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  • Monday, October 26, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Inspector's Training Workshop
  • 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Featured Topic: Organs and Tissues on Demand: Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine in Transplantation
    Speaker: Anthony Atala, MD – Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
    Speaker: Adam Feinberg, PhD – Carnegie Mellon University
    Speaker: Ben Freedman
    Speaker: Shuvo Roy, PhD – UC San Francisco
    Speaker: Peter Senior, MBBS PhD – Alberta Diabetes Institute
    Speaker: Doris Taylor
    Moderator: Anne Halpin
    Moderator: Luis Hidalgo, PhD, F(ACHI) – University of Alabama - Birmingham
    Moderator: Cathi Murphey, PhD, HCLD/CC(ABB), A(ACHI) – SWID
    Moderator: Melissa Yeung
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Opening Session: The Knowledge Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Reception
  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Volunteer Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Service Awards
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Keynote Address: Transforming Transplantation: Advances in Xenogeneic and Stem Cell Therapies Through Genome Editing
  • 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Poster Presentations / AM Break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary 1: Alloimmune Responses after Solid Organ Transplantation: From immunopeptidome and viral mimicry to non-HLA genomics
    Speaker: Christian Larsen
    Speaker: Eric Spierings, PhD – University Medical Center Utrecht
    Speaker: Rainer Oberbauer, MD, PhD – Medical University of Vienna, AT
    Moderator: Elaine F. Reed, PhD – UCLA
    Moderator: Jenny Tran, PhD – Vancouver Coastal Health
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    ASHI Lunch
  • 12:30 PM - 1:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    User Group Meeting
  • 1:30 PM - 2:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    User Group Meeting
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract II
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session I
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 1
    Speaker: John Friedewald, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Speaker: Cathi Murphey, PhD, HCLD/CC(ABB), A(ACHI) – SWID
    Speaker: Amanda G. Blouin, MD, PhD, A(ACHI) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Moderator: Ina Skaljic, PhD, F(ACHI) – Rush University Medical Center
    Moderator: Cal Stone
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Cocktails & Compatibility
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rose Payne Award and Lecture
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Poster Presentations / AM Break
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary 2
  • 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    ASHI Lunch
  • 12:40 PM - 1:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    User Group Meeting
  • 1:40 PM - 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    User Group Meeting
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session III
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 2: Approaches to Validation of In-house dd-cfDNA Testing and Considerations for Molecular Diagnostics
    Speaker: James Lan, MD, FRCP(C), D(ABHI) – University of British Columbia
    Speaker: Peter Jindra, PhD, F(ACHI) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Speaker: Kelley MK Hitchman, MS, PhD, F(ACHI) – UT Health San Antonio
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 3
  • 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    PM Break
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Directors Forum
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lab Professionals Forum
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Directors in Training
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Inspector's Reception
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    International Reception
  • Thursday, October 29, 2026
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Women in Transplantation
  • 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    STIC Awards
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Paul I. Terasaki Award & Lecture / Bernard Amos Award & Lecture
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    AM Break
  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Scholar Presentation 1
  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Scholar Presentation 2
  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Scholar Presentation 3
  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Scholar Presentation 4
  • 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    ASHI Lunch
  • 12:10 PM - 1:05 PM East Coast USA Time
    User Group Meeting
  • 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract Session IV
  • 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract V
  • 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 4: Beyond the Paradigm: Case-Based Insights into the Spectrum of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation
    Speaker: James Lan, MD, FRCP(C), D(ABHI) – University of British Columbia
    Speaker: Michael Mengel, MD – University of Alberta
    Speaker: Aleksandar Senev, MD, PhD, F(EBTI), F(ACHI) – Northwestern University
    Speaker: Melissa Yeung
    Moderator: Annette Jackson, PhD – Duke University
    Moderator: Rob Liwski, MD, PhD, FRCPC, F(ACHI) – Dalhousie University
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary 3: Breaking Barriers in Cellular Therapy and Transplantation: Expanding Access and Redefining Compatibility
    Speaker: Ephraim Fuchs
    Speaker: Marcos De Lima, MD (he/him/his) – Ohio State University
    Speaker: Esteban Arrieta-Bolanos
    Moderator: Maria Bettinotti, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Moderator: Alison J. Gareau, MSc, PhD, F(ACHI) – University of Madison, Wisconsin
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Practical Applications & International Scholar Award Winner
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 5: Transplant Balancing Act: Navigating Infection and Rejection in the Era of the Microbiome
    Speaker: Camille Kotton
    Speaker: Maria-Luisa Alegre, MD, PhD – University of Chicago
    Speaker: Pamala Jacobson, PharmD – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Karen R. Sherwood, PhD, F(ACHI) – University Of British Columbia
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 6
    Speaker: June Jones, MS, CHS – Johns Hopkins University Immunogenetics Laboratory
    Speaker: Doreen Sese, CHS – NYU Langone | Transplant Institute
    Moderator: Christopher Garcia, BS, CHS – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Moderator: Bruce Young, MLT – St Josephs Healthcare Hamilton
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Networking Reception
  • Friday, October 30, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary 4
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    AM Break
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary 5
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Closing Session
    Speaker: Annette Jackson, PhD – Duke University
    Speaker: Bob Montgomery
    Speaker: Chris Wiebe