CAST 2023, CAST2023, The 18th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST)

Time	Pre-Congress Workshop
Venue	Convention Hall (Hall C)	Convention Hall (Hall B)	Theatre 2	Convention Hall (Hall A)
8:30-12:00	Pre-congress Workshop I	Pre-congress Workshop II	Pre-congress Workshop III	Special Session
	Transplant Immunology	Transplant Oncology	Transplant Pathology	Transplantation in Asia
	Transplant Immunology	Transplant Oncology	Infection Diseases and Organ Transplantation	(10:40 - 12:00) CAST-Vitalink Session
12:00-13:30	Lunch Break
13:50-15:50	Pre-congress workshop IV	Pre-congress workshop V	Pre-congress workshop VI	Special Session
13:50-15:50	Organ Donation and Procurement in Asia	Machine Perfusion	Updates in Surgery and Beyond	AST Ethics Session
16:00-17:00	Exhibition open
17:00-18:00	Opening Ceremony (Theatre 1)
18:00-20:00	Exhibition and Poster Viewing

Time	Day 1
Venue	Theatre 1	Convention Hall (Hall B)	Theatre 2	Convention Hall (Hall A)	Room S226
8:30-9:25	(Theatre 1) Keynote Lecture I
9:25-9:30	(Theatre 1) AST Prize Presentation
9:30-10:00	Poster Presentation, Exhibition Visit Coffee Break (Convention Foyer)				(9:40 - 10:00) Meet the Expert
9:30-10:00					Prof John Fung (TTS President-elect)
10:00-12:50	State-of-the-art Symposium I
10:00-11:20	Kidney I Longevity of Transplant Kidney	Liver I Updates in Theranostics in HCC	Heart & Lung I Heart & Lung	Pancreas, Xeno, Tissue/Histocompatibility
11:30-12:50	Kidney II Kidney Donor Assessment and Selection	Liver II Revisit the Outcomes	Heart & Lung II Heart	HKST Session (by invitation)
13:00-14:20	Industry Sympsium Lunch Break
14:20-16:00	Concurrent Sessions I (Oral presentations for the selected abstracts)
14:20-16:00	Kidney	Liver	Basic Science	Transplant Immunology
16:00-16:20	Poster Presentation, Exhibition Visit (Convention Foyer) Coffee Break
16:20-18:00	State-of-the-art Symposium II				(16:20 - 16:40) Meet the Expert
16:20-18:00	Kidney III Challenges in Kidney Transplantation	Liver III	Heart & Lung III Lung	TID-CAST Symposium	Prof Sandy Feng (AJT Editor-in-Chief)

Time	Day 2
Venue	Theatre 1	Convention Hall (Hall B)	Theatre 2	Convention Hall (Hall A)
8:30-9:25	(Theatre 1) Keynote Lecture II
9:25-9:30	(Theatre 1) AST Prize Presentation
9:30-10:00	Poster Presentation, Exhibition Visit Coffee Break (Convention Foyer)
10:00-12:50	State-of-the-art Symposium III
10:00-11:20	Kidney IV Overcoming Immunological Barrier	Liver IV	Advances in Basic & Translational Research I	Eye Bank Special Session I Variations in Eye Banking in Different Localities - Successes and Challenges
11:30-12: 50	Kidney V Non-immune Complication of Kidney Transplant	Liver V	Advances in Basic & Translational Research II	Eye Bank Special Session II Advances in Corneal Transplantation in the Past Decade
13:00-14:20	Industry Symposium Lunch Break
14:20-16:00	Concurrent Sessions II (Oral presentations for the selected abstracts)			CAST-WTGF Special Session
14:20-16:00	Transplant Oncology, Pathology and Imaging	Outcomes	Xenotransplantation, Donation and Ethics	Sports and Exercise after Organ Transplantation
16:00-16:20	Poster Presentation, Exhibition Visit Coffee Break
16:20-18:00	State-of-the-art Symposium IV			Asian WIT Networking Event
16:20-18:00	Anesthesia & Peri-Operative Management	Paediatrics		Asian WIT Networking Event
19:00-21:00	Presidential Dinner (By invitation)

Time	Day 3
Venue	Theatre 1	Convention Hall (Hall B)	Convention Hall (Hall A)	Room 226
8:15-9:15	(Theatre 1) Keynote Lecture III
9:15-10:00	Poster Presentation, Exhibition Visit Coffee Break
10:00-12:50	State-of-the-art Symposium V New technologies		Special Session
10:00-11:20	Digital Imaging	Bioengineering I	Updates in Asian Registry ASTREG Living Donor Registry
11:30-12:50	Biomarkers and Prediction Models	Bioengineering II
13:00-14:20	Lunch Break			(14:00 - 14:20) Meet the Expert
				Prof Jeremy Chapman (Transplantation journal, Editor-in-chief)
14:30-16:00	State-of-the-art Symposium VI New Technologies		Asian WIT
	AI and Single Cell Sequencing	Bionic Model and Tissue Repair	Gender Issues in Transplantation-Biologic Perspectives
16:00-16:20	Poster Presentation, Exhibition Visit Coffee Break
16:20-17:00	Closing Ceremony

We are delighted to have renowned keynote speakers and editors of leading journal to share their helpful insights with our delegates. The meeting the expert session provide delegates a precious opportunity to connect with leading researchers and clinicians from around the world, to share knowledge and experience, and to forge new collaborations in the field of transplantation. Seats are limited. Please join these sessions according to the below schedule.