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  • 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 1: Clinical and Diagnostic Advances in Transplant Immune Assessment and Allograft Surveillance
    Speaker: Amy Zheng
    Speaker: Michelle Hickey, PhD, F(ACHI) – UCLA Immunogenetics Center
    Speaker: Tri Vu, PhD – Thermo Fisher
    Speaker: Rob Liwski, MD, PhD, FRCPC, F(ACHI) – Dalhousie University
    Speaker: Yuxin Yin
    Speaker: Emmett Wong, MBBS, MMed (Int Med), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), MCI, FAMS (Renal Medicine), FASN – National University of Singapore
    Moderator: Aleksandar Senev, MD, PhD, F(EBTI), F(ACHI) – Northwestern University
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Abstract 2: Bioinformatics in Focus: From Curation to Clinical Insights
    Speaker: William Lane, MD, PhD, A(ACHI) – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Speaker: Vanessa W. Menard, MS, MLS (ASCP) – Tulane University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Steve Mack, PhD – UCSF
    Speaker: Keith McCullough, PhD – Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
    Speaker: Mohammad Awaji, PhD, FACHI – King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam
    Speaker: Mitchell Ellison, PhD – UPMC
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Workshop 1: The evolving role of molecular diagnostics in transplantation
    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
  • 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