| Saturday 9th August 2008 | ||||||||
| 0700 - 1730 | Registration Desk Open | |||||||
| 0830 - 1230 | Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 1 PGW01 Parkside Ballroom B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 2 PGW02 Bayside Gallery B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 3 PGW03 Bayside Gallery A |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 4 PGW04 Parkside Ballroom A |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 5 PGW05 Parkside 110B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 6 PGW06 Parkside 110A |
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| Primer in Transplant Immunology | Fundamentals of Clinical Transplantation | Emerging Methodologies in Transplant Research | Improving Organ Donation | Transplant Nursing Update | 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian and South East Asian Tissue Typing Association | |||
| Chairs: Solomon Cohney, Wayne Hancock | Chairs: Connie Davis, Paul Keown | Chairs: Alex Sharland, Andrew Bushell | Chairs: Aimee Cunningham, Gerry O'Callaghan | Chairs: Kathy Kable, Genevieve Coorey | Chairs: Frank Christiansen, Rhonda Holsworth | |||
| 0830 | Effector Mechanisms in Transplant Rejection | Potential Transplant Recipient with a Positive PRA/Crossmatch | From Gene Expression Profiling to Understanding Biological Functions | We need expert requesters – potential donor audit? | Liver | Welcome and Introduction | ||
| Alex Bishop (Sydney, Australia) | Paul Keown (Vancouver, Canada) | Jenny Gunton (Sydney, Australia) | Deepak Bhonigiri (Sydney, Australia) | Margaret Gleeson (Sydney, Australia) | Frank Christiansen (Perth, Australia), Heather Dunckley (Sydney, Australia) | |||
| 0900 | Role of T-cells in Transplantation | Assessment of the Living Kidney Donor | Immune Gene Polymorphisms in Transplantation | Donor risk index | Thoracic | Summary of the Chicago Transplant Meeting March 2008 | ||
| Patrick Bertolino (Sydney, Australia) | Robert Steiner (San Diego, USA) | Barbara Murphy (New York, USA) | Deborah Verran (Sydney, Australia) | Michelle Harkess (Sydney, Australia) | Ronald Kerman (Houston, USA) | |||
| 0930 | Role of Cytokines in the Inflammatory Response | Assessment of the Living Liver Donor | Quantitative studies of T cell activation and tolerance | The donor family experience: Why bereavement aftercare programs are essential | Kidney | Acceptable and non-acceptable HLA mismatches and antibodies | ||
| Wayne Hancock (Philadelphia, USA) | Barbara Chik (Hong Kong) | Philip Hodgkin (Melbourne, Australia) | Alison Barnwell (Sydney, Australia) | Nancy Suh (Sydney, Australia) | Frans Claas (Leiden, The Netherlands) | |||
| Immunosuppression | ||||||||
| Peter Barclay (Sydney, Australia) | ||||||||
| 1000 - 1030 | Morning Tea | |||||||
| Primer in Transplant Immunology (cont.) | Fundamentals of Clinical Transplantation (cont.) | Emerging Methodologies in Transplant Research (cont.) | Improving Organ Donation (cont.) | Patient, family and donor dynamics | 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian and South East Asian Tissue Typing Association (cont.) | |||
| Chairs: Frank Ierino, Bruce Hall | Chairs: Henry Pleass, Georgi Abraham | Chairs: Alex Sharland, Andrew Bushell | Chairs: Paul Robertson, Gerry O'Callaghan | Chairs: Peter Barclay, Catherine Paykin | Chairs: Frank Christiansen, Rhonda Holsworth | |||
| 1030 | Basic B-Cell Biology | Assessment of the Kidney Recipient | Imaging the Immune System in Real Time Using 2-Photon Microscopy | Experience and pitfalls of the Canadian Collaborative | Consent and Advocacy Issues | Strategies for transplanting highly sensitised patients in Canada | ||
| Frank Ierino (Melbourne Australia) | Connie Davis (Seattle, USA) | Wolfgang Weninger (Sydney, Australia) | Kimberly Young (Toronto, Canada) | Libby John (Adelaide, Australia) | Peter Nickerson (Winnipeg, Canada) | |||
| 1100 | Innate Immunity in Transplantation | Assessment of the Liver Recipient | Recombinant Proteins as Therapeutic Agents in Transplantation | Paired Donation | Using MFI to correlate crossmatch results and antibody titration | |||
| Hilton Gock (Melbourne, Australia) | Geoffrey McCaughan (Sydney, Australia) | Maria Koulmanda (Boston. USA) | Marry de Klerk (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Ronald Kerman (Houston, USA) | ||||
