State-of-the-Art Sessions (SOTA/Thematic)
Monday, September 21, 2026
13:30–15:00
- Innovating the pathway: Allied health contributions to advancing organ donation and transplantation
- Bridging transplantation and regenerative medicine: Enhancing graft viability and exploring stem cell-islet immunotherapies in diabetes
- Minimal invasive transplantation
- Donor evaluation and optimization: Bridging safety and organ utilization
- Using technology to optimize outcomes of liver transplantation
- Precision immune engineering in kidney transplantation
- Advancing uterus transplantation: Global practices, innovations, and program development
- Senotherapy in transplantation
- Bridging systems, scaling access: Asia-pacific leadership in transplantation
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
13:30–15:00
- Advances in deceased donation research: Findings and future directions
- Targeting immune cell metabolism to control alloimmunity
- AI in transplant education
- Transplanting against the antibody odds
- Redefining surgical excellence: Metrics, equity, and global perspectives
- Update on xenotransplant
- Harnessing the power of genetics in pediatric transplantation
- Biology and beyond: Multiple dimensions of transplantation
- Obesity management in transplantation: Current evidence and practical approaches
- Pluripotent stem cells and regenerative medicine: The future of transplantation?
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
13:30–15:00
- Next-generation transplantation
- Clinical xenotransplantation has arrived!
- Targeted therapies and tailored dosing: The new era in ABMR treatment
- Evolving ethics and emerging trends in transplantation
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion in gender and transplantation
- Rise of the machines: Maximizing donor opportunities in thoracic transplantation
- State of VCA - Present and future
- Living organ donation in 2026: Unified principles, organ-specific nuances