APHIA 2026 JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL HISTOCOMPATIBILITY WORKSHOP - "DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INNOVATION"
| Mon 25th May 2026 | Tue 26th May 2026 | Wed 27th May 2026 | Thu 28th May 2026 |
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| Registration Open | Registration Open | ||
| HAEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION PLENARY SESSION 1 | SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION PLENARY SESSION 5 | BIOINFORMATICS PLENARY SESSION 9 | |
| Prof Effie Petersdorf | Assoc Prof Lloyd D’Orsogna | Dr James Robinson | |
| Dr Dianne De Santis - Characterisation of the extended MHC haplotypes in related individuals | Narelle Watson - Organ Match update | Dr Kazutoyo Osoegawa - HLA Serotypes | |
| Abstract Session 1 | Abstract Session 5 | Dr Nicholas Brown - Informatics tools for clinical HLA laboratory data | |
| COFFEE AND TEA BREAK [10:00 - 10:30] | COFFEE AND TEA BREAK [10:00 - 10:30] | COFFEE AND TEA BREAK [10:15 - 10:45] | |
| HAEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION PLENARY SESSION 2 | SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION PLENARY SESSION 6 | BEST ABSTRACT SESSION | |
| Prof Medhat Askar - A strategic systems thinking topic: The Global Minimal Standards for Histocompatibility Testing: Democratization of Best Practices | Assoc Prof Lucy Sullivan - Non-HLA Antibody Testing: Still a Research Tool or Ready for Prime Time? | CLOSING CEREMONY | |
| Prof Luca Vago - Mechanisms of Immune Escape and Relapse after allogeneic HCT | Dr Eric Spierings - Molecular Matching: The Epitope Pathway to Equity in Transplantation. | ||
| Prof Nada Hamad - Advancing EDI in BMT: From Principles to Practice | Prof Raja Rajalingam - Innovative Histocompatibility Strategies Enhance Equity and Efficiency in Kidney Allocation: Evidence from 10-Year Outcomes of 2,600 Transplants | ||
| Abstract Session 2 | Abstract Session 6 | ||
| LUNCH BREAK [12:15 - 13:00] | LUNCH BREAK [12:15 - 13:00] | ||
| IMMUNCOR/WERFEN SYMPOSIUM | ONE LAMBDA/THERMOFISHER SYMPOSIUM | ||
| IMMUNCOR/WERFEN Abstract | ONE LAMBDA/THERMOFISHER Abstract | ||
| CELLULAR THERAPY PLENARY SESSION 3 | IMMUNOGENETICS PLENARY SESSION 7 | ||
| Prof Nattiya Hirankarn - Advancing the Frontiers of Immunotherapy: HLA-Restricted NeoAg Vaccines and CAR T-Cell Innovation in Cancer and SLE | Dr Anne Halpin - ABO histocompatibility: Tools for immune risk assessment | ||
| Prof Suradej Hongeng | Dr Surakameth Mahasirimongkol | ||
| Abstract Session 3 | Dr Ritu Aggarwal - Beyond the Classical: The Role of Non-Classical HLA Molecules in Cancer | ||
| CAREDX VENDOR PITCH | Abstract Session 7 | ||
| COFFEE AND TEA BREAK [15:00- 15:30] | COFFEE AND TEA BREAK [15:00- 15:30] | ||
| GENDX VENDOR PITCH | TBG BIOTECHNOLOGY VENDOR PITCH | ||
| IMMUNOGENETICS PLENARY SESSION 4 | INFECTION AND IMMUNITY PLENARY SESSION 8 | ||
| Dr Uma Kanga: Long non coding RNAs and non classical HLA : possible markers to predict rejection | Dr Nicole Mifsud - The immunopeptidomic landscape in transplantation | ||
| Prof Paul Norman | Dr Katsushi Tokunaga - Genomic Variants and Disease Associations | ||
| Registration Opens (16:00 - 17:30) | GenDx Abstract | Dr Pierre-Antoine Gourraud - From HLA to Biomedical Data warehouse : an unexpected journey in data-driven medicine | |
| TX MILLER STUDENT AWARD Abstract Session | Abstract Session 8 | ||
| OPENING CEREMONY [17:30 - 18:30] | WINE & CHEESE POSTER SESSION [17:30 - 19:00] | ||
| WELCOME | |||
| Prof Nada Hamad - Equity with an Intersectional lens in Bone Marrow Transplantation | |||
| WELCOME COCKTAIL [18:30 - 20:30] | INVITED SPEAKERS DINNER | CONFERENCE DINNER |