Programme

STS 2026 opening

Virge Pall (Congress chair), Priit Perens (CEO of Tartu University Hospital), Urmas Klaas (Mayor of Tartu), Allan Rasmussen (Chair of Scandiatransplant Board)

I plenary session: Organ transplants – evidence-based healthcare services or luxury goods in an affluent society?

Moderator: Tanel Laisaar (Estonia)

Keynote speakers: Allan Rasmussen (Denmark), Johan Jarl (Sweden), Anneli Kannus (Estonia),  Are Martin Holm (Norway)
Panelists: Tanel Laisaar (Estonia), Priit Perens (Estonia)

Surprise guest

Oral presentations: Liver and kidney

Moderators: Per Lindner (Sweden), Vivan Hellström (Sweden)

Living donation for malignant liver disease – the perspectives of patients and their close relatives: a qualitative study

Käthe Meyer (Norway)

SOULMATE: The Swedish study of liver transplantation for isolated colorectal cancer liver metastases not suitable for resection or ablation compared with best established treatment — a randomized controlled multicentre trial

Per Lindner (Sweden)

Liver Fibrosis in One-Year Protocol Biopsies after Liver Transplantation is Associated with Graft Loss: Results from a Nordic Multicenter Cohort Study

Cathrine Rask Knøs (Denmark)

The impact of out-of-hours liver transplantation on patient outcomes

Rose Matin (Sweden)

Robot-Assisted Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation in Recipients with Overweight or Obesity: Early Outcomes from the First Swedish Single-Centre Series

Niclas Kvarnström (Sweden)

Immunosuppressive drugs and calcium coadministered is feasible in kidney transplant recipients

Anders Åsberg (Norway)

Bioequivalence of generic immunosuppressants in real patients

Anders Åsberg (Norway)

II plenary session: GDPR, AI and digitalization – opportunities and threats in the context of organ donation and transplantation

Moderator: Gabriel Oniscu (Sweden)

Keynote speakers: Gabriel Oniscu (Sweden); Axel Rahmel (Germany); Johan Nilsson (Sweden)

Panelists: Ain Kaare, Marge Martjak, Kati Korm (Estonia)

III plenary session: The right organ for the right patient at the right time – myth or reality?

Moderator: Joe Brierley (UK)

Keynote speakers: Joe Brierley (UK); Beatriz Domínguez-Gil (Spain); Nichon Esther Jansen (Netherlands)

Panelists: Martin Padar, Külli Kõlvald, Kaie Lokk (Estonia)

Oral presentations: Organ donation and miscellaneous

Moderators: Markus Gäbel (Sweden), Jana Ekberg (Sweden)

Building Bridges for Organ Donation: A Participatory Approach to Collaboration Between Healthcare Professionals and Authorities

Emilie Gripewall (Sweden)

National Preparation and Consensus Building for TA-NRP Prior to cDCD Heart Transplantation in Sweden

Markus Gäbel (Sweden)

Intensive care lenght of stay in Norwegian donors

Eva Alice Line (Norway)

Dynamic perfusion reconditioning of kidneys from uncontrolled DCD: early experiences from Gothenburg

Kristin  Persson (Sweden)

Interferon-gamma release assay screening before solid organ transplantation in a low-incidence country: A prospective single-center cohort study

Thomas Helbo (Denmark)

Post-transplant diabetes mellitus after heart transplantation: a nationwide register-based cohort study

Kristjan Karason (Sweden)

Long-term kidney function in uterus transplant recipients: comparison of two immunosuppressive protocols

Jana Ekberg (Sweden)

 IV plenary session: Quality and safety in organ transplants – how to achieve it?

Moderator: Morten Hagness (Norway)

Keynote speakers: Morten Hagness (Norway); Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich (Germany); Susanne Dam Poulsen (Denmark),  Anna Pszenny (Poland)

Panelists: Jaanus Kahu, Veronika Reinhard, Siim Suutre  (Estonia)