| 1130 | Detection and Implications of Anti Donor Antibodies | Diagnosis of Rejection | Genetic Modification Techniques for Discovery and Therapy | Organ Donor Registries | Born Again, Understanding the Adolescent Transplant Experience Adolescent Medicine | The pros and cons of virtual crossmatching | ||
| Peter Nickerson (Winnipeg, Canada) | Paul Trevillian (Newcastle, Australia) | Peter Cowan (Melbourne, Australia) | Jane Treloggen (Sydney, Australia) | Michele Casey (Sydney, Australia) | Howard Gebel (Atlanta, USA) | |||
| 1200 | Mechanisms and Measurement of Immunological Tolerance | Surgical Issues in Transplantation | The Role of Primates in Translational Research | Media: Does it raise donor rates? | Paid Donation and Advertising | General Discussion of Morning Presentations | ||
| Bruce Hall (Sydney, Australia) | Henry Pleass (Sydney, Australia) | Kazuhiko Yamada (Boston USA) | Kerry McKay (Sydney, Australia) | Arthur Matas (Minneapolis, USA) | ||||
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch | |||||||
| 1330 - 1700 | Post Graduate Weekend: Afternoon Session 7 PGW07 Parkside Ballroom B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Afternoon Session 8 PGW08 Bayside Gallery B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Afternoon Session 9 PGW09 Bayside Gallery A |
Post Graduate Weekend: Afternoon Session 10 PGW10 Parkside 110B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Afternoon Session 11 PGW11 Parkside 110A |
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| Clinical Science Update 1 | Immunosuppression Update 1 | Transplant Immunology Update 1 | Transplant Nursing Update 2: Transplantation and Cancer | 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of ASEATTA (continued) | ||||
| Chairs: Keith McNeil, Robert Gaston | Chairs: Kamal Sud, Graeme Russ | Chairs: Stephen Alexander, Anthony Dorling | Chairs: Margaret Gleeson, Michelle Harkess | Chairs: Frank Christiansen, Rhonda Holdsworth | ||||
| 1330 | Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in the Kidney | Innovations in Induction Immunosuppression | New Insights into Allorecognition | Cancer Surveillance | The impact of persistent low level donor specific antibody following de-sensitisation | |||
| Robert Gaston (Birmingham, USA) | Daniel Brennan (St. Louis, USA) | Scott Burrows (Brisbane, Australia) | Angela Webster (Sydney, Australia) | Andrea Zachary (Baltimore, USA) | ||||
| 1400 | Interactions between allograft rejection and HCV recurrence in Liver Transplantation | Mechanisms of Action of Immunosuppressive Agents | SOCS and STAT Signalling Pathways in T Cell Development and Differentiation | Educating Patients about Cancer Risk After Transplantation | Do patients with low level donor specific antibody need de-sensitisation? | |||
| Geoffrey McCaughan (Sydney, Australia) | Barry Kahan (Houston, USA) | John O'Shea (Bethesda, USA) | Catherine Paykin (New York, USA) | Sue Lefell (Baltimore, USA) | ||||
| 1430 | ABO Mismatched Transplantation | Current Role of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring | Co-stimulation Pathways in Transplantation | Panel Discussion | General Discussion | |||
| Solomon Cohney (Melbourne, Australia) | Teunis Van Gelder (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Stephen Alexander (Sydney, Australia) | Angela Webster, Catherine Paykin, Germaine Wong | |||||
| 1500 - 1530 | Afternoon Tea | |||||||
| 1530 | Transplantation in the Sensitised Recipient | Short-Term Complications of Immunosuppression | Lymphangiongenesis and Tertiary Lympoind Organs - Role in Transplant Rejection | Pregnancy & Sex | Case Presentations and Panel Discussion | |||
| Robert Montgomery (Baltimore, USA) | Graeme Russ (Adelaide, Australia) | Fadi Lakkis (Pittsburgh, USA) | Kathy Kable (Sydney, Australia) | Andrea Zachary, Sue Lefell, Ron Kerman, Howard Gebel, Frans Claas, Peter Nickerson | ||||
| 1600 | Chronic antibody mediated rejection in the Kidney | Long Term Complications of Transplantation | Coagulation, Inflammation and Rejection | Side Effect Challenges: Equip & Empower Recipients | Summary and closure of meeting | |||
| Robert Colvin (Boston, USA) | Joseph Leventhal (Toronto, Canada) | Anthony Dorling (London, UK) | Genevieve Coorey (New York, USA) | |||||
| 1630 | Chronic Rejection in Non-Renal Organs | Optimising Immunosupression and Transplant Vasculopathy | Role of Complement in Rejection | BK Nephropathy | ||||
