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7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 1: From Contraindication to Indication—Liver Transplantation for Colorectal Liver Metastases
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 2: Downstaging Hepatocellular Carcinoma
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 3: One Liver, Two Paths—Live Donor Transplantation vs Split Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 4: Beyond the VET Trace—A Case-Based Approach to Fibrinolysis Management in Liver Transplant
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 5: Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMVanguard Committee Debate
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMVanguard Flash e-Poster : Session 1
8:15 AM - 9:15 AMRising Star Award Session
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Presidential Address & Senior Career Awards
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMState of the Art Lecture I
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMMeet the Liver Transplantation Editors
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMMorning Break
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Building Translational Bridges Across Societies
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 1: Transplant Oncology
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 2: Comorbidities and Liver Transplantation Outcomes
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMInnovation in Education: Redefining Mentorship, Coaching, and Resilience in Transplant Training
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMMaximizing Chances for Sick Children: Current Challenges and Innovations in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMRound Table: Four Short Talks Followed by a Panel Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:45 PMIndustry Symposia
12:45 PM - 1:45 PMLunch Break
1:45 PM - 3:00 PMComprehensive Peri-Operative Optimization of Liver Transplantation Candidates
1:45 PM - 3:00 PMConcurrent Oral Session 3: Donation After Circulatory Death and Machine Perfusion
1:45 PM - 3:00 PMConcurrent Oral Session 4: Selection Criteria, Patient Selection, and Organ Allocation
1:45 PM - 3:00 PMImplementing Change and Managing Resources: Can We Do Both?
1:45 PM - 3:00 PMManaging That ‘Super Sick Patient’ as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation
1:45 PM - 3:00 PMTo Err Is Human: But the Mechanisms of Graft Injury and Rejection Are More Translational?
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 5: Basic Science, Translational Research, and Tolerance Induction I
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 6: Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Acute Liver Failure
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMProgress in Ex Vivo Machine Perfusion Techniques in Liver Transplantation: New Developments, Challenges, and Future Directions
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMSwiss Transplant Session
3:15 PM - 4:15 PMVanguard Flash e-Poster: Session 2
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMVanguard Symposium: Personalized approaches in liver transplantation – AI
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMWhat We Still Get Wrong in LDLT: Lessons from Experience, Not Textbooks
4:30 PM - 5:00 PMAfternoon Break
5:00 PM - 6:15 PMDiagnosis to Transplantation in Cholangiocarcinoma
5:00 PM - 6:15 PMEvolving Infectious Risks and Innovations in Transplantation
5:00 PM - 6:15 PMLiver Transplant Without Borders
5:00 PM - 6:15 PMStandardizing Training in Liver Transplantation
5:00 PM - 6:15 PMVanguard Surgical Videos
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 10: Building the Program Safely: Switching to Minimally Invasive Living Liver Donation
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 6: Managing Chronic Rejection: From Prevention to Treatment.
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 7: Managing Obesity Across the Liver Transplant Journey: From Candidate Selection to Long-Term Care
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 8: Navigating Complexity: Radiological and Surgical Approaches to Splenomesenteric Vein Thrombosis
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMMeet the Expert 9: Post-Transplant Malignancies: Prevention, Early Detection, and Diagnosis
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMVanguard Flash e-Poster Session 3
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMVanguard Grand Rounds
8:00 AM - 9:15 AMPlenary Abstract Session
9:15 AM - 9:30 AMSociety Awards
9:30 AM - 10:15 AMState of the Art Lecture II
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMMorning Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMConcurrent Oral Session 7: Immunosuppression and Infection
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMConcurrent Oral Session 8: Living Donor Transplantation
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMConcurrent Oral Session 9: Pediatrics
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMHarnessing Collaboration Between ILTS and APASL on Liver Transplantation
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMNovel Bioengineering Modalities in the Mechanistic Study and Therapeutics Development for Transplantation
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMVanguard Joint Symposium with Machine Perfusion SIG: From Discard to Transplant: Global Strategies and Machine Perfusion to Expand the Liver Donor Pool
12:15 PM - 1:15 PMIndustry Symposium
12:15 PM - 1:15 PMLunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 10: Basic Science, Translational Research, Tolerance Induction II
1:15 PM - 2:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 11: Advanced Liver Surgery
1:15 PM - 2:30 PMConcurrent Oral Session 12: Allied Health & Education
1:15 PM - 2:30 PMElevating Standards in Liver Transplantation for Children, Young Adults, and Small Adult Recipients
1:15 PM - 2:30 PMLiver Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Disease: Barriers and Unmet Needs
1:15 PM - 2:30 PMTransplantation in Critically Ill Patients with ALF or ACLF: Between Hope and Limitslant: Global Strategies and Machine Perfusion to Expand the Liver Donor Pool
2:45 PM - 4:00 PMConcurrent Session 13 : Comorbidities and Liver Transplantation Outcomes II
2:45 PM - 4:00 PMFrom Resection to Liver Transplantation: The Evolution of Robotic Liver Surgery
2:45 PM - 4:00 PMInnovation in Cardiovascular Disease in Liver Transplantation
2:45 PM - 4:00 PMIs EDI A Thing of the Past?
2:45 PM - 4:00 PMThe Fragile Balance: Navigating Risk, Rescue, and Recovery in Liver Transplant Care
2:45 PM - 3:45 PMVanguard Flash e-Poster Session 4
2:45 PM - 4:00 PMWhat Is Hot in Liver Transplant Immunology?
4:00 PM - 4:30 PMAfternoon Break
4:30 PM - 5:45 PMConcurrent Oral Session 14: Donation after Circulatory Death and Machine Perfusion II
4:30 PM - 5:45 PMConcurrent Oral Session 15: Surgical Video for Technical Innovations
4:30 PM - 5:45 PMLiver Transplantation in Resource-Constrained Environments: Adapting Global Trends to Regional Realities
4:30 PM - 5:45 PMLiving Donor Safety in Liver Transplantation: Lessons, Risks, and Responsibilities
4:30 PM - 5:45 PMTransplant Oncology 2026: Progress, Controversies, and Global Perspectives
5:45 PM - 6:45 PMILTS Awards and Townhall
8:00 AM - 9:15 AMPlenary Abstract Session 2
9:15 AM - 10:00 AMState of the Art Lecture III
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMMorning Break
10:30 AM - 11:45 AMConcurrent Oral Session 16: Late-Breaking Abstracts
11:45 AM - 12:45 PMBest of ILTS
12:45 PM - 1:15 PMClosing Ceremony & Transition of Presidency
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