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| Sunday, 15 August 2010 |
| 08:30 - 13:15 Canadian Transplant Academy (CTA) Training Day with TTS Post Graduate Course |
| 13:30 - 17:30 Astellas Satellite Symposium |
| 18:00 - 19:00 Opening Ceremony, Ballroom A/B, Level 1 |
| 19:00 - 20:30 Welcome Reception, Hall A, Exhibition Level |
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| Monday, 16 August 2010 |
| 07:00 - 08:15 Sunrise Symposia |
| SUN01:ROTRF Symposium: Antibody-Mediated Rejection - an Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure |
| SUN02: Improving Outcomes in kidney transplantation: Non-HLA Antibodies and Enhanced Clinical Risk Assessment (Absorber Symposium) |
| SUN03: Optimal Screening of Donors and Recipients |
| SUN04: Formation, Detection and Characterization of Antibodies to Transplantation Antigens |
| SUN05: The Art of Patient Care |
| 08:30 - 10:00 Plenary I |
| Lecture 1 • Basic Science: Vision and Future of Systems Biology |
| Lecture 2 • Translational: Beyond the Genome |
| Lecture 3 • Clinical: Monitoring Allograft Status in the 21st Century: A Noninvasive Molecular |
| 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 Morning Concurrent Symposia/Oral Sessions |
| O01: Experimental Immunobiology |
| O02: T Cell Diversity and Functional Biology |
| O03: Genomics and Biomarkers |
| O04: Organ Donation and Allocation I |
| O05: Induction Immunosuppression |
| O06: CMV Infection |
| O07: A New Century of Pediatric Transplantation? |
| O08: Immunosuppression for Liver Transplantation |
| O09: Optimizing Immediate Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation |
| O10: Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cellular Transplantation |
| O11: Late Breaking |
| 12:00 - 13:30 Pfizer Lunch Symposium |
| 12:15 - 13:15 Mini Oral Sessions |
| MO01: Immune Regulation and Tolerance I |
| MO02: Clinical and Ethical Aspects of Living Donor Transplantation |
| MO03: Induction Immunosuppression |
| MO04: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes |
| MO05: Living Liver Donors and Techniques |
| MO06: Laboratory Immunology and Kidney Transplantation |
| MO07: Islet and Pancreas Transplantation I |
| 13:30 - 15:00 State of the Art Symposia |
| SOTA 01: Global Strategies to Improve Deceased Organ Donation |
| SOTA 02: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
| SOTA 03: Induction Immunosuppression |
| SOTA 04: Allorecognition and Response |
| SOTA 05: Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR). The Changing Face of Rejection in Heart Transplantation |
| SOTA 06: Living Donor Liver Transplantation |
| SOTA 07: Islet Transplantation: Immunology and Physiology |
| 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 Afternoon Concurrent Symposia/Oral Sessions |
| O12: Experimental Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury |
| O13: Assays to Predict Allorgraft Rejection |
| O14: Molecular Mechanisms of Delayed Kidney Graft Function |
| O15: Access to Treatment and Quality of Life |
| O16: Use of mTor inhibitors and MPA I |
| O17: Non-Viral Infections in Transplantation |
| O18: Biologic and Therapeutic Advances in Heart Transplantation I |
| O19: The Problem of Viral Hepatitis in Liver Transplantation |
| O20: Options and Outcomes in the Sensitized Kidney Recipient |
| O21: Clinical Islet Transplantation |
| 17:30 - 18:30 Genzyme Satellite Sympsium |
Tuesday 17 August 2010 |
| 07:00 - 08:15 Sunrise Symposia |
| SUN06: ELPAT: Altruistic Organ Donation to a Stranger |
| SUN07: Genetically Modified Pigs For Xenotransplantation |
| SUN08: What's New in Transplant ID |
| SUN09: "How Can We Reduce the 30 Day Mortality After Heart Transplantation?" |
| SUN10: Proteomics in Transplantation - A BC Proteomics Network Symposium |
| SUN11: The Road to Tolerance (One Lambda Symposium) |
| 08:30 - 10:00 Plenary II |
| Lecture 1 • Basic Science: Why is the Alloresponse so strong? |
| Lecture 2 • Translational: Inducing Transplantation Tolerance |
| Lecture 3 • Clinical: Tolerance in Clinical Transplantation |
| 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 Morning Concurrent Symposia/Oral Sessions |
| O22: B Cells and Antibody Responses |
| O23: Activation and Role of T Regulatory Cells |
| O24: Molecular Mechanisms of Chronic Kidney Graft Injury |
| O25: Organ Donation and Allocation II |
| O26: New Immunosuppressive Agents |
| O27: BK Virus Infection |
| O28: Innovations in Composite Tissue Transplantation |
| O29: Outcomes of Liver Transplantation I |
| O30: Therapeutic Strategies for Kidney transplantation |
| O31: Cell Therapy and Stem Cells |
| O32: Late Breaking |
| 12:00 - 13:30 Novartis Lunch Symposium |
| 12:15 - 13:15 Mini Oral Sessions |
| MO08: Immune Regulation and Tolerance II |
| MO09: International Trends in Organ Donation |
| MO10: New Immunosuppressive agents |
| MO11: Societal Issues and public policy |
| MO12: Immunuosuppression in Liver Transplantation |
| MO13: Clinical Strategies and Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation |
| MO14: Islet and Pancreas Transplantation II |
| 13:30 - 15:00 State of the Art Symposia |
| SOTA 08: Principles and Practice of Living Donor Exchange |
| SOTA 09: Biology and Therapeutic Potential of Regulatory Cells |
| SOTA 10: Maintenance Immunosuppression |
| SOTA 11: Transplant Genomics and Biomarkers of Injury |
| SOTA 12: Biological Function and Clinical Relevance of Antibodies to Transplantation Antigens |