| Keith McNeil (Brisbane, Australia) | Anne Keogh (Sydney, Australia) | Wilson Wong (London, UK) | Nicholas Cross (Sydney, Australia) | |||||
| Sunday 10th August 2008 | ||||||||
| 0700 - 1900 | Registration Desk Open | |||||||
| 0830 - 1230 | Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 12 PGW12 Parkside Ballroom B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 13 PGW13 Bayside Gallery |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 14 PGW14 Bayside Room 102 |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 15 PGW15 Parkside Ballroom A |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 16 PGW16 Parkside 110B |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 17 PGW17 Parkside 110A |
Post Graduate Weekend: Morning Session 18 PGW18 Bayside Room 104 |
TTS - Global Dictionary of Data Elements Meeting PGW19 Bayside Room 105 |
| Clinical Science Update 2 | Controversies in Transplantation Surgery | Transplant Immunology Update 2 | DCD -Technologies, Logistics and Law | Paediatrics - New Opportunities and Challenges in Paediatric Transplantation | Cochrane Workshop: Fundamentals of systematic reviews (meta-analysis) of randomised trials and diagnostic test accuracy applied to Transplantation | Transplantation Infectious Diseases | ||
| Chairs: Steven Chadban, James Mackie | Chairs: John Forsythe, Richard Allen | Chairs: Peter Nickerson, Alexandra Sharland | Chairs: Paul Robertson, Paolo Muiesan | Chairs: Fiona Mackie, Patricia Birk | Chairs: Jonathan Craig, Angela Webster | Chairs: William Rawlinson, Camille Kotton | Chairs: John Gill, Stephen MacDonald | |
| 0830 | Hepatitis B and C Infections in Kidney Transplantation | Living Kidney Donor Surgery - Are There Surgical Constraints? | Effector Mechanisms in Graft Destruction | Brain Death Video | What is the future in transplant regimens? | Fundamental concepts in meta-analysis | Management and Prophylaxis of CMV | |
| Adel Bakr (Mansoura, Egypt) | Rainer Gruessner (Tucson, USA) | Ilia Voskoboinik (Melbourne, Australia) | Kimberly Young (Toronto, Canada), Cameron Guest (Toronto, Canada) | Allan Kirk (Atlanta, USA) | Jonathan Craig (Sydney, Australia) | William Rawlinson (Sydney, Australia), Sunwen Chou (Portland, USA) | ||
| 0900 | Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Post-Transplant Diabetes | A2A Living Liver Transplantation - Overcoming the Technical Challenges | Influence of Donor Factors on Rejection | Economic impact of DCD | Depletional Strategies in Paediatric Transplantation | How to search for meta-analyses (where to look) | Donor-Derived Infections | |
| Yves Vanrenterghem (Leuven, Belgium) | Chung Mau Lo (Hong Kong) | Alexandra Sharland (Sydney, Australia) | Mark Schnitzler (St. Louis, USA) | Ron Shapiro (Pittsburgh, USA) | Richard Wormald (London, UK) | Camille Kotton (Boston, USA), Patrick Coghlan (Melbourne, Australia) | ||
| 0930 | Post-Transplant Malignancy | Surgical Implications for Transplantation of Organs from Expanded Criteria Donors | Dendritic Cells as Tolerogens | Transplantation in the Immunocompromised | Critical appraisal of meta-analyses (telling the good from the bad) | Tuberculosis and MAC in Transplantation setting | ||
| Simone Strasser (Sydney, Australia) | Christopher Watson (Cambridge, UK) | Derek Hart (Brisbane, Australia) | Minnie Sarwal (Stanford, USA) | Angela Webster (Sydney, Australia) | Roberta Lattes (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Warwick Britton (Sydney, Australia) | |||
| 1000 - 1030 | Morning Tea | |||||||
| Clinical Science Update 2 (Continued) | Transplant Surgery: Controversies and Dilemmas | Transplant Immunology Update 2 (Continued) | DCD -Technologies, Logistics and Law (Continued) | Paediatrics - Coming of Age in Organ Transplantation | Cochrane Workshop (cont.) | Transplantation Infectious Diseases | ||
| Chairs: Simone Strasser, Helen Pilmore | Chairs: John Forsythe, Richard Allen | Chairs: Kathryn Wood, Derek Hart | Chairs: Paul Robertson, Paolo Muiesan | Chairs: Sean Kennedy and Lorraine Bell | Chairs: Jonathon Craig, Angela Webster | Chairs: William Rawlinson, Camille Kotton | ||
| 1030 | Disease Recurrence in the Transplant Recipient | Provision of Surgical Support for Transplantation in Developing Countries | Regulatory T Cells in Transplantation - Experimental Models | DCD Liver (Perfusion, outcome and the bile duct) | Adolescents with Chronic Illness: Challenges Living, Challenges Treating | Understanding diagnostic test accuracy reviews | Fungal Infections in Transplantation | |
