Bedside?!
Lambrakis Chairs: Cristiano Amarelli – Naples, Italy
Nina Pilat – Vienna, Austria
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12:45 Bioprinting
Burcin Ekser – Indianapolis, United States
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11:45 - 13:15 From meaning to measurement- how to value what matters in transplantation
Library care
Chairs: Micaela Hamrin – Stockholm, Sweden
Nichon Jansen – Leiden, The Netherlands
TV-STUDIO
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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14:15 - 15:15 Moderated poster session on kidney transplants in children and young
MEP-3 people
Chair: Miriam Cortes Cerisuelo – London, United Kingdom
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TV-STUDIO
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
PLENARY
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
The session will review the scientific advances that laid the first pig-to-human heart
transplant, one of the most exciting breakthroughs in transplantation medicine of
the century. Featured experts will discuss the future for xenotransplantation
including clinical potential, challenges, ethical considerations.
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15:40 CRISPR then nature – Generation of the genetically modified pigs: techniques
and choice of the target genes
David Ayares – Blacksburg, United States
FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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STORYTELLING
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
This motivational session will highlight the highs and lows of the career =>
motivation for the young generation.
BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
17:00 - 18:30 Cardiovascular and metabolic complications after kidney transplant - old
Library challenges, new solutions
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FOCUS GROUP
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
17:00 - 18:30 Public perception in organ donation : multi-stakeholder vision and work team
Conference Suite 1 Chairs: Corinne Antoine – Paris, France
Chloe Balleste – Barcelona, Spain
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18:10 OLDER LIVING LIVER DONORS CAN ENLARGE THE DONOR POOL: A
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Hayo ter Burg – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BRIEF ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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FULL ORAL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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HANDS-ON COURSE
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
17:00 - 18:30 Machine Perfusion in my hands: Virtual and interactive KIDNEY (Group 2)
Ground floor foyer -
Hands on course
6 machines for organ perfusion will be available in the wet lab setting. Guided by
tutors, participants will follow the steps of kidney perfusion. Participants will rotate
around the machines/stations every 15 minutes.
Additional registration for this session is required. Please register via the Congress
website
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18:00 EBERS
Annemarie Weissenbacher – Innsbruck, Austria
18:15 Aferetica
Lionel Badet – Lyon, France
HANDS-ON COURSE
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Additional registration for this session is required. Please register via the Congress
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09:00 ABMR without anti-HLA Donor specific antibodies: New targets and activation
mechanisms
Olivier Thaunat – Lyon, France
09:20 Q&A
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do we deliver this service and make it available without introducing new barriers to
access?
08:00 Introduction
Ina Jochmans – Leuven, Belgium
09:20 Discussion
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TV-STUDIO
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
SOLUTION ROOM
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 A new dawn? Molecular microscope for real time patient care
Lambrakis Chairs: Menna Clatworthy - Cambridge United Kingdom
Michael Mengel - Alberta Canada
This solution room session will present novel insight into molecular diagnosis for
real-time patient care. The Banff point of view, the medical point of view and the
next steps into moving to real-time molecular diagnosis in solid organ
transplantation will be discussed. Is histology old fashion?
11:05 Meet the experts, Histology vs molecular diagnosis. Is histology old fashion these
days?
Olivier Aubert - Paris, France; Chris Bellamy - Edinburgh, United Kingdom;
Alexandre Loupy - Paris France; Michael Mengel - Alberta, Canada; Candice
Roufosse - London, United Kingdom; Antoine Roux - Paris, France
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DARE TO ASK
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
10:00 - 11:30 How can I bring machine perfusion into my clinical practice?
Trianti Chairs: Cristiano Amarelli – Naples, Italy
Sarah Hosgood – Cambridge, United Kingdom
10:00 Introduction
Cristiano Amarelli - Naples, Italy; Sarah Hosgood – Cambridge, United Kingdom
FULL ORAL
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
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Wednesday, 20 September 2023
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BRIEF ORAL
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
10:06V OPERABILITY OF THE BANFF “V” LESION SCORE IN DSA POSITIVE MIXED
REJECTION
Karolien Wellekens – Leuven, Belgium
10:12 CALLING INTO QUESTION THE ADDED VALUE OF THE ‘PTC RULE’ IN
CLASSIFYING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT REJECTION
Karolien Wellekens – Leuven, Belgium
STORYTELLING
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
This session will focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion within ESOT and in the
wider context of scientific research and clinical practice. The first part of the session
will include a presentation of the results of the ESOT survey on equality, diversity,
and inclusion, covering the community's thoughts about the present status of the
Society and the field of transplantation as well as their proposals to improve such
status. Potential areas of intervention will be presented to the audience for a
discussion of practical actions to be taken in different contexts to take ESOT into
a more inclusive future. The second part of the session will provide the audience
with insights on implicit bias, one of the key factors at the basis of human beings’
perceptions about social groups, which affects our knowledge and behaviours.
10:45 Discussion
PLENARY
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
11:45 - 13:45 Closing Plenary: The future of transplant health and healthcare
Lambrakis
Chairs: Fiona Loud – Alton, United Kingdom
Luciano Potena – Bologna, Italy
11:45 Introduction
13:10 Legacy Award Ceremony in honour of Maria Rosa Costanzo and Michael
Nicholson
Vassilios Papalois – London, United Kingdom