Scientific Programme
Programme at a Glance - SATS
Thursday 10 November
| XVIVO MACHINE PERFUSION WORKSHOP: ELMI MULLER, STELLENBOSCH WET LAB |
Friday 11 November
Day 1 - Auditorium 2 - Session 1
Day 1 - Auditorium 2 - Session 2
| 07h00 – 13h00 | Congress and Workshop registration |
Day 1 - Auditorium 2 - Session 1
SATS Pre-Congress Workshop
Chairs: Lliam Branigan & David Thompson
| 07h30 – 12h30 | Establishing national guidelines for organ allocation | David Thompson |
| 12h00 – 13h00 | Registration and Lunch | Exhibition Area |
| 13h00 – 13h05 | Welcome and opening address | Francisca van der Schyff |
| 13h05 - 13h45 | Attaining immunotolerance: the holy grail in transplantation | Sandy Feng (International) |
| 13h45 – 14h15 | Pioneering access to renal transplantation in HIV positive recipients | Elmi Muller |
| 14h15 – 14h45 | Creating universal access to intestinal transplantation | Jonathan Hind |
| 14h45 – 15h15 | Relevance of Cell & Gene therapy in developing countries | Michael Pepper |
| 15:15 – 16:05 | Refreshments | Exhibition Area |
Day 1 - Auditorium 2 - Session 2
Chairs: Lliam Branigan & David Thompson
| 16h05 – 16h35 | Machine perfusion: viability assessment and therapeutics ex-vivo | XVIVIO |
| 16h35 – 17h00 | Immuno-engineering of the vascular endothelium to silence MHC expression during normothermic ex-vivo lung perfusion | |
| 18h00 | SATS AGM |
Saturday 12 November
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 3
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 4
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 5
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 6
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 3
The Nuances of Paediatric Transplantation
Jean de Ville de Goyet & Jerome Loveland
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Registration | |
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposium | TBC |
| 08h00 – 08h20 | An approach to the technically challenging paediatric liver transplant | Jean de Ville de Goyet |
| 08h20 – 08h40 | Minimising small-for-size syndrome: Pretransplant portal vein flow modulation in living donor liver transplantation | Francisca van der Schyff |
| 08h40 – 09h00 | The role of interventional radiology in solid organ transplantation | Charles Sanyika |
| 09h00 – 09h20 | ECMO in the armamentarium of transplantation | Greg Calligaro |
| 09h20 – 09h40 | The ongoing evolution in the management of end-stage cardiac failure: transplant assisted strategies | Willie Koen |
| 09h40 – 10h00 | Free papers | |
| 10h00 – 10h30 | Refreshments | Exhibition Area |
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 4
OVERCOMING IMMUNOLOGICAL BARRIERS IN TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs: Mignon McCulloch & Greg Calligaro
| 10h30 – 10h50 | Automating virtual crossmatching for solid organs: the Wits Donald Gordon experience | Elizabeth Maine |
| 10h50 – 11h10 | An approach to desensitation in potential kidney transplant recipients | Malcolm Davies |
| 11h10 – 11h30 | Transplantation across the blood group barrier | Glycorex |
| 11h50 – 12h15 | Non-invasive detection of renal allograft rejection | Johan Nel |
| 12h15 – 12h30 | Free papers | |
| 12h30 – 13h30 | Lunch in Exhibition Area | Exhibition Area |
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 5
Adult Liver Transplant Session
Chairs: Bilal Bobabt & Wendy Spearman
| 13h30 – 14h00 | Multi-visceral transplantation: when one organ is not enough | Jonathan Hind |
| 14h00 – 14h20 | Split liver transplantation: Maximising the deceased donor pool | Jean de Ville de Goyet |
| 14h20 – 14h40 | Liver transplantation from HIV positive donors to HIV negative recipients: a world first | Marisa Beretta |
| 14h40 – 15h00 | Thoracic organ allocation in South Africa | Tim Pennel |
| 15h00 – 15h20 | Expanding the renal donor pool by DCD | David Thomson |
| 15h30 – 14h00 | Refreshments | Exhibition Area |
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 6
Adult Liver Transplant Session
Chairs: Elmi Muller & Vakhtang Rekviashvili
| 15h45 – 16h05 | Ethical issues in transplantation | Mande Toubkin |
| 16h05 – 17h00 | Free Papers | |
| 17h00 – 18h00 | Round table panel discussion: the role of professional societies in advancing transplantation in South Africa | South African Renal Society and South African Transplant Society |
| 19h00 – 24h00 | Formal Dinner | Lanzerac Wine Estate |
Sunday 13 November
Day 3 - Auditorium 2 - Session 7
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 8
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 9
Day 3 - Auditorium 2 - Session 7
SATS PARALLEL SESSION
NEW SOLUTIONS TO OLD PROBLEMS IN TRANSPLANTATION INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chairs: Bilal Bobat & Wendy Spearman
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Registration | |
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposium | TBC |
| 08h00 -08h20 | An approach to desensitization in the potential kidney transplant recipient | Malcolm Davies |
| 08h2 – 08h40 | Overcoming the problem of CMV in solid organ transplantation | Warren Lowman |
| 08h20 – 08h40 | Vaccination of the transplant patient | Dinen Pharboo |
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 8
SATS PARALLEL SESSION
PRE-TRANSPLANT CARE OF THE PATIENT IN ORGAN FAILURE
Chairs: Despina Demopolous & Marisa Beretta
| 08h40 – 09h00 | Renal replacement therapy in the neonate | Mignon McCulloch |
