Detailed program Friday

Please note, this program was the program for Friday September 26, 2025.

Annual Meeting Run

06:45 - 07:45

Start from the hotel entrance

Time	Activity
06:45 – 07:45	Early Morning Annual Meeting run

09:00 – 10:30

Chair: Prof. Michael Fischereder, MD, PhD, LMU-Klinikum München, Germany
Regio 2

Time	Session
09:00 – 09:30	Age-dependent HLA matching and candidate-donor age matching in ETKAS Hans de Ferrante, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
09:30 – 10:00	Sliding scale for the vPRA + matchability Hans de Ferrante, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
10:00 – 10:30	Highly immunized patients; allocation via ETKAS/ESP, AM and AM desensitization program Rocio Laguna Goya, MD, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherland

09:00 – 10:30

Chair: Em. Prof. Patrick GAM Ferdinande, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Regio 5

Time	Session
09:00 – 09:20	ET Liver allocation patterns over the past 15 years Erwin De Buijzer, MD, MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
09:20 – 09:30	Questions & Discussion
09:30 – 09:50	Futility as tool to increase utility in Liver TX Prof. Markus Guba, MD, PhD, Klinikum der Universität München, Germany
09:50 – 10:00	Questions & Discussion
10:00 – 10:15	Simulations of liver allocation in the ET cohort. Old and new scores Hans de Ferrante, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
10:15 – 10:20	View of the ELIAC Prof. Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
10:20 – 10:30	Questions & Discussion

09:00 – 10:30

Chair: André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Regio 1

Time	Session
09:00 – 09:25	Do’s and don’ts of health data sharing under GDPR and EHDS regulation Dalibor Vojta, European Commission, Belgium Katleen Baert, European Commission, Belgium
09:25 – 09:50	Eurotransplant’s experience with GDPR compliance André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
09:50 – 10:15	Vision of Eurotransplant as a Central Platform for Data Exchange Prof. Karl Martin Wissing, MD, PhD, UZ Brussel, Belgium
10:15 – 10:30	Panel Discussion

10:30 – 10:45
Coffee/tea in break area

Eurotransplant IT Demos: Recent developments in applications held during the breaks

Industrie 6

Demos
New application for high urgency liver requests Laura Boogert, Product Owner, Eurotransplant
Preview new Donor Registration System (DRS): Efficiency Engineered for Critical Moment Arianne Verweij, Product Owner, Eurotransplant Melanie Luthra, Business Analyst, Eurotransplant
Latest insights in smarter allocation tools: from rescue allocation to a completely new allocation application Kevin de Regt, Product Owner, Eurotransplant

10:45 – 11:25

Chairs: André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Erwin de Buijzer, MD MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Regio 2

Session
Welcome André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands Erwin de Buijzer, MD, MBA, Eurotransplant the Netherlands
ISHLT collaboration in the field of advanced heart and lung failure Prof. Rebecca Cogswell, MD, University of Minnesota, USA Hungarian transplant registry Sandor Mihaly, PhD, Hungarian National Blood Transfusion Service, Hungary
Signing of ISHLT agreement (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation agreements) Signing of Data Exchange agreement with Hungary

11:30 – 13:00

Chair: Nils Lachmann, MD, PhD, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin & ZTB, Germany
Regio 2

Time	Session
11:30 – 11:35	Welcome Nils Lachmann, MD, PhD, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin & ZTB, Germany
11:35 – 12:10	Faster, Cheaper, Better: The Halifaster Flow Crossmatch Protocol Prof. Robert Liwski, MD, PhD, HLA Laboratory Queen Elizabeth II, Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada
12:10 – 12:35	Overcoming Immunological Barriers: The Spanish Approach to Highly Sensitized Patients Esther Mancebo Sierra, PhD, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
12:35- 13:00	HLA typing in deceased donor allocation: Current practices and future directions Timo Olieslagers, PhD, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands

11:30 – 13:00

Chair: Prof. Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Regio 1

Time	Session
11:30 – 11:35	Welcome Prof. Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
11:35 – 11:55	Organoid Science: From Research to Organ Transplantation Prof. Luc van der Laan, MD, PhD Erasmus MC, the Netherlands
11:55 – 12:15	Liver Transplantation for Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Simona Meneghini, MD, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
12:15 – 12:45	National Liver Offering Scheme For Liver Transplantation in the United Kingdom Prof. Douglas Thorbun, MD, PhD, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
12:45 – 13:00	Intestinal Transplantation in Eurotransplant: A Five-Year Analysis Revealing Discrepancies Between Organ Reporting, Utilization, and Waiting List Mando Filipe, MD, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands

11:30 – 13:00
Industrie 6

Demos
New application for high urgency liver requests Laura Boogert, Product Owner, Eurotransplant
Preview new Donor Registration System (DRS): Efficiency Engineered for Critical Moment Arianne Verweij, Product Owner, Eurotransplant Melanie Luthra, Business Analyst, Eurotransplant
Latest insights in smarter allocation tools: from rescue allocation to a completely new allocation application Kevin de Regt, Product Owner, Eurotransplant

13:05 – 13:30

Chairs: André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Erwin de Buijzer, MD MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Regio 2

Session
Outlook into the future of data sharing Erwin de Buijzer, MD, MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands

13:30 - 14:30

Restaurant