Detailed program Thursday

Please note, this program was the program for Thursday September 25, 2025.

Opening

10:00 - 11:00

Regio 2

Time	Session
10:00 – 11:00	Opening Session André Matera, General Director Eurotransplant, the Netherlands Erwin de Buijzer, MD, MBA, Medical Director Eurotransplant, the Netherlands

Coffee/tea break & Eurotransplant IT demos

11:00 - 11:30

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

Heart/Lung (Users) meeting

11:30 - 13:00

Chair: Prof. Jan Gummert, MD, PhD, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Germany

Regio 5

Time	Session
11:30 – 11:55	Regenerative therapy in patients with advanced heart failure Gregor Poglajen, MD, Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Slovenia
11:55 – 12:20	Prevention and treatment strategies for chronic lung allograft dysfunction Francois Carlier, MD, PhD, CHU UCL Namur, Belgium
12:20 – 12:45	The evolving role of CIP in the era of more sophisticated preservation methods Isaac Wamala, MD, PhD, Charité, Medical University of Berlin, Germany
12:45 – 13:00	The iThOR project Rocio Laguna Goya, MD, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherland

Organ Process Chain meeting

11:30 - 13:00

Chair: Univ.-Prof. Thomas Soliman, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Marit Kalisvaart, MD, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands

Regio 1

Time	Session
11:30 – 13:00	Panel discussion on Machine Perfusion Impact of machine perfusion on organ allocation: Now and in the future Panel members: – Prof. Tom Darius, MD, PhD, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc/UC Louvain, Belgium – Niels van der Kaaij, MD, Erasmus MC, the Netherlands – Prof. dr. med. Fabio Ius, Hannover Medical School, Germany – Felicia Kneifel, MD, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany – Cyril Moers, MD, PhD, UMCG, the Netherlands – Assoz. Prof. Priv.-Doz Dr. Annemarie Weißenbacher, MD, PhD, Chirurgie Innsbruck, Austria

Time

Session

11:30 – 13:00

Panel discussion on Machine Perfusion
Impact of machine perfusion on organ allocation: Now and in the future

Panel members:
– Prof. Tom Darius, MD, PhD, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc/UC Louvain, Belgium
– Niels van der Kaaij, MD, Erasmus MC, the Netherlands
– Prof. dr. med. Fabio Ius, Hannover Medical School, Germany
– Felicia Kneifel, MD, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
– Cyril Moers, MD, PhD, UMCG, the Netherlands
– Assoz. Prof. Priv.-Doz Dr. Annemarie Weißenbacher, MD, PhD, Chirurgie Innsbruck, Austria

2024 | 2025 Eurotransplant Update: Highlights and Improvements

11:30 - 13:00

Chair: André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands

Regio 2

Time	Session
11:30 – 11:50	Software Development @ Eurotransplant Ben Furth, MSc., Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
11:50 – 12:10	The new Urgency application Ben Furth, MSc., Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
12:10 – 12:30	The new Donor Registration Application Arianne Verweij, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
12:30 – 13:00	Organizational improvements André Matera, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands Erwin de Buijzer, MD, MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:00

Restaurant

General Assembly

14:00 - 15:25

Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Zuckermann, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Regio 2

Time	Session
14:00 – 14:05	Opening
14:05 – 14:10	Election
14:10 – 15:00	Report on achievements and goals of the Eurotransplant Advisory Committees By the chairs of the Eurotransplant Advisory Committees
15:00 – 15:15	Announcement and presentation of the winner of the Eurotransplant Jon van Rood Award 2025
15:15 – 15:20	Announcement elections results
15:20 – 15:25	Closing remarks

Coffee/tea break & Eurotransplant IT demos

15:25 - 15:45

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

Heart/Lung (Auditors) meeting

15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Prof. Jan Gummert, MD, PhD, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Germany
Regio 5

Time	Session
15:45 – 16:25	Discussion of difficult eLAS cases Veronique Verplancke, MD, PhD, University of Antwerp, Belgium
16:25 – 17:15	Discussion of difficult HU heart cases Michael Berchtold-Herz, MD, PhD, Medical University of Freiburg, Germany Prof. Michel de Pauw, MD, PhD, Medical University of Gent, Belgium

Pancreas meeting

15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Prof. Robert Öllinger, MD, PhD, MBA, Charité, Germany
Regio 1

Time	Session
15:45 – 15:50	Welcome & introduction by session chair Prof. Robert Öllinger, MD, PhD, MBA, Charité, Germany
15:50 – 16:10	Insulin resistance and pancreas transplantation Prof. Robert Öllinger, MD, PhD, MBA, Charité, Germany Priv.-Doz. Andreas Kahl, MD, PhD, Charité, Germany
16:10 – 16:30	Hybrid closed loop systems versus beta cell replacement therapy Prof. Pieter Gillard, MD, PhD, KU Leuven, Belgium
16:30 – 16:50	Combined liver and pancreas transplantation Gabor Telkes, MD, PhD, Semmelweis University, Hungary
16:50 – 17:15	Saving pancreas Transplantation in Eurotransplant Prof. Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Data Science in Allocation

15:45 – 17:15

Chair: Erwin de Buijzer, MD MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Regio 2

Time	Session
15:45 – 15:50	Welcome & introduction by session chair Erwin de Buijzer, MD, MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
15:50 – 16:10	Missing data in allocation modelling: causes, consequences, and solutions Hans de Ferrante, PhD, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
16:10 – 16:30	Machine learning approach to identify parameters that influence organ acceptance Agita Strelniece, MSc, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
16:30 – 17:10	Two best practices 16:30 Accurate Reporting with Repeating Data: Integrating Eurotransplant Data into REDCap with a Custom Solution Marcel Müller, The Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology München 16:50 Data batch uploading to the registry application Remco van Vliet, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands Andy van der Meij, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
17:10 – 17:15	Q&A

Plenary session

17:30 – 18:30

Chair: Erwin de Buijzer, MD, MBA, Eurotransplant, the Netherlands
Regio 2

Session
Keynote “Developing and Implementing AI-Based Decision Support Systems in Clinical Practice: Opportunities, Regulatory Challenges, and Legal Considerations” Prof. ir. Johan Kwisthout, PhD, Programme Director AI, Radboud University, the Netherlands

Networking event

18:30 – 22:30
PAARL

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