| SOTA 13: Liver Transplantation For Hepatocellular Cancer |
| SOTA 14: Islet Cell Replacement: Outcomes and Allocation |
| 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 Afternoon Concurrent Symposia/Oral Sessions |
| O33: Cellular Mechanisms of Immune Regulation |
| O34: Cellular Assays of the Graft Response |
| O35: Biomarkers in Kidney Transplantation |
| O36: Ethics, Public Policy and Economics |
| O37: Use of mTor inhibitors and MPA II |
| O38: Malignancy After Transplantation |
| O39: Biologic and Therapeutic Advances in Heart Transplantation II |
| O40: HCC and Living Donor Transplantation |
| O41: Transplantation in ABO mismatched and sensitized recipients |
| O42: Clinical Pancreas Transplantation I |
| 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Satellite Sympsium |
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 |
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| 07:00 - 08:15 Sunrise Symposia | |
| SUN12: |
TTS/IPTA Symposium on Pediatric Transplantation: Overcoming Barriers to Successful Organ Transplantation in Children |
| SUN13: Xenotransplantation: From the Lab to the Clinic | |
| SUN14: Complications of Transplantation | |
| SUN15: Detection and Monitoring of Antibodies Prior to Transplantation | |
| SUN16: The Biology of Patient Care | |
| 08:30 - 10:00 Plenary III | |
| Lecture 1 • Basic Science: Generation, Programming and Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells | |
| Lecture 2 • Translational: Advances in Regenerative Biology and Organ Biogenesis | |
| Lecture 3 • Clinical: Lung Repair, Regeneration and Transplantation | |
| 10:15 – 12:00 The President’s Plenary | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 Astellas Transplant Lunch Symposium | |
| 12:15 - 13:15 Mini Oral Sessions | |
| MO15: Immunological monitoring | |
| MO16: Organ Donation, Preservation and Allocation | |
| MO17: CNI Minimization Strategies | |
| MO18: Innovations in Heart Transplantation I | |
| MO19: Interventions and Outcomes in Liver Transplantation I | |
| MO20: Xenotransplantation | |
| MO21: Late Breaking | |
| 13:30 -15:00 State of the Art Symposia | |
| SOTA 15: Developing Societal and Ethical Consensus on Living Donation | |
| SOTA 16: Innovations in Regenerative Medicine | |
| SOTA 17: Prevention and Treatment of Antibody Mediated Rejection | |
| SOTA 18: Immune Regulation and Tolerance | |
| SOTA 19: Clinically Relevant Molecular Mechanisms in Lung Transplantation | |
| SOTA 20: Hepatitis C Positive Patient | |
| SOTA 21: Ischemia - Reperfusion Injury | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 - 17:00 Afternoon Concurrent Symposia/Oral Sessions | |
| O43: Experimental and Human Tolerance | |
| O44: Xenotransplantation I | |
| O45: Molecular Diagnostics and Genomics | |
| O46: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes II | |
| O47: Clinical Trials of Immunosuppression | |
| O48: Advances in Surgery and Imaging | |
| O49: Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Lung Transplantation | |
| O50: Intestine and Multivisceral Transplantation | |
| O51: Immunological Monitoring in Kidney Transplantation | |
| O52: Experimental Islet Transplantation | |
| 17:30 - 19:00 Novartis Satellite Symposium | |
Thursday 19 August 2010 |
| 07:00 - 08:15 Sunrise Symposia |
| SUN17: Women in Transplantation |
| SUN18: IATDMCT Partner Symposium: Therapeutic Monitoring of Immunosuppression |
| SUN19: Exciting Updates in CMV |
| SUN20: Detection and Monitoring of Antibodies after Transplantation |
| 08:30 - 10:00: Plenary 4 |
| Lecture 1 • Basic Science: miRNA in Immunity and Transplantation |
| Lecture 2 • Translational: Guidance of Immunosuppression by Biomarkers |
| Lecture 3 • Clinical: Current Advances in Clinical Immunosuppression |
| 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 Morning Concurrent Symposia/Oral Sessions |
| O53: Clinical Role of HLA Antibodies |
| O54: NK Cells in Graft Injury and Acceptance |
| O55: Molecular and Cellular Pathology of the Kidney Allograft |
| O56: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes I |
| O57: Pre-clinical immunosuppressive agents |
| O58: Other Viral Infections in Transplantation |
| O59: Striving to Harness the Immune System in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation |
| O60: Outcomes of Liver Transplantation II |
| O61: Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| O62: Clinical Pancreas Transplantation II |
| O63: Xenotransplantation II |
| 12:00 - 13:30 Roche Lunch Symposium |
| 12:15 - 13:15 Mini Oral Sessions |
| MO22: Immunopharmacology |
| MO23: Pediatric Organ Transplantation |
| MO24: Cardiac and Metabolic Complication of Transplantation |
| MO25: Innovations in Heart Transplantation II |
| MO26: Interventions and Outcomes in Liver Transplantation II |
| MO27: Experimental and Clinical Lung Transplantation |
| MO28: Stem Cells and Cellular Transplantation |
| 13:30 - 15:00 State of the Art Symposia |
| SOTA 22: Planning for Donation After Cardiac Death |
| SOTA 23: Tissue Transplantation and Reconstruction |
| SOTA 24: Immunosuppression and Post-Transplant Malignancy |
| SOTA 25: Injury, Repair and Remodeling |
| SOTA 26: Cellular Xenotransplantation |
| SOTA 27: Graft Injury in Liver Transplantation |
| SOTA 28: Intestinal Transplantation |
| 15:00 - 16:00 Closing Ceremony |
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