| Steven Chadban (Sydney, Australia) | Hans Schlitt (Regensburg, Germany) | Andrew Bushell (Oxford, UK) | Paolo Muiesan (Manchester, UK) | Susan Sawyer (Melbourne, Australia) | Jonathan Craig (Sydney, Australia) | Jen Kok (Sydney, Australia), Tania Sorrell (Sydney, Australia), Katherine Hale (Sydney, Australia) | ||
| 1100 | Accelerated Cardiovascular Disease Following Organ Transplantation | Surgical Challenges for the Expert Panel: 1. Too Fat, 2. Too Small, 3. Too Well, 4. Too Sick, 5. Too Old, 6. Too Many Physicians, 7. Too Late, 8. Too Tight | Generation of T Regs vs Th17s | DCD Lung donation | Preparation for a Rite of Passage: Tasks for the Paediatric Transplant Team | Interpreting sub group analyses and meta-regression (the bells and whistles) | Vaccination and the Transplant Recipient | |
| Helen Pilmore (Auckland, New Zealand) | R Gruessner, CM Lo, C Watson, H Schlitt, H Pleass, S Bartlett | Xiang Liang LI (Nantes, France) | Gregory Snell (Melbourne, Australia) | Lorraine Bell (Montreal, Canada) | Nicholas Cross (Sydney, Australia) | Camille Kotton (Boston, USA) | ||
| 1130 | Skeletal and Metabolic Disorders Post-Transplant | Human Regulatory T Cells in Transplantation | T3 treatment for donors and cardiac retrieval rates | Adolescents in an Adult Transplant World: Making the Grade | Finding answers and applying results for your patients | Bacterial Resistance | ||
| Grahame Elder (Sydney, Australia) | Nabila Seddiki (Sydney, Australia) | Peter Macdonald (Sydney, Australia) | Jeremy Chapman (Sydney, Australia) | Angela Webster (Sydney, Australia) | Jon Iredell (Sydney, Australia), Peter White (Sydney, Australia) | |||
| 1200 | Trials and Tribulations of Transplantation in the Developing World | Role of Mesenchymal Epithelial Transition in Transplantation | Telenet referrals | Panel discussion and challenging cases | Panel Discussion | Respiratory Viral Infections | ||
| George John (Vellore, India) | Warwick Teague (Oxford, UK) | Myra Sgorbini (Sydney, Australia) | Susan Sawyer, Lorraine Bell, Jeremy Chapman | Jonathan Craig, Nicholas Cross, Angela Webster, Richard Wormald | Michael Ison (Chicago, USA) | |||
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch | |||||||
 Astellas Sponsored Symposium |
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| 1330 - 1730 | Delivering The Full Promise of Kidney Transplantation Bayside Grand Hall |
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| 1330 | Renal Graft Loss Defined | |||||||
| Robert Gaston, USA | ||||||||
| Chair: Graeme Russ, Australia | ||||||||
| Session 1: Maximising the opportunity of transplantation | ||||||||
| 1340 | Transplant as the first option | |||||||
| Arthur Matas, USA | ||||||||
| 1355 | Waiting for a transplant: patient and list management | |||||||
| Gabriel Danovitch, USA | ||||||||
| 1410 | Q&A session | |||||||
| John Forsythe, UK | ||||||||
| Chair: Kazunari Tanabe, Japan | ||||||||
| Session 2: Ensuring a successful kidney transplant | ||||||||
| 1425 | Pretransplant antibody testing and decision making: a practical approach | |||||||
| Chris Watson, UK | ||||||||
| 1440 | Optimising surgical outcomes in transplantation | |||||||
| Jonas Wadström, Sweden | ||||||||
| 1455 | Management of immune-mediated early graft dysfunction | |||||||
| Robert Gaston, USA | ||||||||
| 1510 | Q&A session | |||||||
| John Forsythe, UK | ||||||||
| 1525 | Afternoon Tea | |||||||
| Session 3: Maintaining long-term graft function | ||||||||
| Chair: Ulrich Frei, Germany | ||||||||
| 1540 | Major health challenges faced by recipients | |||||||
| Alan Jardine, UK | ||||||||
| 1555 | The changing face of rejection | |||||||
| Minnie Sarwal, USA | ||||||||
| 1610 | What we know and don’t know about late graft loss | |||||||
| Tak Mao Chan, Hong Kong | ||||||||
| 1625 | Monitoring the allograft today and tomorrow | |||||||
| Allan Kirk, USA | ||||||||
| 1640 | Q&A session | |||||||
| John Forsythe, UK | ||||||||
| 1650 | Closing remarks | |||||||
| Jonas Wadström, Sweden | ||||||||
| 1700 | Close | |||||||
| 1800 | Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception Bayside Auditorium B |
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