| 09h00 – 09h20 | Acute liver failure: Modern management | Bilal Bobat |
| 09h20 – 09h40 | The NASH patient: Mitigating cardiovascular risk peri-transplant | Mark Eagar |
| 09h40 – 10h00 | Coordinating the emergency living donor liver transplan | Mary Duncan |
| 10h00 – 10h20 | Navigating cultural differences in the transplantation arena | Mbali Misimeki |
| 10h20 – 10h40 | Free Papers |
Day 2 - Auditorium 2 - Session 9
PARALLEL SESSION– LIFE BEYOND TRANSPLANTATION: OPTIMISING LONG-TERM OUTCOMES
Chairs: Tinus du Toit & Francisca van der Schyff
| 11h00 – 11h20 | Managing the transition of the transplanted adolescent to adult care | Mignon McCulloch |
| 11h20 – 11h40 | Dialysis, distress and difficult conversations: living with a kidney transplant | Clare McKeaveney |
| 11h40 – 12h00 | The South African Transplant Coordinator Society: progress made and future directions | Anja Meyer |
| 12h00 – 12h20 | TELL: Transplant education for living legacies- patient support through non-profit organisations | Stella de Kock |
| 12h20 – 12h40 | Transplant Sports South Africa- thriving post transplantation | Jan Marais |
| 12h40 – 12h45 | Closing remarks | |
| 13h00 – 14h00 | Congress Close & Light Grab & Go Lunch on Departure | Exhibition Area |
Programme at a Glance - SATiBA
Friday 11 November
Day 1 - Auditorium 1 - Session 1
Day 1 - Auditorium 1 - Session 1
SATiBA Pre-Congress Workshop
| 07h00 – 12h30 | Donor management: identification to recovery | Martin Börgel, DGFG |
| 12h00 – 13h00 | Registration and Lunch | Exhibition Area |
| 13h00 – 13h05 | Welcome and opening address | Francisca van der Schyff |
| 13h05 - 13h45 | Attaining immunotolerance: the holy grail in transplantation | Sandy Feng (International) |
| 13h45 – 14h15 | Pioneering access to renal transplantation in HIV positive recipients | Elmi Muller |
| 14h15 – 14h45 | Creating universal access to intestinal transplantation | Jonathan Hind |
| 14h45 – 15h15 | Relevance of Cell & Gene therapy in developing countries | Michael Pepper |
| 15:15 – 16:05 | Refreshments | Exhibition Area |
Day 1 - Auditorium 1 - Session 2
| 16h05 – 16h25 | Cadaver skin in burn wound treatment | Gary Dospassos |
| 16h25 –16h45 | Amniotic membrane and its therapeutic uses | Yvonne Holt |
| 16h45 – 17h15 | Bone fiber technology | Theo le Roux |
| 17h15 – 17h35 | Prevalence of SARS covid 19 in SA blood donors | Marion Vermeulen |
| 18h00 | SATS AGM |
Saturday 12 November
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 / Library - Session 3
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 4
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 5
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 6
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 / Library - Session 3
SATIBA Parallel Session
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Registration | |
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposium | TBC |
| 08h00 – 08h20 | Quality management | Diletta Trojan |
| 08h20 – 08h40 | Feacal Microbiotia Service, Australia | Chris van Diemen |
| 08h40 – 09h00 | Human alternatives to Bovine Serum for tissue culture purposes | Speaker |
| 09h00 – 09h20 | Fecal transplant: its uses, setting up a bank, donors and proposed regulation in SA | Riana Cockeran |
| 09h20 – 09h40 | SA Bone Marrow Registry: difficulties caused by the lack of representation | Charlotte Ingram |
| 09h40 – 10h00 | Implementation of donor referral system | Yvonne Cordner |
| 10h00 – 10h30 | Refreshments | Exhibition Area |
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 4
Tissue Processing Session
| 10h30 – 11h00 | Cornea preservation: Organ culture vs Cold Storage | Speaker |
| 11h00 – 11h30 | Musculoskeletal processing | Speaker |
| 11h30 – 12h00 | Skin preservation methods | Speaker |
| 12h00 – 12h30 | Free papers | |
| 12h30 – 13h30 | Lunch in Exhibition Area | Exhibition Area |
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 5
WUTBA Session
| 13h30 – 14h30 | WUTBA AGM & INTERNATIONAL SESSION | Martin Börgel |
| 14h30 – 14h50 | Human Amnio in wound healing, Italy | Diletta Trojan |
| 14h50 – 15h10 | Status of Blood donation in Australia | Chris van Diemen |
| 15h10 – 15h30 | Status of tissue banking in Malaysia | Suzina S A Hamid |
| 15h30 – 16h00 | Refreshments | Exhibition Area |
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 6
WUTBA Session
| 16h00 – 16h20 | Status of musculoskeletal banking in Asia Pacific region | Chris van Diemen |
| 16h20 – 16h40 | Start-up of new tissue banks in India | Speaker |
| 16h40 – 17h00 | Free papers | |
| 19h00 – 24h00 | Formal Dinner | Lanzerac Wine Estate |
Sunday 13 November
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 8
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 7
| 07h00 – 08h00 | Registration | |
| 08h00 – 08h20 | Towards the development of a universal donor cell | Michael Pepper |
| 08h20 – 09h10 | Genetic Modification of Limbal Stem Cells to Decrease Allogeneic Immune Responses | Emilio Valdivia |
| 09h10 – 09h30 | Long term storage of stem cells | Tanya Glatt |
| 09h30 – 10h30 | Free papers |
Day 2 - Auditorium 1 - Session 8
Round Table Discussion Tissue Banking in Africa
| 11h00 – 12h30 | Cornea donation in Africa | WUTBA Round Table Discussion |
| 13h00 – 14h00 | Congress Close & Light Grab & Go Lunch on Departure | Exhibition Area |
Important Dates
Abstract Submission
Early Bird Registration Closes
Thursday, 11 August
Online Registration Closes
Thursday, 27 October