THE 18TH CONGRESS OF ASIAN SOCIETY
OF TRANSPLANTATION
25 -28 August 2023 • Hong Kong

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
(Tentative program structure)
  • Time Pre -Congress Workshop
    8:30-12:00 Pre-congress Workshop I

    Transplant Immunology / Update on Immunosuppressant    		 Pre-congress Workshop II

    Transplant Oncology    		 Pre-congress Workshop III

    Transplant Pathology    		 Special Session

    Transplantation in Asia
    12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
    13:50-15:50 Pre-congress workshop IV

    Organ donation and procurement in Asia    		 Pre-congress workshop V

    Xenotransplantation / Machine perfusion    		 Pre-congress workshop VI

    Infection Diseases and Organ Transplantation / COVID related topic    		 Special Session

    DICG – Ethics session
    16:00-17:00 AST Council meeting
    17:00-18:00 Opening ceremony
    18:00-20:00 Exhibition Open and Poster Viewing
  • Time Day 1
    9:00-10:00 Plenary I
    10:00-10:30 Poster Viewing, Exhibition Visit
    Coffee Break
    10:30-12:10 State-of-art Symposium I
    Clinical Excellences (Surgical Innovation)
    Kidney Liver Heart & Lung Pancreas, Intestine
    Bone Marrow, Xenotransplantation
    Tissue/Histocompatibility
    12:20-13:50 Lunch Break
    14:00-15:30 Concurrent Sessions I
    (Oral presentations for the selected abstracts)
    Kidney Liver Heart & Lung Pancreas, Intestine
    Bone Marrow, Xenotransplantation
    Tissue/Histocompatibility
    15:30-16:00 Poster Viewing, Exhibition Visit
    Coffee Break
    16:00-17:40 State-of-art Symposium II
    Clinical Excellences (Updated Medical Treatments/Protocols)
    Kidney Liver Lung & Heart Pancreas, Intestine
    Bone Marrow, Xenotransplantation
    Tissue/Histocompatibility
  • Time Day 2
    9:00-10:00 Plenary II
    10:00-10:30 Poster Viewing, Exhibition Visit
    Coffee Break
    10:30-12:10 State-of-art Symposium III
    Translational and Basic Research
    Kidney Liver Transplant Infectious Disease Advances in Basic Research
    12:20-13:50 Lunch Break
    14:00-15:30 Concurrent Sessions II
    (Oral presentations for the selected abstracts)    		 Hong Kong Eye Bank Special Session
    Anesthesia & Peri-operative Management Transplant Pathology and Imaging Pediatrics Cornea Transplant
    15:30-16:00 Poster Viewing, Exhibition Visit
    Coffee Break
    16:00-17:40 State-of-art Symposium IV
    Anesthesia & Peri-operative Management Transplant Pathology & Imaging Pediatrics  
  • Time Day 3
    9:00-10:00 Plenary III
    10:00-10:30 Poster Viewing, Exhibition Visit
    Coffee Break
    10:30-12:10 State-of-art Symposium V
    New technologies    		 Registry session
    Digital imaging CRISPR & Xeno Bioengineering Update in Asian Registry, ASTREG
    12:20-13:50 Meeting the Experts/Round Table Discussion
    Lunch Break
    14:00-15:30 State-of-art Symposium VI
    New Technologies    		 WIT Session Vanguard Session
    AI and MultiOmics Single cell Sequencing Bioprinting and Organ Repair Gender Issue in Transplantation Early Career Development
    15:30-15:45 Poster Viewing, Exhibition Visit
    Coffee Break
    15:45-16:30 Closing Ceremony
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